The U.S. Small Business Administration announced a surge in small business lending across the South Central Region during the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, with the Dallas-Fort Worth District leading the way.<\/p>\n
Local SBA-backed loans through the agency\u2019s 7(a) and 504 programs totaled $1.5 billion so far this fiscal year, supporting or creating more than 22,000 jobs. This marks the highest loan volume of any district in the region.<\/p>\n
Across the broader South Central area, which includes Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, SBA loan approvals are up 10% over the same period last year. In total, the region has facilitated $2.8 billion in capital to small businesses through 4,446 SBA-backed loans, helping create or sustain nearly 49,000 jobs.<\/p>\n
The SBA\u2019s loan programs place a federal guarantee on private lending, making capital more accessible to entrepreneurs and small business owners. The Dallas-Fort Worth District\u2019s performance reflects a strong demand for small business financing and job creation in the area.<\/p>\n
Other top-performing Texas districts include Houston, with $983 million in approved loans, and San Antonio, with $742 million. The SBA reported that small manufacturers alone have received nearly $108 million in guaranteed loans regionwide this fiscal year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Small Business Administration announced a surge in small business lending across the South Central Region during…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,9604,7371,11095,7372,14231,20879,358,7453,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-56707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-entrepreneurs","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fort-worth-inc-staff","12":"tag-fortworth","13":"tag-loans","14":"tag-small-business-administration","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-top-story","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114834344733138743","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}