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NAICS sector 51

Information

Name: SBA lending in Information
Creator: U.S. Small Business Administration
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

11,001 SBA loans worth $4.56B across 41 industries in this sector.

Loans

11,001

Approved

$4.56B

Median loan

$150,000

Median term

10 yr

Charge-off rate

7.5%

vs 7.6% all sectors

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA 7(a) and 504 FOIA data, as of 2026-06-30. Approvals from FY2010 onward. How we calculate this.

Inside the sector

All 41 industries

Industry	NAICS	Loans	Median loan	Median rate	Charge-off
Motion Picture and Video Production	512110	1,972	$85,000	8.25%	7.5%
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services	518210	1,626	$157,250	7.00%	5.2%
Software Publishers	511210	791	$100,000	7.00%	6.4%
All Other Telecommunications	517919	552	$181,000	6.00%	7.7%
All Other Information Services	519190	418	$139,200	6.00%	5.4%
Motion Picture Theaters	512131	381	$487,900	6.00%	6.9%
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals	519130	371	$63,200	7.00%	8.9%
Sound Recording Studios	512240	352	$125,000	7.75%	13.6%
Periodical Publishers	511120	334	$127,250	6.25%	11.0%
Teleproduction and Other Postproduction Services	512191	279	$100,000	6.75%	5.7%
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers	517210	278	$115,550	6.00%	4.8%
Software Publishers	513210	274	$200,000	10.50%	-
Book Publishers	511130	253	$78,000	6.25%	7.6%
Telecommunications Resellers	517911	229	$150,000	6.00%	6.1%
Wired Telecommunications Carriers	517110	227	$200,000	5.75%	4.9%
Radio Stations	515112	206	$271,500	6.00%	5.7%
Newspaper Publishers	511110	205	$148,500	6.00%	5.6%
All Other Publishers	511199	194	$149,750	6.50%	12.1%
Other Motion Picture and Video Industries	512199	194	$100,000	7.50%	13.9%
All Other Telecommunications	517810	136	$222,050	10.50%	-
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers	517312	128	$291,250	6.69%	23.3%
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers	516210	114	$100,000	10.75%	-
Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services	519290	108	$150,000	10.25%	-
Other Sound Recording Industries	512290	100	$116,250	8.30%	2.6%
Television Broadcasting	515120	78	$250,000	6.00%	15.4%
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers	517112	78	$191,500	10.50%	-
Book Publishers	513130	75	$74,000	10.74%	-
Satellite Telecommunications	517410	71	$100,000	7.25%	11.9%
Cable and Other Subscription Programming	515210	67	$100,000	6.00%	8.5%
Periodical Publishers	513120	65	$150,000	10.25%	-
Telecommunications Resellers	517121	64	$207,500	10.50%	-
Wired Telecommunications Carriers	517111	60	$250,000	10.43%	-
Music Publishers	512230	57	$50,000	9.16%	-
Radio Broadcasting Stations	516110	57	$150,000	8.50%	-
Radio Networks	515111	55	$350,000	6.02%	11.1%
Record Production and Distribution	512250	55	$50,000	10.50%	-
Motion Picture and Video Distribution	512120	54	$121,000	8.00%	5.7%
Wired Telecommunications Carriers	517311	54	$318,400	7.25%	-
Directory and Mailing List Publishers	511140	51	$150,000	6.00%	8.3%
All Other Publishers	513199	51	$140,000	10.50%	-
Newspaper Publishers	513110	44	$150,000	10.25%	-

Lenders

Most active in this sector

Lender	Loans	Approved
The Huntington National Bank	577	$173.9M
JPMorgan Chase Bank	750	$172.6M
Live Oak Banking Company	98	$165.1M
Wells Fargo Bank	1,014	$161.8M
Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc.	160	$141.0M
Newtek Bank	267	$137.8M
U.S. Bank	474	$127.5M
Business Finance Capital	49	$85.5M
Mortgage Capital Development Corporation	73	$83.4M
Byline Bank	63	$83.3M

Approvals by fiscal year

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By state

Information SBA lending in 51 states

Each state page lists the lenders and industries behind the sector's loans there. States with fewer than 20 loans in the sector have no page.

California1,938 · $160,300 New York898 · $100,000 Texas772 · $150,000 Florida653 · $150,000 Ohio486 · $123,500 Illinois352 · $150,000 Minnesota346 · $125,250 Massachusetts315 · $100,000 Colorado291 · $200,000 Washington280 · $150,000 Pennsylvania276 · $100,000 Michigan267 · $150,000 Georgia264 · $150,000 New Jersey262 · $100,000 Utah249 · $160,000 Maryland216 · $125,000 Missouri213 · $200,000 Wisconsin211 · $139,000 Virginia203 · $100,000 North Carolina198 · $150,000 Oregon182 · $105,000 Arizona175 · $150,000 Indiana170 · $150,000 Tennessee157 · $150,000 Nevada124 · $161,500 Connecticut103 · $150,000 Kentucky98 · $147,500 Puerto Rico97 · $50,000 Oklahoma94 · $152,600 Kansas84 · $150,000 Nebraska82 · $125,000 New Hampshire82 · $75,000 Iowa77 · $100,000 Idaho74 · $150,000 South Carolina61 · $150,000 Alabama61 · $225,000 Louisiana59 · $150,000 Maine59 · $75,000 Montana47 · $220,000 Rhode Island43 · $100,000 Arkansas40 · $272,000 New Mexico40 · $122,550 Hawaii39 · $50,000 District of Columbia39 · $100,000 Vermont37 · $55,000 Wyoming34 · $200,000 South Dakota34 · $95,800 Delaware30 · $50,000 Mississippi24 · $100,100 West Virginia22 · $137,500 North Dakota22 · $133,750

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