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

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Gross approval dollars. Final bar is a partial fiscal year.

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