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SBA lender · 7(a) program

Canvas Credit Union

Canvas Credit Union has approved 36 SBA loans worth $11.9M since FY2010. Everything below comes from the SBA’s own loan-level records.

National rank

-

<0.01% of all SBA dollars

Total approved

$11.9M

FY2010 onward

Loans

36

Median loan

$216,400

+20% vs national

Median rate

6.00%

-0.75 pts vs national

Charge-off rate

-

Cohort too small

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.

Reading the record

What Canvas Credit Union’s numbers say

Canvas Credit Union sits in the long tail of the SBA lending field, having approved 36 loans for a gross total of $11.9M since fiscal 2010. Its median loan of $216,400 is close to the $180,000 national median.

The median initial note rate across its 7(a) approvals is 6.00%, 0.75 points below the national median of 6.75%. Rate medians drawn across fifteen years reflect the mix of loan sizes and vintages a lender wrote as much as its pricing posture - a lender that grew fastest during a high-rate stretch will look expensive here even if its spread was ordinary.

Roughly 55% of its approvals with a recorded business age went to startups or businesses two years old or less, against 27% nationally - a meaningfully greater appetite for startups than the average SBA lender.

Where Canvas Credit Union lends

StateLoansShare
Colorado36

What it lends against

Franchise brands Canvas Credit Union financed

Franchise brandLoansApprovedShare
Maid-rite Sandwich Shop2$733K
Fastsigns2$400K
Papa John's Pizza2$280K
Jimmy John's1$299K
Play It Again Sports1$297K
Godfather's Pizza1$360K

Brands with the most Canvas Credit Union SBA loans, among brands with at least 10 loans in the file. Compare lenders across all franchise lending on SBA lenders for franchises.

Canvas Credit Union made 11 of these loans under the SBA Express programme, median $100,000. Compare SBA Express lenders.

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.

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Questions about Canvas Credit Union

How many SBA loans has Canvas Credit Union approved?
Canvas Credit Union has approved 36 SBA loans totalling $11,880,100 in gross approvals from fiscal year 2010 through the most recent SBA data release. That places it outside the top 500 among all SBA lenders by dollars approved.
What is the typical Canvas Credit Union SBA loan size?
The median gross approval is $216,400, with the middle 80% of loans falling between $90,000 and $706,000. The national median across all SBA lenders is $180,000.
What interest rate does Canvas Credit Union charge on SBA 7(a) loans?
The median initial note rate on Canvas Credit Union's 7(a) approvals is 6.00%, compared with a national median of 6.75%. This is a historical median across all approvals since FY2010, not a quote - SBA 7(a) rates are pegged to a base rate that moves, and your rate depends on loan size, term, and credit profile.

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