Advertiser disclosure: Some links on this page earn us a commission. Compensation never affects our data, our rankings, or which lenders we cover. How we make money.
SBA lender · 7(a) program
Climate First Bank
Climate First Bank has approved 249 SBA loans worth $298.8M since FY2010 - the #272 SBA lender in the country by dollars approved. Everything below comes from the SBA’s own loan-level records.
National rank
#272
0.06% of all SBA dollars
Total approved
$298.8M
FY2010 onward
Loans
249
Median loan
$689,700
+283% vs national
Median rate
9.75%
+3.00 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 Climate First Bank’s numbers say
Climate First Bank sits in the long tail of the SBA lending field, having approved 249 loans for a gross total of $298.8M since fiscal 2010. Its median loan of $689,700 is substantially larger than the $180,000 national median, a pattern that usually signals a focus on real-estate-backed or acquisition deals rather than small working-capital notes.
The median initial note rate across its 7(a) approvals is 9.75%, 3.00 points above 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 65% 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 Climate First Bank lends
| State | Loans | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 91 | |
| Texas | 28 | |
| California | 15 | |
| North Carolina | 10 | |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | |
| Georgia | 8 | |
| New Jersey | 7 | |
| Washington | 7 |
What it lends against
Franchise brands Climate First Bank financed
| Franchise brand | Loans | Approved | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree Wellness | 7 | $4.7M | |
| Launch Family Entertainment | 5 | $24.3M | |
| Juici Patties | 5 | $3.3M | |
| Spark by Hilton | 4 | $7.1M | |
| Teriyaki Madness | 3 | $2.1M | |
| The Yard Gym | 3 | $2.0M | |
| Gameday Men's Health | 2 | $868K | |
| 4Ever Young | 2 | $2.0M |
Brands with the most Climate First Bank SBA loans, among brands with at least 10 loans in the file. Compare lenders across all franchise lending on SBA lenders for franchises.
Climate First Bank made 24 of these loans under the SBA Express programme, median $150,000. 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.
A different SBA 7(a) lender
SmartBiz is a separate company from Climate First Bank. An SBA 7(a) lender and marketplace for loans up to $500,000, plus bank term loans and custom financing. You apply on their site - we do not take applications and never see your information.
Check options with SmartBizWe may be paid if you apply through this link. It does not change what we publish, and no lender can buy a place in our rankings. Details.
Questions about Climate First Bank
- How many SBA loans has Climate First Bank approved?
- Climate First Bank has approved 249 SBA loans totalling $298,759,800 in gross approvals from fiscal year 2010 through the most recent SBA data release. That places it #272 among all SBA lenders by dollars approved.
- What is the typical Climate First Bank SBA loan size?
- The median gross approval is $689,700, with the middle 80% of loans falling between $250,000 and $3,200,000. The national median across all SBA lenders is $180,000.
- What interest rate does Climate First Bank charge on SBA 7(a) loans?
- The median initial note rate on Climate First Bank's 7(a) approvals is 9.75%, 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.
Where to go from here
We are a publisher, not a lender or broker. We never take applications and are never paid by borrowers. Read the full disclosures.