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SBA lender · 7(a) program
Empeople Credit Union
Empeople Credit Union has approved 48 SBA loans worth $4.6M since FY2010. Everything below comes from the SBA’s own loan-level records.
National rank
-
<0.01% of all SBA dollars
Total approved
$4.6M
FY2010 onward
Loans
48
Median loan
$53,100
-71% vs national
Median rate
7.38%
+0.63 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 Empeople Credit Union’s numbers say
Empeople Credit Union sits in the long tail of the SBA lending field, having approved 48 loans for a gross total of $4.6M since fiscal 2010. Its median loan of $53,100 is well below the $180,000 national median, typical of a lender leaning on SBA Express and smaller working-capital facilities.
The median initial note rate across its 7(a) approvals is 7.38%, 0.63 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 31% of its approvals with a recorded business age went to startups or businesses two years old or less, against 27% nationally.
Where Empeople Credit Union lends
| State | Loans | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maine | 48 |
Franchise brands Empeople Credit Union financed
| Franchise brand | Loans | Approved | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRP US Inc. | 2 | $236K | |
| Subway | 1 | $101K |
Brands with the most Empeople 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.
Empeople Credit Union made 42 of these loans under the SBA Express programme, median $50,000. 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 Empeople Credit Union
- How many SBA loans has Empeople Credit Union approved?
- Empeople Credit Union has approved 48 SBA loans totalling $4,551,000 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 Empeople Credit Union SBA loan size?
- The median gross approval is $53,100, with the middle 80% of loans falling between $25,000 and $209,000. The national median across all SBA lenders is $180,000.
- What interest rate does Empeople Credit Union charge on SBA 7(a) loans?
- The median initial note rate on Empeople Credit Union's 7(a) approvals is 7.38%, 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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