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SBA lender · 7(a) program

Grasshopper Bank

Grasshopper Bank has approved 460 SBA loans worth $345.8M since FY2010 - the #256 SBA lender in the country by dollars approved. Everything below comes from the SBA’s own loan-level records.

National rank

#256

0.07% of all SBA dollars

Total approved

$345.8M

FY2010 onward

Loans

460

Median loan

$500,000

+178% vs national

Median rate

10.50%

+3.75 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 Grasshopper Bank’s numbers say

Grasshopper Bank sits in the long tail of the SBA lending field, having approved 460 loans for a gross total of $345.8M since fiscal 2010. Its median loan of $500,000 is substantially larger than the $180,000 national median, which 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 10.50%, 3.75 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 17% of its approvals went to businesses the SBA classified as new rather than existing, against 11% nationally.

Where Grasshopper Bank lends

What it lends against

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.

Questions about Grasshopper Bank

How many SBA loans has Grasshopper Bank approved?
Grasshopper Bank has approved 460 SBA loans totalling $345,822,300 in gross approvals from fiscal year 2010 through the most recent SBA data release. That places it #256 among all SBA lenders by dollars approved.
What is the typical Grasshopper Bank SBA loan size?
The median gross approval is $500,000, with the middle 80% of loans falling between $250,000 and $1,613,400. The national median across all SBA lenders is $180,000.
What interest rate does Grasshopper Bank charge on SBA 7(a) loans?
The median initial note rate on Grasshopper Bank's 7(a) approvals is 10.50%, 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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