SBA lender · 7(a) program
The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank
The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank has approved 31 SBA loans worth $10.3M since FY2010. Everything below comes from the SBA’s own loan-level records.
National rank
-
<0.01% of all SBA dollars
Total approved
$10.3M
FY2010 onward
Loans
31
Median loan
$150,000
-17% vs national
Median rate
6.50%
-0.25 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 The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank’s numbers say
The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank sits in the long tail of the SBA lending field, having approved 31 loans for a gross total of $10.3M since fiscal 2010. Its median loan of $150,000 is close to the $180,000 national median.
The median initial note rate across its 7(a) approvals is 6.50%, 0.25 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 9% of its approvals went to businesses the SBA classified as new rather than existing, against 11% nationally.
Where The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank lends
| State | Loans | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 23 | |
| New Hampshire | 7 | |
| New Mexico | 1 |
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 The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank
- How many SBA loans has The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank approved?
- The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank has approved 31 SBA loans totalling $10,270,000 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 The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank SBA loan size?
- The median gross approval is $150,000, with the middle 80% of loans falling between $64,000 and $350,000. The national median across all SBA lenders is $180,000.
- What interest rate does The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank charge on SBA 7(a) loans?
- The median initial note rate on The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank's 7(a) approvals is 6.50%, 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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