Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program

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United States federal loan guarantee program small business loan program

The Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program is the U.S. federal government’s primary small-business lending initiative, providing partially guaranteed loans through private lenders to help entrepreneurs start, acquire, or expand their businesses.

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Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program canonical 2
SBA 7(a) Loan Program 1
SBA general small business lending 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal loan guarantee program ⓘ
small business loan program ⓘ
administeredBy U.S. Small Business Administration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program ⓘ
surface form: SBA 7(a) Loan Program
beneficiary eligible for-profit small businesses ⓘ
entrepreneurs ⓘ
small business owners ⓘ
category government-backed business loans ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicRole to promote job creation and economic development ⓘ
enables lenders to extend credit to borrowers who might not otherwise qualify ⓘ
excludes businesses engaged in illegal activities ⓘ
nonprofit organizations as borrowers ⓘ
speculative real estate investment ⓘ
fundingMechanism loan guarantees rather than direct lending ⓘ
guaranteeProvider U.S. Small Business Administration ⓘ
guaranteeType partial guarantee of lender’s loan ⓘ
legalBasis Small Business Act of 1953 ⓘ
loansProvidedBy banks ⓘ
credit unions ⓘ
non-bank lenders ⓘ
private lenders ⓘ
loanStructure lines of credit ⓘ
term loans ⓘ
loanUse business acquisition ⓘ
equipment purchase ⓘ
real estate purchase or improvement ⓘ
refinancing certain existing business debt ⓘ
working capital ⓘ
oversightBy United States Congress ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Congress
partOf U.S. Small Business Administration loan programs ⓘ
primaryProgramFor Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SBA general small business lending
purpose to improve access to credit for small businesses ⓘ
to support small business start-up, acquisition, and expansion ⓘ
regulator U.S. Small Business Administration ⓘ
relatedProgram CDC/504 Loan Program ⓘ
surface form: SBA 504 Loan Program

U.S. Small Business Administration loan programs ⓘ
surface form: SBA Express Loan Program

Microloan Program ⓘ
surface form: SBA Microloan Program
requires borrowers to meet SBA size standards ⓘ
borrowers to operate for profit ⓘ
use of loan proceeds for approved business purposes ⓘ
riskMitigationFor participating lenders ⓘ
sector small business finance ⓘ
supports business acquisitions ⓘ
business expansion ⓘ
business start-ups ⓘ
targetMarket creditworthy small businesses lacking conventional financing ⓘ
typicalBorrowerType independently owned and operated small business ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Small Business Investment Company Program → relatedProgram → Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program ⓘ
Small Business Investment Companies → relatedProgram → Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program ⓘ
subject surface form: Small Business Investment Company
Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program → alsoKnownAs → Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program ⓘ
this entity surface form: SBA 7(a) Loan Program
Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program → primaryProgramFor → Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: SBA general small business lending