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Small business loans in Cumming, GA

Short answer

The most active SBA lenders in Cumming, GA since FY2024 are The Huntington National Bank (17 loans) and Live Oak Banking Company (14). The median loan was $347,000, and half fell between $150,000 and $867,500. Source: SBA 7(a) loan data.

SBA loans since FY2024
131
approved since FY2024
$114.1M
median loan
$347,000
through SBA Express
13.7%

Lenders making SBA loans in Cumming

No lender made more than 13% of the loans in Cumming, and The Huntington National Bank made the most. The five largest lenders together made 41%.

Lenders with five or more SBA loans in Cumming, GA, FY2024 to June 2026
LenderLoansShare
The Huntington National Bank1713.0%
Live Oak Banking Company1410.7%
Celtic Bank86.1%
SouthState Bank86.1%
United Midwest Savings Bank75.3%

Share is the percent of all Cumming loans in that period. Each name links to that lender's page for Georgia where one exists.

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Local help near Cumming

Cumming borrowers can start with SBA's district office for Georgia, an SBDC or SCORE.

47% of Cumming borrowers since FY2024 were startups or businesses two years old or younger. SBDCs provide counseling and training, and SCORE mentors give advice at no cost, according to SBA.

SBA has one district office for Georgia. Its page points to state and federal resources and to lenders in the area. The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center gives free counseling across Georgia.

Alongside SBA loans, Georgia runs two loan programs. The Georgia page describes each, and the official pages are linked here.

Loan counts and sizes in Cumming

Cumming ranks 4th by loans since FY2024 among the 21 Georgia cities with 100 or more SBA loans since FY2020. Nationally it is the 133rd busiest of the 580 cities that reach 100 loans.

The 131 loans, 2.8% of the 4,607 in Georgia, were approved for $114.1 million in all. The medianThe middle figure. Half the loans were larger and half were smaller. loan was $347,000, 2.3 times the national median of $150,300. Half of the loans fell between $150,000 and $867,500. The Cumming median is 15% above the Georgia median of $303,000.

Cumming, GA compared with Georgia and the nation, loans from FY2024 to June 2026
MeasureCummingGeorgiaU.S.
Loans1314,607162,355
Median loan$347,000$303,000$150,300
25th percentile$150,000$120,000$50,000
75th percentile$867,500$714,500$500,000
Via SBA Express13.7%14.6%35.8%
Lines of credit13.7%12.7%28.1%
Startups38.2%23.1%16.1%
Ownership changes12.2%11.9%10.4%
Median term10 years10 years10 years
Median spread2.622.752.75
Charged offFewer than 53.0%3.6%

A quarter of loans were smaller than the 25th percentile loan and a quarter were larger than the 75th. Median spread is in percentage points over Prime. Charged off is the share of FY2020 to FY2022 loans a lender wrote off as a loss. It is shown only for groups of 30 loans or more. Fewer than 5 marks a share that would stand for 1 to 4 loans, which we do not publish. U.S. covers every loan in the file.

67% of the loans were $500,000 or less, the size SBA Express covers. 13.7% of all loans went through SBA Express, below the national 35.8%. Lines of credit were 13.7% of loans, below the national 28.1%.

SBA loans in Cumming, GA by size, FY2024 to June 2026
  • $50,000 or less (11%)14
  • $50,001 to $150,000 (18%)23
  • $150,001 to $350,000 (26%)34
  • $350,001 to $500,000 (13%)17
  • $500,001 to $1,000,000 (10%)13
  • $1,000,001 to $2,000,000 (11%)14
  • Over $2,000,000 (12%)16

Labels show each size's share of all loans. The highlighted bar is the size band that contains the median.

By business age, 39.7% of loans went to businesses more than two years old and 9.2% to businesses two years old or younger. Startups received 38.2% and changes of ownership 12.2%. The national startup share is 16.1%.

SBA loans in Cumming, GA by fiscal year
  • FY202027
  • FY202126
  • FY202232
  • FY202329
  • FY202450
  • FY202543
  • FY2026 (through June 30)38

Fiscal years run October to September. The last bar covers nine of its twelve months.

Volume fell 14% from FY2024 (50 loans) to FY2025 (43), the two latest full years. The busiest full year in the file was FY2024, with 50 loans. FY2026 already shows 38 loans through June 30.

Of the 85 loans Cumming borrowers received in FY2020 to FY2022, fewer than 5 were charged offThe lender wrote the loan off as a loss because it was not being repaid. by June 30, 2026, against 3.6% nationally. Lenders reported 1,536 jobs supported across the 131 loans since FY2024, about 11.7 per loan. SBA does not audit these estimates.

What businesses in Cumming borrow for

Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers was the largest borrower group in Cumming, with 7 loans or 5.3% of the total.

The four largest industries made up 21% of all Cumming loans.

Industries with the most SBA loans in Cumming, GA, FY2024 to June 2026
IndustryLoansShareU.S. share
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers75.3%0.9%
Full-Service Restaurants75.3%4.6%
Other Personal Care Services75.3%1.2%
Limited-Service Restaurants64.6%3.3%

Share is the percent of all Cumming loans in that period. Industry is the NAICS code on each loan. A name links to the Georgia page for that industry where one exists.

A typical loan payment in Cumming

The median Cumming loan was $347,000 with a median term of 10 years.

The median variable-rate loan in Cumming was priced at Prime plus 2.62 percentage points at approval. At today's Prime that spread works out to 9.62%. On $347,000 over 10 years, principal and interest would come to about $4,513 a month. That is arithmetic on past loans, not a rate a lender is offering.

Payment at today's rate on three Cumming loan sizes over 10 years
LoanAmountMonthly payment
25th percentile loan$150,000$1,951
Median loan$347,000$4,513
75th percentile loan$867,500$11,282

Principal and interest only. Fees, a different term or a fixed rate change the payment. This is an illustration from SBA's file, not an offer.

SBA's rate ceiling for this loan size

SBA's maximum for a loan of $347,000 is Prime plus 4.5 percentage points, or 11.50% today. The median variable-rate loan here was priced 1.9 points under that ceiling. Source: 13 CFR § 120.214(d)(3); SOP 50 10 8.1, App. 18, Para. A.2 (p. 395).

Cumming loans approved since FY2024 had a median starting rate of 10.25% at approval, matching the national median. Prime changed during those years, so use the spread above, not that rate, as the guide to today's cost.

Run your own numbers: payments on a $350,000 loan and SBA Express payment calculator.

SBA 504 loans near Cumming

Cumming has 15 SBA 504 loans since FY2024, with $25.7 million in SBA and CDC dollars.

The median 504 loan in Cumming was $1,311,000 in SBA and CDC dollars, 26% of the $5,000,000 program maximum. The bank's share of each project is separate and is not counted in these figures.

Small Business Access Partners, Inc. is the Certified Development CompanyA nonprofit that SBA certifies and regulates to arrange 504 loans together with a bank. (CDC) named on the most loans since FY2020, with 12. Capital Partners Certified Development Company follows with 9. The three CDCs listed are named on 29 loans between them.

CDCs named on five or more 504 loans in Cumming, FY2020 to June 2026
Certified Development Company504 loans
Small Business Access Partners, Inc.12
Capital Partners Certified Development Company9
Florida Business Development Corporation8

How a 504 loan is split

A standard 504 project is 50% third party lender, 40% CDC debenture, 10% borrower. 504 money pays for major fixed assets such as land, buildings and long-term machinery and equipment, not working capitalMoney for day-to-day costs such as payroll, rent and inventory. Full definition or inventory. Source: SOP 50 10 8.1, Sec. C, Ch. 1, Para. B (p. 221). SBA keeps a list of Certified Development Companies.

Georgia cities near Cumming

Cumming made up 2.8% of Georgia's SBA loans since FY2024.

Cumming is one of 21 Georgia cities with 100 or more SBA loans since FY2020. The Georgia page covers all 4,607 loans in Georgia. The closest come first, ranked by county and ZIP code on their loans.

Common questions about SBA loans in Cumming

Which lenders make the most SBA loans in Cumming?

The Huntington National Bank leads with 17 loans in Cumming since FY2024. Live Oak Banking Company (14) and Celtic Bank (8) follow. Only lenders with five or more Cumming loans are counted.

Which industries get SBA loans in Cumming?

Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers leads with 7 loans in Cumming since FY2024. Full-Service Restaurants (7) and Other Personal Care Services (7) follow.

How to read this

Counts come from SBA's 7(a) loan-level data release, as of June 30, 2026. The file lists loans SBA approved. It does not list declined applications, so it cannot show approval odds. We do not publish any figure built on fewer than 5 loans. Location is the borrower's address in the file, and city names are as SBA recorded them. Recent means FY2024 through June 30, 2026. Charge-off rates use FY2020 to FY2022 loans, the only years old enough to have had time to go bad. Jobs supported are lender-reported estimates. How we build these pages.

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