# SBA loans to broiler chicken growers in Mississippi **Short answer:** SBA's loan file shows 156 loans to broiler chicken growers in Mississippi since October 2019. 45.5% went to businesses more than two years old, against 32.5% nationally. These 156 loans are 7.9% of Mississippi's SBA loans, against 0.20% nationwide. Canonical page: https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/broilers-other-meat-type-chicken-production/mississippi/ Data as of: 2026-06-30 These are the 156 SBA 7(a) loans to [broiler chicken growers](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/broilers-other-meat-type-chicken-production/) in [Mississippi](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/mississippi-small-business-loans/) approved October 2019 to June 2026. Each figure is set against the national figure for the same industry and period. State is where the business is, not where the lender is based. The file lists loans SBA approved, so it shows what lenders have done and not what any lender will do for you. Every state page for this industry uses this same period, so the pages can be compared with each other. ## How Mississippi differs from the U.S. **What this means for you.** Businesses with more than two years of history got a bigger share of these loans here than nationally. ### Established businesses 45.5% of the loans in Mississippi went to businesses more than two years old, against 32.5% nationally. In business more than 2 years, share of loans, Oct 2019 to Jun 2026 - Mississippi: 45.5% - United States: 32.5% ### How common it is Broiler chicken growers made up 7.9% of the SBA loans approved in Mississippi since October 2019, against 0.20% of loans nationwide. Its share here is 39.1 times its national share. Share of all SBA loans, Oct 2019 to Jun 2026 - Mississippi: 7.9% - United States: 0.20% We compared 9 measures with the national figure for the same period, and these are the 2 that differ clearly. The table compares every measure. ## Mississippi next to the U.S. **Mississippi compared with all loans to broiler chicken growers in the U.S., October 2019 to June 2026** | Measure | Mississippi | United States | Reading | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Industry's share of all SBA loans | 7.9% | 0.20% | Clearly higher | | Median loan | $1,001,500 | $1,103,000 | No clear gap | | Middle half of loans | $251,250 to $1,772,650 | $428,000 to $2,114,700 | – | | Startups (the loan opens the business) | 20.5% | 22.1% | No clear gap | | In business 2 years or less | 10.3% | 12.2% | No clear gap | | In business more than 2 years | 45.5% | 32.5% | Clearly higher | | Change of ownership | 21.8% | 31.6% | No clear gap | | SBA Express | 8.3% | 8.3% | No clear gap | | Lines of credit | 4.5% | 1.6% | No clear gap | | Median term | 15 years | 15 years | – | | Median spread over Prime at approval | 0.75 points over Prime | 1 point over Prime | – | Clearly higher and clearly lower mark a gap large enough to matter and unlikely to be chance for this many loans. Spread over Prime is the rate at approval minus Prime that day, so it is not today's rate. Rows with a dash are shown for reference. ## Who lends in Mississippi The 5 lenders below made 109 of the 156 loans approved October 2019 to June 2026, or 69.9%. A lender is listed when it has 5 or more of them, five at most. **Top lenders in Mississippi** | Lender | Loans | Share here | U.S. share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [First Financial Bank (El Dorado, AR)](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/first-financial-bank-ar/) | 36 | 23.1% | 43.8% | | [BankPlus](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/bankplus/) | 24 | 15.4% | 6.6% | | [Trustmark Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/trustmark-bank/) | 19 | 12.2% | Not in top 5 | | [Community Bank of Mississippi](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/community-bank-of-mississippi/) | 16 | 10.3% | Not in top 5 | | [Live Oak Banking Company](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/live-oak-banking-company/) | 14 | 9.0% | 16.7% | Share here is the lender's share of the loans in this state. U.S. share is its share of all loans to this industry nationally. Not in top 5 means it is not one of the five lenders with the most loans to the industry. ## Broiler chicken growers in other states Other states where these loans differ clearly from the national pattern, most loans first. **Broiler chicken growers by state** | State | Loans since October 2019 | | --- | --- | | [Georgia](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/broilers-other-meat-type-chicken-production/georgia/) | 80 | | [North Carolina](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/broilers-other-meat-type-chicken-production/north-carolina/) | 59 | ## More industries in Mississippi Other industries in Mississippi with a clear difference from the national pattern, most loans first. **Other industries in Mississippi** | Industry | Loans since October 2019 | | --- | --- | | [Sit-down restaurants](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/full-service-restaurants/mississippi/) | 90 | | [Hotels and motels](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/hotels-motels/mississippi/) | 88 | | [Local trucking companies](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/mississippi/) | 71 | | [Long-haul truckload carriers](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-long-distance-truckload/mississippi/) | 59 | 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. Industry is the NAICS code recorded on each loan. Location is the borrower's address in the file. Loans are those approved October 1, 2019 to June 30, 2026. SBA's fiscal year runs October 1 to September 30. Each figure is set against the national figure for the same period. A gap is called clear when it is large enough to matter and unlikely to be chance for this many loans. A comparison with no clear gap in the loans is not published. Express counts SBA Express and Export Express loans. Lines of credit are loans SBA's file flags as revolving. [How we build these pages](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/method/). ## Sources - [SBA 7(a) and 504 FOIA loan-level data, as of June 30, 2026](https://data.sba.gov/dataset/7a-504-foia)