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SBA loans to sit-down restaurants in Texas

Short answer

SBA's loan file shows 1,118 loans to sit-down restaurants in Texas since October 2019. 14.4% went through SBA Express, against 31.1% nationally. The median loan was $489,800, 78% above the national median of $274,500.

SBA loans, Oct 2019 to Jun 2026
1,118
median loan
$489,800
dollars approved
$857.29M
went through SBA Express
14.4%

These are the 1,118 SBA 7(a) loans to sit-down restaurants in Texas 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 Texas differs from the U.S.

What this means for you. SBA Express was a less common route here, so most of these loans went through other 7(a) loan types.

SBA Express

14.4% of the loans in Texas went through SBA Express, against 31.1% nationally.

SBA Express, share of loans, Oct 2019 to Jun 2026
  • Texas14.4%
  • United States31.1%

Loan size

The medianThe middle figure. Half the loans were larger and half were smaller. loan was $489,800 in Texas, 78% above the national median of $274,500.

The middle half of loans in Texas ran from $225,000 to $978,750. Nationally the middle half ran from $84,000 to $661,100.

Median loan, Oct 2019 to Jun 2026
  • Texas$489,800
  • United States$274,500

Established businesses

31.7% of the loans in Texas went to businesses more than two years old, against 43.8% nationally.

In business more than 2 years, share of loans, Oct 2019 to Jun 2026
  • Texas31.7%
  • United States43.8%

We compared 9 measures with the national figure for the same period, and these are the 3 that differ clearly. 2 more differences are in the table.

Texas next to the U.S.

Texas compared with all loans to sit-down restaurants in the U.S., October 2019 to June 2026
MeasureTexasUnited StatesReading
Industry's share of all SBA loans4.3%4.5%No clear gap
Median loan$489,800$274,500Clearly higher
Middle half of loans$225,000 to $978,750$84,000 to $661,100–
Startups (the loan opens the business)35.4%25.7%Clearly higher
In business 2 years or less16.1%16.4%No clear gap
In business more than 2 years31.7%43.8%Clearly lower
Change of ownership16.0%13.3%No clear gap
SBA Express14.4%31.1%Clearly lower
Lines of credit9.2%17.9%Clearly lower
Median term10 years10 years–
Median spread over Prime at approval2.25 points over Prime2.5 points 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 Texas

The 5 lenders below made 266 of the 1,118 loans approved October 2019 to June 2026, or 23.8%. A lender is listed when it has 5 or more of them, five at most.

Top lenders in Texas
LenderLoansShare hereU.S. share
The Huntington National Bank12711.4%12.5%
PCB Bank443.9%Not in top 5
Hanmi Bank322.9%Not in top 5
PNC Bank322.9%Not in top 5
Bank of Hope312.8%2.2%

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.

Sit-down restaurants in other states

Other states where these loans differ clearly from the national pattern, most loans first.

Sit-down restaurants by state
StateLoans since October 2019
California1,924
New York945
Florida897
Ohio790
Michigan584
Georgia580
Pennsylvania546
Washington543

More industries in Texas

Other industries in Texas with a clear difference from the national pattern, most loans first.

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.

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