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SBA loans to local trucking companies in Kentucky

Short answer

SBA's loan file shows 55 loans to local trucking companies in Kentucky since October 2019. Community Trust Bank made 32.7% of them, well above its share nationally and across all loans in Kentucky.

SBA loans, Oct 2019 to Jun 2026
55
median loan
$62,700
dollars approved
$14.34M
made by one lender
32.7%

These are the 55 SBA 7(a) loans to local trucking companies in Kentucky 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 Kentucky differs from the U.S.

What this means for you. One lender made a large share of these loans in Kentucky, so compare more than one lender before you apply.

Lender concentration

Community Trust Bank made 32.7% of these loans (18 of 55). It is not among the five lenders with the most loans to local trucking companies nationally. It made 12.6% of all SBA loans in Kentucky.

We compared 8 measures with the national figure for the same period, and this is the one that differs clearly. The table compares every measure.

Kentucky next to the U.S.

Kentucky compared with all loans to local trucking companies in the U.S., October 2019 to June 2026
MeasureKentuckyUnited StatesReading
Industry's share of all SBA loans2.0%1.5%No clear gap
Median loan$62,700$64,600No clear gap
Middle half of loans$35,000 to $130,050$26,000 to $200,000–
Startups (the loan opens the business)10.9%8.1%No clear gap
In business 2 years or lessFewer than 524.1%n/a
In business more than 2 years72.7%61.3%No clear gap
Change of ownership10.9%5.0%No clear gap
SBA Express65.5%57.9%No clear gap
Lines of credit21.8%30.5%No clear gap
Median term7 years10 years–
Median spread over Prime at approval2 points over Prime2.75 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 Kentucky

The 3 lenders below made 37 of the 55 loans approved October 2019 to June 2026, or 67.3%. A lender is listed when it has 5 or more of them, five at most.

Top lenders in Kentucky
LenderLoansShare hereU.S. share
Community Trust Bank1832.7%Not in top 5
The Huntington National Bank1323.6%22.5%
Republic Bank & Trust Company610.9%Not in top 5

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.

Local trucking companies in other states

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

Local trucking companies by state
StateLoans since October 2019
California616
Ohio570
Michigan385
Illinois298
Texas272
New Jersey257
Pennsylvania220
New York212

More industries in Kentucky

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

Other industries in Kentucky
IndustryLoans since October 2019
Sit-down restaurants117
Home remodeling contractors58

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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