# SBA loans to local trucking companies in Maryland **Short answer:** SBA's loan file shows 84 loans to local trucking companies in Maryland since October 2019. M&T Bank made 64.3% of them, against 3.6% nationally and 41.4% of all loans in Maryland. Canonical page: https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/maryland/ Data as of: 2026-06-30 These are the 84 SBA 7(a) loans to [local trucking companies](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/) in [Maryland](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/maryland-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 Maryland differs from the U.S. **What this means for you.** One lender made a large share of these loans in Maryland, so compare more than one lender before you apply. ### Lender concentration [M&T Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/m-and-t-bank/) made 64.3% of these loans (54 of 84). Nationally it made 3.6% of loans to local trucking companies. It made 41.4% of all SBA loans in Maryland. We compared 9 measures with the national figure for the same period, and this is the one that differs clearly. The table compares every measure. ## Maryland next to the U.S. **Maryland compared with all loans to local trucking companies in the U.S., October 2019 to June 2026** | Measure | Maryland | United States | Reading | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Industry's share of all SBA loans | 1.5% | 1.5% | No clear gap | | Median loan | $57,500 | $64,600 | No clear gap | | Middle half of loans | $25,000 to $150,000 | $26,000 to $200,000 | – | | Startups (the loan opens the business) | 6.0% | 8.1% | No clear gap | | In business 2 years or less | 25.0% | 24.1% | No clear gap | | In business more than 2 years | 57.1% | 61.3% | No clear gap | | Change of ownership | 10.7% | 5.0% | No clear gap | | SBA Express | 65.5% | 57.9% | No clear gap | | Lines of credit | 36.9% | 30.5% | No clear gap | | Median term | 10 years | 10 years | – | | Median spread over Prime at approval | 3.25 points over Prime | 2.75 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 Maryland The 2 lenders below made 63 of the 84 loans approved October 2019 to June 2026, or 75.0%. A lender is listed when it has 5 or more of them, five at most. **Top lenders in Maryland** | Lender | Loans | Share here | U.S. share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [M&T Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/m-and-t-bank/) | 54 | 64.3% | 3.6% | | [Celtic Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/celtic-bank/) | 9 | 10.7% | 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** | State | Loans since October 2019 | | --- | --- | | [California](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/california/) | 616 | | [Ohio](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/ohio/) | 570 | | [Michigan](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/michigan/) | 385 | | [Illinois](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/illinois/) | 298 | | [Texas](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/texas/) | 272 | | [New Jersey](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/new-jersey/) | 257 | | [Pennsylvania](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/pennsylvania/) | 220 | | [New York](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/general-freight-trucking-local/new-york/) | 212 | ## More industries in Maryland Other industries in Maryland with a clear difference from the national pattern, most loans first. **Other industries in Maryland** | Industry | Loans since October 2019 | | --- | --- | | [Sit-down restaurants](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/full-service-restaurants/maryland/) | 244 | | [Fast-food, pizza and counter-service restaurants](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/limited-service-restaurants/maryland/) | 214 | | [Home remodeling contractors](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/residential-remodelers/maryland/) | 135 | | [Hair salons and beauty salons](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/beauty-salons/maryland/) | 116 | | [Gyms, fitness studios and recreational sports centers](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/fitness-recreational-sports-centers/maryland/) | 105 | | [Landscaping and lawn care companies](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/landscaping-services/maryland/) | 87 | | [Custom software development firms](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/custom-computer-programming-services/maryland/) | 60 | | [IT support, cybersecurity and data recovery businesses](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/other-computer-related-services/maryland/) | 53 | 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)