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Small business loans in Beverly, MA

Short answer

The most active SBA lenders in Beverly, MA since FY2024 are Eastern Bank (11 loans) and Salem Five Cents Savings Bank (11). The median loan was $100,000, and half fell between $47,750 and $250,000. For free help, see the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network. Source: SBA 7(a) loan data.

SBA loans since FY2024
62
approved since FY2024
$16.31M
median loan
$100,000
through SBA Express
72.6%

Lenders making SBA loans in Beverly

No lender made more than 18% of the loans in Beverly, and Eastern Bank made the most. The four largest lenders together made 61%.

Lenders with five or more SBA loans in Beverly, MA, FY2024 to June 2026
LenderLoansShare
Eastern Bank1117.7%
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank1117.7%
M&T Bank1016.1%
Rockland Trust Company69.7%

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

Beverly has four lenders with five or more loans since FY2024. Others had fewer, and the Massachusetts page counts 180 lenders with at least one approved loan statewide.

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Local help near Beverly

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

32% of Beverly 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 Massachusetts. Its page points to state and federal resources and to lenders in the area. The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network gives free counseling across Massachusetts.

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

Loan counts and sizes in Beverly

Beverly ranks 6th by loans since FY2024 among the 10 Massachusetts cities with 100 or more SBA loans since FY2020. Nationally it is the 431st busiest of the 580 cities that reach 100 loans.

The 62 loans, 1.4% of the 4,396 in Massachusetts, were approved for $16.3 million in all. The medianThe middle figure. Half the loans were larger and half were smaller. loan was $100,000, 33% below the national median of $150,300. Half of the loans fell between $47,750 and $250,000. The Massachusetts median is $100,000.

Beverly, MA compared with Massachusetts and the nation, loans from FY2024 to June 2026
MeasureBeverlyMassachusettsU.S.
Loans624,396162,355
Median loan$100,000$100,000$150,300
25th percentile$47,750$50,000$50,000
75th percentile$250,000$255,125$500,000
Via SBA Express72.6%59.2%35.8%
Lines of credit53.2%38.1%28.1%
Startups9.7%10.1%16.1%
Ownership changes14.5%7.9%10.4%
Median term10 years10 years10 years
Median spread2.52.752.75
Charged offFewer than 52.5%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.

72.6% of all loans went through SBA Express, above the national 35.8%. Lines of credit were 53.2% of loans, above the national 28.1%.

SBA loans in Beverly, MA by size, FY2024 to June 2026
  • $50,000 or less (32%)20
  • $50,001 to $150,000 (29%)18
  • $150,001 to $350,000 (23%)14
  • $350,001 to $500,000Fewer than 5
  • $500,001 to $1,000,000 (8%)5
  • $1,000,001 to $2,000,000 (0%)0
  • Over $2,000,000Fewer than 5

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

By business age, 53.2% of loans went to businesses more than two years old and 22.6% to businesses two years old or younger. Startups received 9.7% and changes of ownership 14.5%. The national startup share is 16.1%.

SBA loans in Beverly, MA by fiscal year
  • FY20209
  • FY202115
  • FY202214
  • FY202317
  • FY202428
  • FY202519
  • FY2026 (through June 30)15

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

Volume fell 32% from FY2024 (28 loans) to FY2025 (19), the two latest full years. The busiest full year in the file was FY2024, with 28 loans. FY2026 already shows 15 loans through June 30.

Of the 38 loans Beverly 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 416 jobs supported across the 62 loans since FY2024, about 6.7 per loan. SBA does not audit these estimates.

What businesses in Beverly borrow for

Full-Service Restaurants was the largest borrower group in Beverly, with 10 loans or 16.1% of the total.

Full-Service Restaurants stands out: its 10 loans are 16.1% of Beverly loans, against 4.6% nationally, 3.5 times its national share.

Industries with the most SBA loans in Beverly, MA, FY2024 to June 2026
IndustryLoansShareU.S. share
Full-Service Restaurants1016.1%4.6%

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

A typical loan payment in Beverly

The median Beverly loan was $100,000 with a median term of 10 years.

The median variable-rate loan in Beverly was priced at Prime plus 2.5 percentage points at approval. At today's Prime that spread works out to 9.50%. On $100,000 over 10 years, principal and interest would come to about $1,294 a month. That is arithmetic on past loans, not a rate a lender is offering.

Payment at today's rate on three Beverly loan sizes over 10 years
LoanAmountMonthly payment
25th percentile loan$47,750$618
Median loan$100,000$1,294
75th percentile loan$250,000$3,235

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 $100,000 is Prime plus 6.0 percentage points, or 13.00% today. The median variable-rate loan here was priced 3.5 points under that ceiling. Source: 13 CFR § 120.214(d)(2); SOP 50 10 8.1, App. 18, Para. A.2 (p. 395).

Beverly loans approved since FY2024 had a median starting rate of 10% at approval, against 10.25% nationally. 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 $100,000 loan and SBA Express payment calculator.

SBA 504 loans near Beverly

Beverly has 7 SBA 504 loans since FY2024, with $4.2 million in SBA and CDC dollars.

The median 504 loan in Beverly was $526,000 in SBA and CDC dollars, 11% of the $5,000,000 program maximum. The bank's share of each project is separate and is not counted in these figures.

Granite State Economic Development Corporation 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 7. Bay Colony Development Corporation follows with 6. The two CDCs listed are named on 13 loans between them.

CDCs named on five or more 504 loans in Beverly, FY2020 to June 2026
Certified Development Company504 loans
Granite State Economic Development Corporation7
Bay Colony Development Corporation6

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.

Massachusetts cities near Beverly

Beverly made up 1.4% of Massachusetts's SBA loans since FY2024.

Beverly is one of 10 Massachusetts cities with 100 or more SBA loans since FY2020. The Massachusetts page covers all 4,396 loans in Massachusetts. The closest come first, ranked by county and ZIP code on their loans.

Common questions about SBA loans in Beverly

Which lenders make the most SBA loans in Beverly?

Eastern Bank leads with 11 loans in Beverly since FY2024. Salem Five Cents Savings Bank (11) and M&T Bank (10) follow. Only lenders with five or more Beverly loans are counted.

Which industries get SBA loans in Beverly?

Full-Service Restaurants leads with 10 loans in Beverly since FY2024.

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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