Bank of America SBA loans in Illinois
Short answer
SBA's loan file shows Bank of America made 136 SBA loans in Illinois since October 2019. 13.2% were lines of credit, against 27.4% of its loans nationally.
- SBA loans, Oct 2019 to Jun 2026
- 136
- median loan
- $255,450
- dollars approved
- $54.97M
- were lines of credit
- 13.2%
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These are the 136 SBA 7(a) loans Bank of America made in Illinois approved October 2019 to June 2026. Each figure is set against all of its loans in the U.S. over the same period. State is where the business is, not where the lender is based. The file lists loans SBA approved, so it shows what the lender has done and not what it will do for you. Every state page for this lender uses this same period, so the pages can be compared with each other.
How Bank of America differs in Illinois
What this means for you. Lines of creditA credit limit you can draw on, repay and draw on again. were less common here, so most of these loans were term loans repaid on a set schedule.
Lines of credit
13.2% of the loans in Illinois were lines of credit, against 27.4% of its loans nationally.
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.
Illinois next to the U.S.
| Measure | Illinois | All its U.S. loans | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lender's share of all SBA loans | 1.2% | 1.1% | No clear gap |
| Median loan | $255,450 | $331,500 | No clear gap |
| Middle half of loans | $150,000 to $500,000 | $200,000 to $561,950 | – |
| Startups (the loan opens the business) | 4.4% | 6.2% | No clear gap |
| In business 2 years or less | 16.2% | 10.9% | No clear gap |
| In business more than 2 years | 75.7% | 80.2% | No clear gap |
| Change of ownership | 3.7% | 2.2% | No clear gap |
| SBA Express | 59.6% | 60.1% | No clear gap |
| Lines of credit | 13.2% | 27.4% | Clearly lower |
| Median term | 10 years | 10 years | – |
| Median spread over Prime at approval | 1.26 points below 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.
What Bank of America lends to in Illinois
The 2 industries below account for 30 of the 136 loans approved October 2019 to June 2026, or 22.1%. An industry is listed when it has 5 or more of them, five at most.
| Industry | Loans | Share here | U.S. share |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload | 22 | 16.2% | Not in top 5 |
| General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload | 8 | 5.9% | Not in top 5 |
Share here is the industry's share of the lender's loans in this state. U.S. share is its share of all the lender's loans nationally. Not in top 5 means it is not one of the lender's five most common industries.
Bank of America in other states
Other states where these loans differ clearly from the national pattern, most loans first.
| State | Loans since October 2019 |
|---|---|
| California | 866 |
| Texas | 321 |
| New York | 170 |
| Massachusetts | 122 |
| New Jersey | 114 |
Other lenders in Illinois
Other lenders in Illinois with a clear difference from the national pattern, most loans first.
| Lender | Loans since October 2019 |
|---|---|
| Live Oak Banking Company | 252 |
| Fifth Third Bank | 172 |
| CenTrust Bank, A Division of SmartBiz Bank | 126 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | 54 |
| BMO Bank | 52 |
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. A lender's past loans do not describe its current credit policy. 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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Cite this page: Bank of America SBA loans in Illinois. SBA Express Loans, Janover Capital LLC (data as of June 30, 2026). https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/bank-of-america/illinois/
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