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Bar Harbor Bank & Trust SBA loans

Short answer

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust made 65 SBA loans from October 2023 to June 2026. The median term was 78 months, against 120 months for all lenders, per SBA's loan file.

SBA loans, Oct 2023 to Jun 2026
65
dollars approved
$7.74M
median loan
$60,700
through SBA Express
41.5%

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Loan sizes

$35,00025th percentile
$60,700Median loan
$168,00075th percentile
78 monthsMedian term

The medianThe middle figure. Half the loans were larger and half were smaller. loan Bar Harbor Bank & Trust approved from October 2023 to June 2026 was $60,700. A quarter of its loans were smaller than $35,000 and a quarter were larger than $168,000. For all lenders the median was $150,300. Its median loan is less than half the all-lender median. The average loan was $119,146.

Share of loans by size, October 2023 to June 2026
  • $50,000 or less43.1%
  • $50,001 to $150,00027.7%
  • $150,001 to $350,00021.5%
  • $350,001 to $500,0007.7%
  • $500,001 to $1,000,0000.0%
  • $1,000,001 to $2,000,0000.0%
  • Over $2,000,0000.0%

Shares are of all 65 loans. Fewer than 5 marks a band whose count we do not publish.

Age of the businesses it lends to

The largest group was businesses in operation more than 2 years, at 67.7% of this lender's loans, against 57.5% for all lenders.

Share of loans by age of the business, October 2023 to June 2026
  • In business more than 2 years67.7%
  • In business 2 years or less20.0%
  • Startup (the loan opens the business)Fewer than 5
  • Change of ownership7.7%

Fewer than 5 marks a group whose count we do not publish.

SBA Express and lines of credit

41.5% of this lender's loans went through SBA Express, above the 35.8% for all lenders. 20.0% were lines of creditA credit limit you can draw on, repay and draw on again. , below the 28.1% for all lenders.

SBA Express and line-of-credit share, October 2023 to June 2026
Share of loansBar Harbor Bank & TrustAll lenders
Through SBA Express41.5%35.8%
Lines of credit20.0%28.1%

A line of credit lets a business draw money, repay it and draw again. SBA's file flags these loans as revolving.

What SBA Express means

An SBA Express loan can be up to $500,000. On these loans, the lender makes the credit decision without prior SBA review.

Source: SOP 50 10 8.1, Sec. B, Ch. 2, Para. B.1 (p. 126); SOP 50 10 8.1, Sec. B, Ch. 2, Para. C.2 (Para. C begins p. 127).

Where it lends

The most loans went to businesses in New Hampshire: 31 of 65, or 47.7%. It made 5 or more loans in each of 3 states. State is where the business is, not where the lender is based.

Top states, October 2023 to June 2026
StateLoansShare of its loans
New Hampshire3147.7%
Maine2741.5%
Vermont710.8%

What it lends to

Landscaping Services had the most loans: 7 of 65. The table lists industries with 5 or more loans, at most five.

Top industries, October 2023 to June 2026
IndustryLoansShare of its loans
Landscaping Services710.8%
Site Preparation Contractors57.7%

Industry is the NAICS code recorded on each loan.

About the lender

  • Type: Bank
  • Location: Bar Harbor, ME (headquarters, per FDIC)
  • FDIC certificate number: 11971
  • Official website: www.barharbor.bank (as FDIC has it on file; we do not control it)

This page describes loans SBA approved. It does not show denied applications, today's rates, fees or credit standards. It is not an offer from Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. To ask Bar Harbor Bank & Trust about a loan, contact it directly.

Starting rates and spread over Prime

The median starting rate on this lender's loans approved from October 2023 to June 2026 was 8.54%. The median spread was 1.5 percentage points over Prime. For all lenders the medians were 10.25% and 2.75 percentage points over Prime.

Both its median starting rate and its median spread were lower than the all-lender medians.

The starting rate follows Prime on the day a loan was approved. The spread over Prime is the steadier way to compare lenders and years. Spread is measured on variable-rate loans only.

SBA's ceiling on variable rates

For variable-rate loans, SBA caps the rate at Prime plus 3.0 to 6.5 percentage points, depending on loan size. Today's ceilings by loan size are on the rates page.

Source: 13 CFR § 120.214(d).

Loans by year

From FY2024 to FY2025, the number of loans fell 27% (37 to 27). Across all lenders it rose 2.4%.

SBA loans approved by fiscal year
  • FY202039
  • FY202127
  • FY202210
  • FY202323
  • FY202437
  • FY202527
  • FY2026 (through June 30)Fewer than 5

SBA's fiscal year runs October 1 to September 30. FY2026 covers October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 only. Fewer than 5 marks a year whose count we do not publish.

Charge-offs

0.0%Charged off, by loans
0.0%Charged off, by dollars
76Loans approved FY2020 to FY2022

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust approved 76 loans from October 2019 to September 2022. By June 30, 2026, none had been charged offThe lender wrote the loan off as a loss because it was not being repaid. . By loans that is lower than the 3.6% for all lenders. By dollars the rate was 0.0%, against 0.9% for all lenders.

How charge-offs are counted

We count only loans approved October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2022 (FY2020 to FY2022). Newer loans have not had time to go bad. A charge-off means the lender wrote the loan off as a loss. The rate by loans is charged-off loans divided by approved loans. The rate by dollars is the charged-off balance divided by approved dollars. Both run through June 30, 2026.

The two rates can differ widely for a lender that writes many small loans. A small loan adds one to the count but little to the dollars.

SBA's file covers approved loans only. This says nothing about how often applications are approved.

Lenders with a similar number of loans

These five lenders are the nearest to Bar Harbor Bank & Trust by number of SBA loans. Their pages show the same figures, so you can compare loan sizes and loan types. Within this group, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has the smallest median loan and the highest Express share. It ranks 245th of 807 lenders by loans approved from October 2023 to June 2026.

Lenders closest to Bar Harbor Bank & Trust by loans, October 2023 to June 2026
LenderLoansMedian loanExpressLines of creditCharge-offs
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust65$60,70041.5%20.0%0.0%
Countybank65$435,0000.0%0.0%0.0%
Equity Bank65$250,00032.3%30.8%0.0%
Paradise Bank65$833,0000.0%0.0%Fewer than 5
Sabre Finance65$147,2000.0%Fewer than 5n/a
BankUnited64$955,50020.3%20.3%0.0%

Express and lines of credit are shares of loans. Charge-offs are the share of loans approved October 2019 to September 2022 that had been charged off by June 30, 2026. Fewer than 5 marks a share that would stand for 1 to 4 loans, which we do not publish.

SBA Express badges

This lender ranks in the top 10 for SBA Express loans in 1 state, by loans approved from FY2024 through June 30, 2026. The rank comes only from SBA's public loan file. Badges are free. They are never for sale, and no lender can pay to earn or keep one. Lenders can copy the code below onto their own site. Read the badge rules.

New Hampshire: No. 10 with 17 SBA Express loans

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust is the No. 10 SBA Express lender in New Hampshire by loans approved, FY2024 through June 30, 2026, ranked from SBA's loan file by sbaexpress.loans.

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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. Recent loans were approved October 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. The full file starts October 1, 2019. SBA's fiscal year runs October 1 to September 30. Express counts SBA Express and Export Express loans. Spread over Prime is measured on variable-rate loans. How we build these pages.

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