East West Bank SBA loans in California
Short answer
SBA's loan file shows East West Bank made 244 SBA loans in California since October 2023. 79.9% went to businesses more than two years old, against 67.9% of its loans nationally. 30.7% went through SBA Express, against 21.6% of its loans nationally.
- SBA loans, Oct 2023 to Jun 2026
- 244
- median loan
- $305,000
- dollars approved
- $164.09M
- went to firms over 2 years old
- 79.9%
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sbaexpress.loans is not East West Bank, and East West Bank did not provide, review or pay for this page. Janover Capital LLC runs this site. Every figure on this page comes from SBA's public 7(a) loan file, not from East West Bank.
These are the 244 SBA 7(a) loans East West Bank made in California approved October 2023 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.
How East West Bank differs in California
What this means for you. Most of these loans went to businesses with more than two years of history, so an operating record is what East West Bank usually saw.
Established businesses
79.9% of the loans in California went to businesses more than two years old, against 67.9% of its loans nationally.
SBA Express
30.7% of the loans in California went through SBA Express, against 21.6% of its loans nationally.
Share of the state's loans
East West Bank made 1.3% of the SBA loans approved in California since October 2023, against 0.24% of loans nationwide. Its share here is 5.2 times its national share.
We compared 9 measures with the national figure for the same period, and these are the 3 that differ clearly. One more difference is in the table.
California next to the U.S.
| Measure | California | All its U.S. loans | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lender's share of all SBA loans | 1.3% | 0.24% | Clearly higher |
| Median loan | $305,000 | $400,000 | No clear gap |
| Middle half of loans | $50,000 to $818,250 | $150,000 to $885,000 | – |
| Startups (the loan opens the business) | 2.5% | 4.1% | No clear gap |
| In business 2 years or less | 8.2% | 9.2% | No clear gap |
| In business more than 2 years | 79.9% | 67.9% | Clearly higher |
| Change of ownership | 9.4% | 18.8% | Clearly lower |
| SBA Express | 30.7% | 21.6% | Clearly higher |
| Lines of credit | Fewer than 5 | 1.3% | No clear gap |
| Median term | 10 years | 10 years | – |
| Median spread over Prime at approval | 2 points over Prime | 2 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 East West Bank lends to in California
The 5 industries below account for 72 of the 244 loans approved October 2023 to June 2026, or 29.5%. An industry is listed when it has 5 or more of them, five at most.
| Industry | Loans | Share here | U.S. share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-Service Restaurants | 32 | 13.1% | 16.8% |
| Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores | 14 | 5.7% | 5.9% |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers | 13 | 5.3% | 5.1% |
| General Automotive Repair | 7 | 2.9% | Not in top 5 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants | 6 | 2.5% | 7.6% |
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.
East West Bank in other states
Other states where these loans differ clearly from the national pattern, most loans first.
| State | Loans since October 2019 |
|---|---|
| Washington | 56 |
Other lenders in California
Other lenders in California with a clear difference from the national pattern, most loans first.
| Lender | Loans since October 2019 |
|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | 1,484 |
| Northeast Bank (Portland, ME) | 1,093 |
| Bank of Hope | 910 |
| Bank of America | 866 |
| Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC | 852 |
| Enterprise Bank & Trust | 560 |
| Zions Bank | 519 |
| Columbia Bank (Roseburg, OR) | 515 |
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, 2023 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: East West Bank SBA loans in California. SBA Express Loans, Janover Capital LLC (data as of June 30, 2026). https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/east-west-bank/california/
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