# East West Bank SBA loans in Washington **Short answer:** SBA's loan file shows East West Bank made 48 SBA loans in Washington since October 2023. 68.8% financed a change of ownership, against 18.8% of its loans nationally. None of them went through SBA Express, against 21.6% of its loans nationally. Canonical page: https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/east-west-bank/washington/ Data as of: 2026-06-30 This site is not East West Bank 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. A small base This page rests on 48 loans. Medians and shares on so few loans can swing on a few loans, so use them as a rough guide. These are the 48 SBA 7(a) loans [East West Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/east-west-bank/) made in [Washington](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/washington-small-business-loans/) 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 Washington **What this means for you.** If you are buying a business, purchases were a bigger share of these loans here than elsewhere. ### Change of ownership 68.8% of the loans in Washington financed a change of ownership, against 18.8% of its loans nationally. Change of ownership, share of loans, Oct 2023 to Jun 2026 - Washington: 68.8% - All its U.S. loans: 18.8% ### SBA Express None of the 48 loans in Washington went through SBA Express, against 21.6% of its loans nationally. SBA Express, share of loans, Oct 2023 to Jun 2026 - Washington: 0.0% - All its U.S. loans: 21.6% ### Share of the state's loans East West Bank made 1.0% of the SBA loans approved in Washington since October 2023, against 0.24% of loans nationwide. Its share here is 4.1 times its national share. Share of all SBA loans, Oct 2023 to Jun 2026 - Washington: 1.0% - All its U.S. loans: 0.24% We compared 7 measures with the national figure for the same period, and these are the 3 that differ clearly. One more difference is in the table. ## Washington next to the U.S. **Washington compared with all of East West Bank's U.S. loans, October 2023 to June 2026** | Measure | Washington | All its U.S. loans | Reading | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Lender's share of all SBA loans | 1.0% | 0.24% | Clearly higher | | Median loan | $457,000 | $400,000 | No clear gap | | Middle half of loans | $288,750 to $866,750 | $150,000 to $885,000 | – | | Startups (the loan opens the business) | Fewer than 5 | 4.1% | n/a | | In business 2 years or less | Fewer than 5 | 9.2% | n/a | | In business more than 2 years | 20.8% | 67.9% | Clearly lower | | Change of ownership | 68.8% | 18.8% | Clearly higher | | SBA Express | 0.0% | 21.6% | Clearly lower | | Lines of credit | 0.0% | 1.3% | No clear gap | | Median term | 10 years | 10 years | – | | Median spread over Prime at approval | 1.75 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 Washington The 2 industries below account for 25 of the 48 loans approved October 2023 to June 2026, or 52.1%. An industry is listed when it has 5 or more of them, five at most. **Top industries in Washington** | Industry | Loans | Share here | U.S. share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Full-Service Restaurants](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/full-service-restaurants/) | 15 | 31.2% | 16.8% | | [Limited-Service Restaurants](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/industries/limited-service-restaurants/) | 10 | 20.8% | 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. **East West Bank by state** | State | Loans since October 2019 | | --- | --- | | [California](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/east-west-bank/california/) | 527 | ## Other lenders in Washington Other lenders in Washington with a clear difference from the national pattern, most loans first. **Other lenders in Washington** | Lender | Loans since October 2019 | | --- | --- | | [KeyBank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/keybank/washington/) | 773 | | [Readycap Lending, LLC](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/readycap-lending-llc/washington/) | 303 | | [Wells Fargo Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/wells-fargo-bank/washington/) | 254 | | [The Huntington National Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/the-huntington-national-bank/washington/) | 220 | | [JPMorgan Chase Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/jpmorgan-chase-bank/washington/) | 185 | | [Celtic Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/celtic-bank/washington/) | 147 | | [Hanmi Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/hanmi-bank/washington/) | 136 | | [GBC International Bank](https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/gbc-international-bank/washington/) | 95 | 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](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)