First Service Bank SBA loans
Short answer
First Service Bank made 77 SBA loans from October 2023 to June 2026. 40.3% of them went to one industry, Chicken Egg Production, per SBA's loan file.
- SBA loans, Oct 2023 to Jun 2026
- 77
- dollars approved
- $75.03M
- median loan
- $400,000
- through SBA Express
- 15.6%
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Loan sizes
The medianThe middle figure. Half the loans were larger and half were smaller. loan First Service Bank approved from October 2023 to June 2026 was $400,000. A quarter of its loans were smaller than $150,000 and a quarter were larger than $1,370,000. For all lenders the median was $150,300. Its median is about 2.7 times the all-lender median. The average loan was $974,418.
Shares are of all 77 loans. Fewer than 5 marks a band whose count we do not publish.
Age of the businesses it lends to
The largest group was startups, at 41.6% of this lender's loans, against 16.1% for all lenders.
Fewer than 5 marks a group whose count we do not publish.
SBA Express and lines of credit
15.6% of this lender's loans went through SBA Express, below the 35.8% for all lenders. 16.9% were lines of creditA credit limit you can draw on, repay and draw on again. , below the 28.1% for all lenders.
| Share of loans | First Service Bank | All lenders |
|---|---|---|
| Through SBA Express | 15.6% | 35.8% |
| Lines of credit | 16.9% | 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 Arkansas: 59 of 77, or 76.6%. It made 5 or more loans in each of 3 states. State is where the business is, not where the lender is based.
| State | Loans | Share of its loans |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 59 | 76.6% |
| Missouri | 8 | 10.4% |
| Texas | 6 | 7.8% |
What it lends to
Chicken Egg Production had the most loans: 31 of 77. The table lists industries with 5 or more loans, at most five.
| Industry | Loans | Share of its loans |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken Egg Production | 31 | 40.3% |
| Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production | 18 | 23.4% |
Industry is the NAICS code recorded on each loan.
About the lender
- Type: Bank
- Location: Greenbrier, AR (headquarters, per FDIC)
- FDIC certificate number: 18519
- Official website: www.firstservicebank.com (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 First Service Bank. To ask First Service Bank 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 9.30%. 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 rose 56% (25 to 39). Across all lenders it rose 2.4%.
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
First Service Bank approved 41 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 First Service Bank by number of SBA loans. Their pages show the same figures, so you can compare loan sizes and loan types. It ranks 215th of 807 lenders by loans approved from October 2023 to June 2026.
| Lender | Loans | Median loan | Express | Lines of credit | Charge-offs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCFBank | 77 | $430,000 | 22.1% | 22.1% | Fewer than 5 |
| First Resource Bank | 77 | $350,000 | 31.2% | 39.0% | 0.0% |
| First Service Bank | 77 | $400,000 | 15.6% | 16.9% | 0.0% |
| The Citizens National Bank of Meridian | 76 | $149,850 | 9.2% | 10.5% | n/a |
| Bank OZK | 75 | $200,000 | 28.0% | 29.3% | Fewer than 5 |
| Community Bank of Mississippi | 75 | $293,900 | Fewer than 5 | Fewer than 5 | Fewer than 5 |
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.
Arkansas: No. 5 with 11 SBA Express loans
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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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Cite this page: First Service Bank SBA loans. SBA Express Loans, Janover Capital LLC (data as of June 30, 2026). https://www.sbaexpress.loans/sba-express-lenders/first-service-bank/
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