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7(a) Loan Guarantees (Assistance Listing 59.012)
Provides aid and assistance to small businesses by providing SBA guarantees on loans from lenders to eligible for-profit small businesses, which are unable to obtain financing in the private credit marketplace but can demonstrate an ability to repay loans if granted, in a timely manner.
Loan guarantee (government-backed loan from a lender) Check the official page for current intake dates
- Funder
- Small Business Administration
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- $35,000,000,000 estimated total obligations for FY2026 (all awards, per SAM.gov); per-award amounts vary.
- Where
- United States (federal)
- Eligibility
- Open to businesses and self-employed people. Federal assistance program (Loan Guarantee); individual funding notices set the dates.
- Sectors
- Business and entrepreneurship, Export and trade
- Deadline
- Varies: check the official page for current dates
- Source
- SAM.gov Assistance Listings (59.012)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
- Funder contacts
- Public organizational contacts on file Unlock full profile / Sign up
This is a loan. It must be repaid.
From official open data: listed in the official SAM.gov Assistance Listings on 2026-11-02. The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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Business and entrepreneurship Export and trade Businesses and entrepreneurs United States United States (national) Federal agency
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