Small Business Administration
Contents
The Small Business Administration (SBA) offers a variety of data and statistical programs, primarily through its Office of Advocacy and its open data portal, Data.SBA.gov. These programs provide insights into the small business sector, loan programs, and economic trends.
Office of Advocacy Research
The SBA's Office of Advocacy is an independent voice for small businesses within the federal government. It publishes a number of research products and statistical reports that provide data on small business demographics, economic contributions, and trends.
| • | Small Business Profiles: These reports offer detailed data for each U.S. state, territory, and major metropolitan area. They provide statistics on business demographics, economic contributions, and industry trends to help policymakers and researchers. |
| • | FAQs About Small Business: A comprehensive publication that compiles up-to-date federal statistics about American small businesses in one place, providing an overview of their contributions to the U.S. economy. |
| • | Small Business Facts: These reports use data to show emerging trends in a digestible format. |
| • | Economic Studies: The Office of Advocacy produces in-depth economic analyses on important topics and issues affecting small businesses. |
SBA Data and Loan Programs
The SBA makes a variety of data sets available to the public through its open data portal, Data.SBA.gov. This portal is a central hub for SBA data and reports.
| • | Lender Reports: The SBA publishes monthly reports on its lending activity, including data on its 7(a) and 504 loan programs. These reports summarize loan approvals by state and lender, and can be downloaded in spreadsheet or CSV formats. |
| • | Disaster Loan Data: The SBA offers public data on its disaster loans. State and local governments can also request data-sharing agreements with the SBA to prevent duplication of benefits. |
| • | COVID-19 Relief Programs: The SBA has published extensive data and reports on its pandemic-related lending, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Some of this data, particularly for EIDL loans, can also be found on USASpending.gov. |
| • | Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS): The U.S. Census Bureau, in collaboration with the SBA, provides an experimental data product that links the Business Dynamics Statistics with SBA's COVID-19 response loan recipients. This data tracks firms over time and provides statistics on businesses that received PPP, EIDL, and other pandemic loans. |