The State’s Largest SBA Lenders

Ranked by number of SBA loans made in 2000.

Lender — Number of Loans — Amount of Loans

1. Elk Horn Bank & Trust Co. of Arkadelphia — 37 — $3,453,000

2. Arkansas Capital Corp. Group of Little Rock — 31 — 12,265,000

3. Arkansas Certified Development Co. of Little Rock — 15 — 5,138,000

4. Metropolitan National Bank of Little Rock — 13 — 1,320,500

5. First Arvest Bank of Siloam Springs* — 12 — 1,531,900

6. Bank Tennessee of Collierville, Tenn. — 11 — 5,715,000

7. Bank of the Ozarks of Little Rock — 10 — 3,005,900

8. Simmons First National Bank of Pine Bluff — 8 — 544,300

9. Associates Commercial Corp. of Dallas — 6 — 1,186,500

9. First National Bank of Phillips County of Helena — 6 — 923,125

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