# SBA Lender Match

The SBA's own free lender matching tool.

The SBA's own free matching tool: a short questionnaire that circulates your request to participating SBA lenders (more than 800, including CDFIs and community banks), with interested lenders surfaced in about two business days for you to compare.

- Category: Loan Brokers
- Pricing model: Free
- Where it fits: Set Up & Fund the Search, Diligence & Close the Deal
- Website: https://www.sba.gov/loans/lender-match/

## At a Glance

Run it in parallel with a targeted lender list: it costs nothing, occasionally surfaces a hungry community bank, and the worst case is a few emails to decline.

## What It Costs

No charge is stated on the page, which is worth saying precisely: SBA describes it as a tool and not a loan application, says matching is not guaranteed, and never uses the word free. More than 800 lenders take part across all fifty states and the territories, the questions take about five minutes, and a summary of interested lenders comes back two business days later.

## Best For

Casting a wide, free net for [term sheets](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/term-sheet) alongside a targeted list, especially in geographies the acquisition-specialist banks cover thinly

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Free and official, with no broker economics anywhere in the loop
- Pro: Reaches community lenders and CDFIs a [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher) would never find independently
- Pro: Two-day turnaround makes it a cheap parallel track next to targeted outreach
- Con: Matching is generic: lenders respond to the profile, not to acquisition nuance, so expect mixed fit
- Con: The searcher-savvy acquisition banks are reached better directly than through the tool
- Con: No packaging or advocacy; you still assemble and pitch the deal yourself

## What Searchers Say

An official SBA platform, relaunched in enhanced form in 2024. Coverage treats it as a legitimate free starting point with realistic expectations: it widens the funnel, and the quality of resulting conversations varies with your package.

## Compared With

- Do you need a broker at all, or will the SBA's own matcher do? (https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/sba-lender-match-vs-pioneer-capital-advisory.md)

## Sources

- https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/lender-match-connects-you-lenders
- https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/03/04/sba-launches-enhanced-lender-match-platform

Also on this site: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/category/loan-broker.md
Source: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/sba-lender-match
Last checked: 2026-09-07

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