Business Expansion Funding Corporation: SBA Lending Profile
Certified CDFI, U.S. Treasury
Business Expansion Funding Corporation is a Certified Development Company (CDC), headquartered in Charlotte, NC. It is active in 4 states, concentrated around NC, SC, VA. Everything below comes from federal SBA loan records, not from the lender's marketing. This is what it has actually funded.
Loan sizes Business Expansion Funding Corporation actually approves
The median SBA approval at Business Expansion Funding Corporation is $487,000. The middle 80% of its loans fall between $174,500 and $1,603,500. The smallest approval on record since 2020 is $52,000 and the largest is $5,499,000. If the amount you need sits far outside that range, this is probably not the right first call, no matter what the website says.
Industries it funds most
| Industry | Loans since 2020 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels | 45 | 5.3% |
| Child Day Care Services | 44 | 5.2% |
| Full-Service Restaurants | 36 | 4.2% |
| Limited-Service Restaurants | 30 | 3.5% |
| General Automotive Repair | 25 | 2.9% |
| Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) | 21 | 2.5% |
| Car Washes | 21 | 2.5% |
| Offices of Dentists | 20 | 2.4% |
| Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers | 20 | 2.4% |
| Landscaping Services | 14 | 1.6% |
| Breweries | 14 | 1.6% |
| Full-Service Restaurants | 13 | 1.5% |
Borrower profile
- This institution is a Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution. CDFIs exist specifically to fund businesses and communities that conventional lenders often decline.
- only 8.5% of its recent SBA loans went to startups, this lender works almost entirely with established businesses.
- Collateral was taken on 97.7% of its recent SBA loans.
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Sources and limits. Figures are derived from U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) and 504 FOIA loan-level records (data as of 2026-06-30, retrieved 2026-08-08) and FDIC public institution data. CDFI certification status from the U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund certified institution list. They describe past lending activity only. They are not rate quotes, not current offers, and not an indication that any business will qualify. Lender programs and criteria change. Big Brain Funding is not affiliated with or endorsed by Business Expansion Funding Corporation.