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SBA 7(a) Loan Calculator

Where Every Dollar of Your SBA Loan Goes

Fees, secondary market sales, and the payment breakdown no one shows you. Traced from application to final payment.

I

The Gross-Up

You need cash. Here's what it actually takes to get it.

Your proceeds
$1,000,000
Total loan amount
$1,027,010
$27,010 in fees baked in
Loan broker fee
$20,540
~2% if you use a broker. Paid at closing, on top of everything.
Cash needed
SBA guaranty fee

Finance these fees into the loan?

Toggle a fee on to roll it into your loan balance. You'll pay less at closing but more over time.

You asked for $1,000,000 but you'll actually sign for $1,027,010. The $27,010 gap is $27,010 in SBA guaranty fee.

II

Closing Day

You've signed the papers. Here's where the money landed.

What you owe now
Loan balanceOfficial rule
$1,027,010
First payment in 30 days
$14,147
Monthly paymentOfficial rule
$14,147
How your loan breaks down
$1,000,000
Cash to you
Financed fees

You now owe $1,027,010 at 11.0% over 10 years. Your first payment of $14,147 is due in 30 days.

Behind the scenes
III

Your loan gets soldand you don't notice

This happens with almost every SBA loan. It's designed this way.

You (Borrower)LenderInvestor$14,147/moNothing changesSells $770K(guaranteed portion)Pays $841K(sale proceeds)

Nothing changes for you — same payment, same servicer, same statement.

Par (guaranteed portion)$770,257
Sale proceeds$841,121
Gross premium$70,864
Less broker fee$5,777
Net gain on sale$65,087

Dollar-weighted average secondary market premiums Official data

Fiscal YearAvg. Price (% of par)
FY2021Official data113.7%
FY2022Official data111.0%
FY2023Official data107.8%
FY2024Official data109.4%
FY2025Official data109.2%

Your lender just made $65,087 on your loan — today, before you've made a single payment.

IV

Where every dollar of your payment goes

Out of your $14,147 monthly payment in month 1, here's where each dollar goes.

Month 1 payment breakdown
Principal
$4,733
Bond investors
$5,973
Lender servicing
$642
SBA
$353
FTA
$93
Lender (unguaranteed)
$2,354
$0$2k$5k$7k$10k$12k$15kYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6Year 7Year 8Year 9Year 10
Principal$4,733
Bond investors$5,973
Lender servicing$642
SBA$353
FTA$93
Lender (unguaranteed)$2,354
Month 1Month 1Month 120
Cumulative totals through month 1
Principal paid down
$4,733
Bond investors
$5,973
Lender servicing fee
$642
SBA
$353
Fiscal transfer agent
$93
Lender (unguaranteed)
$2,354
Total paid$14,147
The full picture
V

Paying it off (or paying it off early)

Hold to maturity
$1,697,647
total out of pocket
120 months of payments
Prepay in year 2
$1,240,133
total out of pocket
24 months of payments
Prepay in year 5
$1,499,490
total out of pocket
60 months of payments
Lifetime interest by counterparty
Total interest
$671K
Bond investors
$425,474
Lender servicing fee
$45,725
SBA
$25,149
Fiscal transfer agent
$6,630
Lender (unguaranteed)
$167,659
Your loan in plain English

I need $1,000,000 for a business acquisition. To get it I'll borrow $1,027,010 over 10 years at 11.0%. I'll pay $48,000 out of pocket at closing. My payment will be $14,147/month. Over the life of the loan I'll pay $1,697,647 total — $671K of that is interest, which splits as $425K to bond investors, $25K to SBA, $7K to the FTA, $46K to the lender as a servicing fee, and $168K to the lender on the portion they kept.

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Then you'll borrow:$1,027,010

Toggle fees to roll them into the loan (you pay less at closing, more over time).

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At closing
Cash to you
$1,000,000Official rule
Bring to closing
$48,000Official rule
Total fees
$75,010Official rule
Monthly
$14,147
10yr variable
Lifetime
Total interest
$670,637Official rule
True cost of fees
$44,647Assumption
If you prepay

No prepayment penalty (term < 15 years).