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The SBA delivered over $44 billion in loans nationwide in FY2025, with $1.2 billion in the Seattle District. Rural lending rose 20%, and manufacturers gained new access to capital under the Made in America Initiative.

Small business owners and private nonprofit organizations who lost money due to Hurricane Milton last year can still apply for low interest federal disaster loans, but time is running out.

The SBA is reminding South Carolina small businesses and nonprofits of a Feb. 2 deadline to apply for low-interest disaster loans related to 2025 drought losses.