PR Newswire·Nov 19, 2025, 8:00 AM ET

M&T Bank Ranks No. 1 Among 7(a) SBA Lenders in Its Footprint*

M&T Bank ranked #1 in SBA 7(a) loan volume in Baltimore, Buffalo, Connecticut, Delaware, Philadelphia, Syracuse, & Washington D.C. for Fiscal Year 2025.
M&T ranked among the nation's top 10 SBA 7(a) lenders for the 17th consecutive year.
The bank approved 2,701 SBA 7(a) loans totaling $294 million, representing a 47.4% increase in units & a 41.5% increase in dollars over the prior year.
The average size of M&T's SBA 7(a) loans in Fiscal Year 2025 was $108,000.
M&T ranked among the top 10 Third Party Lenders for the SBA 504 program with 73 loans totaling $43.8 million.
M&T ranked #2 in Vermont, #3 in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Richmond, & New York City Metro, #4 in Maine, & #5 in Massachusetts for SBA lending volume.
Client Draghi Burgos Construction transitioned its full banking relationship to M&T to support scaling operations using SBA expertise.
Jason Techtmann utilized M&T SBA financing to purchase Interstate Batteries of DC Metro, enabling ownership & partial retirement for the previous seller.
M&T is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York, serving the eastern U.S. from Maine to Virginia & Washington D.C.