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Small Business Administration (SBA)

The U.S. Small Business Administration provides REST APIs for accessing SBA loan data including 7(a) and 504 loan programs, SBIR/STTR award data, business licensing and size standards, disaster loan application processing, government contracting opportunities, and small business certification programs including HUBZone, 8(a), WOSB, and SDVOSB.

Small Business Administration (SBA) publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Government, Small Business, Loans, Certifications, and Contracting.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Small Business Administration (SBA)’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 8 more developer resources.

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25.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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Composite quality — 25.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 4.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

SBA.gov Content API

A microservice API providing search access to SBA.gov content including lenders, articles, documents, and personnel. The lenders endpoint constructs queries to the AWS CloudSear...

Capital Access Financial System (CAFS) Loan Origination API

API for SBA lenders and partners to originate, service, and manage SBA 7(a) loans. Supports loan origination, status checking, compliance validation, servicing, 1502 reporting, ...

PPP Loan Forgiveness API

API enabling SBA-approved lenders to submit, track, and manage PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) loan forgiveness requests. Supports submission, re-submission, status lookup, do...

SBIR/STTR Awards and Solicitations API

Public API providing access to SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) and STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) award and solicitation data. Returns award details includi...

SBA Open Data API

CKAN-based open data API providing access to SBA datasets including small business size standards by NAICS code, 7(a) and 504 loan data reports (FOIA), and other SBA program dat...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Sba Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Sba Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Sba Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Sba Context

11 classes · 37 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Sba Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits
 StatusPage
StatusPage

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: sba
name: Small Business Administration (SBA)
description: The U.S. Small Business Administration provides REST APIs for accessing SBA loan data including 7(a) and 504
  loan programs, SBIR/STTR award data, business licensing and size standards, disaster loan application processing, government
  contracting opportunities, and small business certification programs including HUBZone, 8(a), WOSB, and SDVOSB.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/sba.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sba/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Government
- Small Business
- Loans
- Certifications
- Contracting
- Disaster Assistance
- SBIR
- STTR
apis:
- aid: sba:sba-gov-content-api
  name: SBA.gov Content API
  description: A microservice API providing search access to SBA.gov content including lenders, articles, documents, and personnel.
    The lenders endpoint constructs queries to the AWS CloudSearch domain for lenders.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.sba.gov/markdown_apis/sbagov-content.html
  baseURL: https://api.sba.gov
  tags:
  - Content
  - Search
  - Lenders
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.sba.gov/markdown_apis/sbagov-content.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/USSBA/sba-gov-content-api
- aid: sba:cafs-loan-origination-api
  name: Capital Access Financial System (CAFS) Loan Origination API
  description: API for SBA lenders and partners to originate, service, and manage SBA 7(a) loans. Supports loan origination,
    status checking, compliance validation, servicing, 1502 reporting, and partner information management through the ETRAN
    and ELEND systems.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://catweb.sba.gov/apidocs/apidetail.cfm
  baseURL: https://catran.sba.gov
  tags:
  - Loans
  - 7(a)
  - Origination
  - Servicing
  - Lenders
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://catweb.sba.gov/apidocs/apidetail.cfm
- aid: sba:ppp-loan-forgiveness-api
  name: PPP Loan Forgiveness API
  description: API enabling SBA-approved lenders to submit, track, and manage PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) loan forgiveness
    requests. Supports submission, re-submission, status lookup, document upload, loan validation, and direct forgiveness
    workflows.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://ussbaforgiveness.github.io/
  baseURL: https://forgiveness.sba.gov
  tags:
  - PPP
  - Loan Forgiveness
  - COVID-19
  - Paycheck Protection
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ussbaforgiveness.github.io/
- aid: sba:sbir-sttr-api
  name: SBIR/STTR Awards and Solicitations API
  description: Public API providing access to SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) and STTR (Small Business Technology
    Transfer) award and solicitation data. Returns award details including firm name, agency, phase, program, award amount,
    and research keywords. Supports filtering by agency, year, company, and research institution.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.sbir.gov/api
  baseURL: https://api.www.sbir.gov
  tags:
  - SBIR
  - STTR
  - Innovation
  - Research
  - Awards
  - Solicitations
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.sbir.gov/api
- aid: sba:sba-open-data-api
  name: SBA Open Data API
  description: CKAN-based open data API providing access to SBA datasets including small business size standards by NAICS
    code, 7(a) and 504 loan data reports (FOIA), and other SBA program data available in JSON and other formats.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://data.sba.gov/en/dataset/?res_format=API
  baseURL: https://data.sba.gov
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Size Standards
  - Loan Data
  - FOIA
  - NAICS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.sba.gov/en/dataset/?res_format=API
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sba-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.sba.gov
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.sba.gov/about/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/USSBA
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-small-business-administration
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.sba.gov/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: plans/sba-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/sba-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/sba-finops.yml
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/SBAgov
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.sba.gov/about-sba/open-government/about-sbagov-website
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com