Small Business Administration (SBA)

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.
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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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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: 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