Top 25 industries for SBA 504 loans

What kinds of businesses get 504 loans?  Are they changing?  Answers to these questions can be found in new national data. The SBA has provided a report of the top 25 industries that utilized the SBA 504 program in FY 2009 and through February 28, 2010. 

2009
Industry

Gross
Amount
2010
Industry
Gross Amount
Hotels & motels $451,241,000 Hotels & motels $137,865,000
Physicians $240,569,000 Physicians $123,200,000
Full service restaurants $160,121,000 Full service restaurants $72,421,000
Dentists $148,878,000 Dentists $63,543,000
Child care services $110,444,000 child care services $41,598,000
Fast food & carry out restaurants $79,151,000 Fast food & carry out restaurants $38,332,000
Veterinarians $67,380,000 Veterinarians $26,357,000
Car washes $59,137,000 Lawyers $26,311,000
Grocery stores $58,794,000 Grocery stores $26,037,000
Lawyers $48,319,000 Gas stations & convenience stores $24,428,000
Gas stations & convenience stores $42,824,000 Car dealers $22,892,000
Engineering services $41,580,000 Car washes $20,751,000
Machine shops $39,404,000 Recreation industries $19,849,000
Auto repair $36,049,000 Misc. food manufacturing $19,192,000
Wholesale merchant - durable goods $33,373,000 Auto repair $18,550,000
Wholesale merchant - nondurable goods $31,391,000 Professional service providers $16,634,000
Recreation industries $28,737,000 Accountants $16,330,000
Professional service providers $28,140,000 Optometrists $15,878,000
Specialty trade contractors $28,098,000 Optometrists $15,878,000
Misc. manufacturing $27,485,000 Misc. manufacturing $15,630,000
Plumbing, heating & AC contractors $27,277,000 Computer system design $15,617,000
Auto body, paint & repair $23,690,000 Fabricated metal manufacturing $15,086,000
Funeral homes $23,258,000 Computer related services $12,807,000
Nursing care facilities $23,234,000 Wholesale merchants - durable goods $12,591,000
$1,858,574,000 $817,758,000