Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2026-2030

Message from the Administrator ~ As the 28th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), I am restoring the Agency's mission and ensuring we serve as the America First engine for free enterprise. Small business is big business for America. They drive innovation, create jobs, and sustain thriving communities. It is an honor to serve the 36 million small businesses that power our economy. ... This Strategic Plan sets the course for how the SBA fosters economic growth and job creation. We are expanding capital access for small businesses and modernizing technology and regulations to improve efficiency and customer experience. We are also enhancing disaster assistance to deliver timely, effective support to communities in need. Accountability, transparency, and efficiency remain central to everything we do. ... The SBA Fraud Task Force is focused on preventing, identifying, and recovering fraudulent funds, working closely with other federal agencies to strengthen enforcement and maximize recoveries. We champion Made in America manufacturing, helping restore industrial strength and rebuild resilient supply chains. By partnering with the Office of Advocacy, we are reducing burdensome regulations, and through our contracting and capital programs, helping innovative small businesses grow into competitive mid-sized firms. - Kelly L. Loeffler, Administrator Who We Are ~ With 36 million small businesses, America's economy thrives on innovation across every industry. Established in 1953 as a standalone federal agency, the SBA was created to preserve free competitive enterprise, strengthen the nation's economy, and support the entrepreneurial spirit that built America. The SBA serves job creators by providing access to capital, disaster assistance, federal contracting opportunities, and business counseling and training. Its district offices are organized into ten regions (Figure 1 of the plan). Consultations with External Stakeholders ~ Administrator Loeffler has traveled extensively across the United States, meeting face to face with small business owners, workers, local lenders, industry groups, and community leaders, and these conversations shaped the priorities in the plan. The SBA engaged with existing lending partners and reached out to new participants in the Agency portfolio. The Agency maintains close collaboration with Congress, including regular engagement with the House Committee on Small Business and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. About This Plan ~ This Strategic Plan provides the SBA's comprehensive framework for performance management under the America First agenda. It establishes clear strategic goals, objectives, and strategies that guide the Agency's efforts to empower small businesses and rebuild American economic leadership. The plan informs resource allocation and prioritizes accountability and fraud prevention to achieve long-term outcomes. The cover bears the tagline "Make Main Street Great Again!" OIG Management Challenges (Appendix A) ~ The SBA Inspector General submitted Report Number 25-01, Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Small Business Administration in Fiscal Year 2025, on December 18, 2025. The challenges and corresponding strategic objectives are: (I) Protecting the Integrity of SBA Programs - 2.2; (II) Managing SBA's Loan Portfolio and Participating Lenders - 1.1 and 1.2; (III) Measuring Performance in SBA Programs - 2.3 and 2.4; (IV) Managing Data - 1.3 and 2.3; (V) Managing Risks in Information Technology - 1.3. The SBA's FY 2027 Annual Performance Plan identifies actions aimed at addressing the types of fraud, waste, error, mismanagement, and inefficiencies highlighted by the Inspector General. Notes ~ The plan does not include vision or values statements or performance indicators. Its effective date on sba.gov is April 9, 2026; the direct link to the PDF was not available, so the Source cited is SBA's strategic plan page. Objective names follow the framework in Figure 2 of the plan; some headings differ slightly elsewhere in the document (e.g., the table of contents titles Objective 3.4 "Help innovative small businesses scale into mid-size firms through effective management of government contracting, capital access programs, and resource partners"). Supporting offices for each objective, from Appendix B, are captured as Stakeholders of the objectives; OEMISS and OMT are listed by acronym only because the plan does not spell them out. Submitter's Note: As per the requirement set forth in section 10 of the GPRA Modernization Act, this StratML rendition was compiled from the source by Claude.ai and can be edited in the form at https://stratml.us/forms/Claude/Part1.html. Source: https://www.sba.gov/document/support-sba-strategic-plan