# Small Business Lending Company Application Process
> **US Small Business Administration** · Notification. · Published 2024-08-09 · 89 FR 65174
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-17644
- **Category:** other
- **Agency:** US Small Business Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 65174
- **CFR reference:** 13 CFR 120
- **Publication date:** 2024-08-09
## Abstract

The purpose of this notification is to announce that the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Capital Access (OCA) is opening the application period for new Small Business Lending Companies (SBLC) licenses from September 2, 2024, to October 15, 2024, and share the process by which interested entities may apply. SBA is similarly opening the application period for Community Advantage SBLCs (CA SBLCs) from September 2, 2024, to December 20, 2024, and will be reviewing and decisioning CA SBLC licenses on a rolling basis.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/09/2024-17644/small-business-lending-company-application-process)
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