County directory · Maryland
CDFI lenders in Baltimore County, MD
3 have a bank or credit-union branch here. 2 more say they serve all of Maryland. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.
- Name this county
- 0
- Based here
- 0
- Branch here
- 3
- Serve all of MD
- 2
None of the lender websites we read names Baltimore County; the lenders below are based here, have an office here or serve the whole state. Lenders based elsewhere may lend here too. Search your exact ZIP code in the finder to include lenders based nearby. Towns in this county: Baldwin, Baltimore, Boring, Brooklandville, Butler, Catonsville, Chase, Cockeysville, Dundalk, Essex, Fork, Fort Howard….
Lenders compared for Baltimore County
7 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore, Incorporated d/b/a MECU Credit union, Baltimore MD | 5 offices here; 46 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 9 mi |
| 2. Change Lending, LLC Loan fund, Anaheim CA | 31 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3.5M | 2,293 mi |
| 3. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ | 21 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 1,986 mi |
| 4. GTE Federal Credit Union Credit union, Tampa FL | 10 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 860 mi |
| 5. Baltimore Community Lending, Inc. Loan fund, Baltimore MD | 3 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | $10,000–$150,000 | 9 mi |
| 6. HARBOR BANKSHARES CORPORATION Bank holding company, Baltimore MD | 1 office here | $50,000–$5M | 9 mi |
| 7. Harbor Bank of Maryland Bank or thrift, Baltimore MD | 1 office here | $50,000–$5M | 9 mi |
6 of these 7 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $41.3M in fiscal years 2000–2024 (CDFI Fund award database; each lender page lists its awards). An award funds the lender, not a particular borrower.
Order: how many kinds of local record we hold (its website names the county or a town in it, headquarters, a branch, SBA loans or HMDA home loans for borrowers here), then the number of those records, then the head office's distance from the county centre. Loan sizes are the range the lender's website states. It is not a rating and nobody pays for a place. SBA loans: SBA 7(a)/504 data (FY2020–FY2026, 3 or more shown); home loans: HMDA 2025 originations (3 or more shown); branches: FDIC/NCUA; distances are straight lines from the average position of the county's ZIP codes.
Where these lenders have offices
4 lenders4 head offices and 18 branches or offices of 4 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Baltimore County. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.
Head officeBranch or officeApproximate (ZIP code area)
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Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
3 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Baltimore County (FDIC office data as of 30 Oct 2026 and NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.
- Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore, Incorporated d/b/a MECUCredit union · Baltimore, MD5 offices in Baltimore CountyOfficial list only
- HARBOR BANKSHARES CORPORATIONBank holding company · Baltimore, MDCommercial real estate loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans, SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage)…1 office in Baltimore CountyVerified
- Harbor Bank of MarylandBank or thrift · Baltimore, MDCommercial real estate loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans, SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage)…1 office in Baltimore CountyVerified
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 109 originated home loans for properties in Baltimore County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 0.7% of the 15,457 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore, Incorporated d/b/a MECUCredit union · Baltimore, MD46 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Official list only
- Change Lending, LLCLoan fund · Anaheim, CAHome mortgages31 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Champions Funding, LLCLoan fund · Gilbert, AZHome mortgages21 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- GTE Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Tampa, FLHome mortgages, Personal / consumer loans10 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
Plus 1 more certified CDFI with fewer than 3 loans here each (not listed).
A lender headquartered far away can appear here: HMDA counts the county of the property, not of the lender. Banks and credit unions below the HMDA reporting thresholds and most loan funds do not report, so other CDFIs may also lend here.
Source: FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for 2025, snapshot frozen 2 Jun 2026, loan-level records read through the CFPB HMDA Data Browser API on 3 Nov 2026. Originated loans only; applications that were denied, withdrawn or not accepted are not counted. HMDA publishes each loan amount as the middle of a $10,000 band, so totals and medians are approximate. Counts under 3 are not shown. How we match lenders.
Small business and SBA lending in Baltimore County
Official statisticsMedian household income in Baltimore County is $91,768, 11% below the Maryland figure of $103,678 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 44.5 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: about as many as the median Maryland county (43.8), rank 12 of 24.
| Measure | Baltimore County | Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 20,340 (14.2% of the state) | 142,967 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 84% | 84% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 83,968 | 599,050 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $91,768 (11% below the state) | $103,678 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 906 (884 7(a), 22 504) | 6,184 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 44.5 (rank 12 of 24 Maryland counties) | 43.8 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $100,000 | $134,100 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 3 (0%) | 55 (1%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 3 pts (436 loans; 23% at the SBA maximum) | 3 pts (20% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 95 · FY2021 83 · FY2022 104 · FY2023 140 · FY2024 142 · FY2025 168 · FY2026 174.
For comparison, not an offer. SBA figures count approvals by every SBA lender for borrowers whose ZIP code lies in the county, not only CDFIs; approval is not disbursement. Rate over prime = the SBA's recorded initial rate minus the prime rate on the approval day; SBA caps it at 3 to 6.5 points depending on loan size (current prime rate and caps: methodology).
Sources: Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and American Community Survey 2020–2024 (table B19013); SBA 7(a) & 504 FOIA data as of 30 Sep 2026; prime rate: FRED DPRIME; SBA maximums: SBA 7(a) terms. Downloaded 15 Nov 2026. How we compute these.
SBA loans made here by CDFIs
SBA data as of 30 Sep 2026Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 3 SBA approvals (3 7(a) loans) for borrowers in Baltimore County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 1 CDFI. The 7(a) loans total $880,000 approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: Baltimore Community Lending, Inc. (3).
Counted by the county of the borrower's ZIP code. Approval is not disbursement. These are only the SBA loans of certified CDFIs; most SBA lenders here are not CDFIs, and CDFIs also lend outside SBA programs.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) & 504 FOIA loan data, files as of 30 Sep 2026, downloaded 3 Nov 2026. Our counts, cancelled approvals left out. How we match lenders.
CDFI lending recorded here (FY2022)
CDFI Fund data, released Dec 2024217 loans and investments totaling $20.9M (median $35,000) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Baltimore County in fiscal year 2022, by 17 reporting CDFIs. More than half of these records come from a single reporting CDFI.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home improvement | 89 | $3.2M | $28,502 |
| Home purchase | 50 | $13.9M | $232,250 |
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 38 | $557,542 | $7,000 |
| Consumer | 25 | $95,165 | $2,500 |
| Non-real estate business | 11 | $2.8M | $190,283 |
| Other purposes | 4 | $249,000 |
Of 37 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 62% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 6,554 consumer loans in Baltimore County totaling $39.3M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 39% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 180 · FY2019 98 · FY2020 196 · FY2021 1,681.
Only CDFIs that hold an active CDFI Fund award (CDFI Program, Native American CDFI Assistance or the CDFI Rapid Response Program) report these transactions, so this is not all lending by the certified CDFIs on this page. The Fund masks which CDFI made each loan, so we cannot say which lender listed here made them.
Source: CDFI Fund, CDFI/NACA/CDFI RRP Program Award Recipient Data Release, Transaction Level Report and Consumer Loan Report public files for fiscal year 2022 (released Dec 2024; downloaded 3 Nov 2026). Amounts are original loan or investment amounts as reported. Place = the 2010 census tract of each record. How we count.
Say they serve all of Maryland
- Democracy FCUCredit union · Alexandria, VAAuto / vehicle loans, Credit-builder loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Personal / consumer loansVerified
- Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington, D.C. DBA is: Latino Economic Development CenterLoan fund · Washington, DCCredit-builder loans, Microloans, Small-business loansVerified
Free help before you apply
These offices give free or low-cost advice: a Small Business Development Center or SCORE mentor can help with the business plan, cash-flow projections and paperwork most business lenders ask for, and a HUD-approved housing counselor can help with a homebuyer course, a budget or a missed mortgage payment. Some counseling agencies also lend; using their advice does not commit you to their loans. Call ahead to check hours and what they cover.
Business advice
- Maryland SBDC ~ Baltimore CountySmall Business Development Center · 100 Campus Circle, Owings Mills, MD 21117240-343-9410
- Baltimore Metropolitan WBC at Morgan State University EDACWomen's Business Center · Morgan State University Graves School of Business, 4100 Hillen Road Suite 302 B, Baltimore, MD 21251443-885-3663
- Greater Baltimore SCORESCORE mentoring · 100 South Charles Street, Suite 1201, Baltimore, MD 21201800-634-0245 · about 9 miles from the centre of Baltimore County
Housing counseling
- Diversified Housing Development, Inc.HUD-approved housing counselor · 8025 Liberty Rd, Windsor Mill, MD 21244410-496-1214
- Dundalk Renaissance CorporationHUD-approved housing counselor · 11 Center Place, Suite 201, Dundalk, MD 21222410-282-0261
Sources: SBA local assistance listings, read 6 Nov 2026; HUD's list of approved housing counseling agencies (open-data version last updated 9 Apr 2025). For the current list and the services each agency offers, use the CFPB's housing counselor search (it uses HUD's list) or call HUD at 800-569-4287. Offices are placed by ZIP code, so distances are approximate.
City pages in Baltimore County
Other Maryland counties
Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/md/counties/baltimore-county/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).