Over the last five years 1,554 SBA loans in South Carolina went to businesses under two years old, 40% of every approval in the state (8 points above the national rate). 770 of them were loans that opened the business in the first place.
Every lender here has approved loans for businesses under two years old in South Carolina. The percentage is how much of their South Carolina lending went to new businesses, which tells you whether they do it routinely or made an exception.