Small Business Corporation

About the Corporation

Small Business Corporation (SBCorp) is the result of the merger between the Small Business Guarantee and Finance Corporation (SBGFC) and the Guarantee Fund for SMEs (GFSME), under Executive Order No. 98 issued in November 2001. SBCorp’s focus is to provide micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with much needed access to finance to help them grow their businesses. It has several programs for the MSME market: wholesale lending to smaller financial institutions, cooperatives and foundations; retail or direct lending to MSMEs.

Programs and Program Beneficiaries

Corporate Funded Programs

Using its own corporate funds, SBCorp is engaged in a) Regular Retail Lending for duly registered MSMEs and b) Venture Capital for selected start-up MSMEs. 

Program: Regular Retail Lending – RISE UP PROGRAM

Priority Beneficiaries: Targeted Micro and Small Enterprise Markets

Program: Venture Capital Program

Priority Beneficiaries: Selected Start-up MSMES thru Partner State Universities and Colleges

National Government- Supported Programs

Program: Enterprise Rehabilitation Financing

Priority Beneficiaries: MSMEs who suffered business reversal from calamity

The program was initially funded by corporate funds when it started in January 2014. SBCorp allotted around PhP600.0 million in support of MSMEs badly affected by Typhoon Yolanda

In response the National Government (NG) granted P200 million credit risk subsidy to SBCorp.

Program: Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso (P3)

Priority Beneficiaries: Microenterprises who are economically active

The National Government implemented its P3 Fund for microenterprises (MEs) starting 2017 via a GAA allocation for SBCorp.

The strategic objective is to provide all MEs that are economically active in all 81 provinces throughout the country, the opportunity to access credit at more reasonable interest rates capped at 2.5% per month.

Not more than 5% of the P3 fund was allocated to higher risk sectors such as internally displaced persons (IDPs) arising from war in Marawi, killed and wounded in action (KIA/WIA) soldiers or their families, MSMEs affected by the temporary closure of Boracay Island and MEs affected by earthquake in Batanes.

Program: Bayanihan CARES

The Bayanihan CARES is a government program that aims to assist micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) recover from the adverse effects of the pandemic.

The Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 Act has directed SBCorp to expand its existing loan programs for MSMEs, cooperatives, hospitals, tourism, and OFWs affected by Covid-19 pandemic and by other socio-economic reversals.

Ownership and Legal Status

SBCorp is a government corporation created on January 24, 1991 by virtue of Section 11 of RA No. 6977, amended on May 6, 1997 by RA 8289, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Small and Medium Enterprises. SBGFC is under the policy program and administrative supervision of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development (SMED) Council of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the primary agency responsible for small and medium enterprises in the country.