Research & Data
Evidence, in the open — for anyone working to close the gap.
We publish research and datasets on small-business access to capital. Our data is freely available for researchers, journalists, lenders, and public agencies.
Initial research agenda
03 THEMES- Research themeForthcoming
Measuring the capital mobility gap
A framework for measuring the distance between capital-ready small businesses and available capital, and the design principles behind the Capital Mobility Index.
- Research themeForthcoming
What small-business lending data shows
A re-examination of approval and denial patterns across regulated lenders, with implications for policy and program design.
- Research themeForthcoming
CDFI reach by geography and sector
An open dataset and short note on where community lenders are and aren't reaching capital-ready firms.
Open data
Free for researchers.
Our datasets are released under permissive licenses with clear documentation, versioning, and replication code. Researchers, civic technologists, and journalists may use the data without cost or gatekeeping. We ask only for citation.
- CSVDownloadSmall-business loan approvals, MSA-levelv0.1 · sample
- CSVDownloadCDFI reach by census tractv0.1 · sample
- APIDownloadCapital Mobility Index — rankingsv0.1 · sample
Fellows program
Researchers in residence.
The Center hosts a small cohort of research fellows — academics, practitioners, and civic technologists — working on focused questions about small-business capital access. Fellows publish under their own names, with independent editorial control.
Applications open ahead of the first edition of the Index.