Oregon Business Development Fund (OBDF): Loans for Fiscal Years 2016-2025

Loans from the Oregon Business Development Fund (OBDF) for Fiscal Years 2016-2025 under ORS 285B.200. This revolving loan fund provides fixed-rate financing for land, buildings, equipment, machinery, and permanent working capital. The dataset is published by data.oregon.gov and was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze loan distribution by year using the 'Year loan made' column.
• Identify major recipients of public financing using the 'Business receiving loan' column.
• Examine the purpose of public funds using the 'Use of Funds' column.
• Track the scale of individual loans and total funding using the 'Amount' column.

Strengths

• Covers a defined 10-year period from Fiscal Years 2016 to 2025.
• Provides four specific columns detailing the loan recipient, amount, purpose, and year.
• Data is published by an official state government source, data.oregon.gov.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.oregon.gov

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from the Oregon Business Development Fund program.

Time Range

Fiscal Years 2016-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 06:09:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Oregon, USA