Buying a Business in Alaska
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Alaska, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
8
$11.8M approved
Median Loan
$699,000
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
65
$75.8M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.2%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Alaska
- 1. Northrim Bank15 loans
- 2. Alaska Growth Capital BIDCO, Inc.14 loans
- 3. Live Oak Banking Company5 loans
- 4. Harborstone CU4 loans
- 5. First National Bank Alaska3 loans
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What Gets Bought in Alaska
- Full-Service Restaurants4 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants4 loans
- Offices of Dentists3 loans
- Other Support Activities for Road Transportation3 loans
- Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores3 loans
Industry-specific pricing and diligence live in the Industry Buy Guides.
Method & Source
Computed from the SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level dataset (FY2020 through FY2025), filtered to approvals flagged change of ownership with a Alaska project address. Approvals, not closings; excludes conventional and 504 financing. Free to cite with attribution.
Everything here is educational information, not financial, legal, tax, or investment advice. Figures are estimates or cited third-party data; verify anything that matters against primary sources and your own advisors before acting on it.