Buying a Business in Arkansas
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Arkansas, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
54
$79.6M approved
Median Loan
$786,200
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
243
$290.9M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.7%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Arkansas
- 1. First Financial Bank35 loans
- 2. Arvest Bank24 loans
- 3. Live Oak Banking Company16 loans
- 4. Southern Bancorp Bank12 loans
- 5. ACC Capital12 loans
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What Gets Bought in Arkansas
- Broilers and Other Meat Type28 loans
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels17 loans
- Full-Service Restaurants10 loans
- Child Day Care Services7 loans
- General Automotive Repair6 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 Arkansas 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.