Buying a Business in Delaware
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Delaware, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
20
$23.0M approved
Median Loan
$472,400
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
90
$90.8M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.3%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Delaware
- 1. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company20 loans
- 2. Beacon Bank and Trust9 loans
- 3. Live Oak Banking Company7 loans
- 4. Fulton Bank, National Association7 loans
- 5. The Huntington National Bank7 loans
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What Gets Bought in Delaware
- Child Day Care Services3 loans
- Home Health Care Services3 loans
- Full-Service Restaurants3 loans
- Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores3 loans
- All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction3 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 Delaware 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.