Buying a Business in Hawaii
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Hawaii, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
10
$8.5M approved
Median Loan
$545,000
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
45
$41.1M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.1%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Hawaii
- 1. Live Oak Banking Company13 loans
- 2. Central Pacific Bank6 loans
- 3. Commonwealth Business Bank4 loans
- 4. 22nd State Bank, A Division of 22nd State Banking Company4 loans
- 5. Celtic Bank Corporation4 loans
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What Gets Bought in Hawaii
- Full-Service Restaurants4 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants3 loans
- All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries3 loans
- Engineering Services2 loans
- Private Mail Centers2 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 Hawaii 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.