Buying a Business in Idaho
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Idaho, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
60
$64.5M approved
Median Loan
$552,050
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
332
$321.9M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.9%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Idaho
- 1. Idaho Central CU68 loans
- 2. Glacier Bank61 loans
- 3. Zions Bank, A Division of28 loans
- 4. Washington Trust Bank17 loans
- 5. Northwest Bank14 loans
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What Gets Bought in Idaho
- Full-Service Restaurants17 loans
- General Automotive Repair14 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants11 loans
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors10 loans
- Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars8 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 Idaho 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.