Buying a Business in Kansas
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Kansas, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
63
$66.6M approved
Median Loan
$554,250
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
392
$345.4M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
1.1%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Kansas
- 1. Emprise Bank32 loans
- 2. Landmark National Bank20 loans
- 3. Live Oak Banking Company19 loans
- 4. Community National Bank & Trust17 loans
- 5. OakStar Bank16 loans
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What Gets Bought in Kansas
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels26 loans
- Full-Service Restaurants15 loans
- Landscaping Services13 loans
- General Automotive Repair11 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants10 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 Kansas 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.