Buying a Business in Mississippi
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Mississippi, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
46
$42.0M approved
Median Loan
$644,000
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
270
$253.5M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.8%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Mississippi
- 1. BankFirst Financial Services30 loans
- 2. Community Bank of Mississippi30 loans
- 3. Trustmark Bank29 loans
- 4. Live Oak Banking Company21 loans
- 5. BankPlus18 loans
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What Gets Bought in Mississippi
- Broilers and Other Meat Type29 loans
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels26 loans
- Insurance Agencies and Brokerages13 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants10 loans
- Full-Service Restaurants9 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 Mississippi 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.