Buying a Business in Missouri
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Missouri, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
174
$202.8M approved
Median Loan
$578,000
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
824
$774.0M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
2.3%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Missouri
- 1. OakStar Bank78 loans
- 2. Live Oak Banking Company45 loans
- 3. Midwest Regional Bank38 loans
- 4. Regent Bank36 loans
- 5. The Bank of Houston35 loans
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What Gets Bought in Missouri
- Full-Service Restaurants51 loans
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels35 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants26 loans
- General Automotive Repair25 loans
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors21 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 Missouri 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.