Buying a Business in Montana
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Montana, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
40
$42.0M approved
Median Loan
$475,000
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
221
$186.4M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.6%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Montana
- 1. Glacier Bank28 loans
- 2. First Interstate Bank19 loans
- 3. The Yellowstone Bank16 loans
- 4. Live Oak Banking Company12 loans
- 5. Three Rivers Bank of Montana9 loans
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What Gets Bought in Montana
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels12 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants10 loans
- Full-Service Restaurants8 loans
- All Other Specialty Trade Contractors8 loans
- Landscaping Services7 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 Montana 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.