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Buying a Business in Nebraska

What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Nebraska, from loan-level government data.

FY2025 Acquisition Loans

50

$44.2M approved

Median Loan

$375,000

FY2020 through FY2025

Loans Since FY2020

243

$193.4M in total approvals

Share of U.S. Activity

0.7%

Of change-of-ownership loans

Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Nebraska

  1. 1. Union Bank and Trust Company51 loans
  2. 2. First National Bank of Omaha24 loans
  3. 3. Live Oak Banking Company18 loans
  4. 4. Emprise Bank15 loans
  5. 5. American National Bank14 loans

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What Gets Bought in Nebraska

  • Full-Service Restaurants15 loans
  • All Other Specialty Trade Contractors10 loans
  • Limited-Service Restaurants8 loans
  • Home Health Care Services7 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 Nebraska 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.