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