Buying a Business in Nevada
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Nevada, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
60
$62.8M approved
Median Loan
$724,500
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
294
$326.1M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.8%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Nevada
- 1. Live Oak Banking Company39 loans
- 2. Plumas Bank23 loans
- 3. Zions Bank, A Division of17 loans
- 4. Western Alliance Bank12 loans
- 5. America First FCU11 loans
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What Gets Bought in Nevada
- Limited-Service Restaurants17 loans
- General Automotive Repair14 loans
- Insurance Agencies and Brokerages10 loans
- Landscaping Services10 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 Nevada 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.