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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. 1. Live Oak Banking Company39 loans
  2. 2. Plumas Bank23 loans
  3. 3. Zions Bank, A Division of17 loans
  4. 4. Western Alliance Bank12 loans
  5. 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.