Buying a Business in New Hampshire
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in New Hampshire, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
52
$54.1M approved
Median Loan
$372,000
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
241
$178.5M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.7%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in New Hampshire
- 1. Live Oak Banking Company29 loans
- 2. Meredith Village Savings Bank19 loans
- 3. Rockland Trust Company16 loans
- 4. Merrimack County Savings Bank14 loans
- 5. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company9 loans
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What Gets Bought in New Hampshire
- Full-Service Restaurants17 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants15 loans
- General Automotive Repair10 loans
- Child Day Care Services6 loans
- Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars6 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 New Hampshire 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.