Buying a Business in New Mexico
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in New Mexico, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
57
$82.5M approved
Median Loan
$973,750
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
176
$235.4M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
0.5%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in New Mexico
- 1. Live Oak Banking Company27 loans
- 2. BMO Bank National Association9 loans
- 3. UMB Bank, National Association8 loans
- 4. United Midwest Savings Bank, National Association6 loans
- 5. Open Bank6 loans
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What Gets Bought in New Mexico
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels21 loans
- Full-Service Restaurants7 loans
- Engineering Services5 loans
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants5 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants5 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 Mexico 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.