Buying a Business in Oklahoma
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Oklahoma, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
59
$81.4M approved
Median Loan
$742,000
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
370
$419.3M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
1%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Oklahoma
- 1. BancFirst64 loans
- 2. Live Oak Banking Company38 loans
- 3. Arvest Bank15 loans
- 4. First United Bank and Trust Company15 loans
- 5. First Oklahoma Bank15 loans
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What Gets Bought in Oklahoma
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels19 loans
- Insurance Agencies and Brokerages18 loans
- Limited-Service Restaurants15 loans
- Broilers and Other Meat Type11 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 Oklahoma 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.