Buying a Business in Oregon
What SBA acquisition lending actually looks like in Oregon, from loan-level government data.
FY2025 Acquisition Loans
90
$116.1M approved
Median Loan
$680,000
FY2020 through FY2025
Loans Since FY2020
483
$561.0M in total approvals
Share of U.S. Activity
1.4%
Of change-of-ownership loans
Most Active Acquisition Lenders in Oregon
- 1. Live Oak Banking Company69 loans
- 2. Columbia Bank50 loans
- 3. United Midwest Savings Bank, National Association28 loans
- 4. Banner Bank19 loans
- 5. First Interstate Bank18 loans
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What Gets Bought in Oregon
- Limited-Service Restaurants23 loans
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels22 loans
- Full-Service Restaurants18 loans
- Insurance Agencies and Brokerages12 loans
- Convenience Stores11 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 Oregon 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.