# Where to Buy a Business in Idaho

Buyable means an establishment with five to ninety-nine employees in the 36 trades this site covers, counted from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level dataset (as of June 30, 2026) and the Census establishment file.

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/idaho
Last checked: 2026-09-23

## The Opportunity

- Buyable businesses: 7,784 of 15,349 establishments in the covered trades
- Buyable per 100,000 residents: 388.9
- Share of the national buyable market: 0.7%
- Rank among the guided states: 37
- SBA change-of-ownership loans: 334 since FY2020, 60 of them in FY2025
- Median loan: $552,050
- Population: 2,001,619

## The Deepest Counties in Idaho

Nobody searches a state; they search a metro they can drive across. These hold the most buyable targets in the covered trades, each with its share of the state's.

- Ada: 2,350 buyable (30.2% of the state's)
- Kootenai: 786 buyable (10.1% of the state's)
- Canyon: 738 buyable (9.5% of the state's)
- Bonneville: 500 buyable (6.4% of the state's)
- Twin Falls: 396 buyable (5.1% of the state's)
- Bannock: 317 buyable (4.1% of the state's)
- Blaine: 178 buyable (2.3% of the state's)
- Bonner: 150 buyable (1.9% of the state's)
- Nez Perce: 140 buyable (1.8% of the state's)
- Bingham: 106 buyable (1.4% of the state's)

## What Trades Run Deepest in Idaho

- Limited-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722513): 1,181 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Full-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722511): 977 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210): 621 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (NAICS 447110): 478 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-convenience-store
- Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (NAICS 722515): 444 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (NAICS 238220): 362 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-hvac-business

## Before You Close in Idaho

The buyer of a business or stock of goods makes inquiry of the state tax commission and withholds from the purchase price any tax that may be due until the seller produces a receipt stating that no amount is due. A buyer that does not withhold is personally liable to the extent of the purchase price, and the commission failing to issue its statement within sixty days releases the buyer from withholding at all.

Cited as Idaho Code section 63-3628.

## Next Door to Idaho

Nobody buys a state. These are the states Idaho touches, with the buyable businesses each holds in the same 36 trades.

- Montana: 4,973 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/montana)
- Nevada: 11,315 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/nevada)
- Oregon: 16,968 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/oregon)
- Utah: 11,876 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/utah)
- Washington: 28,222 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/washington)
- Wyoming: 2,640 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/wyoming)

## Method and Source

- Establishment counts: 2023, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html
- Population: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html
- Lending: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level dataset (as of June 30, 2026), FY2020 through FY2025

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