# Where to Buy a Business in Nebraska

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/nebraska
Last checked: 2026-09-23

## The Opportunity

- Buyable businesses: 8,187 of 15,916 establishments in the covered trades
- Buyable per 100,000 residents: 408.2
- Share of the national buyable market: 0.7%
- Rank among the guided states: 36
- SBA change-of-ownership loans: 243 since FY2020, 50 of them in FY2025
- Median loan: $375,000
- Population: 2,005,465

## The Deepest Counties in Nebraska

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.

- Douglas: 2,576 buyable (31.5% of the state's)
- Lancaster: 1,334 buyable (16.3% of the state's)
- Sarpy: 659 buyable (8% of the state's)
- Hall: 224 buyable (2.7% of the state's)
- Buffalo: 222 buyable (2.7% of the state's)
- Madison: 136 buyable (1.7% of the state's)
- Scotts Bluff: 110 buyable (1.3% of the state's)
- Adams: 107 buyable (1.3% of the state's)
- Lincoln: 102 buyable (1.2% of the state's)
- Dodge: 99 buyable (1.2% of the state's)

## What Trades Run Deepest in Nebraska

- Limited-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722513): 1,285 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Full-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722511): 1,013 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (NAICS 447110): 679 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-convenience-store
- Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210): 499 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice
- Child Care Services (NAICS 624410): 460 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-childcare-center
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (NAICS 238220): 361 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-hvac-business

## Before You Close in Nebraska

The successor withholds enough of the purchase price to cover the amount until the former owner produces a receipt or a certificate that nothing is due.

Cited as Neb. Rev. Stat. section 77-2707.

## Next Door to Nebraska

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

- Colorado: 23,585 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/colorado)
- Iowa: 11,982 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/iowa)
- Kansas: 10,949 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/kansas)
- Missouri: 22,224 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/missouri)
- South Dakota: 3,651 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/south-dakota)
- 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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