# Where to Buy a Business in Nevada

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/nevada
Last checked: 2026-09-23

## The Opportunity

- Buyable businesses: 11,315 of 19,849 establishments in the covered trades
- Buyable per 100,000 residents: 346.3
- Share of the national buyable market: 1%
- Rank among the guided states: 32
- SBA change-of-ownership loans: 294 since FY2020, 60 of them in FY2025
- Median loan: $724,500
- Population: 3,267,467

## The Deepest Counties in Nevada

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.

- Clark: 8,147 buyable (72% of the state's)
- Washoe: 1,964 buyable (17.4% of the state's)
- Carson City: 231 buyable (2% of the state's)
- Douglas: 147 buyable (1.3% of the state's)
- Elko: 108 buyable (1% of the state's)
- Lyon: 96 buyable (0.8% of the state's)
- Nye: 86 buyable (0.8% of the state's)
- Churchill: 40 buyable (0.4% of the state's)
- Humboldt: 40 buyable (0.4% of the state's)
- Storey: 6 buyable (0.1% of the state's)

## What Trades Run Deepest in Nevada

- Limited-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722513): 2,414 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Full-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722511): 1,796 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210): 777 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice
- Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (NAICS 722515): 609 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (NAICS 447110): 599 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-convenience-store
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (NAICS 238220): 452 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-hvac-business

## Before You Close in Nevada

A buyer of any part of a business outside the ordinary course withholds the amount due from the purchase price until the former owner produces a receipt or certificate from the Department.

Cited as NRS 360.525.

## Next Door to Nevada

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

- Arizona: 23,735 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/arizona)
- California: 137,681 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/california)
- Idaho: 7,784 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/idaho)
- Oregon: 16,968 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/oregon)
- Utah: 11,876 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/utah)

## 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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