# Where to Buy a Business in New York

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/new-york
Last checked: 2026-09-23

## The Opportunity

- Buyable businesses: 64,697 of 146,525 establishments in the covered trades
- Buyable per 100,000 residents: 325.6
- Share of the national buyable market: 5.5%
- Rank among the guided states: 4
- SBA change-of-ownership loans: 1,092 since FY2020, 233 of them in FY2025
- Median loan: $597,000
- Population: 19,867,248

## The Deepest Counties in New York

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. New York City (https://searchspheresource.com/data/metro-target-scans/nyc) is scanned in the Metro Target Scans, which rank the strongest industries in each region by loans approved, median loan size and seasoned charge-off.

- New York: 9,223 buyable (14.3% of the state's)
- Kings: 6,335 buyable (9.8% of the state's)
- Suffolk: 6,123 buyable (9.5% of the state's)
- Queens: 5,565 buyable (8.6% of the state's)
- Nassau: 5,498 buyable (8.5% of the state's)
- Westchester: 3,750 buyable (5.8% of the state's)
- Erie: 3,345 buyable (5.2% of the state's)
- Monroe: 2,609 buyable (4% of the state's)
- Bronx: 2,001 buyable (3.1% of the state's)
- Onondaga: 1,567 buyable (2.4% of the state's)

## What Trades Run Deepest in New York

- Full-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722511): 12,468 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Limited-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722513): 9,477 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210): 4,390 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice
- Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (NAICS 722515): 4,301 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Child Care Services (NAICS 624410): 3,109 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-childcare-center
- Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (NAICS 446110): 3,005 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-pharmacy

## Before You Close in New York

The buyer notifies the Tax Department at least ten days before paying for or taking possession of the assets, whichever comes first, and holds the price until the department answers.

Cited as New York bulk sale notification.

## Next Door to New York

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

- Connecticut: 13,789 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/connecticut)
- Massachusetts: 27,394 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/massachusetts)
- New Jersey: 31,865 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/new-jersey)
- Pennsylvania: 44,963 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/pennsylvania)
- Vermont: 2,695 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/vermont)

## 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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