# Where to Buy a Business in Oklahoma

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/oklahoma
Last checked: 2026-09-23

## The Opportunity

- Buyable businesses: 14,213 of 26,617 establishments in the covered trades
- Buyable per 100,000 residents: 347
- Share of the national buyable market: 1.2%
- Rank among the guided states: 28
- SBA change-of-ownership loans: 370 since FY2020, 59 of them in FY2025
- Median loan: $742,000
- Population: 4,095,393

## The Deepest Counties in Oklahoma

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.

- Oklahoma: 3,493 buyable (24.6% of the state's)
- Tulsa: 2,866 buyable (20.2% of the state's)
- Cleveland: 1,018 buyable (7.2% of the state's)
- Canadian: 414 buyable (2.9% of the state's)
- Comanche: 338 buyable (2.4% of the state's)
- Payne: 262 buyable (1.8% of the state's)
- Rogers: 213 buyable (1.5% of the state's)
- Carter: 195 buyable (1.4% of the state's)
- Pottawatomie: 187 buyable (1.3% of the state's)
- Muskogee: 182 buyable (1.3% of the state's)

## What Trades Run Deepest in Oklahoma

- Limited-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722513): 2,563 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Full-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722511): 2,171 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (NAICS 447110): 1,056 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-convenience-store
- Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210): 843 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice
- Child Care Services (NAICS 624410): 681 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-childcare-center
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (NAICS 238220): 646 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-hvac-business

## Before You Close in Oklahoma

The state will not issue the successor a sales tax permit to carry on the business until the seller's liability is paid or an arrangement to pay it is made. The exposure here is being unable to operate rather than a sum that follows the buyer home.

Cited as Okla. Admin. Code section 710:65-9-4.

## Next Door to Oklahoma

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

- Arkansas: 10,505 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/arkansas)
- Colorado: 23,585 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/colorado)
- Kansas: 10,949 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/kansas)
- Missouri: 22,224 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/missouri)
- New Mexico: 7,050 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/new-mexico)
- Texas: 97,820 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/texas)

## 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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