# Where to Buy a Business in Wyoming

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/wyoming
Last checked: 2026-09-23

## The Opportunity

- Buyable businesses: 2,640 of 5,281 establishments in the covered trades
- Buyable per 100,000 residents: 449.3
- Share of the national buyable market: 0.2%
- Rank among the guided states: 49
- SBA change-of-ownership loans: 80 since FY2020, 12 of them in FY2025
- Median loan: $722,000
- Population: 587,618

## The Deepest Counties in Wyoming

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.

- Natrona: 344 buyable (13% of the state's)
- Laramie: 326 buyable (12.3% of the state's)
- Campbell: 159 buyable (6% of the state's)
- Teton: 156 buyable (5.9% of the state's)
- Sheridan: 124 buyable (4.7% of the state's)
- Sweetwater: 124 buyable (4.7% of the state's)
- Fremont: 116 buyable (4.4% of the state's)
- Albany: 112 buyable (4.2% of the state's)
- Park: 110 buyable (4.2% of the state's)
- Lincoln: 56 buyable (2.1% of the state's)

## What Trades Run Deepest in Wyoming

- Full-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722511): 389 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Limited-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722513): 346 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (NAICS 447110): 203 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-convenience-store
- Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210): 149 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice
- Child Care Services (NAICS 624410): 137 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-childcare-center
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (NAICS 238220): 132 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-hvac-business

## Before You Close in Wyoming

A vendor that discontinues its business or sells its stock of goods files a final return and pays within thirty days. The successor in business withholds from the purchase price an amount equal to any tax, penalty or interest due until the former owner produces the department's receipt showing that everything due has been paid or a certificate that no taxes are due. A successor that does not withhold is liable for the amount.

Cited as W.S. 39-15-107(b)(vi).

## Next Door to Wyoming

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

- Colorado: 23,585 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/colorado)
- Idaho: 7,784 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/idaho)
- Montana: 4,973 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/montana)
- Nebraska: 8,187 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/nebraska)
- South Dakota: 3,651 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/south-dakota)
- 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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