# Idaho Central Credit Union (SBA lending)

Idaho's biggest acquisition book is a CU.

The biggest change-of-ownership book in Idaho belongs to a credit union. It is a Preferred and Express SBA lender writing 504, 7(a), and Express loans behind a membership door open to anyone who lives, works, or studies in Idaho, or lives or works in Washington. Its posture says outright that it looks past conventional lending standards.

- Category: SBA & Acquisition Lenders
- Pricing model: Custom Pricing
- Where it fits: Set Up & Fund the Search, Diligence & Close the Deal
- Website: https://www.iccu.com/business/loans/sba-loans/

## At a Glance

If the target is in Idaho, this is the first call, not the alternative one: the state's most active acquisition desk sits behind a membership door anyone local can walk through, and the posture invites the conversation banks decline. The missing rate sheet is the reason to carry a published-terms quote into it.

## What It Costs

Loan products; no fee to engage, and membership comes first: its eligibility page opens the door to anyone who lives, works, or attends school in any Idaho county, lives or works in Washington, organizations in either state, and immediate family of members. The SBA page publishes programs and posture rather than rates: Preferred and Express lender status, 504, 7(a), and Express, and in its own words, even when your business may not meet conventional lending standards, ICCU is here for you. The FOIA loan file makes it Idaho's leading change-of-ownership lender with 68 loans across the file's six years, ahead of every bank in the state.

## Best For

Buyers of Idaho or Washington businesses who want the state's most active acquisition desk and do not mind that borrowing starts with joining

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Idaho's leading [change-of-ownership](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/change-of-ownership) lender in the FOIA loan file, ahead of every bank in the state
- Pro: A Preferred and Express SBA lender, so delegated authority and a faster small-loan lane in its own words
- Pro: Membership is genuinely open: any Idaho county by residence, work, or school, and Washington by residence or work
- Pro: Says outright that it looks at deals that may not meet conventional lending standards
- Con: Borrowing starts with joining, a real step a bank does not ask of you
- Con: No published rates or terms; the path in is a business specialist conversation
- Con: A two-state field of membership; a deal elsewhere needs a different desk
- Con: No [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher)-community footprint to weigh against its own claims

## What Searchers Say

The program facts and the may-not-meet-conventional posture are its own SBA page's; the field of membership is its own eligibility page, read with the accordion expanded. The FOIA loan file independently makes it Idaho's leading change-of-ownership lender across the file's six years, ahead of Glacier Bank's second-place book.

## Sources

- https://www.iccu.com/business/loans/sba-loans/
- https://www.iccu.com/membership/
- https://searchspheresource.com/data/acquisition-lending

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Last checked: 2026-08-07

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