# The Bank of Houston

A Missouri SBA desk, acquisitions first.

A Missouri bank founded in 1889 with two offices, in Houston and Wildwood, whose SBA division calls itself a Preferred Lender with national lending capabilities, opens its specialties on 7(a) loans for business acquisitions and expansions, says SBA loans can be used to purchase new businesses and buy out partners, and names its SBA lending manager and team by email and cell phone from the St. Louis area.

- Category: SBA & Acquisition Lenders
- Pricing model: Custom Pricing
- Where it fits: Diligence & Close the Deal
- Website: https://www.thebankofhouston.com/sba-lending/lending-solutions

## At a Glance

The smallest bank this round and the one whose SBA page puts the buyer first; what it publishes is people and a claim of national reach, and nothing in figures.

## What It Costs

Loan products; terms by term sheet. No size, rate or fee is published for any SBA loan; the desk says it works exclusively with SBA programs and decides locally (per thebankofhouston.com, September 2026).

## Best For

A buyer anywhere in the country whose deal a two-office Missouri desk that says national can reach by email, with acquisitions the first word on its page

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Opens its specialties on [7(a)](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/sba-7a) loans for business acquisitions and expansions, and says SBA loans can be used to purchase new businesses and buy out partners
- Pro: Calls its SBA desk a [Preferred Lender](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/preferred-lender-program) with national lending capabilities and its team one that works exclusively with SBA programs
- Pro: Names its SBA lending manager, chief lending officer and a commercial lender with cell phones and email
- Con: Publishes no size, rate or fee
- Con: Two Missouri offices and a national claim on the SBA page beside a conventional page written for local business
- Con: The loan file's address for the bank does not resolve; its site is at another name
- Con: Names no [search fund](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/search-fund), [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher) or acquisition entrepreneur

## What Searchers Say

Read on its SBA lending solutions, team and business loans pages, its conventional business loans page, its about, contact and locations pages, and its sitemap of eighteen addresses. No searcher-forum discussion of the desk was found.

## Sources

- https://www.thebankofhouston.com/sba-lending/lending-solutions
- https://www.thebankofhouston.com/sba-lending/meet-the-team
- https://www.thebankofhouston.com/sba-lending/business-loans
- https://www.thebankofhouston.com/about-us/about-the-bank
- https://www.thebankofhouston.com/locations
- https://www.thebankofhouston.com/business/business-loans

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Last checked: 2026-09-19

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