BuyoutLendersSBA 7(a) acquisition
lending data

SBA acquisition loans: Finance & Insurance (NAICS 52)

334 SBA 7(a) change-of-ownership loans totaling $353.8M in FY2024 to FY2026, median $702K, from 93 lenders.

League table

Top lenders

Top 25 by number of loans, FY2024 to FY2026

National rankings
RankLenderLoansDollarsMedianFY24–26 trend
1Live Oak Banking CompanyWilmington, NC103$93.4M$500K+50%
2Byline BankChicago, IL43$28.9M$585Knew
3Huntington National BankColumbus, OH23$14.3M$492K−10%
4United Midwest Savings BankDegraff, OH22$21.7M$768K−73%
5Bankwell BankNew Canaan, CT16$40.8M$2.4M+150%
6PathwardSioux Falls, SD9$18.2M$1.8M−83%
7First Bank of Central OhioWorthington, OH5$7.6M$966K+0%
8Oconee State BankWatkinsville, GA4$4.1M$960K−100%
8TowneBankPortsmouth, VA4$2.9M$583Knew
10Lake Forest Bank & Trust CompanyLake Forest, IL3$8.0M$2.7M+100%
10Associated BankGreen Bay, WI3$5.9M$876Knew
10Bank of AmericaCharlotte, NC3$3.2M$818Knew
10First Bank of the LakeOsage Beach, MO3$3.0M$1.1M−100%
14First Internet Bank of IndianaFishers, IN2$5.5M$2.8Mnew
14First Federal Community Bank, SSBParis, TX2$4.3M$2.1Mnew
14ReadyCap LendingBerkeley Heights, NJ2$3.6M$1.8Mnew
14First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyRaleigh, NC2$3.2M$1.6Mnew
14Fidelity Bank (Fuquay Varina, NC)Fuquay Varina, NC2$2.5M$1.3M+0%
14Seacoast National BankStuart, FL2$2.0M$1.0Mnew
14First Bank (Southern Pines, NC)Southern Pines, NC2$1.8M$893K+0%
14American Bank (Covington, LA)Covington, LA2$1.4M$688Knew
14Old National BankEvansville, IN2$1.1M$566K−100%
14U.S. BankCincinnati, OH2$1.1M$538Knew
14Grasshopper BankNew York, NY2$850K$425Knew
14Zions BancorporationSalt Lake City, UT2$515K$257Knew

Ranked by number of loans; ties broken by dollars. Bars are scaled to the leader. Trend: loans per fiscal year, FY2024 to FY2026, with the change from FY2024 to FY2026.

Loan size

Deal size mix

Volume

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY202493$97.9M
FY2025111$111.6M
FY2026130$144.3M
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