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SBA acquisition loans: Management of Companies (NAICS 55)

23 SBA 7(a) change-of-ownership loans totaling $48.6M in FY2024 to FY2026, median $1.9M, from 13 lenders.

League table

Top lenders

All 13 lenders, by number of loans, FY2024 to FY2026

National rankings
RankLenderLoansDollarsMedianFY24–26 trend
1Byline BankChicago, IL7$14.4M$1.8Mnew
2Live Oak Banking CompanyWilmington, NC4$8.7M$2.3Mnew
3PathwardSioux Falls, SD2$4.2M$2.1Mnew
4Fifth Third BankCincinnati, OH1$4.5M$4.5Mnew
4TowneBankPortsmouth, VA1$3.3M$3.3Mnew
4First Interstate BankBillings, MT1$2.3M$2.3Mnew
4VelocitySBA, LLCIrving, TX1$2.2M$2.2Mnew
4Northfield Savings BankNorthfield, VT1$2.2M$2.2Mnew
4First Commonwealth BankIndiana, PA1$1.9M$1.9Mnew
4First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyRaleigh, NC1$1.7M$1.7Mnew
4Seacoast National BankStuart, FL1$1.5M$1.5Mnew
4Celtic BankSalt Lake City, UT1$938K$938Knew
4First Internet Bank of IndianaFishers, IN1$750K$750Knew

Ranked by number of loans; tied lenders share a rank and are listed by dollars. Bars are scaled to the leader. Trend: loans per fiscal year, FY2024 to FY2026, with the change from FY2024 to FY2026 (“new” if the lender made fewer than 5 loans in FY2024).

Loan size

Deal size mix

Volume

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20242$6.0M
FY20258$16.6M
FY202613$26.0M
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