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Horizontal bar chart of three survey figures from the second quarter of 2026. Ninety percent of buyers expect seller financing to play a role, seventy-eight percent expect financing backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration, shown in the darkest navy as the value argued, and twenty-nine percent of owners plan to provide seller financing.

Seventy-Eight Percent of Buyers Have the Same Financing Plan

Nearly eight in ten buyers expect to fund an acquisition through one government-guaranteed program, and ninety percent expect a seller note that only twenty-nine percent of owners plan to write.

Capital Markets & Trends Borrower Advisory

Shaded grid comparing year-over-year growth in the second quarter of 2026 for two deal size bands: transactions of $100 million or more grew 88 percent in value and 29 percent in volume, while megadeals of $5 billion or more grew 148 percent in value and 44 percent in volume, with the 148 percent figure shown in the darkest navy.

The Rebound Is Real. It Starts at $100 Million.

Second-quarter deals of $100 million or more rose 88 percent in value and 29 percent in volume, and the data that reports it does not count anything smaller. What that means for a buyer working a $5 to $50 million acquisition.

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