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Financing a automobile driving schools acquisition in Minnesota
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most automobile driving schools acquisitions in Minnesota, from public loan records. A lender doing your industry in your state every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in automobile driving schools · Minnesota
Ranked by funded automobile driving schools acquisitions in Minnesota. Tap a lender for its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.15 loans · $10M · Grand Forks, NDFull record →
- 2.46 loans · $27M · Sartell, MNFull record →
2+ funded Automobile Driving Schools in Minnesota deals
Real SBA 7(a) acquisitions from public records — see who got funded, for how much, and by which lender. Tap any deal for the full record.
- At Vantage Driving School Inc. in Austin, MN — $85K (2024) · purchase · Alerus Financial, National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 7.59% fixed
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $72K (85%)
- Approval → funding
- 8 days
- Approved
- 8/7/2024
- First disbursed
- 8/15/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Automobile Driving Schools
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $94K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $9K
- Est. cash at closing
- $12K
- Monthly payment
- $1,013
- Annual debt service
- $12K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $15K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
Funded by Alerus Financial, National Association · Lender record →
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- SDS ACQUISTION, LLC in Saint Paul, MN — $2.7M (2021) · purchase · BankVista
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 4.75% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $2.5M (90%)
- Approval → funding
- 21 days
- Approved
- 8/2/2021
- First disbursed
- 8/23/2021
- Loan status
- Paid in full (8/31/2022)
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 80
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Automobile Driving Schools
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $3.0M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $303K
- Est. cash at closing
- $418K
- Monthly payment
- $28,613
- Annual debt service
- $343K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $429K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
Funded by BankVista · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to automobile driving schools businesses with a Minnesota project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a automobile driving schools acquisition in Minnesota with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded Minnesota deals. Alerus Financial, National Association funds the most here. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $275K typical loan
- 2 lenders active in Minnesota
- 2+ funded Minnesota deals
- 21 days typical to fund
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- Data freshness:
- SBA records through 2026-05-31; FDIC through 2026-03-31; page updated 2026-06-16.