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Financing a book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $671K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers
Ranked by funded book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.18 loans · $10M · Manitowoc, WIFull record →
- 2.5 loans · $1M · Santa Rosa, CAFull record →
- 3.1,296 loans · $1.4B · Wilmington, NCFull record →
3+ funded book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers 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.
- Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc. in Philadelphia, PA — $1.3M (2023) · purchase · Live Oak Banking Company
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 9.75% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $975K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 25 days
- Approved
- 6/16/2023
- First disbursed
- 7/11/2023
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 2
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.4M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $144K
- Est. cash at closing
- $198K
- Monthly payment
- $17,000
- Annual debt service
- $204K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $255K
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 Live Oak Banking Company · Lender record →
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- Zenith Express, Inc. in Green Bay, WI — $1.1M (2023) · purchase · Bank First, N.A.
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 6.8% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $814K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 15 days
- Approved
- 10/19/2022
- First disbursed
- 11/3/2022
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 50
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.2M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $121K
- Est. cash at closing
- $165K
- Monthly payment
- $12,491
- Annual debt service
- $150K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $187K
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 Bank First, N.A. · Lender record →
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- Edible Marin & Wine Country, Inc. in Glen Ellen, CA — $200K (2023) · purchase · Redwood CU
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.75% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $150K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 11 days
- Approved
- 5/26/2023
- First disbursed
- 6/6/2023
- Loan status
- Paid in full (1/31/2026)
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 2
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $222K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $22K
- Est. cash at closing
- $30K
- Monthly payment
- $2,727
- Annual debt service
- $33K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $41K
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 Redwood CU · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers acquisition with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them (from public records), typical cost, and what it takes to qualify. Bank First, N.A. funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $671K typical loan
- 3 lenders fund the industry
- 15 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.
- Sources:
- Public SBA 7(a) loan records; FDIC institution data (BankFind); DealRoom lender and franchise enrichment.