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Financing a child care services acquisition in Iowa
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most child care services acquisitions in Iowa, from public loan records. A lender doing your industry in your state every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in child care services · Iowa
Ranked by funded child care services acquisitions in Iowa. Tap a lender for its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.31 loans · $11M · Green Bay, WIFull record →
- 2.9 loans · $10M · Warren, PAFull record →
4+ funded Child Care Services in Iowa 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.
- LAWB, LLC in Johnston, IA — $80K (2025) · purchase · Northwest Bank
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 8.75% fixed
- Term
- 84 mo (7 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $40K (50%)
- Approval → funding
- 9 days
- Approved
- 12/18/2024
- First disbursed
- 12/27/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Child Care Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $89K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $9K
- Est. cash at closing
- $11K
- Monthly payment
- $1,277
- Annual debt service
- $15K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $19K
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 Northwest Bank · Lender record →
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- LITTLE LEAPS LEARNING ACADEMY, INC. in Earlham, IA — $685K (2023) · purchase · Nicolet National Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 8.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $514K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 7 days
- Approved
- 3/3/2023
- First disbursed
- 3/10/2023
- Loan status
- In liquidation
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 55
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Child Care Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $761K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $76K
- Est. cash at closing
- $102K
- Monthly payment
- $8,403
- Annual debt service
- $101K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $126K
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 Nicolet National Bank · Lender record →
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- LITTLE LEAPS LEARNING ACADEMY, INC. in Polk City, IA — $159K (2023) · purchase · Nicolet National Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 8% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $119K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 0 days
- Approved
- 2/28/2023
- First disbursed
- 2/28/2023
- Loan status
- In liquidation
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 65
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Child Care Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $177K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $18K
- Est. cash at closing
- $24K
- Monthly payment
- $1,928
- Annual debt service
- $23K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $29K
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 Nicolet National Bank · Lender record →
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- LITTLE LEAPS LEARNING ACADEMY, INC. in Polk City, IA — $80K (2023) · purchase · Nicolet National Bank
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 9% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $40K (50%)
- Approval → funding
- 4 days
- Approved
- 9/27/2023
- First disbursed
- 10/1/2023
- Loan status
- Delinquent
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 65
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Child Care Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $89K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $9K
- Est. cash at closing
- $11K
- 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 Nicolet National Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to child care services businesses with a Iowa project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a child care services acquisition in Iowa with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded Iowa deals. Nicolet National Bank funds the most here. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $898K typical loan
- 2 lenders active in Iowa
- 4+ funded Iowa deals
- 7 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.