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Financing a commercial photography acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most commercial photography acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $314K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
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Ranked by funded commercial photography acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.1,296 loans · $1.4B · Wilmington, NCFull record →
- 2.103 loans · $64M · Indiana, PAFull record →
- 3.75 loans · $98M · Sioux Falls, SDFull record →
- 4.16 loans · $7M · Lakewood, WAFull record →
5+ funded commercial photography 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.
- Base Camp Seattle LLC in Seattle, WA — $1.2M (2026) · purchase · Harborstone CU
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 9% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $914K (75%)
- Approved
- 3/17/2026
- Loan status
- Committed
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 4
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Commercial Photography
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.4M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $135K
- Est. cash at closing
- $186K
- Monthly payment
- $15,429
- Annual debt service
- $185K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $231K
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 Harborstone CU · Lender record →
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- LEGACY PHOTO LLC in Bridgeport, PA — $1.0M (2024) · purchase · Live Oak Banking Company
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $761K (75%)
- Approved
- 3/12/2024
- Loan status
- Cancelled
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Commercial Photography
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.1M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $113K
- Est. cash at closing
- $155K
- Monthly payment
- $13,554
- Annual debt service
- $163K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $203K
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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- VantagePoint 3D in San Diego, CA — $490K (2024) · purchase · The Bancorp Bank National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 9.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $367K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 13 days
- Approved
- 5/23/2024
- First disbursed
- 6/5/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 9
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Commercial Photography
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $544K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $54K
- Est. cash at closing
- $73K
- Monthly payment
- $6,271
- Annual debt service
- $75K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $94K
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 The Bancorp Bank National Association · Lender record →
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- LEGACY PHOTO LLC in Bridgeport, PA — $100K (2024) · purchase · Live Oak Banking Company
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $50K (50%)
- Approved
- 3/12/2024
- Loan status
- Cancelled
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Commercial Photography
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $111K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $11K
- Est. cash at closing
- $14K
- Monthly payment
- $1,335
- Annual debt service
- $16K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $20K
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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- 331 Enterprises LLC in Austin, TX — $1.8M (2023) · purchase · First Commonwealth Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 8.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.4M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 7 days
- Approved
- 11/8/2022
- First disbursed
- 11/15/2022
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 26
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Commercial Photography
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $2.0M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $204K
- Est. cash at closing
- $281K
- Monthly payment
- $22,563
- Annual debt service
- $271K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $338K
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 First Commonwealth Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to commercial photography businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a commercial photography 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. Live Oak Banking Company funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $314K typical loan
- 4 lenders fund the industry
- 13 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.