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Financing a court reporting and stenotype services acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most court reporting and stenotype services acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $530K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
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Ranked by funded court reporting and stenotype services acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.284 loans · $254M · Cincinnati, OHFull record →
- 2.33 loans · $15M · Minneapolis, MNFull record →
2+ funded court reporting and stenotype services 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.
- Esq Reporting, LLC in Marlboro, NJ — $175K (2023) · purchase · CRF Small Business Loan Company, LLC
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $131K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 5 days
- Approved
- 1/29/2023
- First disbursed
- 2/3/2023
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 3
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Court Reporting and Stenotype Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $194K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $19K
- Est. cash at closing
- $26K
- Monthly payment
- $2,337
- Annual debt service
- $28K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $35K
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 CRF Small Business Loan Company, LLC · Lender record →
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- Fortz Holdings LLC in Grand Rapids, MI — $1.3M (2020) · purchase · Fifth Third Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 4.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $938K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 30 days
- Approved
- 6/30/2020
- First disbursed
- 7/30/2020
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 1
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Court Reporting and Stenotype Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.4M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $139K
- Est. cash at closing
- $191K
- Monthly payment
- $12,815
- Annual debt service
- $154K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $192K
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 Fifth Third Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to court reporting and stenotype services businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
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How to finance a court reporting and stenotype services 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. Fifth Third Bank funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $530K typical loan
- 2 lenders fund the industry
- 30 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.