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Financing a department stores acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most department stores acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $246K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
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Ranked by funded department stores acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.30 loans · $24M · Kansas City, MOFull record →
- 2.1 loans · $1M · Cuba, MOFull record →
- 3.575 loans · $220M · De Graff, OHFull record →
- 4.14 loans · $32M · Fort Lee, NJFull record →
- 5.35 loans · $10M · Meridian, MSFull record →
6+ funded department stores 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.
- FORTIS GROUP LLC in New Orleans, LA — $602K (2025) · purchase · The Citizens National Bank of Meridian
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $451K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 33 days
- Approved
- 9/24/2025
- First disbursed
- 10/27/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 6
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Department Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $669K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $67K
- Est. cash at closing
- $89K
- Monthly payment
- $8,038
- Annual debt service
- $96K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $121K
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 Citizens National Bank of Meridian · Lender record →
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- Morffitt Property Holdings LLC in Wickenburg, AZ — $374K (2025) · purchase · UMB Bank, National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 8% variable
- Term
- 300 mo (25 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $281K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 38 days
- Approved
- 9/30/2025
- First disbursed
- 11/7/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Department Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $416K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $42K
- Est. cash at closing
- $56K
- Monthly payment
- $2,887
- Annual debt service
- $35K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $43K
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 UMB Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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- Golddust Whispers LLC in Wickenburg, AZ — $335K (2025) · purchase · UMB Bank, National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 8% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $251K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 38 days
- Approved
- 9/30/2025
- First disbursed
- 11/7/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Department Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $372K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $37K
- Est. cash at closing
- $50K
- Monthly payment
- $4,064
- Annual debt service
- $49K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $61K
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 UMB Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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- Cornerstone Trading Group Inc in Toms River, NJ — $2.5M (2022) · purchase · Cross River Bank
- Program
- 7a General
- Rate at approval
- 6% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.9M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 17 days
- Approved
- 2/18/2022
- First disbursed
- 3/7/2022
- Loan status
- Paid in full (3/31/2025)
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 9
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Department Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $2.8M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $277K
- Est. cash at closing
- $382K
- Monthly payment
- $27,700
- Annual debt service
- $332K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $415K
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 Cross River Bank · Lender record →
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- Willow Park, LLC in Marietta, GA — $841K (2022) · purchase · United Midwest Savings Bank National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.75% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $631K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 6 days
- Approved
- 5/25/2022
- First disbursed
- 5/31/2022
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 7
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Department Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $934K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $93K
- Est. cash at closing
- $128K
- Monthly payment
- $9,232
- Annual debt service
- $111K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $138K
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 United Midwest Savings Bank National Association · Lender record →
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- HGII LLC in Magee, MS — $65K (2021) · purchase · Peoples Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.25% variable
- Term
- 60 mo (5 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $58K (90%)
- Approval → funding
- 30 days
- Approved
- 7/1/2021
- First disbursed
- 7/31/2021
- Loan status
- Paid in full (10/31/2023)
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 4
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Department Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $72K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $7K
- Est. cash at closing
- $9K
- Monthly payment
- $1,228
- Annual debt service
- $15K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $18K
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 Peoples Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to department stores businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a department stores 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. UMB Bank, National Association funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $246K typical loan
- 5 lenders fund the industry
- 33 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.