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Financing a engineering services acquisition in Illinois
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most engineering services acquisitions in Illinois, from public loan records. A lender doing your industry in your state every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in engineering services · Illinois
Ranked by funded engineering services acquisitions in Illinois. Tap a lender for its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.284 loans · $254M · Cincinnati, OHFull record →
2+ funded Engineering Services in Illinois 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.
- VIRTUAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC. in Chicago, IL — $723K (2025) · purchase · Fifth Third Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 7.8% fixed
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $542K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 28 days
- Approved
- 3/13/2025
- First disbursed
- 4/10/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 17
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Engineering Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $803K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $80K
- Est. cash at closing
- $110K
- Monthly payment
- $8,696
- Annual debt service
- $104K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $130K
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.
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- VIRTUAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC. in Chicago, IL — $200K (2025) · purchase · Fifth Third Bank
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 9.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $100K (50%)
- Approved
- 3/13/2025
- Loan status
- Committed
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 17
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Engineering Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $222K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $22K
- Est. cash at closing
- $30K
- Monthly payment
- $2,588
- Annual debt service
- $31K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $39K
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.
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to engineering services businesses with a Illinois project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a engineering services acquisition in Illinois with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded Illinois deals. Fifth Third Bank funds the most here. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $715K typical loan
- 1 lenders active in Illinois
- 2+ funded Illinois deals
- 28 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.
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