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Financing a fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $848K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers
Ranked by funded fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers 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 →
- 2.116 loans · $120M · Evansville, INFull record →
- 3.499 loans · $106M · Los Angeles, CAFull record →
9+ funded fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers 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.
- Metro Star Produce Distributors LLC in Saint Paul, MN — $497K (2025) · purchase · Wells Fargo Bank National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 8.58% fixed
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $373K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 67 days
- Approved
- 5/29/2025
- First disbursed
- 8/4/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $552K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $55K
- Est. cash at closing
- $74K
- Monthly payment
- $6,180
- Annual debt service
- $74K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $93K
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 Wells Fargo Bank National Association · Lender record →
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- The Midwest's Best Produce Company in Saint Louis, MO — $4.6M (2024) · purchase · Old National Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 7.25% fixed
- Term
- 299 months
- SBA guaranteed
- $3.4M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 13 days
- Approved
- 6/26/2024
- First disbursed
- 7/9/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 21
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $5.1M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $511K
- Est. cash at closing
- $707K
- Monthly payment
- $33,276
- Annual debt service
- $399K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $499K
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 Old National Bank · Lender record →
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- CHELTENHAM to CARMEL HOLDINGS, LLC in South San Francisco, CA — $4.5M (2024) · purchase · Live Oak Banking Company
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 8.95% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $3.4M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 24 days
- Approved
- 12/31/2023
- First disbursed
- 1/24/2024
- 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
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $5.1M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $506K
- Est. cash at closing
- $699K
- Monthly payment
- $57,514
- Annual debt service
- $690K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $863K
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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- Harvest & Hibernation Farm LLC in San Diego, CA — $400K (2024) · purchase · Lendistry SBLC, LLC
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 11.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $300K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 28 days
- Approved
- 7/31/2024
- First disbursed
- 8/28/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 10
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $444K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $44K
- Est. cash at closing
- $59K
- Monthly payment
- $5,624
- Annual debt service
- $67K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $84K
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 Lendistry SBLC, LLC · Lender record →
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- Hacienda Wholesale, LLC in Albuquerque, NM — $1.5M (2022) · purchase · Live Oak Banking Company
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.25% variable
- Term
- 167 months
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.1M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 16 days
- Approved
- 12/6/2021
- First disbursed
- 12/22/2021
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 17
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.7M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $167K
- Est. cash at closing
- $229K
- Monthly payment
- $12,678
- Annual debt service
- $152K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $190K
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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- JACK H. CALDWELL & SONS INC. in Maywood, CA — $1.0M (2022) · purchase · Live Oak Banking Company
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.75% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $750K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 21 days
- Approved
- 2/7/2022
- First disbursed
- 2/28/2022
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 60
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.1M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $111K
- Est. cash at closing
- $152K
- Monthly payment
- $10,977
- Annual debt service
- $132K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $165K
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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- Hacienda Wholesale, LLC in Albuquerque, NM — $200K (2022) · purchase · Live Oak Banking Company
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 5.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $100K (50%)
- Approval → funding
- 16 days
- Approved
- 12/6/2021
- First disbursed
- 12/22/2021
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 17
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $222K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $22K
- Est. cash at closing
- $30K
- Monthly payment
- $2,146
- Annual debt service
- $26K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $32K
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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- Chase Family Enterprises LLC in Columbus, OH — $351K (2021) · purchase · U.S. Bank, National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 4.68% fixed
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $316K (90%)
- Approval → funding
- 24 days
- Approved
- 7/7/2021
- First disbursed
- 7/31/2021
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 1
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $390K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $39K
- Est. cash at closing
- $52K
- Monthly payment
- $3,664
- Annual debt service
- $44K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $55K
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 U.S. Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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- Chase Family Enterprises LLC in Columbus, OH — $150K (2021) · purchase · U.S. Bank, National Association
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 6.25% variable
- Term
- 84 mo (7 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $113K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 24 days
- Approved
- 7/7/2021
- First disbursed
- 7/31/2021
- Loan status
- Paid in full (8/31/2024)
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Not required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 1
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $167K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $17K
- Est. cash at closing
- $21K
- Monthly payment
- $2,209
- Annual debt service
- $27K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $33K
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 U.S. Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers 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.
- $848K typical loan
- 5 lenders fund the industry
- 24 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.