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Financing a general freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most general freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $230K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in general freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload
Ranked by funded general freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.32 loans · $32M · Fargo, NDFull record →
- 2.149 loans · $135M · Mukwonago, WIFull record →
2+ funded general freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload 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.
- Aquidneck Trucking LLC in Chelmsford, MA — $816K (2024) · purchase · Citizens Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $612K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 43 days
- Approved
- 2/15/2024
- First disbursed
- 3/29/2024
- 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
- General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $907K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $91K
- Est. cash at closing
- $124K
- Monthly payment
- $11,009
- 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 Citizens Bank · Lender record →
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- Helamen Shipping Inc in Glendale, AZ — $1.8M (2022) · purchase · Bell Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 6.5% fixed
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.4M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 37 days
- Approved
- 8/24/2022
- First disbursed
- 9/30/2022
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 17
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $2.0M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $203K
- Est. cash at closing
- $280K
- Monthly payment
- $20,788
- Annual debt service
- $249K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $312K
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 Bell Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to general freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a general freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload 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. Bell Bank funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $230K typical loan
- 2 lenders fund the industry
- 43 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.