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Financing a hardware stores acquisition in Georgia
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most hardware stores acquisitions in Georgia, from public loan records. A lender doing your industry in your state every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in hardware stores · Georgia
Ranked by funded hardware stores acquisitions in Georgia. Tap a lender for its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
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4+ funded Hardware Stores in Georgia 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.
- West Paces Ace Hardware, LLC in Atlanta, GA — $1.4M (2021) · purchase · First Community Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.3M (90%)
- Approval → funding
- 6 days
- Approved
- 5/6/2021
- First disbursed
- 5/12/2021
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 15
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Hardware Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.6M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $155K
- Est. cash at closing
- $213K
- Monthly payment
- $15,139
- Annual debt service
- $182K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $227K
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 First Community Bank · Lender record →
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- Southern Farm & Hardware of Elberton, L.L.C. in Elberton, GA — $905K (2021) · purchase · United Community Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $815K (90%)
- Approval → funding
- 7 days
- Approved
- 2/18/2021
- First disbursed
- 2/25/2021
- 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
- Hardware Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.0M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $101K
- Est. cash at closing
- $138K
- Monthly payment
- $9,822
- Annual debt service
- $118K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $147K
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 Community Bank · Lender record →
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- TMC ACE ENTERPRISES, LLC in Atlanta, GA — $525K (2021) · purchase · Live Oak Banking Company
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $473K (90%)
- Approval → funding
- 22 days
- Approved
- 7/13/2021
- First disbursed
- 8/4/2021
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 8
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Hardware Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $583K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $58K
- Est. cash at closing
- $78K
- Monthly payment
- $5,633
- Annual debt service
- $68K
- 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 Live Oak Banking Company · Lender record →
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- Southern Farm & Hardware of Elberton, L.L.C. in Elberton, GA — $50K (2021) · purchase · United Community Bank
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 5.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $38K (75%)
- Approved
- 2/18/2021
- Loan status
- Cancelled
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Hardware Stores
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $56K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $6K
- Est. cash at closing
- $7K
- Monthly payment
- $543
- Annual debt service
- $7K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $8K
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 Community Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to hardware stores businesses with a Georgia project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a hardware stores acquisition in Georgia with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded Georgia deals. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $887K typical loan
- 3 lenders active in Georgia
- 4+ funded Georgia deals
- 7 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.