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Financing a music publishers acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most music publishers acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $157K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
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Ranked by funded music publishers acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.1 loans · $0M · Sandusky, OHFull record →
1+ funded music publishers 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.
- Music Matters, Inc. in Batesville, IN — $227K (2026) · purchase · Civista Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 9.25% variable
- Term
- 96 mo (8 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $170K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 34 days
- Approved
- 11/14/2025
- First disbursed
- 12/18/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 4
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Music Publishers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $253K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $25K
- Est. cash at closing
- $34K
- Monthly payment
- $3,360
- Annual debt service
- $40K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $50K
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 music publishers businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a music publishers 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. Civista Bank funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $157K typical loan
- 1 lenders fund the industry
- 34 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.