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Financing a newspaper publishers acquisition in Iowa
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most newspaper publishers acquisitions in Iowa, from public loan records. A lender doing your industry in your state every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in newspaper publishers · Iowa
Ranked by funded newspaper publishers acquisitions in Iowa. Tap a lender for its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.4 loans · $5M · Norwalk, IAFull record →
2+ funded Newspaper Publishers in Iowa 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.
- PARAGON PUBLICATIONS INC in Mount Ayr, IA — $150K (2025) · purchase · City State Bank
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 8.25% fixed
- Term
- 240 mo (20 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $75K (50%)
- Approval → funding
- 65 days
- Approved
- 6/2/2025
- First disbursed
- 8/6/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Newspaper Publishers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $167K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $17K
- Est. cash at closing
- $21K
- Monthly payment
- $1,278
- Annual debt service
- $15K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $19K
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 City State Bank · Lender record →
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- PARAGON PUBLICATIONS in Mount Ayr, IA — $15K (2025) · purchase · City State Bank
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 9.25% fixed
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $8K (50%)
- Approval → funding
- 65 days
- Approved
- 6/2/2025
- First disbursed
- 8/6/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Newspaper Publishers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $17K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $2K
- Est. cash at closing
- $2K
- Monthly payment
- $192
- Annual debt service
- $2K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $3K
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 City State Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to newspaper publishers businesses with a Iowa project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a newspaper publishers acquisition in Iowa with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded Iowa deals. City State Bank funds the most here. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $467K typical loan
- 1 lenders active in Iowa
- 2+ funded Iowa deals
- 65 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.