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Financing a newspaper publishers acquisition in Maryland
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most newspaper publishers acquisitions in Maryland, from public loan records. A lender doing your industry in your state every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in newspaper publishers · Maryland
Ranked by funded newspaper publishers acquisitions in Maryland. Tap a lender for its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.65 loans · $52M · Lancaster, PAFull record →
2+ funded Newspaper Publishers in Maryland 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.
- Best-Met Publishing Company, Inc. in Columbia, MD — $625K (2025) · purchase · Fulton Bank, National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $469K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 37 days
- Approved
- 6/25/2025
- First disbursed
- 8/1/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 4
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Newspaper Publishers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $694K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $69K
- Est. cash at closing
- $93K
- Monthly payment
- $8,346
- Annual debt service
- $100K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $125K
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 Fulton Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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- Best-Met Publishing Company, Inc. in Columbia, MD — $150K (2025) · purchase · Fulton Bank, National Association
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $75K (50%)
- Approval → funding
- 61 days
- Approved
- 6/25/2025
- First disbursed
- 8/25/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 4
- 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
- $2,003
- Annual debt service
- $24K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $30K
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 Fulton Bank, National Association · 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 Maryland project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a newspaper publishers acquisition in Maryland with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded Maryland deals. Fulton Bank, National Association funds the most here. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $467K typical loan
- 1 lenders active in Maryland
- 2+ funded Maryland deals
- 61 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.
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