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Financing a sawmills acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most sawmills acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $970K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
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Ranked by funded sawmills acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.47 loans · $39M · Greenville, PAFull record →
- 2.66 loans · $68M · Milford, IAFull record →
- 3.65 loans · $78M · Springfield, MOFull record →
4+ funded sawmills 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.
- Frontier Hardwoods LP in Humansville, MO — $225K (2024) · purchase · OakStar Bank
- Program
- 7a General
- Rate at approval
- 10% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $169K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 8 days
- Approved
- 3/7/2024
- First disbursed
- 3/15/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Partnership
- Jobs supported
- 4
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Sawmills
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $250K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $25K
- Est. cash at closing
- $33K
- Monthly payment
- $2,973
- Annual debt service
- $36K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $45K
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 OakStar Bank · Lender record →
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- P.J. Conlin & Daughters, LLC in Beach Lake, PA — $2.6M (2020) · purchase · First National Bank of Pennsylvania
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 6.6% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $2.0M (75%)
- Approved
- 3/10/2020
- Loan status
- Cancelled
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 19
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Sawmills
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $2.9M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $294K
- Est. cash at closing
- $406K
- Monthly payment
- $30,191
- Annual debt service
- $362K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $453K
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 National Bank of Pennsylvania · Lender record →
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- Neal Forest Industries LLC in Salem, SC — $309K (2020) · purchase · United Community Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 7% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $232K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 137 days
- Approved
- 1/15/2020
- First disbursed
- 5/31/2020
- 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
- Sawmills
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $343K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $34K
- Est. cash at closing
- $46K
- Monthly payment
- $3,588
- Annual debt service
- $43K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $54K
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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- P.J. Conlin & Daughters, LLC in Beach Lake, PA — $200K (2020) · purchase · First National Bank of Pennsylvania
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 6.75% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $100K (50%)
- Approved
- 3/11/2020
- Loan status
- Cancelled
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 19
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Sawmills
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $222K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $22K
- Est. cash at closing
- $30K
- Monthly payment
- $2,296
- Annual debt service
- $28K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $34K
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 National Bank of Pennsylvania · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to sawmills businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a sawmills 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. First National Bank of Pennsylvania funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $970K typical loan
- 3 lenders fund the industry
- 137 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.