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Financing a sporting goods retailers acquisition in North Carolina
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most sporting goods retailers acquisitions in North Carolina, from public loan records. A lender doing your industry in your state every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in sporting goods retailers · North Carolina
Ranked by funded sporting goods retailers acquisitions in North Carolina. Tap a lender for its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.1 loans · $0M · St. Louis, MOFull record →
- 2.868 loans · $362M · Salt Lake City, UTFull record →
- 3.138 loans · $276M · Sioux Falls, SDFull record →
- 4.20 loans · $8M · Saint Petersburg, FLFull record →
5+ funded Sporting Goods Retailers in North Carolina 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.
- Rock City Outdoors Inc. in Roxboro, NC — $890K (2026) · purchase · Celtic Bank Corporation
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 9.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $668K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 21 days
- Approved
- 1/28/2026
- First disbursed
- 2/18/2026
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 10
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Sporting Goods Retailers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $989K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $99K
- Est. cash at closing
- $136K
- Monthly payment
- $11,395
- Annual debt service
- $137K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $171K
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 Celtic Bank Corporation · Lender record →
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- US Fitness, Inc. in Raleigh, NC — $2.9M (2025) · purchase · Pathward National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $2.1M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 43 days
- Approved
- 10/9/2024
- First disbursed
- 11/21/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 19
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Sporting Goods Retailers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $3.2M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $318K
- Est. cash at closing
- $439K
- Monthly payment
- $37,848
- Annual debt service
- $454K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $568K
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 Pathward National Association · Lender record →
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- Tradewinds Tackle Shop in Ocracoke, NC — $930K (2024) · purchase · First Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 11% variable
- Term
- 300 mo (25 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $698K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 13 days
- Approved
- 1/19/2024
- First disbursed
- 2/1/2024
- 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
- Sporting Goods Retailers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.0M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $103K
- Est. cash at closing
- $142K
- Monthly payment
- $9,115
- Annual debt service
- $109K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $137K
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 Bank · Lender record →
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- DREAM CATCHER FISHING SUPPLY in Sylva, NC — $400K (2024) · purchase · First Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 11.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $300K (75%)
- Approved
- 8/16/2024
- Loan status
- Cancelled
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 3
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Sporting Goods Retailers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $444K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $44K
- Est. cash at closing
- $59K
- Monthly payment
- $5,567
- Annual debt service
- $67K
- 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.
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- Hennepin Associates LLC in Monroe, NC — $260K (2022) · purchase · BayFirst National Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 6.75% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $195K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 20 days
- Approved
- 6/2/2022
- First disbursed
- 6/22/2022
- 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
- Sporting Goods Retailers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $289K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $29K
- Est. cash at closing
- $39K
- Monthly payment
- $2,985
- 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 BayFirst National Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to sporting goods retailers businesses with a North Carolina project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a sporting goods retailers acquisition in North Carolina with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded North Carolina deals. First Bank funds the most here. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $495K typical loan
- 4 lenders active in North Carolina
- 5+ funded North Carolina deals
- 21 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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