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Financing a zoos and botanical gardens acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most zoos and botanical gardens acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $1.0M. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in zoos and botanical gardens
Ranked by funded zoos and botanical gardens acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.88 loans · $96M · Muncie, INFull record →
- 2.1 loans · $1M · Lincoln, NEFull record →
3+ funded zoos and botanical gardens 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.
- DIAMOND OAK FARM, LLC in Cameron, NC — $1.5M (2022) · purchase · Pinnacle Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.5% fixed
- Term
- 204 mo (17 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.1M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 15 days
- Approved
- 6/2/2022
- First disbursed
- 6/17/2022
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 13
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Zoos and Botanical Gardens
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.6M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $163K
- Est. cash at closing
- $224K
- Monthly payment
- $11,077
- Annual debt service
- $133K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $166K
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 Pinnacle Bank · Lender record →
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- ROMELIA FARMS, INC. in Merritt Island, FL — $1.4M (2021) · purchase · First Merchants Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5.75% variable
- Term
- 283 months
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.3M (90%)
- Approval → funding
- 28 days
- Approved
- 7/1/2021
- First disbursed
- 7/29/2021
- Loan status
- Paid in full (4/30/2025)
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 2
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Zoos and Botanical Gardens
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.6M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $156K
- Est. cash at closing
- $214K
- Monthly payment
- $9,081
- Annual debt service
- $109K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $136K
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 Merchants Bank · Lender record →
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- Northwoods Wildlife Inc. in Hayward, WI — $360K (2021) · purchase · Johnson Bank
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 4.43% fixed
- Term
- 180 mo (15 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $180K (50%)
- Approval → funding
- 22 days
- Approved
- 9/15/2021
- First disbursed
- 10/7/2021
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 6
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Zoos and Botanical Gardens
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $400K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $40K
- Est. cash at closing
- $54K
- Monthly payment
- $2,741
- Annual debt service
- $33K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $41K
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 Johnson Bank
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to zoos and botanical gardens businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a zoos and botanical gardens 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 Merchants Bank funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $1.0M typical loan
- 3 lenders fund the industry
- 22 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.