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Financing a charter bus industry acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most charter bus industry acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $781K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Deal economics— what it takes to buy & finance charter bus industry
$3.00M
Typical loan
range $945K–$3.55M
$3.34M
Est. purchase price
≈ loan ÷ 90%
$460,795
Cash to close
$333,756 down + fees
$38,868/mo
Typical payment
~9.5% · 10yr
$536,378/yr
Cash flow to qualify
≈ payment × 1.15 DSCR
19 days
Typical time to fund
3
Lenders competing
more = leverage
10.67%
Avg rate on record
cap ~9.75%
Estimates for planning, not an offer — derived from the typical funded loan at today's Prime over 10yr. Not a credit decision.
Most active in charter bus industry
Ranked by funded charter bus industry acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.88 loans · $96M · Muncie, INFull record →
- 2.242 loans · $281M · Chicago, ILFull record →
3+ funded charter bus industry 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.
- Holiday Coach Company in Coopersville, MI — $3.5M (2024) · purchase · Byline Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 11.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $2.7M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 19 days
- Approved
- 4/12/2024
- First disbursed
- 5/1/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 30
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Charter Bus Industry
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $3.9M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $394K
- Est. cash at closing
- $545K
- Monthly payment
- $49,405
- Annual debt service
- $593K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $741K
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 Byline Bank · Lender record →
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- Chicago Motor Coach, Inc. in Northbrook, IL — $945K (2024) · purchase · U.S. Bank, National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 9.5% fixed
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $709K (75%)
- Approved
- 3/23/2024
- Loan status
- Committed
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 27
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Charter Bus Industry
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.1M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $105K
- Est. cash at closing
- $144K
- Monthly payment
- $12,233
- Annual debt service
- $147K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $183K
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 U.S. Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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- Red Carpet Limousine and JTR Transportation in Poughkeepsie, NY — $3.0M (2023) · purchase · First Merchants Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 11.25% variable
- Term
- 300 mo (25 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $2.3M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 19 days
- Approved
- 9/10/2023
- First disbursed
- 9/29/2023
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 25
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Charter Bus Industry
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $3.3M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $334K
- Est. cash at closing
- $461K
- Monthly payment
- $29,985
- Annual debt service
- $360K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $450K
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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CapBench analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to charter bus industry businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a charter bus industry 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. CapBench is not a lender.
- $781K typical loan
- 3 lenders fund the industry
- 19 days typical to fund
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- Data freshness:
- SBA records through 2026-05-31; FDIC through 2026-03-31; page updated 2026-06-17.
- Sources:
- Public SBA 7(a) loan records; FDIC institution data (BankFind); CapBench lender and franchise enrichment.
- Methodology:
- Sources & methodology
- Informational only — CapBench does not confirm this entity is for sale, eligible for SBA financing, or approved by any lender.
- Figures come from public records and CapBench methodology; verify before relying on them.