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Financing a engineering services acquisition in South Carolina
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most engineering services acquisitions in South Carolina, from public loan records. A lender doing your industry in your state every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Deal economics— what it takes to buy & finance engineering services in South Carolina
$875K
Typical loan
range $875K–$875K
$972K
Est. purchase price
≈ loan ÷ 90%
$133,316
Cash to close
$97,222 down + fees
$11,322/mo
Typical payment
~9.5% · 10yr
$156,244/yr
Cash flow to qualify
≈ payment × 1.15 DSCR
7 days
Typical time to fund
1
Lenders competing
more = leverage
7.5%
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 engineering services · South Carolina
Ranked by funded engineering services acquisitions in South Carolina. Tap a lender for its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.62 loans · $34M · Winter Haven, FLFull record →
1+ funded Engineering Services in South 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.
- Kelley Engineering, LLC in Piedmont, SC — $875K (2022) · purchase · SouthState Bank, National Association
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 7.5% variable
- Term
- 204 mo (17 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $656K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 7 days
- Approved
- 9/9/2022
- First disbursed
- 9/16/2022
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 63
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Engineering Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $972K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $97K
- Est. cash at closing
- $133K
- Monthly payment
- $7,601
- Annual debt service
- $91K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $114K
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 SouthState Bank, National Association · Lender record →
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CapBench analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to engineering services businesses with a South Carolina project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a engineering services acquisition in South Carolina with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded South Carolina deals. SouthState Bank, National Association funds the most here. CapBench is not a lender.
- $715K typical loan
- 1 lenders active in South Carolina
- 1+ funded South Carolina deals
- 7 days typical to fund
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- Data freshness:
- SBA records through 2026-05-31; FDIC through 2026-03-31; page updated 2026-06-23.
- 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.