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Financing a engineering services acquisition in Tennessee
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most engineering services acquisitions in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee
$1.93M
Typical loan
range $1.20M–$1.93M
$2.14M
Est. purchase price
≈ loan ÷ 90%
$294,405
Cash to close
$213,889 down + fees
$24,909/mo
Typical payment
~9.5% · 10yr
$343,744/yr
Cash flow to qualify
≈ payment × 1.15 DSCR
43 days
Typical time to fund
2
Lenders competing
more = leverage
7.63%
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 · Tennessee
Ranked by funded engineering services acquisitions in Tennessee. Tap a lender for its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.104 loans · $100M · Portsmouth, VAFull record →
- 2.1 loans · $1M · Lincoln, NEFull record →
2+ funded Engineering Services in Tennessee 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.
- Classic Continuum Company in Knoxville, TN — $1.2M (2025) · purchase · TowneBank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $899K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 43 days
- Approved
- 9/16/2025
- First disbursed
- 10/29/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 1
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Engineering Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.3M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $133K
- Est. cash at closing
- $183K
- Monthly payment
- $16,005
- Annual debt service
- $192K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $240K
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 TowneBank · Lender record →
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- Cannon & Cannon, Inc in Knoxville, TN — $1.9M (2020) · purchase · Pinnacle Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 5% fixed
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $1.4M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 8 days
- Approved
- 6/22/2020
- First disbursed
- 6/30/2020
- Loan status
- Paid in full (3/31/2022)
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 50
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Engineering Services
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $2.1M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $214K
- Est. cash at closing
- $294K
- Monthly payment
- $20,418
- Annual debt service
- $245K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $306K
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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CapBench analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to engineering services businesses with a Tennessee project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a engineering services acquisition in Tennessee with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded Tennessee deals. TowneBank funds the most here. CapBench is not a lender.
- $715K typical loan
- 2 lenders active in Tennessee
- 2+ funded Tennessee deals
- 43 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.