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Financing a libraries and archives acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most libraries and archives acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $603K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Deal economics— what it takes to buy & finance libraries and archives
$975K
Typical loan
range $975K–$975K
$1.08M
Est. purchase price
≈ loan ÷ 90%
$148,552
Cash to close
$108,333 down + fees
$12,616/mo
Typical payment
~9.5% · 10yr
$174,101/yr
Cash flow to qualify
≈ payment × 1.15 DSCR
36 days
Typical time to fund
1
Lenders competing
more = leverage
10.25%
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 libraries and archives
Ranked by funded libraries and archives acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.242 loans · $281M · Chicago, ILFull record →
1+ funded libraries and archives 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.
- The Life Hack Library LLC in Brooklyn, NY — $975K (2025) · purchase · Byline Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $731K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 36 days
- Approved
- 1/22/2025
- First disbursed
- 2/27/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Libraries and Archives
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.1M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $108K
- Est. cash at closing
- $149K
- Monthly payment
- $13,020
- Annual debt service
- $156K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $195K
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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CapBench analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to libraries and archives businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a libraries and archives 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. Byline Bank funds the most. CapBench is not a lender.
- $603K typical loan
- 1 lenders fund the industry
- 36 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.