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Financing a Best Western with an SBA loan

Since FY2020, 77 Best Western locations changed hands on an SBA 7(a) loan. Here is what those deals looked like, which lenders wrote them, and where the brand stands with the SBA.

Best Western franchising: bestwesterndevelopers.com

Acquisition loans
77
since FY2020
Median loan size
$4,282,800
FY2025 to FY2026 Q3
Median rate
8.50%
at approval
Total approved
$58M
FY2025 to FY2026 Q3

What a lender sees

Best Western is an established brand in the SBA loan file: 77 acquisitions cleared underwriting in the last five years. At the $4,282,800 median loan, a standard 7(a) structure puts roughly $428,280 of buyer equity into the deal at the 10 percent minimum injection, with the rest financed over ten years. The 8.50 percent median rate is the number to model your payment against.

Lenders that actually write these

The banks below approved the most Best Western acquisitions in the file. A lender that has funded this brand before is the fastest path through underwriting.

SBA conditions on this brand

From the SBA Franchise Directory

1. If Applicant also operates under a management agreement with a third party, Lender/CDC must review the management agreement in accordance with SOP 50 10 to determine if there is affiliation between the Applicant and the management company. The Applicant is not eligible if the management company is, or is affiliated with, the franchisor. 2. Lender/CDC must review Applicant's revenue or projected revenue in accordance with SOP 50 10. Applicant is only eligible if the percentage of revenue derived from transients who stay for 30 days or less at a time is more than 50% of revenue for the prior year, or if Applicant is a Start-Up Business, projections show such revenue

Every franchise the SBA will finance carries an entry in its directory, and some carry conditions like this one about how the real estate and the lease may be held. A lender has to clear these before funding, so they are worth reading before you make an offer.

Loan counts, median size, median rate, and lender ranking are computed from the SBA 7(a) FOIA file, change of ownership approvals, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3, as of June 30, 2026. Eligibility, the identifier code, and any conditions are from the SBA Franchise Directory, effective August 11, 2026. We are not affiliated with Best Western or its franchisor, and directory listing is not an endorsement of any individual deal. Methodology.