Financing a World Fuel Services with an SBA loan
Since FY2020, 26 World Fuel Services 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.
What a lender sees
World Fuel Services is an established brand in the SBA loan file: 26 acquisitions cleared underwriting in the last five years. At the $1,984,450 median loan, a standard 7(a) structure puts roughly $198,445 of buyer equity into the deal at the 10 percent minimum injection, with the rest financed over ten years. The 8.88 percent median rate is the number to model your payment against.
Lenders that actually write these
The banks below approved the most World Fuel Services acquisitions in the file. A lender that has funded this brand before is the fastest path through underwriting.
- Celtic Bank Corporation4 World Fuel Services loans
- Commonwealth Business Bank2 World Fuel Services loans
- Landmark National Bank2 World Fuel Services loans
- Merchants Bank of Indiana2 World Fuel Services loans
- UniBank2 World Fuel Services loans
SBA conditions on this brand
Distributor may not file anything against the SBA Real Estate Collateral
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 World Fuel Services or its franchisor, and directory listing is not an endorsement of any individual deal. Methodology.