17 SBA loans have financed Arco Contract Dealer Gasoline Agreement - Fuel Only locations since 2018, written by 10 different lenders across 6 states. Half were approved for $1.3M or less, the mix is a mix of 7(a) and 504, and 18% went to owners whose business was under two years old.
A lender that has already underwritten this brand knows the unit economics, the build-out costs, and the franchisor. That is worth more to you than a bigger bank starting from scratch.