5 SBA loans have financed Interstate Batteries - Distributor Agreement locations since 2021, written by 4 different lenders across 4 states. Half were approved for $2.6M or less, the mix is almost entirely 7(a), and 20% 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.