4 SBA loans have financed La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries locations since 2018, written by 2 different lenders across 4 states. Half were approved for $1.8M or less, the mix is a mix of 7(a) and 504, and 0% 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.