Business Loan Gilman, Illinois

Local Gilman Business Lenders

To help you learn more about local small business lenders, here's our list of small business banks in Gilman.

Business Loan Providers for Gilman Businesses

This is a list of banks outside of Gilman, Illinois that have provided SBA loans to Gilman businesses. Some of these may be national banks with local branch locations.

Tips for Getting a Business Loan in Gilman

As a prerequisite to contacting lenders to get a bank loan, you will need to determine exactly what size loan you will be asking for.

You need to be able to clearly introduce your business to the banker, explain how much you want to borrow, walk the banker through the planned use of proceeds, and show how you intend to to pay the money back to the lender.

Having a business plan is an important prerequisite. If the loan is to for a going concern, you should also have financial statements covering the last three years. Bankers will also want to know what collateral you have available to secure the loan. Collateral is relevant because banks always want to be prepared for a worst-case scenario in which cash flow from the business does not meet your projections.

If the business has few assets, you will likely be asked to pledge your personal assets, such as stocks and bonds that you might own or life insurance policies. The banks will check on your personal credit history in any case, so hopefully you have good credit history -- you may want to get a copy of your credit history prior to meeting with the banker.

Many of the banks in our list are SBA lenders. Before you sit down to talk with a small business banker, you may want to get up to speed on SBA loans programs to see if you qualify. SBA 7(a) loans, SBA 504 loans and SBA disaster assistance loans may be available to you.

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