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    Service Business
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    Financing

    Last updated: July 2026

    From salons to hotels to marketing agencies, we provide all types of service-based businesses with fast, flexible financing built around how service companies operate.

    Financing at a Glance

    Funding Amount
    Up to $1.5M
    Starting at $10,000
    Term Length
    4–24 Months
    Flexible structures
    Repayment
    Daily or Weekly
    ACH auto-pay
    Funding Speed
    As Fast as 24 hrs
    After acceptance
    Time in Business
    6+ Months
    Minimum Credit Score
    570 FICO
    Annual Revenue
    $240k+
    Why Custom Capital

    What makes service business financing different?

    Service businesses often lack the hard assets that traditional lenders require as collateral. We evaluate financing based on revenue performance, not what you can pledge.

    Service business team
    1

    Revenue-Based Approval, Not Asset-Based

    Service businesses often don't hold significant physical collateral. We evaluate your business based on revenue performance, making financing accessible even without equipment, real estate, or hard assets to pledge.

    2

    Financing That Covers What You Actually Need

    Whether it's new hires, equipment, a renovated studio, or working capital to bridge a slow period. Our products are flexible enough to cover the specific needs of service-based operations without use restrictions.

    3

    Fast Enough for Real-World Business Decisions

    Service businesses move quickly, new client contracts, expansion opportunities, and equipment needs don't wait. We deliver decisions often same day so you can act on opportunities in real time.

    4

    Works for a Wide Range of Service Industries

    From solo practitioners to multi-location service operations, we've worked with salons, agencies, cleaning companies, consultants, event businesses, hotels, and dozens of other service verticals.

    The Process

    How does a service business loan work?

    Apply Online in Minutes
    01

    Apply Online in Minutes

    Submit a brief application and connect with a dedicated Capital Advisor. Describe what your service business needs, equipment, staffing, a renovation, or working capital, and they'll guide you from there.

    Get a Decision
    02

    Get a Decision

    Your advisor reviews your business's revenue profile and presents a clear funding offer with transparent terms. Often a same-day decision, with no excessive paperwork, no unnecessary delays.

    Access Your Funds
    03

    Access Your Funds

    Receive a lump-sum deposit as fast as 24 hours after accepting your offer. Hire staff, buy equipment, renovate your space, or handle any other business priority, immediately.

    Applications

    What can you use a service business loan for?

    Service businesses use financing to buy equipment, expand their team, renovate their space, and bridge cash flow gaps, all without pledging hard assets as collateral.

    Equipment Purchases

    Equipment Purchases

    Buy computers, salon chairs, service vehicles, commercial equipment, or any tools your business relies on, without tapping into working capital.

    Growth & Expansion

    Growth & Expansion

    Add new hires, lease additional space, open a second location, or invest in marketing to grow your client base and service capacity.

    Renovations & Build-Outs

    Renovations & Build-Outs

    Customize your space to reflect your brand, improve the client experience, and create an environment that supports long-term growth.

    Equipment
    Computers, salon chairs, service vehicles, commercial tools, and professional gear.
    Expansion
    New hires, additional space, second locations, and operational scaling.
    Renovations
    Space customization, brand-aligned build-outs, and facility improvements.
    Qualification

    How do you qualify for a service business loan?

    Qualification comes down to four inputs: operating history, monthly deposits, the owner credit profile, and what the last few months of business bank statements show. Service firms are often stronger on deposits than owners expect, because retainers, recurring contracts, and repeat clients produce steadier deposits than one-off project work.

    Start with three to six months of business bank statements, a completed application, and a plain description of what the money is for. Custom Capital Advisors is a brokerage, not a direct lender. We do not set terms and cannot promise an approval or a rate before a lender has reviewed the file. What we can do is say honestly whether the file is likely to clear, and say so early if it is not.

    Underwriting

    What do lenders look for in a service business?

    A service business has very little a lender can repossess, so underwriting leans on things that do not sit on a balance sheet.

    • Deposit consistency rather than deposit size. Twelve steady months read better than one exceptional month followed by a thin one.
    • Client concentration. One client as most of revenue is underwritten differently from forty similar clients at identical revenue.
    • Contract and retainer structure. Recurring revenue is treated as more predictable than project revenue billed job by job.
    • The gap between invoicing and payment. Lenders look at how long receivables actually take to clear, not what the terms say.
    • Owner credit weighed against revenue rather than in isolation. Credit shapes pricing more often than it decides the answer.

    None is pass or fail alone. Together, they decide which funding partner sees the file first.

    Amount

    How much can a service business borrow?

    It depends on the structure, and the structures differ by an order of magnitude. A revenue advance sized against monthly deposits sits in a different range than a line of credit against receivables, which differs again from a term loan supported by several years of returns. Rather than quote a number we cannot stand behind, we will say which structures the business can realistically reach and roughly what each would cost, before applying anywhere. The conversation takes one call and does not affect credit.

    Documents

    What documents do you need to apply for service business financing?

    The starting package for most working capital structures is three to six months of business bank statements, a completed application, and a photo ID. That is usually enough for a first read on which lenders are worth approaching. Larger or longer-term structures ask for more: business tax returns, a profit and loss statement, an accounts receivable ageing report where receivables are part of the story, and a considerably longer list for SBA-backed requests. Full packages sent on the first request are reviewed faster, and decisions on the fastest structures can come in as little as a few hours once statements are in hand.

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    Get Started Today

    Your Service Business
    Deserves Better Capital.

    Apply today and get a decision often within hours. Capital in hand within 24 hours of acceptance, so you can focus on serving your clients.