Funding for your situation
The real cost of adding a service bay, what funders look at, and a worked example using illustrative figures.
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Cars are waiting in the lot because there are only four bays and the book is full. Adding a service bay is the most direct way to turn demand you are already turning away into revenue, and it is also a purchase that comes due before it earns.
Merchant Fund Express is a funding marketplace: you apply once, and the file is matched to the structure that fits it. The sections below show what this situation usually costs, how a funder reads it, and what to prepare.
Winter and summer weather swings drive tires, batteries and A/C work. For a auto repair shop, that rhythm decides when a funding request reads best and how it should be repaid.
What it looks like on the ground: the alignment rack is down and customers are being sent elsewhere.
Compliance touchpoints for a auto repair shop often include state inspection license and EPA refrigerant certification, which can come up when the request involves a new site, a purchase or a significant change.
A auto repair shop file is read through parts cost versus labor revenue, technician capacity versus bookings and equipment already financed.
| Cost item | Illustrative amount |
|---|---|
| Two-post lift | $8,500 |
| Alignment or tire machine | $14,000 |
| Diagnostic scanner and tools | $6,500 |
| Added technician payroll before bay fills | $9,000 |
| Cushion for overruns and slow early weeks (about 10%) | $4,000 |
| Funding need for one more service bay | $42,000 |
Sizing check. If the full repayment shown in an offer were $55,000 over about 26 weeks, the weekly debit would be about $2,115. Against illustrative monthly deposits of $65,000 (about $15,000 a week), that is roughly 14% of weekly deposits. Your own offer states the real repayment amount in dollars; run your numbers on the factor rate calculator before you accept anything.
Source: worksheet by Merchant Fund Express. Illustrative only: these figures are not an offer, and real amounts depend on your file and the funder.
A fixed purchase with a quote you can put in front of a funder.
A fixed purchase with a quote you can put in front of a funder.
A real cost of the move that is easy to leave out of the first estimate.
People are paid on a schedule that does not wait for new revenue to ramp.
These are the same factors described on revenue and deposit requirements and time in business. Merchant Fund Express walks you through how your own file reads before you apply.
A complete file is what makes a same-day decision possible. If something is missing, tell us and we will work around it.
Merchant Fund Express gives a same-day decision on a complete file, and funding is typically the next business day after signing. The quote or bill of sale for the service bay is the document that usually moves things along.
It can be either. If the purchase is a single asset with a quote, equipment financing may fit; if you also need payroll and supplies for the ramp-up, working capital covers the whole package.
Often yes. A used purchase can shorten the payback, and a quote or invoice from the seller is what the file needs.
The minimum FICO is 500, and better credit means better products and terms. See credit score requirements for how the tiers work.
Merchant Fund Express gives a same-day decision on a complete file. Applying takes a few minutes and will not affect your credit score.
