Lender-ready SBA business plan.
Drafted by experts. In 48 hours.
Hand us your business details — we turn them into a complete, SBA-compliant business plan with 3–5 year financial projections, formatted the way U.S. bankers and SBA Preferred Lenders want to read it. For SBA 7(a), 504, Express, and Microloan applications.
The required step before a lender will fund up to $5,000,000 of SBA-backed capital.
No U.S. lender will underwrite an SBA 7(a), 504, or CAPLines loan above the small-loan threshold without a professional SBA loan business plan. It is the single document that tells the loan committee what the business is, how the money gets deployed, and — critically — how you repay the debt.
Get it right and your file moves to credit analysis in days. Get it wrong and you get bounced back for "insufficient documentation" — or worse, the lender declines and flags your file with credit bureaus. Most applicants only get one real shot at a given bank before reputation damage starts compounding.
Cost of this service
$399
SBA 7(a) loan (max)
$5,000,000
Wait if declined
~3–6 mo
Who this is for
We’re strict about who we take on — because saying yes to the wrong file hurts your timeline, not just ours.
This is for you if…
You’re pursuing an SBA 7(a), 504, Express, or Microloan
All four programs require a written business plan once the loan request exceeds the small-loan threshold. We write to SBA SOP 50 10 and standard commercial-lender formatting.
You’re a U.S. for-profit small business or startup
Existing businesses (any age), franchise acquisitions, owner-occupied real estate, equipment purchases, working capital, partner buyouts, or refinancing of non-SBA debt.
You have clarity on loan amount and use of funds
Even a rough number is enough. We turn it into a defensible Sources & Uses table with realistic repayment math.
You want a lender-ready deliverable, not a pep talk
A structured plan with 3–5-year financials your banker can drop straight into underwriting — no formatting cleanup, no chasing you for projections.
It's not for you if…
You’re seeking equity / venture capital. We’ll be offering an Investor Business Plan separately — different document, different audience, different math.
You need a USCIS immigration business plan (E-2, L-1, EB-5). That is a separate product with specific evidentiary standards.
You want us to fabricate financials. We only build defensible pro-formas grounded in the assumptions you provide — inflated numbers get caught by underwriting.
You cannot provide intake materials in the next 24 hours. The 48-hour SLA starts when we have what we need.
What you get
Every section SBA lenders underwrite on. Formatted. Compliant. Ready to submit.
We deliver a single document with every SBA-required section labeled, plus an editable Excel financial model your loan officer can drop straight into underwriting — no formatting cleanup, no chasing us for projections at 11pm the night before.
25–35 pages lender-ready plan (Google Doc + PDF)
Full Excel model with 3–5 year projections
Lender-formatted — drops into credit committee packages
One full revision round on your written feedback
NDA on request — your financials stay confidential
01
Executive Summary & Funding Request
SBA spec · Includes: Sources & Uses table
The 2-page "yes" the loan officer reads first
Business overview, loan amount, use of funds, and the repayment story. Built to pass the first read in a credit committee memo.
02
Company, Market & Operations
SBA spec · Includes: industry + competitor research
What the business is, who the customer is, how it runs
Company description, product or service line, market and competitive analysis, operations plan, and demographics/location analysis. Written to the depth a U.S. SBA Preferred Lender expects.
03
Marketing, Sales & Management
SBA spec · Includes: org chart + key staff plan
How you will grow, and who will run the plan
Go-to-market plan, sales strategy, marketing budget, org chart, founder and management team bios, advisors, and key staff roles. Every claim sized to the loan amount.
04
3–5 year Financial Projections
SBA spec · Includes: Income, Balance, Cash Flow
The numbers that make the loan underwritable
Full Excel model — Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Break-Even Analysis, Sensitivity Layer, and Debt Service Coverage calculation. Assumptions documented inline so your banker can stress-test them.
How it works
From your business details to a lender-ready plan — in five steps.
Most clients go from "we need to apply for the SBA loan" to "plan sitting in our banker's inbox" in under a week.
1
Pay $399 and start the clock
minute 0
Stripe checkout. You are billed once. The 48-hour SLA starts the moment we have your intake materials.
2
Upload your business details
~15 min
Loan amount, use of funds, a paragraph about the business, and whatever supporting materials you have (existing financials, website, franchise disclosure, appraisal). We send a 10-question intake form. Takes ~15 minutes.
3
We draft your SBA plan + financial model
hours 0–48
Senior writer + dedicated financial analyst build a 25–35 page plan and the matching 3–5-year Excel model. We confirm anything we need within hours, then write and model.
4
You review and request one revision
~24 hr
Read the draft, run the numbers past your banker if helpful, send written feedback, get the revised version back within 24 hours. Most clients submit to the lender after this round.
5
You submit to your SBA lender
minutes
Attach the plan + Excel model to your SBA application package. Your lender runs Form 1919, 1920, and credit analysis from there. Most decisions land inside 30–60 days.
What clients say
The kind of reviews you only get when the plan actually funds the loan.
4.9 · 81 verified client reviews
Names below are anonymized at our clients’ request. Loan amounts and outcomes (SBA 7(a), 504, Express, Microloan) are real.
"My banker wanted a plan and 3-year projections before she'd move the file to underwriting. I paid Friday, had the plan Monday morning, sent it to her that afternoon. 7(a) approved the following week."
"I had quotes from two SBA consultants at $4K and $6K with 2–3 week turnarounds. Got the same quality plan here for under $400 in 48 hours. My franchise approval was hanging on the loan; this saved the deal."
"The financial model was better than what our CPA put together. My loan officer at Live Oak said it was the cleanest package she'd seen in months. No extra documentation requests."
"Applied for a Microloan through a CDFI. My original plan got bounced. Paid FundUnlocked, they rebuilt it in two days with numbers that actually tied to my Shopify data. Approved within the week."
"We were buying an existing property and the seller's deadline was tight. They turned around a 30-page plan with full projections and debt-service coverage in 36 hours. Our PLP lender had the term sheet to us five days later."
"I tried writing it myself for two weekends and kept getting stuck on the financial projections. Paid here, got it done in 48 hours, and the cash-flow model was the best part — passed underwriting with zero revisions."
"Had been quoted 3 weeks by two of the big business-plan consultancies. Got a lender-ready plan here in two days for a tenth of the price. My banker emailed me 48 hours later asking who wrote it — apparently the projections were notably tight."
"Three generations in the business, first time applying for SBA. The writer understood our financials better than I did and explained the debt-service coverage so I could defend it to the loan committee. Funded first time."
Track record
Numbers that make the pitch for us.
10+ years of federal funding work, productized into a single 48-hour deliverable. Every figure below covers our full client portfolio — not a curated subset.
$250M+
Client funding unlocked
Non-dilutive capital across our team’s portfolio — SBA-backed, federal, state, and foundation.
2,100+
Applications prepared
SBA 7(a), 504, Express, Microloan, federal grants, and government bid responses shipped by our writers.
10+
Years of federal funding work
15+ senior writers and analysts, averaging 13 years of funding-application experience each.
97%
Client satisfaction
81 verified client reviews, averaging 4.9/5 across all services.
$5,000,000
SBA 7(a) loan ceiling
SBA 504 goes up to $5.5M, Microloan up to $50,000. We write plans to the loan size and program you need.
48 hr
Refund-backed SLA
Miss the 48-hour first-draft SLA, 100% refund. Miss the SBA-fit check, 100% refund. One-page guarantee you can paper-trail.
Priced like a product. Delivered like a consultancy.
Here is how FundUnlocked stacks up against the four ways most small-business owners look for an SBA loan business plan. Every row is benchmarked against public pricing pages from Joorney, Wise Business Plans, Plan Writers, BPlanWriter, Growthink, and the big freelance marketplaces.
Service category
Total price
Turnaround
Discovery call required
Written by a human expert
Excel financial model included
Refund-backed SLA
FundUnlocked
$399 flat · productized
$399 flat
48 hours
No — click, pay, start
Senior writer + financial analyst
Yes — editable Excel model
100% if we miss the SLA
$3K–$15K bespoke consultancies
Joorney, Wise BP, Growthink, Plan Writers
$3,000–$15,000+
10–12 business days (Joorney)
Mandatory — before pricing
Yes (senior)
Yes (premium tier)
Rarely published
Upwork / Fiverr freelancers
Variable quality, contract-by-contract
$500–$2,500
1–2 weeks
Proposal & interviews
Varies wildly
Often extra
Platform escrow — case by case
AI-only tools
LivePlan, GrowthGrid, Bizplan
$19–$99
Minutes (AI draft only)
No
No — AI-generated prose
Template-driven (not tailored)
Not SBA-lender-ready
FundUnlocked
$399 flat · productized
Total price
$399 flat
Turnaround
48 hours
Discovery call required
No — click, pay, start
Written by a human expert
Senior writer + financial analyst
Excel financial model included
Yes — editable Excel model
Refund-backed SLA
100% if we miss the SLA
$3K–$15K bespoke consultancies
Joorney, Wise BP, Growthink, Plan Writers
Total price
$3,000–$15,000+
Turnaround
10–12 business days (Joorney)
Discovery call required
Mandatory — before pricing
Written by a human expert
Yes (senior)
Excel financial model included
Yes (premium tier)
Refund-backed SLA
Rarely published
Upwork / Fiverr freelancers
Variable quality, contract-by-contract
Total price
$500–$2,500
Turnaround
1–2 weeks
Discovery call required
Proposal & interviews
Written by a human expert
Varies wildly
Excel financial model included
Often extra
Refund-backed SLA
Platform escrow — case by case
AI-only tools
LivePlan, GrowthGrid, Bizplan
Total price
$19–$99
Turnaround
Minutes (AI draft only)
Discovery call required
No
Written by a human expert
No — AI-generated prose
Excel financial model included
Template-driven (not tailored)
Refund-backed SLA
Not SBA-lender-ready
Speed red flag
10–12 business days is the norm for bespoke consultancies. That is 2–3 weeks between paying and sending anything to your banker — during which SBA rates and lender appetite can shift.
Quality red flag
AI-only plans miss lender formatting conventions and produce template-driven projections. Most SBA Preferred Lenders can spot a ChatGPT draft in 30 seconds — and they bounce the file.
Quick answers before you click — designed to kill the last objections.
How fast can you actually deliver a lender-ready plan in 48 hours?
Your first-draft SBA business plan lands in your inbox within 48 business hours of receiving your intake materials. Senior writers work off a lender-grade SBA template we have shipped more than 300 times. Most clients send a revised version to their loan officer inside 5 business days of ordering.
What do I need to provide to get started?
A one-paragraph description of the business, the loan amount you are seeking, what you will use the funds for, and — if you are an existing business — your last 12 months of revenue. That is the minimum. Anything else (existing financials, a prior draft, equipment quotes, appraisals, franchise docs, website, deck) sharpens the draft but is not required.
Which SBA loan types do you write plans for?
SBA 7(a) Standard, 7(a) Small, 7(a) Express, 504, and SBA Microloan. We also write Community Advantage and CAPLines packages. If you are unsure which program fits, say so on the intake form — we will recommend the right one based on your use of funds and match the plan structure to that program.
Will my lender accept this format?
Yes. Our SBA plan template follows the exact structure U.S. banks, SBA Preferred Lenders, Community Development Corporations (for 504), and nonprofit intermediaries (for Microloans) expect — executive summary, funding request, company description, market analysis, operations and management, marketing and sales, and three-to-five-year financial projections with balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow. If your specific lender requires an extra section (e.g. franchise details, environmental), we add it in the revision round at no extra charge.
Do you guarantee the loan is approved?
No reputable service guarantees SBA approval — and you should walk away from anyone who does. The credit decision belongs to the lender, not the writer. What we guarantee is a plan that meets SBA and lender formatting requirements, tells a credible story with realistic numbers, and ships on time. Our SLA comes with a 100% refund if we miss it.
Who actually writes my plan — AI, offshore, or experts?
A senior U.S.-based business-plan writer who has shipped dozens of SBA plans, paired with a financial analyst who builds your 3–5-year projections. Not an AI tool, not a junior. You can request a short bio of the writer assigned to you before we start drafting.
How many pages and what is included in the deliverable?
25–35 pages (typical lender-preferred length), delivered as an editable Google Doc plus PDF. Includes a full Excel financial model with 3–5 year Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Sources & Uses, Break-even Analysis, and a sensitivity layer. Also includes a clean Executive Summary, Company Description, Market Analysis (industry, competitors, demographics), Operations Plan, Marketing & Sales Strategy, Management Team bios, and Use of Funds table.
What if I don't like the first draft?
One full revision round is included in the $399. We treat your written feedback as the source of truth and turn around the revised plan inside 24 hours. If you pick Priority, revisions are unlimited until you submit to the lender.
Will I own the plan and keep the IP?
You own 100% of the plan and the financial model from the moment we deliver. Everything you share with us during intake stays confidential — we will sign a mutual NDA on request before you upload anything sensitive (trade secrets, supplier contracts, tax returns).
Why $399 — what makes that pricing fair?
An SBA loan business plan is a constrained, well-defined document. A skilled senior writer paired with a financial analyst can produce a bank-ready plan in roughly 8–10 hours of focused work. We built a repeatable workflow, priced it at the fair cost of that labor, and dropped the cost of running the sales funnel that consultancies charge $3,000–$15,000 to fund. You get the same lender-ready output at a fraction of the price.
Can you also package the SBA loan application itself (Form 1919, 413, 912)?
The SBA forms are produced by you and your lender — your banker does them, not us, and that is a good thing (it keeps you in control of the credit relationship). We build the business plan and financial projections that go inside the application package. Many of our clients ask their SBA Preferred Lender to run the forms; we provide the documents the lender needs from your side.
What is your refund policy?
If we miss the 48-hour first-draft SLA for any reason on our end, you get a 100% refund and keep the draft. If we determine after intake that an SBA loan is not the right fit for your use case (and you have not already started the project), you also get a 100% refund. Full terms are on the refund policy page.
Ready when you are
Your SBA loan business plan can be in your banker’s inbox in 48 hours.
That is the difference between closing this quarter and watching rates reset while your file sits on a consultant's desk. Click below, pay $399, and we start drafting tonight.