# Republic Bank & Trust

A five-state Preferred Lender, purchase first.

A Louisville, Kentucky bank with forty-seven banking centers in five states by its about page, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Florida by its community loan fund page. An SBA Preferred Lender in its own words whose 7(a) sentence puts purchasing a business first, with five regional SBA contacts reached by phone.

- Category: SBA & Acquisition Lenders
- Pricing model: Custom Pricing
- Where it fits: Diligence & Close the Deal
- Website: https://www.republicbank.com/business/business-loans-lines-of-credit/small-business-administration-sba-lending/

## At a Glance

A [Preferred Lender](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/preferred-lender-program) that says purchase a business before anything else and answers by regional phone; the figures are the program's and the people carry no titles.

## What It Costs

Loan products; terms by term sheet. No size, rate or fee of its own is published for the SBA loan. Its page restates the program's ceilings, says rates are fixed or variable with low down payments, and gives terms of seven years for working capital, ten for equipment or a business acquisition and twenty-five for real estate.

## Best For

A buyer in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee or Florida who wants a Preferred Lender that names buying a business first and a regional banker on the phone rather than a form.

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: An SBA Preferred Lender in its own words, promising a streamlined process, minimal paperwork, quicker approvals and an in-market specialist
- Pro: Puts purchasing a business first in its [7(a)](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/sba-7a) sentence and gives a ten-year term for a business acquisition
- Pro: Five regional SBA contacts with a phone number each, covering Louisville and Southern Indiana, Lexington/Central Kentucky, NKY/Cincinnati, Tennessee and Florida
- Pro: Says it will be with the borrower through the entire process, down to helping fill out the paperwork
- Con: No size, rate or fee of its own for the SBA loan; the figures on its page are the program's
- Con: Its SBA contacts carry no titles, and there is no online application for the SBA loan
- Con: Its about page's branch count is dated to 2023 under a 2026 copyright, and its investor site walls every reader
- Con: Names no [search fund](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/search-fund), [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher) or acquisition entrepreneur

## What Searchers Say

Read on its SBA lending page, its business loans hub, its term loan, real estate, practice lending and community loan fund pages, its about and contact pages and its locations page, which renders only a map. No searcher-forum discussion of the desk was found.

## Sources

- https://www.republicbank.com/business/business-loans-lines-of-credit/small-business-administration-sba-lending/
- https://www.republicbank.com/business/business-loans-lines-of-credit/practice-lending/
- https://www.republicbank.com/about-us/
- https://www.republicbank.com/contact-us/
- https://www.republicbank.com/business/business-loans-lines-of-credit/community-loan-fund/
- https://www.republicbank.com/business/business-loans-lines-of-credit/moneymanager-unsecured-loan/

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Last checked: 2026-09-19

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