Middle-Market Operating Businesses · Wholesale & Distribution

Capital for the movement of goods and the businesses behind it.

Financing considerations for wholesale and distribution companies — inventory purchasing, receivables conversion, seasonal demand, customer concentration and expansion into new markets.

Overview
Middle-Market Operating Businesses
Financing for operating businesses
Financing a warehouse or distribution facility itself?See Industrial & Logistics

Wholesale and distribution companies operate between suppliers, manufacturers and end customers. Their financing needs are frequently connected to inventory purchasing, receivables conversion, seasonal demand, customer concentration and expansion into new markets.

Who this is for

Target business profile.

Established wholesale and distribution businesses
Importers and exporters with recurring trade flows
Supply-chain and fulfillment operators
Businesses whose principal assets are receivables and inventory
Typical transactions

Common transaction and financing purposes.

  • Inventory acquisition and replenishment
  • Receivables-supported liquidity
  • Purchase-order and supplier-related financing
  • Acquisition or refinancing of distribution businesses
  • Warehouse and material-handling equipment
  • Expansion and operating working capital
Potential capital structures

Potential capital structures.

Asset-Based Lending / Working Capital

Financing supported by qualifying business assets, operating cash flow or other identified repayment sources.

Supply Chain Finance

Structures addressing the timing between purchasing goods, invoicing customers and receiving payment.

Equipment Finance & Leasing

Warehouse, material-handling and other productive equipment.

Senior Debt / Acquisition & Refinancing

Acquisition or refinancing of distribution businesses.

Availability, terms and Lankford Capital's role are confirmed case by case.

Operating and credit considerations

What capital will look at.

  • Receivables aging
  • Inventory turnover
  • Gross margins
  • Customer and supplier concentration
  • Purchase-order enforceability
  • Logistics costs
  • Existing collateral obligations
Illustrative qualification information

What to have ready.

  • Historical and interim financial statements
  • Receivables and payables aging
  • Inventory reports
  • Customer and supplier lists
  • Sample purchase orders and invoices
  • Existing debt schedule

Illustrative only. Not an eligibility list or a commitment to review or proceed.

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Tell us about the business and what the financing is for.

Share the business, the need and the timing. Our team will review whether — and how — a structure may fit.