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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2022 | Worcester Business Journal 17 F O C U S B A N K I N G & F I N A N C E F O C U S Top SBA 7(a) loans Ranked by amount of loan, calendar year 2021 ((11)) Loan recipient Amount of loan Business description (name of franchise) Lender 1 Key Storage LLC Uxbridge $5,000,000 Lessor of mini-warehouses and self-storage units Live Oak Banking Co. 2 Exterra Global Trading Northborough $3,500,000 Grocery merchant wholesaler Rockland Trust Co. 2 Shazam LLC Milford $3,500,000 Bowling center Webster Bank 4 Donelan's Supermarkets Inc. Littleton $3,450,000 Supermarket Camden National Bank 5 Endless Energy New England Inc. Marlborough $3,300,000 Site preparation contractors Live Oak Banking Co. 6 Energy Electric Co. Inc. Uxbridge $2,925,000 Electrical contractor Webster Bank 7 Phoenix Adhesives Co. Inc. Acton $2,765,000 Adhesive manufacturing Atlantic Capital Bank 8 Circle Furniture Holdings Acton $2,052,000 Furniture store Atlantic Capital Bank 9 Thomas Financial Associates Westborough $2,035,000 Investment advisor Live Oak Banking Co. 10 Westborough Dental PC Westborough $1,701,000 Dental practice Wells Fargo Bank 11 Natalie M. Stanley DMD & Associates Southbridge $1,665,000 Dental practice Live Oak Banking Co. 12 Lit Dental Esthetics & Implant Wayland $1,600,000 Dental practice Live Oak Banking Co. 13 Novotech Inc. Acton $1,530,000 Optical instrument and lens manufacturing Berkshire Bank 14 Cactus Capital Boston LLC Southborough $1,317,000 Used car dealers Cathay Bank 15 Blank Industries LLC Hudson $1,300,000 Chemical manufacturing Avidia Bank 16 Feel Good Dental PC Worcester $1,281,500 Dental practice Bank of George 17 David French Music Co. Inc. Westborough $1,200,000 Musical instrument and supplies store People's United Bank (2) 18 Johnson Farm LLC Uxbridge $1,110,500 Construction material wholesalers Enterprise Bank & Trust 19 Carella Storage LLC Littleton $1,100,000 Lessor of mini-warehouses and self-storage units (UNITS) Live Oak Banking Co. 20 Nine Points Woodworking & Manufacturing Worcester $1,092,000 Millwork manufacturing Berkshire Bank 21 Straight Dark Ventures LLC Hopkinton $926,000 Custom computer programming services Cadence Bank 22 GBMTREE Inc. Hopkinton $807,000 Landscaping services (Monster Tree Service) Ameris Bank 23 ZLE Car Care LLC Natick $790,000 Automotive repair (Meineke Car Care Center) Wells Fargo Bank NA 24 Precious Ones Child Care Center Whitinsville $755,000 Child day care services Live Oak Banking Co. 25 Catanese Entertainment LLC Worcester $720,000 Amusement and recreation industries (X-Golf) Rockland Trust Co. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration (1) Loans listed are for SBA 7(a) loans. Lending eligibility criteria are broader than those of other types of loans such as those associated with the 504 Loan Program. (2) People's United Bank was acquired by M & T Bank of Buffalo, NY in April. -Compiled by: Timothy Doyle, tdoyle@nebusinessmedia.com