Published Requirements

How long does a business need to be open to get funding?

Time-in-business minimums: 6 months for revenue-based financing, 2 years to renew, 3 years for bank-style credit, 3 years for trucking and 5 for construction.

Figures verified 2026-09-21
The 60-second answer

Six months is the lowest published floor — that is revenue-based financing. Bank-style lines of credit and term loans need 3 years. Renewing an advance you already have needs 2 years, or 4 years if the renewal runs an 18-month term. Trucking and construction carry their own longer minimums.

Minimum time in business by program

ProgramMinimum time in businessNotes
Revenue-based financing6 monthsThe lowest published floor of any program we offer
Renewal of an existing advance2 years4 years if the renewal runs an 18-month term
Bank-style line of credit or term loan3 yearsNo exceptions below this
Revenue-based — trucking3 yearsOn top of the revenue floor
Revenue-based — construction5 yearsOn top of the revenue floor

What counts as the start date

The date the entity was formed, not the date you opened the bank account and not the date you started trading. If you operated as a sole proprietor for two years and then incorporated last month, the clock generally restarts — and sole proprietorships decline automatically on both the bank-style and revenue-based programs.

Under 6 months

We do not fund a business under six months old. Anyone telling you otherwise is either quoting a personal loan against your credit or is not going to fund the deal. The honest answer at four months is to wait, keep the statements clean and come back at six.

Common questions

Can a startup get business funding?
Not through these programs. Six months of business bank statements is the minimum, because the statements are what is underwritten.
Does an older EIN help if the business only started trading recently?
No. Underwriting reads deposit history, so an EIN with no activity behind it does not shorten the timeline.
I have been open 8 months. What can I get?
Revenue-based financing, provided you also clear $60,000 in annual revenue, a 600 score and the bank-statement tests.
Does time in business affect the amount?
Indirectly. Longer history opens the bank-style programs, which carry larger limits and much lower cost than revenue-based financing.

Why we publish these

These are our requirements. Most sites answering this question give you a range and a "contact us for details" — because publishing a real threshold means being held to it. We would rather you know before you apply whether you clear the bar, so the numbers above are the actual ones an application is measured against, not a marketing range. They are reviewed on the dates below and updated here when they change.

See which of these you already clear

One application, read against every program above. No fee, and no effect on your credit to find out.

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