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Loan for a Brewery – Asheville NC

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Need a Loan for your Brewery in Asheville?

Breweries have become a booming business across the state in recent years, particularly in Asheville. Between 2006 and 2013, the number of breweries in North Carolina skyrocketed from 26 to 110 with Asheville being named “Beer City USA” four years running.

First Bank’s Asheville, NC locations can offer a prospective entrepreneur a loan for a brewery in a variety of ways.

  • Breweries require expensive equipment and supplies. So, if you need a loan for fermenter tanks or bags of hops, a First Bank business loan may be able to help you out.
  • Our business line of credit allows you the flexibility to borrow and repay money as needed to keep your business running smoothly. This allows your brewery to grow at your own pace.
  • First Bank’s Mastercard Business Card with Rewards can help you manage small expenditures and offers a great way to earn rewards while financing your brewery.
  • If you need a building to house your brewery, our staff of experts will work with you to provide a commercial mortgage loan along with expert market advice. Have a building but it needs some work? Spruce it up with a First Bank construction loan for remodeling, expansion or renovation.

Learn More About a First Bank Brewery Loan

Our services for breweries and businesses extend to help with payroll and payment processing, check collection, deposit services, business checking and savings accounts, online and mobile banking and more.

Read more about the craft brewery surge in Asheville, NC, to find out more opening starting your own brewery. Visit one of our 13 locations in the Asheville area and First Bank will help you raise your first toast.

Loans subject to credit approval.

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