Express Tunnel Acquisitions · SBA-Ready Underwriting

Skip the $5,000 feasibility study.
Close with lender-ready numbers.

The only express-tunnel acquisition model built around membership-cohort economics — churn, penetration, ARPU, and a 10-year levered IRR your lender can actually underwrite.

10-year levered IRR SBA 7(a)/504 debt waterfall Sourced industry benchmarks Works in Excel & Google Sheets
$5–10K
Real feasibility study cost
Source: Wert-Berater
7.6%
Monthly member churn (benchmark)
Source: carwash.com industry data
5–8×
EBITDA multiple range by penetration
Source: Ad Astra Equity
85%
Typical SBA LTV on acquisition
Standard SBA 7(a)/504

Lenders need projections.
Generic templates won't cut it.

Every SBA lender underwriting a $1–3M express-tunnel deal asks the same questions. None of the $25–$50 templates answer them.

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Feasibility studies cost $5,000–$10,000

A third-party feasibility study from firms like Wert-Berater or Car Wash Advisory runs $5K–$10K and takes weeks. That's before you've even tied up the site. Most first-time buyers can't justify it — but still need defensible projections for SBA.

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Generic templates miss the membership engine

Existing $25–$100 templates bolt "membership revenue" onto a startup pro forma. They don't model cohort churn, retail→member conversion, or penetration-to-multiple tiers — the exact numbers underwriters ask about when valuing a subscription book.

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Sellers over-project membership growth

A seller's pro forma showing 60% penetration and 3% churn looks plausible on paper. Against industry benchmarks — ~7.6% monthly churn and sub-20% penetration at most single sites — it collapses immediately. You need the benchmarks to see that fast.

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SBA lenders want levered returns, not startup forecasts

Your lender doesn't care about 3-year hockey sticks. They want DSCR coverage, debt amortization, and a 10-year levered IRR structured around an acquisition price with 85% LTV. That's not in any generic car wash template.

Built for acquisition underwriting,
not startup planning.

Six tabs. Live formulas. Industry benchmarks sourced and embedded. Change one input — every number updates.

Tab 01

Inputs & Assumptions

Purchase price, SBA leverage, member ARPU, initial penetration, retail ticket, daily car count, and cost assumptions. One tab to drive everything else.

Lender-ready
Tab 02

Membership Cohort Engine

120 months of member vs. retail revenue. Monthly cohort churn (benchmarked at 7.6%), retail→member conversion, and ARPU sensitivity. The core of any real tunnel valuation.

Industry benchmarks
Tab 03

10-Year Operating P&L

Revenue through labor, chemicals, utilities, R&M, and fixed costs to EBITDA. Margin sanity checks against operator benchmarks at each line item.

Benchmark-linked
Tab 04

SBA Acquisition Financing

Full SBA 7(a)/504 debt waterfall: purchase price, 85% LTV, 15% equity, amortization schedule, annual DSCR coverage, and levered free cash flow.

SBA 7(a) / 504
Tab 05

Levered IRR & Equity Multiple

10-year levered cash flows, exit at penetration-tiered EBITDA multiple (5–6× sub-20%, 7–8× above 40%), levered IRR, and equity multiple. The single output your LP or lender reads first.

Returns summary
Tab 06

Lender One-Pager + Stress Table

Print-clean summary: levered IRR, equity multiple, min DSCR, member penetration, ARPU. Plus a churn × penetration stress grid showing how sensitive returns are to each benchmark.

Print / PDF ready

Every benchmark is sourced. None are made up.

The churn rate, penetration tiers, EBITDA multiples, and SBA LTV assumptions embedded in this model come from industry operators, car wash advisors, and acquisition case studies — not from a founder's optimism. When a seller's pro forma contradicts them, you'll see it instantly.

7.6%
Monthly churn benchmark
75/25
Member / retail revenue split
20%+
Penetration → 7–8× multiple
85%
SBA LTV (standard)

Built for first-time tunnel buyers.
Useful for brokers too.

If you're heading to a lender without a defensible model, this is the gap it fills.

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First-time express-tunnel buyer

Acquiring your 1st or 2nd site, $1–3M enterprise value, financing via SBA. You need projections your lender will accept but can't justify a $10K feasibility study.

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Searcher / self-funded operator

Screening 5–10 deals and need a model that stress-tests a seller's membership claims against real benchmarks before you spend a dollar on due diligence.

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Business broker or SBA lender

Clients show up without projections. A structured model they can complete in an afternoon is faster than sending them back for a study — and it's defensible.

One-time purchase. Keep it forever.

No subscription. Instant download. Works in Excel 2016+ and Google Sheets. A feasibility study is $5,000 — this is $99.

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The membership engine, 10-year P&L, and SBA financing model. Everything you need to produce a defensible acquisition projection for a lender.
  • Membership cohort engine (120 months)
  • 10-year operating P&L to EBITDA
  • SBA 7(a)/504 debt waterfall
  • Levered IRR + equity multiple
  • Excel + Google Sheets compatible
  • Sourced benchmark library included
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