INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS
Funding Built for Building-Materials & Industrial Suppliers
You front large, price-volatile inventory and sell it to contractors on your own credit terms, then wait 60 to 90 days for construction-cycle payments to come in. We give building-materials and industrial suppliers fast, flexible working capital so a big inventory buy, a stretched receivables cycle, or a slow winter never comes down to what's in the bank today.
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Funding Amounts
$10,000 – $500,000
Approval Speed
4 – 8 hours
Credit
All credit profiles considered
Use
Inventory, receivables gap, payroll, seasonal ramp & more
THE CHALLENGE
You Financed the Job, Now You Wait on the Draw
Building-materials and industrial distribution is a high-volume, thin-margin business with a punishing cash-flow shape: you pre-buy large, price-volatile inventory, hand it to contractors on your own credit terms, and then sit at the back of the line waiting for construction-cycle payments to clear. Your money goes out long before it comes back, and a single commodity swing or stalled receivable can swallow a season's profit. Here's where the cash gets stuck.
You're the contractor's bank, and you're paid last
When you sell to contractors, you extend your own trade credit. Most suppliers give contractors 30 days or more to pay (Procore, 2024), and on project work the pressure to stretch to Net 60 or Net 90 is common. But the contractor doesn't get paid until project draws come through, so you are effectively financing their job out of your own pocket. Construction days-to-pay are commonly cited at roughly 60 to 90 days, and material suppliers sit at the bottom of the payment waterfall, paid last and slowest of all the project parties. Your only real backstop is the mechanics-lien and materialman's-lien system, which requires sending a preliminary notice, typically within weeks of first furnishing materials depending on the state, just to preserve the right to get paid. That carried receivable is a cash-flow problem your wholesale neighbors, the food distributor and the janitorial supplier selling on standard Net 30, simply don't have.
Demand swings with the construction cycle
Your order book rises and falls with housing starts and construction spending, which are volatile month to month and seasonally soft in winter when the ground freezes and projects pause. U.S. housing starts jumped more than 10 percent in one month, then fell more than 15 percent the next, according to Census Bureau data, the kind of whipsaw that makes the cash gap hard to predict. You have to staff, stock, and carry overhead through the slow stretches, then fund a large inventory and receivables ramp ahead of the spring and summer building season, before that season's collections land.
Large-ticket inventory, priced on a commodity whipsaw
Lumber, steel, gypsum, concrete, roofing, and industrial goods are commodities whose producer prices swing hard. Building-materials input prices to new residential construction rose 3.5 percent year over year in September 2025, the largest 12-month increase since January 2023, with wild dispersion underneath: metal molding and trim up 31.0 percent and construction machinery and equipment parts up 41.3 percent year over year, even as softwood lumber fell 2.3 percent (NAHB, citing the BLS Producer Price Index). Your margin lives or dies on buying right, taking volume positions and pre-season buys to lock pricing, which ties up large amounts of cash in slow-moving, high-dollar inventory sitting in the yard.
The ramp comes before the revenue
Every spring you have to spend ahead of the season: stock the yard, staff the counter and the trucks, and take the inventory positions that win the season, all before the first big project collections come back. The bigger the season you're chasing, the bigger that upfront gap. It's easy to be profitable for the year and still be short the cash to fund the next ramp or say yes to a large order.
The Federal Reserve's Small Business Credit Survey tells the story in three numbers: of small firms that applied for financing, 42 percent received all the funding they sought, 36 percent got some, and 22 percent got none, after a process that can run 30 to 90 days for an SBA loan. A price window or a season ramp won't hold that long. We fund building-materials suppliers in days, against the contractor receivables the business is already owed.
How Building-Materials Suppliers Use Our Funding
Pre-Buy a Big Inventory Position
Take a volume or pre-season buy on lumber, steel, gypsum, or industrial goods to lock pricing ahead of the build season, instead of waiting and paying more later.
Bridge Contractor Receivables
Keep buying and delivering while last month's loads are still unpaid. Cover the 60 to 90 day gap as contractors wait on their own project draws to come in.
Carry the Slow Winter
Keep your yard crew, drivers, leases, and insurance covered through the soft winter months when projects pause, then ramp back up for spring.
Fund the Spring Ramp
Staff up and stock the yard ahead of the spring and summer building season, before that season's collections land, so you can say yes to more orders.
Trucks, Forklifts & Yard Equipment
Finance a flatbed or boom delivery truck, a forklift, or racking, with terms that spread the cost instead of draining the operating account.
Cover Payroll & Overhead
Make payroll and cover yard, warehouse, and delivery overhead during a stretched receivables cycle or a commodity-price swing that ties up your cash.
One Application. We Match You to the Funding That Fits.
Most suppliers we fund use working capital they can put toward anything. You don't need to know which product you want, apply once and we'll match you to what you qualify for.
Working Capital
Flexible funding for a big inventory buy, payroll, a stretched receivables cycle, or a slow winter month. Put it toward whatever the yard needs next. This is where most suppliers start.
Learn MoreBusiness Line of Credit
Revolving cash you draw on to pre-buy a big lumber or steel position and ramp for the season, then pay down as contractor payments land. Interest applies only to what you use.
Learn MoreAR / Invoice Factoring
Advance cash against the contractor invoices you already carry, for qualifying receivables. Construction receivables involve lien rights and retainage, so we review case by case.
Learn MoreEquipment Financing
For delivery trucks, forklifts, racking, or yard equipment, with terms that spread the cost and the equipment itself often serving as collateral.
Learn MoreSBA Loans
Government-backed funding with longer terms and competitive rates for larger, planned investments, when you have time for a more involved process.
Learn MoreRevenue-Based Financing
Funding with repayment that flexes with your sales, easing off through the slow winter months instead of holding a fixed payment.
Learn MoreWhy Building-Materials Suppliers Choose Us
Our distribution clients range from single-yard operations to multi-location building-materials and industrial suppliers running large contractor accounts. We know your money goes out before it comes in, and that you carry your customers' receivables for months while waiting on the construction draw chain.
Fast, flexible working capital is built for that reality. We know carried contractor receivables, commodity-priced inventory, and what it takes to ramp up for the building season without floating it all yourself.
See What You Qualify For- We understand carried contractor receivables and the draw cycle
- Funding fast enough to take a pre-season inventory position
- Bridge 60 to 90 day project receivables without floating payroll
- A line of credit you draw to ramp and repay as you collect
- Approval in 4 – 8 hours, not weeks
- All credit profiles considered
Simple Requirements to Get Started
If your building-materials or industrial supply business has been operating for at least 6 months and generates $10,000 or more in monthly revenue, you're likely a fit.
6+ Months
In Business
$10K+
Monthly Revenue
All Credit
Profiles Welcome
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Building-Materials Supplier Funding FAQs
What can a building-materials or industrial supplier use the funding for?
Anything the business needs. Suppliers use Monera funding to pre-buy a big lumber, steel, or industrial inventory position, bridge the 60 to 90 day wait on contractor receivables, make payroll and cover yard and warehouse overhead, ramp up for the spring and summer building season, carry the slow winter, and buy trucks or forklifts. You don't have to choose a product up front, you apply once and we match you to the funding you qualify for.
Can I get working capital while I'm still waiting on contractor accounts that are 60 to 90 days out?
Yes, this is the most common reason building-materials suppliers come to us. Construction days-to-pay are commonly cited at roughly 60 to 90 days, and material suppliers are paid last and slowest of the project parties. Working capital advances you the cash now so you can keep buying and delivering while last month's loads are still unpaid, and you repay as those contractor payments come in.
Do you fund building-materials and industrial suppliers, or only contractors?
We fund the supplier's business. Our capital goes to your yard or distribution company, for the inventory, payroll, equipment, and cash flow it takes to keep stocking and delivering. We do not extend point-of-sale or trade credit to your contractor customers. How you set and collect your own credit terms with contractors stays entirely with you.
We extend our own credit terms to contractors. Can financing cover that receivables gap?
Yes. When you sell on your own terms, most suppliers give contractors 30 days or more to pay (Procore, 2024), and on project work the pressure to stretch to Net 60 or Net 90 is common. That means you are effectively financing the contractor's project until they get paid through the draw chain. Working capital or a line of credit bridges that float so payroll and your suppliers are covered while the receivables you carry are still outstanding.
How fast can we get funded to take a big pre-season lumber or steel inventory position?
Approval typically comes within 4 to 8 hours, with funds following shortly after. Building-materials input prices move fast, prices to new residential construction rose 3.5 percent year over year in September 2025, the largest 12-month jump since January 2023 (NAHB, citing the BLS Producer Price Index), with wide swings underneath. When buying right means moving before a price swing, funding that arrives in time is worth more than a slightly lower rate.
Will funding work for a seasonal yard that's slow in winter and ramps in spring and summer?
Yes. Demand for building materials is tied to the construction cycle, which is volatile and soft in winter when the ground freezes and projects pause. U.S. housing starts swing sharply month to month (Census data shows them rising more than 10 percent in one month and falling more than 15 percent in another). You carry fixed overhead through the slow stretch, then fund a large inventory and receivables ramp before spring collections land. A line of credit or working capital smooths the trough and pre-funds the ramp.
Do you offer invoice factoring on our construction receivables, and how do mechanics liens and retainage affect it?
AR and invoice factoring is available for qualifying receivables, and the contractor invoices you carry can make it a fit. That said, construction receivables are more complicated than ordinary B2B invoices, because of mechanics-lien and materialman's-lien rights, retainage held back until a project finishes, and joint-check or anti-assignment arrangements. We review factoring case by case for that reason, which is why most suppliers start with flexible working capital or a line of credit instead.
What are the eligibility requirements for a building-materials wholesaler?
Most suppliers we fund have been operating for at least 6 months and generate $10,000 or more in monthly revenue. All credit profiles are considered, your sales history and day-to-day performance matter more than a perfect credit score. We do not fund startups or pre-revenue businesses.
Can we use funding to cover payroll and overhead during the slow construction season?
Yes. The winter trough, when projects pause but your yard crew, drivers, leases, and insurance still cost the same every month, is exactly when many suppliers need a bridge. Working capital or a line of credit can carry those fixed costs through the quiet stretch and fund the ramp back up when the season turns.
Do you finance forklifts, delivery trucks, or yard equipment, or only working capital?
Both. Equipment financing is available for flatbed and boom delivery trucks, forklifts, racking, and other yard or warehouse equipment, and the equipment itself often serves as collateral, which can make approval easier. If you'd rather keep things flexible, working capital can cover an equipment purchase too. You apply once and we match you to what fits.
Is this a floor-plan or inventory-purchase loan tied to specific product, or flexible working capital?
It's flexible working capital. We do not offer floor-plan or inventory-purchase financing tied to specific stock or stocking programs, and we don't make a real-estate or hard-money loan against your yard or warehouse. Our funding is general working capital you can put toward inventory, payroll, the receivables gap, equipment, or overhead, whatever the business needs.
Can a supplier with past-due contractor receivables or bruised credit still qualify?
Often, yes. All credit profiles are considered, and we look at the health and revenue of your business rather than a single credit score. Carried receivables and a stretched payment cycle are normal in this segment, that's the cash-flow problem the funding is built to bridge, not a disqualifier.
Will applying affect my credit score?
No. Checking what you qualify for uses a soft credit pull that won't affect your score, and there's no obligation to move forward.
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