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Funding Built for Medical & Janitorial Supply Distributors

You buy the inventory outright and ship it to hospitals, facilities, and government accounts, then wait out net-60, net-90, and Prompt Payment terms before those big, reliable customers pay. We give distributors fast, flexible working capital so you can stock up and make payroll long before the institution's invoice clears.

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Funding Amounts

$10,000 – $500,000

Approval Speed

4 – 8 hours

Credit

All credit profiles considered

Use

Inventory, payroll, receivables gap & more

THE CHALLENGE

You Pay the Manufacturer Now, the Institution Pays You Later

Medical and janitorial supply distribution is a high-volume business built on a punishing cash-flow shape. You buy inventory outright and take title to it, then sell into hospitals, health systems, long-term-care, schools, facilities-management contractors, and government agencies, customers large enough to dictate long payment terms. Margins are thin, much of it is contract-priced, and the cash leaves your account well before it comes back. Here's where it gets stuck.

You finance the institution's float, not net-30 retail

Your buyers are large and price-sensitive enough to set the terms, and they set them long. Net-60 and net-90 are common baselines, with net-30 the floor for smaller commercial accounts. In most cases, distributors purchase goods outright from manufacturers, taking title and ownership, then carry that inventory until the institution buys and pays. You pay the manufacturer far sooner than the hospital or facility pays you. That gap, weeks to months wide, is a receivable you carry on your own books, and it's the structural difference between you and a distributor selling fast-turning goods to retail.

Government accounts pay reliably, but on their clock

Selling to government and federal accounts adds a hard floor on timing. Under the Prompt Payment Act and FAR 52.232-25, the payment due date is the later of 30 days after the billing office receives a proper invoice or 30 days after the government accepts the supplies. A documentation hiccup or slow acceptance can push real cash 60 to 90 days out or more. The money is dependable, but you front the whole chain, paying your manufacturers up front and collecting from the agency on its schedule.

Consignment and GPO pricing tie up cash before the sale

Two structures specific to this segment compress your cash. Particularly for high-value goods, a consignment model may be used in which product is shipped to and stored locally, then paid for only upon use. And when hospitals buy through a group purchasing organization, they purchase according to the price negotiated by the GPO, so you honor pre-negotiated, often thin-margin contract pricing on volume you pre-buy and warehouse. Either way, capital sits in stock the customer hasn't even committed to buying yet.

Regulated, low-margin inventory you stock deep and ahead of demand

Hospitals widely run just-in-time inventory, so the distributor ends up holding the deep stock. Much of the catalog is low-margin, high-volume, and regulated, requiring lot, expiry, and compliance tracking. PPE such as masks, gowns, and gloves is a low-margin, high-volume business, and demand can surge violently, a respiratory-season or PPE spike, forcing a big speculative inventory buy financed entirely by you. Janitorial and sanitation distribution runs the same way: bulk commodity SKUs, hazmat and chemical handling, and the same thin-margin, stock-ahead pressure.

Landing a large institutional contract is the good news. Funding it before the first invoice pays is the problem, and a 30-to-90-day SBA process that often approves less than the amount requested doesn't solve it. A demand surge or a six-figure unpaid invoice needs an answer in days, which is the speed we fund at, with working capital matched to how a supply distributor actually collects.

How Supply Distributors Use Our Funding

Pre-Buy Against a New Contract

Win a new GPO or health-system contract and front the inventory it requires, paying your manufacturers up front, weeks or months before the institution pays you.

Bridge Net-60/90 Invoices

Cover payroll, suppliers, and operating costs while hospitals, long-term-care, schools, and facilities accounts work through their long, institution-dictated payment terms.

Carry Government Receivables

Stay liquid while a government or federal account moves through Prompt Payment Act timing, where the clock can run from acceptance, not just from your invoice.

Fund a Demand Surge

Make a large, speculative inventory buy when demand spikes (a PPE or respiratory-season surge) without draining the cash you need for everything else.

Warehouse, Storage & Fleet

Finance racking and forklifts, climate or secure storage for regulated and temperature-sensitive product, and the delivery fleet that gets it to the dock.

Turn Invoices Into Cash

Advance against your large, creditworthy institutional and government invoices so a net-60 or net-90 receivable becomes working cash today, not in two or three months.

One Application. We Match You to the Funding That Fits.

Most distributors 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

Fast, flexible funding to buy inventory, make payroll, and cover operating costs while you wait out long institutional terms. Put it toward whatever the next contract needs. This is where most distributors start.

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AR & Invoice Factoring

Your hospital, health-system, and government invoices are high quality but slow. Factoring advances cash against those receivables now, converting net-60 and net-90 paper into working capital instead of waiting out the term.

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Business Line of Credit

Revolving cash that suits the restock and consignment cycle. Draw to buy inventory ahead of demand, then repay as the institutional invoices clear. Interest applies only to what you use.

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Equipment Financing

For warehouse racking and forklifts, cold or secure storage for regulated product, barcode and inventory systems, or the delivery fleet, with the equipment itself as collateral.

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SBA Loans

Government-backed funding with longer terms and competitive rates for larger, planned investments, when you have time for a more involved process.

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Revenue-Based Financing

Funding with repayment that flexes with your sales, easing off when collections run slow instead of holding a fixed payment.

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Why Supply Distributors Choose Us

We've funded wholesale and distribution businesses from owner-run operations to multi-warehouse distributors shipping medical and janitorial supply to hospitals, facilities, and government accounts at the same time. We know your money goes out to manufacturers long before the institution pays you back.

Working capital is built for that reality. We know long, institution-dictated terms, the carrying cost of deep regulated inventory, and what it takes to pre-buy against a new contract without floating it all yourself. When the wait is the whole problem, we can also factor those large, creditworthy invoices into cash now.

See What You Qualify For
  • We understand long, institution-dictated payment terms
  • Funding fast enough to pre-buy against a new contract
  • Bridge net-60/90 and government invoices without floating payroll
  • Factoring on your large, creditworthy institutional receivables
  • Approval in 4 – 8 hours, not weeks
  • All credit profiles considered

Simple Requirements to Get Started

If your distribution 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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Medical & Janitorial Supply Distributor Funding FAQs

Can I get funding if most of my revenue is tied up in net-60 or net-90 invoices to hospitals and health systems?

Yes, this is the most common reason medical and janitorial supply distributors come to us. Your institutional buyers are large and slow to pay, but they're also creditworthy. Working capital advances you the cash now so you can buy inventory and make payroll while those net-60 and net-90 invoices clear, and you repay as the money comes in. We can also factor those invoices directly, turning the receivable into cash today instead of waiting out the term.

Do you fund distributors that sell to government agencies or federal accounts?

Yes. Government accounts are reliable but slow. Under the Prompt Payment Act and FAR 52.232-25, the payment due date is the later of 30 days after a proper invoice or 30 days after the government accepts the supplies, so a documentation hiccup or slow acceptance can push real cash well past 60 days. Funding bridges that wait so a government receivable doesn't tie up the cash you need to operate.

How does invoice factoring work for a medical or janitorial supply distributor?

Factoring advances cash against your unpaid institutional and government invoices. Because your buyers (hospitals, health systems, long-term-care facilities, schools, agencies) are high-quality accounts, the receivable is strong, the wait is the whole problem. Instead of carrying a net-60 or net-90 invoice on your own books, you get most of that cash up front and the balance, less the fee, when the institution pays. It converts slow institutional paper into working capital without taking on a traditional loan.

Can I use funding to pre-buy inventory against a new GPO or health-system contract before the customer pays?

Yes. Landing a new contract often means buying deep inventory up front, paying your manufacturers now, before the institution buys and pays you. Distributors purchase goods outright from manufacturers, taking title and ownership, then carry that stock until the customer pays, often under pricing negotiated by a group purchasing organization. Working capital funds that pre-buy so a big new contract becomes an opportunity instead of a cash squeeze.

I have product out on consignment that hasn't been used yet. Can you still fund my business?

Yes. Some high-value goods move on consignment and are paid for only upon use, and much of the catalog you buy outright sits in your warehouse before it converts to cash. Either way, your money is tied up in inventory that hasn't paid you back yet. We fund your business based on your overall revenue and how it flows, so capital tied up in stock and slow invoices doesn't have to stall the rest of your operation.

Do you finance the distributor's working capital, or the hospital's purchase? What exactly are you funding?

We fund your business, the distributor's own working capital. Our capital goes to your company so you can buy inventory, make payroll, and cover operating costs while you wait on the slow institutional invoice. We do not finance the hospital's or agency's purchase, and we are not a consumer or patient-financing program. How you bill and collect from your institutional accounts stays entirely with you.

Are you a medical-claims or revenue-cycle (RCM) factoring company?

No. We fund your business as a distributor, not a healthcare provider's patient claims. We do not buy or collect a hospital's medical or insurance claims, run your billing, or take over your government payment flow. Searches for medical supply financing often collide with revenue-cycle and patient-AR products we don't offer. We provide working capital and, where it fits, factoring on your commercial and government supply invoices, the receivables your distribution business actually generates.

Can I get capital to handle a sudden demand surge that requires a big inventory buy?

Yes. Demand for supplies like PPE can surge violently, and hospitals widely run just-in-time inventory, so the distributor ends up holding the deep stock. A surge can force a large, speculative inventory buy financed entirely by you. Fast working capital lets you make that buy and capture the demand without draining the cash you need for payroll and day-to-day operations.

Can I get financing with thin margins on low-margin products like gloves and PPE?

Yes. Much of the catalog is low-margin, high-volume work, PPE such as masks, gowns, and gloves is a low-margin, high-volume business, and GPO-negotiated contract pricing caps what you can charge while manufacturers must be paid up front. That makes the business live or die on working-capital velocity, not markup. We qualify you on your revenue and how your cash flows, not on a margin percentage, so thin margins on contract-priced goods don't disqualify you.

What are the requirements to qualify as a medical or janitorial supply distributor?

Most distributors 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 how your business actually performs matter more than a perfect credit score.

How fast can I get funded if I land a large new institutional account and need inventory now?

Approval typically comes within 4 to 8 hours, with funds following shortly after. That speed is the main reason distributors choose us over a bank or an SBA loan, where the same request can take 30 to 90 days, long after you needed the inventory on the shelf to fulfill the contract.

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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