About RestaurantEquipmentFinancing.guide

We're an editorial site that helps restaurant operators understand and compare equipment financing options. We're not a lender, not a broker, and not a financial advisor.

What this site is

RestaurantEquipmentFinancing.guide publishes financing guides, equipment-specific cost data, lender comparisons, and tax math (Section 179, bonus depreciation, lease vs loan) for restaurant operators — from first-location startups to multi-unit chains. Every page is built around a real operator question, sourced from Reddit threads on r/restaurateur, r/restaurantowners, r/KitchenConfidential, and r/smallbusiness.

How we make money

When a reader completes a financing application via our partner links, we earn a commission. The commission does not change the reader's rate or terms. We disclose this on every page (see footer of every guide).

Who runs the site

Editor: Vlad Ivanov. Background: AI+SEO operator. Founder of the SearchGAP Method community. Owner of 9 Google-Search-Console-verified sites including foodtruckfinancing.guide (sister site, food-truck-only). Bio: wordsatscale.com.

Editorial principles

Numbers over adjectives.

Every claim either cites a source or includes a real number. We don't write "competitive rates" — we write "5.99% APR over 60 months on a $12,000 walk-in cooler".

Operator-first language.

We use real kitchen terms ("walk-in", "hood", "TI", "vanilla shell", "dish pit") rather than marketing-speak.

No lender brand worship.

We never tell you to use a specific lender. We compare, you decide.

Tax math gets a CPA disclaimer.

Section 179 calculators are planning estimates. Don't file your taxes from them.