Private company

Southwestern Advantage

Logo: Southwestern Advantage, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American marketing company

Southwestern Advantage (formerly known as Southwestern Company), is an education material sales company based in Nashville, TN. The privately owned company recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, apps, and website subscriptions door-to-door using direct selling methods. Southwestern Advantage is part of the Southwestern Family of Companies.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1855Founded1

Southwestern Advantage (formerly known as Southwestern Company), is an education material sales company based in Nashville, TN. The privately owned company recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, apps, and website subscriptions door-to-door using direct selling methods. Southwestern Advantage is part of the Southwestern Family of Companies.2

Leadership

Who has led Southwestern Advantage, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

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Products and brands

  • book
  • mobile app
  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1855Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$730.6K 2021–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2021–2021: $730.6K in all. PPP loans $730.6K.$0$200K$400K$600K$800K2021 · PPP loans: $730.6K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$730.6K$730.6K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Jan 29, 2021$730.6K PPP loan (first draw) from CapStar Bank, A Division of Old National Bank4To SOUTHWESTERN ADVANTAGE INC., Nashville TN; $735.7K forgiven Oct 18, 2021