Ivybend Advances, a small-business funding broker in Missoula, MT, works by phone and online with owners in Missoula, Lolo and the rest of Missoula County, Florence in Ravalli County, Arlee in Lake County and Alberton in Mineral County. Figures on this page are ZIP-code counts, labeled as such, from the Census Bureau.
Lolo, MT
An unincorporated community 8.8 miles southwest of Missoula, MT, in Missoula County. ZIP 59847, which includes Lolo but covers far more land, had 169 employer establishments in 2023, and construction led with 49 (ZBP 2023). Business funding in Lolo has the detail.
Florence, MT
A small community 16.9 miles south-southwest, across the county line in Ravalli County. ZIP 59833 had 160 employer establishments in 2023, and 79.4 percent of them had fewer than five employees (ZBP 2023). See business funding in Florence.
Frenchtown, MT, Huson, MT and Clinton, MT
Three more Missoula County communities with their own post offices. ZIP 59834 (Frenchtown, 16.0 miles northwest) had 69 employer establishments in 2023, led by construction with 13 and retail with 10. ZIP 59846 (Huson, 19.8 miles northwest) had 28, of which 12 were construction firms. ZIP 59825 (Clinton, 14.7 miles east-southeast) had 56, and 80.4 percent of them employed fewer than five people (all ZBP 2023).
Each ZIP covers far more ground than the community it is named for: Frenchtown takes up 9.7 percent of ZIP 59834's land, Clinton 0.8 percent of 59825 and Huson 0.4 percent of 59846. The counts describe the postal area, not the town.
Arlee, MT in Lake County, MT
Arlee sits 20.9 miles north-northwest in Lake County, so Missoula County figures do not describe it. ZIP 59821 had 42 employer establishments in 2023 with 382 paid employees; construction (11) and retail (7) were the largest groups (ZBP 2023). Arlee covers 2.0 percent of the ZIP's land.
Alberton, MT in Mineral County, MT
Alberton is a town in Mineral County, 24.9 miles west-northwest. ZIP 59820 counted 50 employer establishments in 2023, 12 of them in construction, and 74.0 percent of its employers had fewer than five employees (ZBP 2023). The town itself covers 0.1 percent of the ZIP's land.
Communities closer to Missoula, MT
East Missoula (2.3 miles), Orchard Homes (4.1 miles), Bonner-West Riverside (5.0 miles), Piltzville (6.8 miles), Turah (8.3 miles), Wye (8.6 miles), Carlton and Twin Creeks (12.9 miles each), Evaro (14.0 miles) and Potomac (19.8 miles) are census-designated places in Missoula County, all unincorporated. None has a ZIP code of its own in the Census business files, so the county-wide figures on the Missoula County overview are the closest public numbers.
Because these places are unincorporated, a business there deals with Missoula County rather than a city government for local matters such as licensing and zoning.
Working with us from outside Missoula, MT
Everything we do happens by phone and online, so distance does not change the process. Call, or send the short request, and we call back to talk about the purpose of the funding.
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