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Montana Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across Montana. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 56 counties

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Where are business applications concentrated?

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Highest application counties

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Montana counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Flathead County8,727+19.3%29.2%
2Missoula County4,030+17.7%13.5%
3Gallatin County3,641+8.5%12.2%
4Yellowstone County3,469+11.9%11.6%
5Lewis and Clark County1,987-9.1%6.6%
6Cascade County1,037+11.9%3.5%
7Ravalli County937+7.8%3.1%
8Lake County547-8.1%1.8%
9Silver Bow County485-1.4%1.6%
10Park County435-1.8%1.5%
11Lincoln County370+0.8%1.2%
12Carbon County254+19.2%0.8%
13Sanders County253+37.5%0.8%
14Jefferson County238+9.2%0.8%
15Madison County237+7.7%0.8%
16Deer Lodge County198+53.5%0.7%
17Richland County192+11.0%0.6%
18Beaverhead County180+4.7%0.6%
19Granite County179+40.9%0.6%
20Fergus County175+7.4%0.6%
21Stillwater County159+3.9%0.5%
22Hill County158+1.9%0.5%
23Broadwater County155+0.6%0.5%
24Custer County144-13.3%0.5%
25Big Horn County143+32.4%0.5%
26Powell County102+37.8%0.3%
27Dawson County98+7.7%0.3%
28Roosevelt County94+11.9%0.3%
29Valley County90+21.6%0.3%
30Teton County84-7.7%0.3%
31Glacier County83-10.8%0.3%
32Mineral County78+20.0%0.3%
33Musselshell County760.0%0.3%
34Phillips County74-7.5%0.2%
35Pondera County69+7.8%0.2%
36Toole County67-1.5%0.2%
37Sweet Grass County66+1.5%0.2%
38Sheridan County640.0%0.2%
39Rosebud County63-20.3%0.2%
40Blaine County61-4.7%0.2%
41Chouteau County61-17.6%0.2%
42Fallon County45+50.0%0.2%
43Judith Basin County44+63.0%0.1%
44Meagher County33-19.5%0.1%
45Wheatland County31+63.2%0.1%
46Liberty County29+3.6%0.1%
47Powder River County26+8.3%0.1%
48McCone County22-4.3%0.1%
49Golden Valley County20-16.7%0.1%
50Daniels County18-33.3%0.1%
51Petroleum County17+112.5%0.1%
52Carter County15-25.0%0.1%
53Treasure County9-25.0%0.0%
54Wibaux County9-35.7%0.0%
55Prairie County7+75.0%0.0%
56Garfield County4-80.0%0.0%