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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Helena, MT metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in the Helena, MT metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #10 of 373 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Montana
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $703.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,023 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 225
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 97,153
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
For mortgage brokers and lenders, the Helena metro area has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #10 of 373 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Montana. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for mortgage brokers and lenders.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Helena metro area. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
At $18,023 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in the Helena metro area spend about $703.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.3 times the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Helena metro area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 6,506 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Helena metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Helena metro area compares
The same measures for Montana and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Helena metro area | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 225 | 141 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 6,506 | 4,455 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.1% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,023 | $17,303 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $78,528 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Helena metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Helena metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 97,153+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 39,033
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 6,308 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $78,528
- Average household income
- $105,667
- Median home value
- $401,200
- Jobs located here
- 45,504
- Daytime population
- 94,274Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Helena, MT | 77 | 8 | 2.0 | 225 | +7.7% | #10 of 373 |
| 2Great Falls, MT | 66 | 8 | 2.2 | 191 | +0.7% | #50 of 373 |
| 3Billings, MT | 55 | 33 | 4.2 | 108 | +4.8% | #145 of 373 |
| 4Missoula, MT | 49 | 23 | 4.2 | 107 | +4.7% | #192 of 373 |
| 5Bozeman, MT | 39 | 37 | 7.2 | 69 | +7.7% | #277 of 373 |
Other business types in the Helena metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate44
- Real estate agents and brokers43
- Property management43
- Mortgage brokers and lenders77
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Helena, MT metro area?
There are 8 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Helena metro area as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in the Helena, MT metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $703.5M a year, or $18,023 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.3 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,033 households in the Helena metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Helena, MT metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Helena metro area has 2.0 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 225, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Helena metro area would have about 18, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,506 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is the Helena, MT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Helena metro area at 97,153 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,033 households. The median household income in the Helena metro area is $78,528 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Helena metro area scores 77 for mortgage brokers and lenders (high), #10 of 373 scored metro areas.
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