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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Yellowstone County, MT
How Yellowstone County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #337 of 887 scored counties
#3 of 6 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 32
- 7 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,757 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 99
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 172,692
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Yellowstone County comes to about $1.2B a year: $17,757 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is in line with 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.
Yellowstone County has 32 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 7% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Yellowstone County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 5,377 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Yellowstone County grew 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Yellowstone County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #337 of 887 scored counties and #3 of 6 scored counties in Montana.
How Yellowstone County 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 | Yellowstone County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 99 | 141 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 5,377 | 4,455 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.1% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,757 | $17,303 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $76,570 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 327 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Yellowstone County, 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 Yellowstone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 172,692+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 69,897
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,633 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $76,570+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,900
- Median home value
- $349,500
- Jobs located here
- 90,871
- Daytime population
- 173,526Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewis and Clark County, MT | 73 | 8 | 2.6 | 179 | +5.8% | #81 of 887 |
| 2Cascade County, MT | 69 | 8 | 2.2 | 191 | +0.7% | #128 of 887 |
| 3Yellowstone County, MT | 55 | 32 | 4.6 | 99 | +4.5% | #337 of 887 |
| 4Missoula County, MT | 48 | 23 | 4.4 | 103 | +4.4% | #475 of 887 |
| 5Flathead County, MT | 44 | 23 | 5.2 | 86 | +10.1% | #552 of 887 |
| 6Gallatin County, MT | 42 | 37 | 7.2 | 69 | +7.7% | #597 of 887 |
Other business types in Yellowstone County
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 estate39
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management40
- Mortgage brokers and lenders55
- Home inspectors40
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Yellowstone County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 mortgage brokers and lenders in Yellowstone County. 7 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in Yellowstone County, MT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $17,757 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 32 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is in line with 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,897 households in Yellowstone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yellowstone County, MT compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Yellowstone County has 4.6 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 99, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,377 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Yellowstone County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Yellowstone County at 172,692 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,897 households. Median household income in Yellowstone County is $76,570, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, before inflation.
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. Yellowstone County scores 55 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #337 of 887 scored counties.
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