Aspenspring Business Loans, in Durango, Colorado, takes funding requests by phone and online form from businesses across La Plata County, CO and nearby places in Montezuma County, CO and San Juan County, NM. This page names those places, gives the ZIP-level business counts that exist for them, and explains why county figures stop at the county line.
Bayfield, CO: The ZIP 81122 Area East of Durango, CO
Bayfield, CO sits about 15.9 miles east of Aspenspring's listed location in a straight line, in La Plata County, CO. ZIP Code Business Patterns counted 225 employer establishments with a ZIP 81122 address in 2023, with 1,397 employees; construction had 54, other services 26, professional services 25 and retail 24, and 65.3% of the ZIP's establishments had fewer than five employees (ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023).
The town covers only 0.3% of that ZIP's land, so these are ZIP 81122 figures, not Bayfield, CO figures. Requests from businesses there go through the same phone line, form and partner review as any other.
Ignacio, CO and the ZIP 81137 Area to the Southeast
Ignacio, CO is about 17.1 miles southeast, also in La Plata County, CO. ZIP Code Business Patterns counted 88 employer establishments with a ZIP 81137 address in 2023, with 612 employees; construction had 14, health care 11 and retail 10, and 73.9% had fewer than five employees (ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023). Ignacio, CO covers 0.2% of the ZIP's land, so the counts describe the ZIP area, not the town alone.
Marvel, CO and Southern Ute, CO in Southern La Plata County, CO
Marvel, CO (about 17.6 miles southwest) and Southern Ute, CO (about 20.9 miles southeast) are Census-designated places in La Plata County, CO. Neither has a ZIP code of its own in the Census business files, so the county figures on this site are the nearest description of the businesses there. Owners in either place can send a request the same way, and a partner reads the business's own records, wherever it sits.
Mancos, CO Across the Line in Montezuma County, CO
Mancos, CO is about 23.3 miles west-northwest, in Montezuma County, CO rather than La Plata County, CO, so the county figures on this site do not describe it. ZIP Code Business Patterns counted 121 employer establishments with a ZIP 81328 address in 2023, with 699 employees; construction had 19, professional services 17, health care 14 and retail 12 (ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023). The town covers 0.1% of that ZIP's land, so these are ZIP figures.
Across the State Line: Cedar Hill, NM and La Boca, NM
Cedar Hill, NM (about 22.6 miles south) and La Boca, NM (about 24.4 miles southeast) are across the state line in San Juan County, NM. Colorado figures and Colorado licensing do not apply there. A partner reviewing a request from a New Mexico business may apply different requirements, which is worth raising on the first call.
La Plata County, CO in Census Counts, Sector by Sector
La Plata County, CO counted 2,447 employer establishments with 20,351 paid employees in 2023 (County Business Patterns 2023); 1,485 of them had fewer than five employees. Accommodation and food services employed 4,193 people, more than any other sector, across 232 establishments, while health care and social assistance carried the largest payroll, $197.8 million. Landscapers, finish carpenters and other small crews outside the city fall inside those county totals; the landscaping page and the contractor page break them down.
A Request From Bayfield, CO or Ignacio, CO Follows the Same Path
A request from a lodge outside the city or a crew based in Bayfield, CO moves the same way as one from Durango, CO: a call or the online form, a shortlist of funding types, then review by a funding partner that decides on its own. Location matters to a partner in two ways: where any financed equipment will be kept, and which state's rules govern the agreement. The Durango, CO page has the ZIP 81301 counts.
- Whether the business is registered in Colorado, New Mexico or both.
- Where any financed equipment or vehicle will be kept.
- Which bank account holds the business's deposits.
- Whether the need is a gap, a purchase, stock or a buyout.
One Page for Durango, CO, Notes for Everywhere Else
This site builds a town page only where Census counts speak to that town's own businesses. For the towns above, the only figures cover the county or a ZIP that stretches far beyond the town, so a separate page would repeat the same numbers. So each one appears on this page, every figure tagged with the area it really covers. The comparison page sets out the six funding types for any of them.
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