Bismarck, ND Business Funding: Burleigh County, ND Facts and Local Contacts

Business funding from N 4th St in Bismarck, ND

Slatemont Capital Group is a broker, not a lender, listed at 204 N 4th St, Bismarck, ND 58501. Owners call about six kinds of funding, from working capital to equipment financing; we help pick the structure and lending partners decide. Who we are and how to reach us are covered on their own pages.

Burleigh County, ND employers by sector, 2023

Across all sectors the county had 3,218 employer establishments with 47,601 paid employees and $2.70 billion in annual payroll. Health care and social assistance paid the most, $669.2 million. Small is normal here: 51.3% of employers had fewer than five employees, and 85.0% had fewer than twenty.

The percentages say something practical. Restaurants, hotels and stores are rarely tiny, so payroll timing matters more to them; contractors and professional firms are often very small, so the owner's own credit carries more weight. The sector pages follow that through.

One city, four ZIP codes

Bismarck, ND spreads across ZIP codes 58504 (36.4% of the city's land), 58503 (31.8%), 58501 (31.2%) and a sliver of 58505 (Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file). The city covers only 47.5% of ZIP 58501's own land, so a 58501 mailing address is not proof of being inside city limits.

That matters when a partner or a landlord asks which rules apply to your site. Our license and zoning guide starts from that question.

Around ZIP 58501

ZIP 58501 had 1,129 employer establishments in 2023, with 19,281 paid employees and $1.16 billion in annual payroll; 50.6% of those employers had fewer than five employees (ZIP Business Patterns 2023). Its largest sectors were health care and social assistance (160), other services (144), professional services (129), retail trade (121) and construction (92).

Those figures count businesses with a 58501 address, inside or outside city limits, and only those with paid employees.

Working for themselves: Bismarck, ND and Burleigh County, ND residents

8.4% (+/- 1.3) of Bismarck's employed residents were self-employed in the 2020-2024 American Community Survey: 3.4% in their own incorporated business and 4.9% in an unincorporated one. County-wide the share was 9.6% (+/- 1.1), below North Dakota's 11.3% (+/- 0.4).

Burleigh County also had 8,577 nonemployer businesses with $611.4 million in receipts in 2024 (Nonemployer Statistics). That is a different program and year from the employer counts, so the two should not be added together. Many of those owners are sole proprietors, and the owner FAQ covers how partners treat them.

Homebuilding permits in Burleigh County, ND, 2023 to 2025

New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the county rose from 200 in 2023 to 258 in 2024 and 303 in 2025; 261 of the 2025 units were single-family (Census Building Permits Survey). The series counts new homes only, not commercial work or remodels, but it is one indicator of residential work for local builders and trades.

Our post for Burleigh County contractors looks at how they finance the machines that work requires.

Further reading for N 4th St neighbors in Bismarck, ND

• Opening or growing a downtown business: space, fit-out and funding
• Financing medical equipment for a local practice
• Free help in Bismarck-Mandan, none of it affiliated with us
• Nearby towns we work with, including Mandan and Lincoln
• Every post on the blog

Local public contacts

Burleigh County's official website is burleighco.com (address checked 2026-10-16). Slatemont Capital Group is not affiliated with the county, the city or any public office.

Who Slatemont Capital Group works with in Bismarck, ND

For Bismarck, ND owners, Slatemont Capital Group focuses on the sectors our lending partners have confirmed they fund: contractors and construction trades, restaurants and food service, medical and dental practices and retailers and wholesalers that carry stock. Approval is never automatic for any sector.

What to gather before you call

• The last three to six months of business bank statements
• A year-to-date profit and loss statement and balance sheet
• Photo ID for every owner of the business
• Your articles of organization or incorporation and the EIN letter
• A simple schedule of current business debt and monthly payments
• The equipment quote, contract or purchase order the funding is for

Each lending partner sets its own list, so treat this as a starting point.

From first call to a partner's decision

1. You call (701) 380-7903 or send the short form (name, contact details and business name). When we speak, we ask what the money is for, how long you have been in business and roughly what the business brings in.
2. You hear which options match the need and what a partner will likely want to review. We submit nothing without your approval.
3. With your permission, we take the request to lending partners that offer that kind of funding. Each partner reviews it and makes its own credit decision.
4. Any offer comes from the partner. Read the total cost, the payment schedule and the terms before deciding; turning it down is always an option.

Our address: 204 N 4th St, Bismarck, ND 58501.

By Slatemont Capital Group · Updated 2026-10-16