Lynxmoor Capital, a small-business funding service in Alexandria, LA, takes requests by phone and online from owners across Rapides Parish, LA and neighboring Grant Parish, LA. Pineville, LA has its own page; the towns below get short notes with ZIP figures labeled by ZIP, because postal areas reach well beyond town limits.
Business loans in Louisiana, requested from any nearby town
Requests work the same from every town: a call or the online form. The Alexandria, LA page holds the parish-wide Census figures; the notes below add each town's ZIP picture.
Pineville, LA
Pineville, LA is about 3 miles northeast of Alexandria, LA, across the Red River. Its ZIP 71360 had 656 employer establishments in 2023 (ZBP). Read more on the Pineville, LA page.
Ball, LA
Ball, LA (Rapides Parish, LA) is about 8 miles north-northeast of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71405 had 76 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 48.8% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Health care (16) and other services (14) led the ZIP's establishment count.
Woodworth, LA
Woodworth, LA (Rapides Parish, LA) is about 10 miles south-southwest of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71485 had 50 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 19.1% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Retail (11) and construction (9) led the ZIP count.
Boyce, LA
Boyce, LA (Rapides Parish, LA) is about 14 miles west-northwest of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71409 had 77 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 0.3% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Retail (15) and construction (13) led the ZIP count.
Lecompte, LA
Lecompte, LA (Rapides Parish, LA) is about 16 miles south of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71346 had 48 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 1.1% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Retail (15) led the ZIP count.
Deville, LA
Deville, LA (Rapides Parish, LA) is about 18 miles east of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71328 had 60 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 11.1% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Construction (17) led the ZIP count, and 70.0% of the ZIP's employers had fewer than five employees.
Forest Hill, LA
Forest Hill, LA (Rapides Parish, LA) is about 19 miles south-southwest of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71430 had 28 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 3.1% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Wholesale trade (7) led the ZIP count.
Glenmora, LA
Glenmora, LA (Rapides Parish, LA) is about 25 miles south-southwest of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71433 had 34 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 1.1% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Other services (8) and retail (7) led the ZIP count.
Pollock, LA
Pollock, LA (Grant Parish, LA) is about 13 miles north of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71467 had 46 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 3.2% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Rapides Parish, LA figures do not describe Pollock, which is in Grant Parish, LA.
Dry Prong, LA
Dry Prong, LA (Grant Parish, LA) is about 19 miles north-northwest of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71423 had 56 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 1.1% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Construction (15) led the ZIP count. Dry Prong is in Grant Parish, LA.
Colfax, LA
Colfax, LA (Grant Parish, LA) is about 21 miles northwest of Alexandria, LA. Its postal ZIP 71417 had 52 employer establishments in 2023 (ZIP Business Patterns); the town itself covers 1.1% of that ZIP's land, so the ZIP count describes a wider area than the town. Retail (15) led the ZIP count. Colfax is in Grant Parish, LA.
Smaller communities nearby
Owners in Cheneyville, McNary, Echo, Creola, Prospect, Rock Hill, Center Point and Fifth Ward, Louisiana can send requests the same way. The Census publishes too few figures for these places to describe them separately.
How to get a small business loan in Louisiana from a smaller town
Being farther from Alexandria, LA changes nothing about the steps. Describe the expense, gather recent bank statements and let partners review. Owners looking for America's SBDC Louisiana advising can check the SBDC network directly; Lynxmoor is not affiliated with it.
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