Brookmont Funding, a small-business funding broker in Terre Haute, Indiana, matches funding structures to four sectors partners commonly fund: restaurants, medical and dental practices, retail and wholesale, and construction. This page gives Vigo County Census figures for each and the structures that usually fit. Partners, not the South 6th Street office, decide and price.
The Vigo County, Indiana employer mix
Of the county's 2,473 employer establishments in 2023, health care and social assistance accounted for 425, retail 392, other services 293, accommodation and food services 276 and construction 183 (U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023). Health care also carried the largest payroll, about $533.3 million.
Restaurants and food service
Food services and drinking places numbered 248 employer establishments with 5,422 employees in 2023, and only 24.2 percent had fewer than five staff, so restaurants here tend to be sizable employers. Payroll timing, kitchen equipment and point-of-sale systems drive most requests. Restaurant financing in Terre Haute, IN covers the details.
Medical and dental practices
Ambulatory health care, which includes physician, dental and other outpatient offices, had 263 employer establishments in 2023 and about $204.0 million in payroll. The gap between treating a patient and being paid by an insurer, plus costly clinical equipment, shapes how practices borrow. Details are on the medical and dental practice page.
Retailers and wholesalers
Retail trade had 392 employer establishments and 6,138 employees in 2023, and wholesale trade 90 establishments. Stores buy stock before they sell it, which makes inventory financing and revolving lines the usual tools.
Construction and the trades
Construction had 183 employer establishments in 2023, 57.9 percent of them with fewer than five employees; 122 were specialty trade contractors (U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023). A further 477 construction businesses had no employees in 2024 (U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics 2024), a separate count. Permits for new housing units in the county rose from 47 in 2023 to 234 in 2025 (Census Building Permits Survey).
Contractors usually need equipment financing and a bridge between buying materials and getting paid. The Terre Haute, IN contractor checklist lists the paperwork partners tend to ask for.
Businesses outside these four
Partners also consider many service and professional businesses. Agriculture and trucking are outside what Brookmont Funding handles. For the county-wide picture, see the Vigo County profile.
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