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Business loans in Wyoming

Wyoming businesses can reach three separate pools of money: lenders that publish availability here, the state's own financing programs, and federal SBA lending through local participants. We have 13 state programs on file with published terms.

11 cities covered Checked 14 Sep 2026

Where to start in Wyoming

No lender here publishes a state-by-state availability list naming WY, so this is the directory ranked by how much each one puts on the record. Absence from a list nobody publishes means nothing.

  1. 100%
    $5K – $500K Same day Credit from 500
    9/9 on the record
  2. 100%
    $10K – $5M 1-3 days Credit from 500
    9/9 on the record
  3. 100%
    $1K – $5M Same-day funding available Credit from 650
    9/9 on the record
  4. 89%
    Up to $2M Same day Credit from 550
    8/9 on the record
  5. 89%
    Up to $500K Same day Credit from 525
    8/9 on the record
  6. 89%
    $5K – $1.5M As little as 24 hours Credit from 570
    8/9 on the record
  7. 89%
    Up to $1M As little as 2 business days Credit from 550
    8/9 on the record
  8. 89%
    $6K – $500K As fast as 24 hours Credit from 600
    8/9 on the record
  9. 89%
    $5K – $10M Same day Credit from 500
    8/9 on the record
  10. 78%
    $25K – $2M Decision as fast as 24 hours Credit from 650
    7/9 on the record
  11. 78%
    $2K – $400K As fast as the next business day Credit from 600
    7/9 on the record
  12. 78%
    $5K – $10M As fast as 4 hours after approval Credit from 550
    7/9 on the record
published not published Ordered by disclosure, not by what anyone pays us. The score is a count of what a lender publishes, not a rating of the lender.

What Wyoming itself funds

50/50 LoanAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. General business project financing in participation with a commercial lender. Published amounts: Participation "50% up to $2.5M"; interest "Min of 4%"; term "10 Years". Eligibility as published: Requires a partner member or institution (local economic development organization, community, or commercial lender) - the Wyoming Business Council cannot lend state funds directly to a private business.
Succession LoanAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. Business succession and ownership transition financing. Published amounts: Participation "50% up to $500K"; interest "Min of 4%"; term "10 Years". Eligibility as published: Requires a partner member or institution.
Contract LoanAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. Contract-based financing. Published amounts: Participation "Up to $200K"; interest "Min of 4%"; term "2 Years". Eligibility as published: Available directly to businesses - the only stated exception to the partner-institution requirement.
Main Street LoanAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. Downtown/Main Street revitalization projects. Published amounts: Participation "75% up to $100K"; interest "Min of 4%"; term "10 Years". Eligibility as published: Requires a partner member or institution.
Large Project LoanAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. Major capital projects. Published amounts: Participation "$5M to $25M"; interest "Min of WSJP-1" (Wall Street Journal prime minus 1); term "Project Dependent". Eligibility as published: Requires a partner member or institution.
Value Added Ag LoanAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. Value-added agricultural processing projects. Published amounts: Participation "75% up to $200K"; interest "Min of WSJP" (Wall Street Journal prime); term "10 Years". Eligibility as published: Requires a partner member or institution.
Challenge LoanAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. Higher-risk business ventures that cannot obtain conventional financing alone. Published amounts: Participation "80% up to $1M"; interest "Variable"; term "10 Years". Eligibility as published: Requires a partner member or institution.
Natural Gas LoanAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. "Natural gas fueling infrastructure." Published amounts: Participation "75% of Cost"; interest "Min of 4%"; term "10 Years". Eligibility as published: Requires a partner member or institution.
Economic Disaster LoanAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. Disaster recovery financing (specific uses not detailed on the page).
Brownfields Revolving Loan FundAdministered by Wyoming Business Council. Brownfield site assessment, remediation and redevelopment.
Wyoming Venture Capital (WYVC)Administered by Wyoming Business Council, funded through SSBCI. Two strategies: a Direct Strategy investing in "Seed & Series A Funding Rounds", and a Funds Strategy making "Fund-Level LP Investments". Published amounts: "In 2022, The Wyoming Business Council (WBC) was approved for $58.4 million dollars through the U.S. Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) program." "WYVC targets contributing 20% to selected funds or companies' fundraising rounds." Applications opened April 2, 2023. Eligibility as published: Direct Strategy: "Wyoming-based early-stage startups and high growth companies." Funds Strategy: "Regional and/or Wyoming-focused venture capital funds."
Kickstart:WyomingAdministered by Wyoming Business Council.
SBIR/STTR support (Small Business Innovation Research)Administered by Wyoming Business Council. Support for Wyoming businesses pursuing federal SBIR/STTR awards (federal funding, not state funding).

Federal money behind these programs

Wyoming was allocated $58.4 million under the federal State Small Business Credit Initiative, which is what funds most of the credit enhancements above. SSBCI money reaches businesses through participating lenders rather than from the state directly, so the application still goes through a bank or a CDFI.

What we could not confirm

Cutoff used: 5,000+ as instructed. Populations are the 'Population (2020)' column of the Wikipedia 'List of municipalities in Wyoming' table (columns: Rank, Name, Type, County, Population (2020), Population (2010), Change (%), Land area (2010), Density). The table is ranked by population, and was confirmed to run to its final entry, Lost Springs (rank 96, population 6), so no qualifying municipality can have been truncated off the top of the list. Sixteen municipalities meet the cutoff; the next largest, Worland, is below 5,000. STATUTORY CONSTRAINT worth surfacing in the directory: the Wyoming Business Council states "the Wyoming Business Council is unable to loan or grant state funds directly to a private business or individual and all of our loan programs require a partner member or institution (local economic development organization, community, commercial lender, etc.) to be involved" - the Contract Loan is the only stated exception. No expired or closed programs were found in Wyoming, but the financing page shows both the Loans Portfolio Manager and Grants Portfolio Manager positions as "Hiring Soon" (vacant), which may affect responsiveness. Amounts and eligibility are unpublished for the Economic Disaster Loan, Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund, Kickstart:Wyoming and SBIR support; those fields are null rather than estimated. The Treasury press release confirming the $58.4 million SSBCI allocation is jy1302, which covers Delaware, Kentucky, Tennessee and Wyoming.

Cities in Wyoming

Business funding in Wyoming — common questions

Can I get business funding in Wyoming?

Yes. 12 funders in this directory serve businesses in Wyoming, and 0 of them name Wyoming explicitly in their published availability rather than being included by default.

Does Wyoming require lenders to disclose the cost of business financing?

Wyoming's position is set out on this page. As of 2026 only a small number of states require a commercial financing disclosure, and in the rest you will not receive one — which means you have to ask for the total dollar cost, the term and every fee in writing yourself.

Are there state programmes for small business capital in Wyoming?

3 state-level programmes are recorded here with a link to the administering agency. Programmes open and close, so confirm the current position on the agency's own site before relying on one.

Is a merchant cash advance legal in Wyoming?

Commercial financing generally sits outside the consumer credit rules most people have heard of, and most state usury caps do not reach business-purpose transactions. What varies is disclosure, broker registration and lender licensing. This is general information, not legal advice for your situation.

How do I check for liens filed against my business in Wyoming?

Through Wyoming's UCC filing office, which is named on this page. Search your exact registered entity name — a filing under a slightly different name will not come back, and neither will a stale one nobody terminated.

Which lenders will not fund in Wyoming?

Where a funder publishes an excluded-states list, this page shows it. Many publish nothing, which is not the same as being available — it means you have to ask.

Does being based in Wyoming change what I pay?

Not directly in most cases. What changes is what you are told before you sign, and what recourse you have afterwards, both of which depend on your state's rules and on the jurisdiction clause in the contract.

What should I have ready before applying?

Three months of business bank statements, your time in business from a verifiable date, average monthly deposits, your entity's good standing, and a clear figure for what you need and what for.

How current is this page?

Every figure carries the date it was checked. Where a check has passed its review date the page says so rather than presenting as current.