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Small Business Funding Around Champaign, IL in Champaign County, IL Villages

Small business funding around Champaign, IL starts with a phone or web form request, from the city or any Champaign County village. Flintrun Lending Group forwards each one to funding partners.

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Flintrun Lending Group in Champaign, Illinois takes funding requests from the city and from Champaign County villages. This page notes ZIP-level employer counts for several villages and explains why a ZIP count is not a village count.

Restaurant Owners Across Champaign County, IL: a Second Location and Dish Machines

A restaurant in a county village often runs one location with a small staff, and a second location or a new dish machine is a big step. Restaurants and other eating places counted 439 employer establishments across Champaign County, IL in 2023 (CBP). Restaurant loans covers both costs.

Salon Owners Across Champaign County, IL: Slow-Week Payroll and Ventilation

Village salons are often one- or two-chair shops, where a slow week shows up straight away in the owner's payroll. Of the county's 52 beauty salons with paid employees in 2023, 35 had fewer than five employees (CBP). Salon business loans covers ventilation, stations and payroll gaps.

Dental Offices Across Champaign County, IL: a Practice Purchase and Dental Chairs

A dental office outside the city may be the only one in its village, which makes a practice purchase there depend heavily on the seller's patient base. Champaign County, IL had 62 offices of dentists in 2023 (CBP). Dental office loans explains acquisition and chair financing.

Physician Practices Across Champaign County, IL: a Clinic Build-Out and Ultrasound Units

A clinic build-out and an ultrasound unit can be funded separately: the build-out on a term loan, the ultrasound on an equipment note. The county had 50 physician offices with paid staff in 2023 (CBP), and medical practice loans sets out both funding paths.

Tolono, IL, Philo, IL and the Villages South of Champaign, IL

Tolono sits about 8.8 miles south of the Flintrun office and Philo about 9.1 miles south-southeast (straight-line, from the office geocode). Their ZIP codes are much larger than the villages: Tolono covers about 3.3% of ZIP 61880's land and Philo about 3.6% of ZIP 61864's.

ZIP 61880 (Tolono) had 52 employer establishments in 2023, with construction the largest sector at 9, and 63.5% of employers had fewer than five employees (ZBP). ZIP 61864 (Philo) had 31 employer establishments and 233 paid employees (ZBP). Sadorus, Pesotum and Ivesdale lie farther south and west and can send requests the same way.

St. Joseph, IL, Thomasboro, IL and the Villages East and North of Champaign, IL

St. Joseph sits about 11.0 miles east of the office and Thomasboro about 9.2 miles north-northeast (straight-line). ZIP 61873 (St. Joseph) had 96 employer establishments in 2023, led by construction with 12 and accommodation and food services with 11 (ZBP). ZIP 61878 (Thomasboro) had 26, 8 of them in construction.

Homer, Ogden, Sidney, Gifford and Fisher are among the other county villages. Each ZIP covers far more ground than its village, so these counts describe the ZIP, not the village. For county-wide numbers, open the Champaign, IL page.

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Champaign County, IL Employer, No-Payroll and Building Permit Counts From the Census Bureau

  • 4,237

    Employer establishments

    Champaign County, IL business locations with at least one paid employee.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023
  • 14,077

    Businesses without paid employees

    Champaign County, IL businesses with receipts but no payroll, counted in Nonemployer Statistics.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics 2024
  • 49.0%

    Employers with fewer than five employees

    Share of Champaign County, IL employer establishments with fewer than five employees.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023
  • 860

    Housing units permitted in 2025

    New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in Champaign County, IL.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey 2025

Sister Communities in the Region

Requests can be sent by phone or through the web form from Champaign, IL and villages across Champaign County, IL.

Questions in Short for Local Owners

Brief replies to the first questions about a request.

Call Flintrun, (217) 334-8194
Does Flintrun have offices in the villages?

No. The only office is in Champaign, IL. Requests from anywhere in the county come by phone or the web form.

Why use ZIP figures instead of village figures?

The Census business-patterns programs (County and ZIP Business Patterns) count employers by county and ZIP, not by village. The ZIP figures are labeled as ZIP figures.

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