Lodgeleaf Business Loans takes business funding requests from Fayette County, KY and the towns around it, including Nicholasville, Versailles, Wilmore, Georgetown, Paris and Winchester, each with its own page. Every request runs on the phone or through the web form. Distances below are straight-line miles from Lexington, KY, and ZIP figures describe postal areas, not town limits.
Business funding in Fayette County, KY and the counties that border it
The Lexington, KY page covers Fayette County itself: 9,295 employer establishments in 2023 and its sector mix. The towns below sit in the neighboring counties, so their pages use their own ZIP and place figures rather than Fayette County data.
Business loans in Kentucky follow the same path whichever county you are in: describe the expense, share a few records, let partners review. The four steps are the same for every town.
Nicholasville, KY lies 11 miles south-southwest of Lexington, KY
Nicholasville is in Jessamine County, KY. Its ZIP 40356 had 1,214 employer establishments in 2023, with construction the largest sector. Nicholasville, KY funding and ZIP data.
Versailles, KY: about 12 miles west
Versailles is in Woodford County, KY. Its ZIP 40383 counted 549 employers in 2023, with professional and technical firms in front. Versailles, KY funding and ZIP data.
Wilmore, KY: about 14 miles southwest
Wilmore is also in Jessamine County, KY. ZIP 40390 is small, with 103 employer establishments in 2023, 68% of them with fewer than five employees. Wilmore, KY funding and ZIP data.
Georgetown, KY: about 15 miles north
Georgetown is in Scott County, KY. Its ZIP 40324 counted 990 employers and 26,020 paid staff in 2023. Georgetown, KY funding and ZIP data.
Paris, KY lies 17 miles northeast of Lexington, KY
Paris is in Bourbon County, KY. Its ZIP 40361 counted 338 employers in 2023, retail first among them. Paris, KY funding and ZIP data.
Winchester, KY: about 17 miles east
Winchester is in Clark County, KY. Its ZIP 40391 counted 769 employers in 2023, retail and health care leading. Winchester, KY funding and ZIP data.
Frankfort, KY and Lawrenceburg, KY to the west
Frankfort, in Franklin County, KY, is about 22 miles west-northwest of Lexington, KY. Its ZIP 40601 had 1,263 employer establishments and 16,663 paid employees in 2023, with retail (197), health care (169) and other services (169) leading.
Lawrenceburg, in Anderson County, KY, is about 22 miles west. ZIP 40342 counted 342 employers in 2023; 53.5% had fewer than five employees, and retail (55) and other services (52) were the largest sectors. Owners in both towns call or use the form like everyone else.
Richmond, KY to the south-southeast
Richmond, in Madison County, KY, is about 24 miles from Lexington, KY. ZIP 40475 had 1,322 employer establishments in 2023, the most of any ZIP in this list, with retail (221) and health care (217) close together at the top.
Midway, KY and Stamping Ground, KY
Midway, in Woodford County, KY, is about 12 miles northwest; its ZIP 40347 had 90 employer establishments in 2023, with retail (13) and food service (10) the largest groups. Stamping Ground, in Scott County, KY, about 18 miles north-northwest, has a much smaller ZIP 40379 with 26 employer establishments. Both are served by phone and online.
Smaller Kentucky places within reach of Lexington, KY
Owners in Keene and High Bridge (Jessamine County, KY), Salvisa and Burgin (Mercer County, KY), North Middletown (Bourbon County, KY) and Sadieville (Scott County, KY) use the same phone number and form. Their ZIP codes are too small for meaningful business statistics, so they have no separate page.
Owners searching for “America's SBDC Kentucky” are looking for the state's Small Business Development Center network. Lodgeleaf is not affiliated with it; check its centers and services directly.
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