Personal loans in Longmont, CO
A lender serving Longmont holds a Colorado license and answers to a Colorado regulator, not to any city office. The Census estimates 98,630 people in Longmont, larger than about 95% of the communities in Colorado. Longmont shed about 0.3% of its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. Lenders active in Colorado report to a state supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below. Price two or three terms so you can see which payment is truly affordable. The next larger city is Boulder, CO about 13 miles away.
Borrowing in Longmont: the local picture
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Colorado table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: 98,630 people, a figure that places Longmont 13th among the 270 Census places in Colorado (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Lower by roughly 0.3% since the 2020 count.
- Size percentile: bigger than about 95% of the places in Colorado.
- Location: it lies at 40.1682, -105.1005 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Boulder (13 mi); Thornton (19 mi); Westminster (20 mi); Arvada (23 mi); Greeley (24 mi). Lenders licensed in the state serve Longmont whether or not they keep a local branch.
- Smaller communities within reach: Mead (7 mi); Frederick (8 mi); Firestone (8 mi).
What Colorado law requires in Longmont
Each figure in the table below carries a publisher and a date; where the state publishes nothing, we point to the source rather than estimate.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Supervised lender license required from the UCCC Administrator (master license required for more than one place of business); deferred deposit lenders must hold a supervised lender's license Source says: "if a supervised lender has more than one place of business, they must obtain a master license"; "no person shall engage in the business of deferred deposit loans without having first obtained a supervised lender's license" (C.R.S. § 5-3.1-116). | Colorado Attorney General — Uniform Consumer Credit Code licensing as of 2026-09-16 |
| State lending regulator | Colorado Attorney General's Office — Consumer Credit Unit (Administrator of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code) Source says: "The Consumer Credit Unit regulates (through licensure/registration programs) companies and individuals involved in consumer lending"; it "licenses non-bank lenders such as finance companies and payday lenders". | Colorado Attorney General — Consumer Protection Section as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | UCCC finance-charge ceilings: 12% per year on non-supervised consumer loans; supervised loans 36% on the first $1,000, 21% on $1,000–$3,000, 15% above $3,000 (or 21% flat); 21% on revolving accounts Source says: "not exceeding twelve percent per year on the unpaid balance of the amount financed"; "Thirty-six percent per year on that part of the unpaid balances of the amount financed that is one thousand dollars or less"; "Twenty-one percent per year on the unpaid balances of the amount financed". | Colorado General Assembly — C.R.S. § 5-2-201 (Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Title 5) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Permitted but capped at 36% APR (Proposition 111, effective February 1, 2019) Source says: "a finance charge for each deferred deposit loan or payday loan that must not exceed an annual percentage rate of thirty-six percent". | Colorado General Assembly — C.R.S. § 5-3.1-105 (Deferred Deposit Loan Act) as of 2026-09-16 |
What a Longmont personal loan looks like
In Longmont, as throughout Colorado, federal Truth in Lending rules require a lender to disclose the APR and finance charge before you sign. Checking your credit report before you apply — and disputing any error — is the single highest-leverage step toward a better rate. No advertised example rate is a quote for your own situation.
A pre-application checklist for Longmont
Work through this short checklist before committing to a personal loan in Longmont:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Confirm the lender holds a Colorado licence by checking the regulator named above.
- Do not borrow more than the expense calls for, even if a lender approves a larger amount.
Common questions
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Nearby places
- Mead, CO — population 6,450
- Frederick, CO — population 17,676
- Erie, CO — population 35,269
- Firestone, CO — population 18,589
- Lafayette, CO — population 30,439
- Lyons, CO — population 2,151
- Berthoud, CO — population 13,238
- Dacono, CO — population 6,595