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Largest landowners in Montana

The 50 companies, trusts and public agencies that hold the most land in Montana, from county property records.

4,255,985Largest holding, acres8,767,658Acres on this list56Counties counted

Top 50 by acres held

  1. 1. STATE OF MONTANA4,255,985 ac
    12,196 parcels in 56 counties
  2. 2. FARMLAND RESERVE INC325,163 ac
    666 parcels in 11 counties
  3. 3. GREEN DIAMOND MONTANA TIMBERLANDS LLC290,554 ac
    642 parcels in 3 counties
  4. 4. 71 RANCH LP250,113 ac
    616 parcels in 7 counties
  5. 5. WILKS RANCH MONTANA LTD237,978 ac
    630 parcels in 4 counties
  6. 6. SUNLIGHT RANCH COMPANY235,086 ac
    699 parcels in 3 counties
  7. 7. COFFEE NEFSY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP153,251 ac
    322 parcels in 2 counties
  8. 8. STATE OF MONTANA - TRUST152,663 ac
    466 parcels
  9. 9. AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION143,638 ac
    592 parcels in 7 counties
  10. 10. BROKEN O LAND & LIVESTOCK LLC118,703 ac
    454 parcels in 3 counties
  11. 11. PV RANCH COMPANY LLC116,917 ac
    212 parcels in 3 counties
  12. 12. SPP MONTANA LLC115,275 ac
    306 parcels in 3 counties
  13. 13. BEAVERHEAD RANCH PROPERTY LLC113,746 ac
    406 parcels in 2 counties
  14. 14. STATE OF MONTANA DNRC113,682 ac
    326 parcels in 9 counties
  15. 15. HEAL HOLDINGS LLC97,135 ac
    307 parcels in 2 counties
  16. 16. GALT RANCH LP93,172 ac
    181 parcels in 3 counties
  17. 17. MONTANA CHECKERBOARD LLC81,382 ac
    180 parcels
  18. 18. GREAT NORTHERN PROPERTIES LP80,422 ac
    147 parcels in 5 counties
  19. 19. STATE OF MONTANA STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS77,609 ac
    158 parcels in 8 counties
  20. 20. TURNER MONTANA PROPERTIES LLC76,505 ac
    147 parcels
  21. 21. MONTGOMERY RANCH CO71,861 ac
    141 parcels
  22. 22. STATE OF MT TRUST LAND68,608 ac
    140 parcels
  23. 23. IX RANCH COMPANY LLC66,295 ac
    185 parcels in 2 counties
  24. 24. STATE OF MT DNRC66,290 ac
    195 parcels in 2 counties
  25. 25. MONTANA STATE OF65,976 ac
    223 parcels in 9 counties
  26. 26. DEARBORN RANCH LLC65,808 ac
    165 parcels in 2 counties
  27. 27. DEPT OF STATE LANDS62,849 ac
    133 parcels in 2 counties
  28. 28. SAND CREEK RANCH LLC62,186 ac
    228 parcels in 2 counties
  29. 29. CA MT ACQUISITION CO LLC61,550 ac
    126 parcels in 3 counties
  30. 30. STATE OF MONTANA STATE LANDS61,497 ac
    311 parcels in 2 counties
  31. 31. SINGLETON FARMS58,289 ac
    107 parcels in 2 counties
  32. 32. DNRC SCHOOL TRUST LAND54,815 ac
    309 parcels in 12 counties
  33. 33. MONETTE FARMS USA INC51,712 ac
    220 parcels
  34. 34. MY GREEN EARTH LP51,229 ac
    109 parcels
  35. 35. CARROLL MT PROPERTIES LLC50,418 ac
    218 parcels in 2 counties
  36. 36. STATE OF MONTANA FISH & GAME50,344 ac
    143 parcels in 3 counties
  37. 37. L O CATTLE COMPANY50,330 ac
    110 parcels
  38. 38. CROSS FOUR CATTLE LLC49,976 ac
    110 parcels
  39. 39. LEWIS RANCH INC49,809 ac
    123 parcels in 3 counties
  40. 40. SCHIFFER RANCH CO49,620 ac
    97 parcels
  41. 41. FLYING U, LLC & LAZY TT FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP48,342 ac
    84 parcels
  42. 42. COFFEE RANCH LLC48,240 ac
    97 parcels
  43. 43. SIEBEN RANCH COMPANY48,162 ac
    124 parcels in 2 counties
  44. 44. S BAR B RANCH47,951 ac
    152 parcels
  45. 45. CATLIN RANCH LP47,613 ac
    96 parcels
  46. 46. CASTLE MOUNTAIN RANCH INC47,552 ac
    91 parcels
  47. 47. MULVEY GULCH RANCH LLC47,448 ac
    151 parcels in 2 counties
  48. 48. VASSAU'S FLYING X RANCH45,178 ac
    85 parcels
  49. 49. TRANEL PROPERTIES LP44,611 ac
    115 parcels in 2 counties
  50. 50. ROCK CREEK RANCH I LTD44,122 ac
    91 parcels in 2 counties

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Questions

Who is the largest landowner in Montana?

On county property records, STATE OF MONTANA holds the most land in Montana: 4,255,985 acres across 12,196 parcels in 56 counties.

How much land do the largest landowners in Montana hold?

The 50 institutions on this list hold 8,767,658 acres between them. 11 of them are public bodies, such as the state, cities and agencies.

Why are no individuals on this list?

Deedlines ranks companies, trusts held by companies and government agencies only. A public ranking of private people by the land they own would be a list of where they live, so individuals are never ranked.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the assessor files of 56 Montana counties, the same records behind each county's tax roll. Acreage is what the assessor records; a survey can differ, and a company filed under two spellings counts as two names.

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