Distribution
Updated December 24, 2012
ECM Distribution delivers newspapers, shoppers, catalogs, freestanding inserts, telephone directories and sample products to homes and businesses.
Dispatched from strategically located warehouse operations, 700 independent contract carriers log more than 25,000 miles every week delivering products for 41 publications to weather-protected delivery tubes within an 8,000 square mile area.
Deliveries are completed to more than 300,000 homes weekly in the suburban and rural markets surrounding Minneapolis and St. Paul, including parts of western Wisconsin. Through network agreements, ECM Distribution can help customers saturate the entire upper Midwestern United States.
Distribution Area
Patron Counts by Zip Code
Wisconsin
| Zip Code | City | Count |
| 54001 | Amery, WI | 3,335 |
| 54002 | Baldwin, WI | 1,804 |
| 54004 | Clayton, WI | 865 |
| 54005 | Clear Lake, WI | 1,210 |
| 54007 | Deer Park, WI | 475 |
| 54009 | Dresser, WI | 0 |
| 54013 | Glenwood City, WI | 1,055 |
| 54015 | Hammond, WI | 1,006 |
| 54016 | Hudson, WI | 1580 |
| 54017 | New Richmond, WI | 5,488 |
| 54020 | Osceola, WI | 1,770 |
| 54023 | Roberts, WI | 1,229 |
| 54024 | St. Croix Falls, WI | 170 |
| 54025 | Somerset, WI | 1,960 |
| 54026 | Star Prairie, WI | 670 |
| 54027 | Wilson, WI | 270 |
| 54028 | Woodville, WI | 590 |
| 54082 | St. Joseph, WI | 410 |
| 54733 | Dallas, WI | 0 |
| 54762 | Prairie Farm, WI | 490 |
| 54763 | Ridgeland, WI | 0 |
| 54840 | Grantsburg, WI | 1,395 |
| 54889 | Turtle Lake, WI | 1,260 |
Minnesota
| Zip Code | City | Count |
| 55001 | Afton | 455 |
| 55002 | Almelund | 75 |
| 55005 | Bethel | 1,216 |
| 55006 | Braham | 1,542 |
| 55007 | Brook Park | 1,040 |
| 55008 | Cambridge | 5,916 |
| 55011 | Cedar | 2,663 |
| 55012 | Center City | 630 |
| 55013 | Chisago City | 2,230 |
| 55014 | Lexington/Lino Lakes | 2,730 |
| 55017 | Dalbo | 267 |
| 55024 | Farmington | 9,265 |
| 55025 | Forest Lake | 8,436 |
| 55029 | Grandy | 50 |
| 55030 | Grasston | 555 |
| 55032 | Harris | 1,170 |
| 55037 | Hinckley | 1,770 |
| 55038 | Hugo | 3,632 |
| Zip Code | City | Count |
| 54040 | Isanti | 4,043 |
| 55042 | Lake Elmo | 2,156 |
| 55043 | Lakeland | 915 |
| 55044 | Lakeville | 14,374 |
| 55045 | Lindstrom | 2,574 |
| 55047 | Marine | 700 |
| 55051 | Mora | 4,420 |
| 55054 | New Market | 653 |
| 55056 | North Branch | 4,330 |
| 55063 | Pine City | 3,777 |
| 55067 | Rock Creek | 50 |
| 55068 | Rosemount | 4,056 |
| 55069 | Rush City | 1,750 |
| 55070 | St. Francis | 1,908 |
| 55072 | Sandstone | 1,209 |
| 55073 | Scandia | 1,080 |
| 55074 | Shafer | 690 |
| 55079 | Stacy | 2,616 |
| 55080 | Stanchfield | 1,015 |
| 55082 | Stillwater | 4,857 |
| Zip Code | City | Count |
| 55084 | Taylors Falls | 535 |
| 55092 | Wyoming | 3,433 |
| 55121 | Eagan | 90 |
| 55122 | Eagan | 4,607 |
| 55123 | Eagan | 5,945 |
| 55124 | Apple Valley | 11,338 |
| 55301 | *Albertville | 2,020 |
| 55302 | Annandale | 2,569 |
| 55303 | Anoka/Ramsey | 13,030 |
| 55304 | Andover/Ham Lake | 12,535 |
| 55306 | Burnsville | 2,595 |
| 55308 | Becker | 2,677 |
| 55309 | Big Lake | 5,590 |
| 55313 | Buffalo | 7,673 |
| 55316 | Champlin | 5,303 |
| Zip Code | City | Count |
| 55319 | Clear Lake | 1,692 |
| 55320 | Clearwater | 1,348 |
| 55327 | Dayton | 1,100 |
| 55328 | Delano | 2,480 |
| 55329 | Eden Valley | 695 |
| 55330 | *Elk River/Otsego | 12,960 |
| 55337 | Burnsville | 7,760 |
| 55341 | Hanover | 825 |
| 55349 | Howard Lake | 1,355 |
| 55357 | Loretto | 800 |
| 55358 | Maple Lake | 1,655 |
| 55359 | Maple Plain | 1,913 |
| 55362 | Monticello | 5,988 |
| Zip Code | City | Count |
| 55363 | Montrose | 1,383 |
| 55371 | Princeton | 6,003 |
| 55372 | Prior Lake | 296 |
| 55373 | Rockford | 1,766 |
| 55374 | Rogers | 4,025 |
| 55376 | St. Michael | 4,497 |
| 55378 | Savage | 40 |
| 55379 | Silver Creek | 85 |
| 55382 | South Haven | 1,045 |
| 55390 | Waverly | 765 |
| Zip Code | City | Count |
| 55398 | Zimmerman | 4,950 |
| 55432 | Fridley/Spring Lake Park | 2,515 |
| 55433 | Coon Rapids | 8,318 |
| 55434 | Blaine | 7,494 |
| 55448 | Coon Rapids | 7,092 |
| 55449 | Blaine | 7,594 |
| 56273 | Hawick | 206 |
| 56302 | Palmer Haven | 640 |
| 56307 | Albany | 1,701 |
| 56310 | Avon | 1,581 |
| 56312 | Belgrade | 941 |
| 56313 | Bock | 105 |
| 56314 | Bowlus | 480 |
| 56316 | Brooten | 403 |
| 56317 | Buckman | 90 |
| 56318 | Burtrum | 46 |
| 56318 | Burtrum | 48 |
| 56325 | Elrosa | 93 |
| 56328 | Flensburg | 55 |
| 56329 | Foley | 1,597 |
| 56329 | Foley | 1,187 |
| 56330 | Foreston | 530 |
| 56331 | Freeport | 725 |
| 56335 | Greenwald | 100 |
| 56336 | Grey Eagle | 664 |
| 56340 | Holdingford | 776 |
| 56340 | Holdingford | 502 |
| 56344 | Lastrup | 52 |
| 56345 | Little Falls | 7,049 |
| 56347 | Long Prairie | 361 |
| 56347 | Long Prairie | 2,939 |
| 56352 | Melrose | 1,900 |
| 56353 | Milaca | 3,607 |
| 56356 | New Munich | 145 |
| 56357 | Oak Park | 130 |
| 56358 | Ogilvie | 1,245 |
| 56359 | Onamia | 466 |
| 56360 | Osakis | 1,565 |
| 56362 | Paynesville | 2,172 |
| 56362 | Lake Henry | 48 |
| 56363 | Pease | 85 |
| 56364 | Foley | 2,035 |
| 56367 | Rice | 2,688 |
| 56368 | Rickmond | 1,485 |
| 56370 | Ronneby | 55 |
| 56371 | Roscoe | 35 |
| 56373 | Royalton | 1,159 |
| 56376 | St. Martin | 138 |
| 56378 | Sauk Centre | 3,207 |
| 56379 | Sauk Rapids | 396 |
| 56382 | Swanville | 1,004 |
| 56382 | Swanville | 964 |
| 56384 | Upsala | 179 |
| 56384 | Upsala | 144 |
| 56385 | Villard | 306 |
| 56389 | West Union | 45 |
| 56401 | Brainerd | 649 |
| 56438 | Browerville | 1,265 |
| 56440 | Clarissa | 631 |
| 56443 | Cushing | 814 |
| 56443 | Cushing | 170 |
| 56446 | Eagle Bend | 729 |
| 56449 | Fort Ripley | 533 |
| 56466 | Motley | 726 |
| 56475 | Randall | 733 |
| 56998 | Hillman | 905 |
| Grand Total | 319,820 |
*Albertville Total in Grand Total = Weekend Paper Count
*Cambridge Total in Grand Total = Weekend Paper Count
*Elk River Total in Grand Total = Midweek Paper Count
*Isanti Total in Grand Total = Weekend Paper Count