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Paycheck Protection Program loans

The Small Business Administration guaranteed 11,468,210 Paycheck Protection Program loans, $792.6 billion in all, from April 2020 into 2021. By September 30, 2024, the date of SBA’s latest file, 10,570,512 of them carried a forgiveness amount and 643,039 had been charged off.

The program, as of September 30, 2024

$792.6 billion
Approved
$792,601,147,274
As each loan now stands. $796.8 billion was first approved, before reductions.
11,468,210
Loans
8,612,447 first draws and 2,855,763 second draws.
92.2%
Forgiven
10,570,512 of 11,468,210 loans carry a forgiveness amount, $762.9 billion in all.
5.6%
Charged off
643,039 of 11,468,210 loans, approved for $18.2 billion. That is the loans' size, not what SBA lost.

What stands out

Four findings. From SBA's file as of September 30, 2024, each one a row from a query rather than a sentence written about one.

  • $422.7 billion was approved in April 2020, the program's first month: 53.3% of every dollar PPP approved, in 25.3% of its loans. April 2020 →

    The average loan that month was $145,934, against $69,113 across the program.

  • Sole proprietorships took 3,449,226 loans, 30.1% of all PPP loans, and 7.5% of the dollars. By September 30, 2024, 9.4% of their loans had been charged off, against 1.5% of corporations'. Sole proprietorships →

    The business type is the one the borrower gave on the application, as SBA prints it.

  • Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC services more PPP loans than any other lender, 597,432. By September 30, 2024, 23.8% of them had been charged off, against 5.6% of all PPP loans. Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC →

    The servicing lender is the one SBA names on the loan now, which need not be the one that made it. A charge-off is the status SBA records, and says nothing about why.

  • Illinois had the largest share of its loans charged off by September 30, 2024, 10.1%, and South Dakota the smallest, 0.5%, against 5.6% nationally. Illinois →

    By where SBA records the business as operating, across the fifty states and the District.

When the loans were approved

PPP approved $422.7 billion in April 2020, its first month, and never approved more than $81.8 billion in a month again

Dollars approved each month, as each loan now stands, by the approval date SBA recorded: every loan, and the second draws among them.

The largest month after the first was February 2021, at $81.8 billion.

SBA's file dates no loan from September to November 2020; those months are drawn at zero.

SBA's file dates 17 second draws before January 2021, when the second draw opened. They are drawn as published.

U.S. Small Business Administration — SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) FOIA — loan-level data

The figures behind this chart
PPP approved $422.7 billion in April 2020, its first month, and never approved more than $81.8 billion in a month again. Dollars approved each month, as each loan now stands, by the approval date SBA recorded: every loan, and the second draws among them.
MonthLoansOf them, second drawsApprovedAverage loan
April 20202,896,2764$422,665,945,668$145,934
May 20201,507,8149$77,907,418,124$51,669
June 2020408,3692$12,586,663,427$30,822
July 2020211,4522$5,364,264,047$25,369
August 2020112,3460$3,252,407,363$28,950
September 202000$0No loans
October 202000$0No loans
November 202000$0No loans
December 202050$1,889,500$377,900
January 2021864,684655,025$71,672,418,572$82,889
February 20211,233,465815,225$81,752,725,305$66,279
March 20211,492,503577,403$59,782,339,740$40,055
April 20211,735,601486,102$38,192,246,931$22,005
May 20211,003,262320,498$19,083,425,467$19,021
June 20212,4321,492$337,403,129$138,735
July 202111$2,000,000$2,000,000

Every state, by dollars approved

The state is where SBA records the business as operating, not its mailing address.

The District of Columbia received the most PPP dollars per resident, $4,697, and 13 states and the District had a smaller share of their loan dollars forgiven than the nation's 96.3%

Paycheck Protection Program dollars approved to businesses operating in each state, 2020–2021, divided by the state's population. Hatching marks a state where a smaller share of approved dollars had been forgiven than nationally, as of SBA's file.

Too small to see on the map:District of Columbia$4,697
$1,900$2,200$2,500$2,700
not reportedbelow the national 96.3% of dollars forgiven

The population is the Census Bureau's 2024 estimate, the one vintage held, against loans approved in 2020–2021.

A loan is counted where the business operates, and its employees need not live in the same state, so a per-resident figure is dollars over residents rather than over workers.

West Virginia is lowest at $1,468 per resident.

$3.4 billion in 78,567 loans was filed under territories, armed-forces addresses, SBA’s own code NA or no location at all. It is in the national figures, and on the hub page, and not on this map.

U.S. Small Business Administration — SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) FOIA — loan-level data

The figures behind this chart
The District of Columbia received the most PPP dollars per resident, $4,697, and 13 states and the District had a smaller share of their loan dollars forgiven than the nation's 96.3%. Paycheck Protection Program dollars approved to businesses operating in each state, 2020–2021, divided by the state's population. Hatching marks a state where a smaller share of approved dollars had been forgiven than nationally, as of SBA's file.
StatePer residentApprovedLoansDollars forgiven
California$2,616$103.2 billion1,270,59795.3%
Texas$2,005$62.7 billion938,52596.2%
New York$3,057$60.7 billion734,82195.4%
Florida$2,142$50.1 billion983,32993.2%
Illinois$2,934$37.3 billion620,00494.5%
Pennsylvania$2,330$30.5 billion342,42197.6%
Ohio$2,288$27.2 billion351,98096.7%
New Jersey$2,694$25.6 billion302,43896.5%
Georgia$2,225$24.9 billion553,31492.6%
Michigan$2,379$24.1 billion291,52396.8%
Massachusetts$2,954$21.1 billion217,22997.7%
Washington$2,295$18.3 billion195,22797.9%
Virginia$2,040$18.0 billion221,08496.5%
North Carolina$1,599$17.7 billion258,99197.1%
Minnesota$2,862$16.6 billion225,36098.5%
Colorado$2,528$15.1 billion192,26097.4%
Maryland$2,390$15.0 billion190,71395.9%
Wisconsin$2,385$14.2 billion187,82498.2%
Indiana$1,999$13.8 billion186,16497.2%
Missouri$2,196$13.7 billion233,14498.0%
Tennessee$1,850$13.4 billion229,73396.5%
Arizona$1,634$12.4 billion169,25095.8%
Louisiana$2,652$12.2 billion217,32295.9%
Oregon$2,355$10.1 billion115,86898.3%
Connecticut$2,694$9.9 billion117,89198.0%
Alabama$1,825$9.4 billion169,55896.5%
South Carolina$1,584$8.7 billion150,22596.2%
Oklahoma$2,033$8.3 billion154,89898.3%
Iowa$2,494$8.1 billion171,72099.5%
Kentucky$1,699$7.8 billion128,41698.1%
Kansas$2,485$7.4 billion126,40199.0%
Utah$2,014$7.1 billion84,02397.4%
Nevada$2,089$6.8 billion118,23293.1%
Mississippi$1,845$5.4 billion138,38995.7%
Nebraska$2,683$5.4 billion114,18499.2%
Arkansas$1,619$5.0 billion102,03897.7%
Hawaii$2,635$3.8 billion44,56796.4%
New Hampshire$2,630$3.7 billion40,93099.2%
Idaho$1,749$3.5 billion52,39198.5%
New Mexico$1,587$3.4 billion41,16297.5%
District of Columbia$4,697$3.3 billion29,51994.7%
Maine$2,316$3.3 billion47,40999.3%
North Dakota$3,633$2.9 billion51,52398.8%
Rhode Island$2,587$2.9 billion33,80498.0%
South Dakota$2,952$2.7 billion64,07899.2%
West Virginia$1,468$2.6 billion33,31497.9%
Montana$2,279$2.6 billion47,06698.9%
Delaware$2,141$2.3 billion27,73296.2%
Alaska$2,766$2.0 billion23,69697.1%
Vermont$2,718$1.8 billion21,69999.0%
Wyoming$2,795$1.6 billion25,65797.4%

The fifty states and the District of Columbia

Paycheck Protection Program loans by state, as of September 30, 2024
StateApprovedPer residentLoansShare of dollars
California$103,162,972,796$2,6161,270,59713.0%
Texas$62,747,139,902$2,005938,5257.9%
New York$60,733,814,687$3,057734,8217.7%
Florida$50,062,847,474$2,142983,3296.3%
Illinois$37,288,274,340$2,934620,0044.7%
Pennsylvania$30,473,487,662$2,330342,4213.8%
Ohio$27,183,717,177$2,288351,9803.4%
New Jersey$25,592,689,000$2,694302,4383.2%
Georgia$24,877,055,696$2,225553,3143.1%
Michigan$24,128,547,594$2,379291,5233.0%
Massachusetts$21,080,408,282$2,954217,2292.7%
Washington$18,261,773,821$2,295195,2272.3%
Virginia$17,971,973,798$2,040221,0842.3%
North Carolina$17,665,334,879$1,599258,9912.2%
Minnesota$16,578,705,991$2,862225,3602.1%
Colorado$15,059,711,848$2,528192,2601.9%
Maryland$14,969,399,738$2,390190,7131.9%
Wisconsin$14,219,744,015$2,385187,8241.8%
Indiana$13,840,329,271$1,999186,1641.7%
Missouri$13,714,404,983$2,196233,1441.7%
Tennessee$13,370,444,708$1,850229,7331.7%
Arizona$12,389,799,641$1,634169,2501.6%
Louisiana$12,191,634,818$2,652217,3221.5%
Oregon$10,059,749,835$2,355115,8681.3%
Connecticut$9,901,972,935$2,694117,8911.2%
Alabama$9,414,831,199$1,825169,5581.2%
South Carolina$8,679,266,932$1,584150,2251.1%
Oklahoma$8,326,305,063$2,033154,8981.1%
Iowa$8,085,507,000$2,494171,7201.0%
Kentucky$7,795,923,189$1,699128,4161.0%
Kansas$7,380,654,623$2,485126,4010.9%
Utah$7,057,263,612$2,01484,0230.9%
Nevada$6,824,235,027$2,089118,2320.9%
Mississippi$5,428,739,881$1,845138,3890.7%
Nebraska$5,381,079,797$2,683114,1840.7%
Arkansas$5,000,146,265$1,619102,0380.6%
Hawaii$3,810,947,655$2,63544,5670.5%
New Hampshire$3,706,273,174$2,63040,9300.5%
Idaho$3,500,423,291$1,74952,3910.4%
New Mexico$3,380,088,439$1,58741,1620.4%
District of Columbia$3,298,203,784$4,69729,5190.4%
Maine$3,253,555,645$2,31647,4090.4%
North Dakota$2,893,824,110$3,63351,5230.4%
Rhode Island$2,877,535,620$2,58733,8040.4%
South Dakota$2,729,579,826$2,95264,0780.3%
West Virginia$2,598,463,498$1,46833,3140.3%
Montana$2,592,142,331$2,27947,0660.3%
Delaware$2,251,936,204$2,14127,7320.3%
Alaska$2,047,445,068$2,76623,6960.3%
Vermont$1,762,632,074$2,71821,6990.2%
Wyoming$1,642,110,193$2,79525,6570.2%

Filed under a code with no state page

SBA also filed loans under codes this site has no state page for. They are in every national figure above:

Paycheck Protection Program loans with no state page here, as of September 30, 2024
Filed underApprovedLoans
PR, a territory$2,774,390,52170,200
GU, a territory$297,339,3633,584
VI, a territory$202,429,8813,403
MP, a territory$63,797,504919
AS, a territory$12,437,682314
NA, as SBA wrote it$4,981,042115
No location on the loan$658,90328
AE, an armed-forces (APO) address$63,9874

Who borrowed, by the business type on the application

The type as SBA prints it, most loans first. Charged off is the share of the type’s loans whose status SBA records as charged off.

Paycheck Protection Program loans by business type, as of September 30, 2024
Business typeLoansApprovedAverage loanCharged off
Sole Proprietorship3,449,226$59,060,695,601$17,1239.4%
Limited Liability Company(LLC)2,385,321$200,707,197,462$84,1432.5%
Corporation2,324,029$297,588,290,640$128,0481.5%
Subchapter S Corporation1,040,233$130,805,559,825$125,7461.2%
Self-Employed Individuals876,198$11,291,969,533$12,88712.9%
Independent Contractors816,784$9,580,143,570$11,72911.0%
Non-Profit Organization250,238$47,032,783,485$187,9520.5%
Partnership118,213$13,840,078,085$117,0771.2%
Single Member LLC68,541$1,022,078,174$14,9128.1%
Limited Liability Partnership59,401$8,818,167,137$148,4511.5%
Professional Association39,154$4,636,644,496$118,4211.0%
501(c)3 – Non Profit12,218$2,969,183,760$243,0171.1%
Cooperative9,128$1,891,288,079$207,1961.2%
501(c)6 – Non Profit Membership5,264$553,753,151$105,1960.3%
Non-Profit Childcare Center3,894$592,214,870$152,0840.2%
Trust2,526$362,463,107$143,4931.5%
Joint Venture1,617$112,804,872$69,7626.1%
Qualified Joint-Venture (spouses)1,112$15,763,518$14,1766.2%
Employee Stock Ownership Plan(ESOP)1,104$944,023,860$855,0940.8%
Tenant in Common656$26,654,425$40,6325.9%
Housing Co-op576$79,360,729$137,7790.0%
501(c)19 – Non Profit Veterans317$5,611,353$17,7010.9%
Tribal Concerns126$56,087,978$445,1430.0%
Rollover as Business Start-Ups (ROB41$3,618,636$88,2590.0%
501(c) – Non Profit except 3,4,6,1938$5,286,910$139,1290.0%

2,255 loans carry no business type. They are in the national figures and not in this table.

The lenders that made the most loans

The servicing lender as SBA names it, ranked by the number of loans. The average loan beside it shows how large each lender’s loans were, and charged off the share of its loans whose status SBA records as charged off.

The 15 lenders with the most Paycheck Protection Program loans, as of September 30, 2024
LenderLoansApprovedAverage loanCharged off
Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC597,432$11,563,412,544$19,35523.8%
Cross River Bank554,703$14,466,011,874$26,07914.3%
Bank of America, National Association491,035$34,412,024,450$70,0812.1%
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association452,892$44,111,851,717$97,4002.2%
Prestamos CDFI, LLC444,780$6,849,909,472$15,4019.9%
Capital Plus Financial, LLC396,761$6,346,156,698$15,99511.8%
Customers Bank357,641$10,270,243,793$28,71712.2%
Benworth Capital311,022$4,222,794,692$13,57722.6%
Fountainhead SBF LLC287,686$4,719,641,850$16,40612.4%
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association280,664$13,774,209,755$49,0773.4%
U.S. Bank, National Association196,057$13,895,233,173$70,8732.7%
Itria Ventures LLC172,831$4,867,055,203$28,16110.9%
Square Capital, LLC153,182$1,540,436,437$10,0562.1%
PNC Bank, National Association150,019$21,408,598,962$142,7062.4%
TD Bank, National Association133,139$12,276,646,002$92,2093.1%

Everything in this hub

Every page in this topic, by kind: 10,688,157 in all.

Borrowers

10,688,106

SBA’s record of each borrower’s loans, a borrower being a name and an address as SBA published them. The index lists every one by the state on its address, then by name.

States

51

PPP loans to businesses operating in each state, by county, with how many carry a forgiveness amount and how many were charged off.

Sources

Data retrieved