PPP loans in Ben Hill County, Georgia

Name: Ben Hill County, Georgia
Address: GA, US

Each amount is what the Small Business Administration approved, as SBA published it, and says nothing more about the borrower. SBA guaranteed 811 Paycheck Protection Program loans for businesses it recorded in Ben Hill County, $29.1 million in all.

Ben Hill County, as of September 30, 2024

$29.1 million
Approved: $29,102,292; 0.1% of the $24.9 billion approved in Georgia.; 811
Loans: 661 first draws and 150 second draws.; 89.5%
Forgiven: 726 of 811 loans carry a forgiveness amount, $27.9 million in all.; 7.9%
Charged off: 64 of 811 loans, approved for $1.1 million. That is the loans' size, not what SBA lost.

The largest borrowers in Ben Hill County · 2020–21

The largest borrowers in Ben Hill County, 2020–21
Rank	Name	USD	Loans
1	Modern Dispersions South, Inc., Fitzgerald	$2,969,713	1
2	Hospital Authority Of Ben Hill County, Fitzgerald	$2,000,000	1
3	Hospital Authority Of Ben Hill County, Fitzgerald	$1,937,500	1
4	Covered Wagon Trailers, LLC, Fitzgerald	$1,666,703	1
5	Veneer Products Acquisitions, LLC, Fitzgerald	$1,552,365	1
6	Irwin County Motors, Incorporated, Fitzgerald	$376,765	1
7	Protein Plus, LLC, Fitzgerald	$315,230	1
8	Planters Warehouse & Loan Company, Fitzgerald	$279,459	1
8	Planters Warehouse And Loan Company, Fitzgerald	$279,459	1
10	Custom Profiles, Inc., Fitzgerald	$261,593	1
11	John O Cook Inc., Fitzgerald	$261,116	1
11	John O Cook Inc., Fitzgerald	$261,116	1
13	The Raynor Company, LLC, Fitzgerald	$248,937	1
14	Rainbow Manufacturing Company Inc., Fitzgerald	$245,395	1
14	Rainbow Manufacturing Company, Inc., Fitzgerald	$245,395	1
16	Dalan Trucking, Inc., Fitzgerald	$235,559	1
17	Discount Periodicals, LLC, Fitzgerald	$228,053	1
18	Chaney Bush Irrigation, Inc., Fitzgerald	$201,248	1
19	High Country Cargo LLC, Fitzgerald	$184,300	1
20	Suncrest Stone Products LLC, Fitzgerald	$165,000	1
21	Fitzgerald Auto Group, LLC, Fitzgerald	$155,290	1
22	Timberland Products, Inc, industrial	$154,045	1
23	Choice Wood, Inc., Fitzgerald	$151,158	1
24	Health Benefits One, LLC, Fitzgerald	$149,560	1
25	Mark & Kason Lott Timber Inc., Fitzgerald	$146,318	2
26	Colony Dental Care P.C., Fitzgerald	$138,055	1
26	Colony Dental Care, P.C., Fitzgerald	$138,055	1
28	The Smith Company, Fitzgerald	$125,082	1
29	Young's Plumbing , Inc., Fitzgerald	$111,489	1
30	Tcw Trading Company LLC, Fitzgerald	$109,200	1
31	Southern Express Lube, Inc., Fitzgerald	$106,750	1
32	Rehabilitation Specialists Of South Georgia, Inc., Fitzgerald	$106,427	1
33	Rehabilitation Specialists Of South Georgia Inc., Fitzgerald	$106,427	1
34	Enviro-Log, Inc, Fitzgerald	$104,248	1
35	Major League Pizza, Inc., Fitzgerald	$102,500	1
36	D&F Grain Co., Fitzgerald	$95,700	1
37	Triangle Pools, Inc, Fitzgerald	$88,384	1
38	Jay, Sherrell, Smith, Braddy, & Cook Pc, Fitzgerald	$85,426	1
39	Southern Physical & Occupational Therapy Services, Inc., Fitzgerald	$85,104	1
40	Fredrick Johnson, Fitzgerald	$83,300	1
41	Southern Physical & Occupational Therapy Services Inc., Fitzgerald	$82,000	1
42	South Georgia Lube Center Inc, Fitzgerald	$77,500	1
42	South Georgia Lube Center, Inc., Fitzgerald	$77,500	1
44	Packing Seals & Engineering, LLC, Fitzgerald	$73,846	1
45	Ocilla Hibachi Buffet Inc., Fitzgerald	$73,794	2
46	Taylor, Towson & Braddy LLC, Fitzgerald	$72,980	1
47	Wayne S Maris, Dds, Pc, Fitzgerald	$71,800	1
48	Central United Methodist Church, Fitzgerald	$67,712	1
48	Central United Methodist Church, Fitzgerald	$67,712	1
50	Goodman Welding & Machine, Inc., Fitzgerald	$65,965	1
51	Goodman Welding & Machine Inc., Fitzgerald	$64,223	1
52	Colony City Dental Lab Inc., Fitzgerald	$63,656	1
52	Colony City Dental Lab, Inc., Fitzgerald	$63,656	1
54	Chas Mar McRae Inc., Eastman	$62,984	1
55	Wykena Carter, Fitzgerald	$62,498	3
56	Astro Exterminating Services Of Fitzgerald, Inc, Fitzgerald	$62,100	1
57	The Paulk Funeral Home Of Georgia Ltd, Fitzgerald	$61,055	1
57	The Paulk Funeral Home Of Georgia Ltd, Fitzgerald	$61,055	1
59	Jequre Inc., Fitzgerald	$60,320	1
59	Jequre, Inc., Fitzgerald	$60,320	1
61	Alvin Wynn Electric Company, Fitzgerald	$59,956	1
62	Andrew Luke, Fitzgerald	$59,470	1
63	Jrh Logging, LLC, Fitzgerald	$59,234	1
64	Quality Timber Co., LLC, Fitzgerald	$58,355	1
65	Jimmy Lee Roberts, Fitzgerald	$58,253	1
66	Standard Supply Company And Building Materials, Inc., Fitzgerald	$57,351	1
67	Fitzgerald's Great Seafood, Inc., Fitzgerald	$56,659	1
68	Worthington & Casper Cpa, P.C., Fitzgerald	$56,455	1
69	Stone's Country Meats, Inc., Fitzgerald	$54,907	1
70	Pine Creek Timber LLC, Fitzgerald	$54,760	1
71	Walker Printing Company, LLC, Fitzgerald	$53,233	1
72	Gregory Hobbs, Fitzgerald	$50,566	1
73	Ashley Anderson, Fitzgerald	$49,999	2
73	Bridgett Mitchell, Fitzgerald	$49,999	2
73	Tendreia Slacks, Fitzgerald	$49,999	2
76	Rjs Mobile Kitchen & Catering LLC, Fitzgerald	$49,413	2
77	North Side Hardware, Inc., Fitzgerald	$48,340	1
78	Purvis Hgt & Air Conditioning Inc., Fitzgerald	$46,626	1
79	Survtech, LLC, Fitzgerald	$44,951	1
80	Pryor Publications, Inc, Fitzgerald	$44,211	1
81	Greene Concrete Construction Inc., Fitzgerald	$42,882	1
81	Greene Concrete Construction, Inc., Fitzgerald	$42,882	1
83	Heather Brannen, Fitzgerald	$41,666	2
83	Joaquin Fuller, Fitzgerald	$41,666	2
83	Kenyada Little, Fitzgerald	$41,666	2
83	Kyle Griffin, Fitzgerald	$41,666	2
83	Shantia's Hair Collection, Fitzgerald	$41,666	2
88	Wilbert King, Fitzgerald	$41,665	2
89	Nataysha Anderson, Fitzgerald	$41,665	2
90	Family & Youth Outreach, Fitzgerald	$41,664	2
90	Marilynn Larkin, Albany	$41,664	2
92	Dewayne Parker, Fitzgerald	$41,522	2
93	Jocelyn Brown, Fitzgerald	$41,236	2
94	Lakiesha Cobb, Fitzgerald	$41,192	2
95	Ozell Campbell, Fitzgerald	$40,986	2
96	Payola Solomon, Fitzgerald	$40,952	2
97	Alexis Wallace, Fitzgerald	$40,906	2
97	Indriunna Smith, Fitzgerald	$40,906	2
99	April Mack, Fitzgerald	$40,766	2
100	Jason Jones, Fitzgerald	$40,302	2

How the list is drawn

100 of the 743 borrowers ranked in Ben Hill County are listed: every one ranked in the top 100, with ties. Borrowers approved the same amount share a rank, so the list can be longer than 100.
A borrower is ranked here when SBA recorded its first loan in Ben Hill County. Its amount is summed over every loan it was approved, a first draw, a second or both, and is not what was forgiven or repaid, which each borrower’s page shows loan by loan.

Sources

SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) FOIA — loan-level data — U.S. Small Business Administration · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026

Data retrieved September 23, 2026

Ben Hill County, as of September 30, 2024

The largest borrowers in Ben Hill County · 2020–21

How the list is drawn

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