PPP loans in Charleston County, South Carolina
Each amount is what the Small Business Administration approved, as SBA published it, and says nothing more about the borrower. SBA guaranteed 18,986 Paycheck Protection Program loans for businesses it recorded in Charleston County, $1.4 billion in all.
Charleston County, as of September 30, 2024
- $1.4 billion
- Approved
- $1,408,141,263
- 16.2% of the $8.7 billion approved in South Carolina.
- 18,986
- Loans
- 14,191 first draws and 4,795 second draws.
- 92.4%
- Forgiven
- 17,537 of 18,986 loans carry a forgiveness amount, $1.3 billion in all.
- 5.5%
- Charged off
- 1,037 of 18,986 loans, approved for $23.9 million. That is the loans' size, not what SBA lost.
The largest borrowers in Charleston County · 2020–21
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How the list is drawn
- 100 of the 17,948 borrowers ranked in Charleston 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 Charleston 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.
Related
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
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