PPP loans in Cherokee County, South Carolina

Name: Cherokee County, South Carolina
Address: SC, US

Each amount is what the Small Business Administration approved, as SBA published it, and says nothing more about the borrower. SBA guaranteed 920 Paycheck Protection Program loans for businesses it recorded in Cherokee County, $58.0 million in all.

Cherokee County, as of September 30, 2024

$58.0 million
Approved: $57,955,151; 0.7% of the $8.7 billion approved in South Carolina.; 920
Loans: 749 first draws and 171 second draws.; 86.2%
Forgiven: 793 of 920 loans carry a forgiveness amount, $56.0 million in all.; 10.7%
Charged off: 98 of 920 loans, approved for $1.9 million. That is the loans' size, not what SBA lost.

The largest borrowers in Cherokee County · 2020–21

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The largest borrowers in Cherokee County, 2020–21
Rank	Name	USD	Loans
1	Suminoe Textiles Of America Corporation, Gaffney	$3.7 million$3,713,223	1
2	Hamrick Mills Inc, Gaffney	$3.4 million$3,437,500	1
3	Limestone College, Gaffney	$3.1 million$3,122,100	1
4	Limestone University, Gaffney	$2.0 million$2,000,000	1
5	Carolina Cotton Works Inc., Gaffney	$1.6 million$1,568,585	1
5	Carolina Cotton Works, Inc, Gaffney	$1.6 million$1,568,585	1
7	Keystone Constructors, Inc., Gaffney	$1.4 million$1,432,900	1
8	Moorhead Brothers Inc, Blacksburg	$1.2 million$1,153,400	1
9	Randolph Trucking, LLC, Gaffney	$1.0 million$1,043,198	1
10	Broad River Electric Cooperative, Inc., Gaffney	$1.0 million$1,000,000	1
11	Blue Ridge In Brookview House LLC, Gaffney	$924.5 thousand$924,500	1
12	Hessamerica, Gaffney	$831.6 thousand$831,645	1
13	Specialized Riggers & Riggers Inc, Gaffney	$728.5 thousand$728,519	1
14	Specialized Riggers And Erectors Inc, Gaffney	$666.3 thousand$666,300	1
15	Ambu-Star, Inc, Gaffney	$610.1 thousand$610,100	1
16	American Transmed Inc, Gaffney	$586.0 thousand$586,000	1
17	Home Fashions International LLC, Gaffney	$584.0 thousand$584,025	1
18	Burns Chevrolet Inc, Gaffney	$457.3 thousand$457,300	1
19	Preferred Finishing Technologies LLC, Blacksburg	$435.5 thousand$435,532	1
20	Flower Group Usa LLC, Gaffney	$432.2 thousand$432,200	1
21	Sossamon Construction Company, Inc., Gaffney	$423.4 thousand$423,354	1
22	Preferred Finishing Technologies, LLC, Blacksburg	$395.9 thousand$395,900	1
23	Bill Mason Enterprises LLC, Gaffney	$391.7 thousand$391,700	1
24	Hollywood's Productions, Inc., Gaffney	$370.8 thousand$370,800	1
25	Rug & Home Inc., Gaffney	$337.8 thousand$337,800	2
26	A.G. Moss Incorporated, Blacksburg	$332.5 thousand$332,545	1
27	Roger Shiflett Ford, Inc, Gaffney	$330.7 thousand$330,700	1
28	McAbee Trucking Inc., Blacksburg	$325.0 thousand$325,000	1
29	B&B Inc. Of Gaffney Sc, Gaffney	$312.2 thousand$312,234	2
30	Steel Creek Galvanzing Company, LLC, Blacksburg	$301.1 thousand$301,100	1
31	Bwc Contracting Inc, Gaffney	$297.4 thousand$297,400	1
32	Steel Creek Galvanzing Company LLC, Blacksburg	$283.4 thousand$283,412	1
33	Palmetto Dental Associates, Lexington	$271.3 thousand$271,296	1
34	Carguts Recycling Inc, Blacksburg	$260.5 thousand$260,500	2
35	Hollywoods Productions Inc, Gaffney	$260.2 thousand$260,235	1
36	Double R Utilities Inc., Gaffney	$255.0 thousand$254,964	1
37	Jd Motorsports, Gaffney	$246.2 thousand$246,194	2
38	Hickory Ridge Grading Co Inc, Blacksburg	$230.3 thousand$230,300	1
39	Select Power Systems, LLC, Blacksburg	$229.3 thousand$229,300	1
40	Hackel Sc Entertainment LLC, Gaffney	$221.8 thousand$221,755	1
41	Hackel Sc Entertainment, Gaffney	$220.3 thousand$220,260	1
42	Tahoe LLC, Blacksburg	$215.2 thousand$215,182	1
42	Tahoe, LLC, Blacksburg	$215.2 thousand$215,182	1
44	Double R Utilities Inc, Gaffney	$214.3 thousand$214,300	1
45	Gaffney Buick Gmc, Gaffney	$213.4 thousand$213,400	1
46	Cherokee Pediatric Associates, Blacksburg	$208.9 thousand$208,935	1
47	Piping & Maintenance Contractors, Inc., Gaffney	$207.6 thousand$207,619	1
48	Cherokee Pediatric Associates, LLC, Blacksburg	$204.9 thousand$204,900	1
49	Moderna Products America, LLC, Gaffney	$197.7 thousand$197,678	1
50	Wright Enterprises And Associates LLC, Gaffney	$191.9 thousand$191,900	1
51	Select Power Systems, LLC, Blacksburg	$186.7 thousand$186,697	1
52	Peachy Poultry, Inc., Gaffney	$184.9 thousand$184,900	1
53	Patteron's Electric Inc, Blacksburg	$181.5 thousand$181,456	2
54	Cline Brandt Kochenower Co Pa, Gaffney	$176.5 thousand$176,500	1
55	Tropical Foods Co Inc., Cowpens	$176.3 thousand$176,272	1
56	Medi-Fare Drug And Pharmaceutical Compounding Company LLC, Blacksburg	$174.0 thousand$174,000	1
57	Medi-Fare Drug And Pharmaceutical Compounding Company LLC, Blacksburg	$171.4 thousand$171,400	1
58	Physical Therapy Inc., Gaffney	$160.5 thousand$160,500	1
58	Physical Therapy, Inc., Gaffney	$160.5 thousand$160,500	1
60	Lemaster Livestock, Inc., Gaffney	$158.6 thousand$158,600	1
61	Porters Electric Motor Service, Inc., Gaffney	$156.9 thousand$156,910	1
62	Mr. Waffle Of Gaffney Inc., Gaffney	$143.9 thousand$143,871	1
63	Cherokee General Dentistry Pa, Gaffney	$143.4 thousand$143,430	1
64	First Baptist Church Of Gaffney, Sc, Inc., Gaffney	$134.6 thousand$134,605	1
65	Rg Burns Inc, Gaffney	$134.3 thousand$134,280	1
66	Mason And Wright Inc DBA McDonalds, Gaffney	$132.3 thousand$132,300	1
67	Cherokee County Family Ymca, Gaffney	$131.9 thousand$131,900	1
67	Cherokee County Family Ymca, Gaffney	$131.9 thousand$131,900	1
69	Evergreen Landscaping, LLC, Gaffney	$130.6 thousand$130,600	1
70	Upstate Anodize LLC, Gaffney	$127.4 thousand$127,380	1
71	Foodgruve LLC, Gaffney	$127.1 thousand$127,097	1
72	Green Tech Solution Inc, Blacksburg	$126.1 thousand$126,100	1
73	Clt, Inc., Gaffney	$122.7 thousand$122,700	1
74	Cook Out, Gaffney	$121.0 thousand$121,000	1
75	Tilbros Inc, Gaffney	$118.0 thousand$118,042	2
76	Wilkins Veterinary Services Pc, Gaffney	$116.7 thousand$116,713	1
77	Harmony Residential Care Center LLC., Gaffney	$116.6 thousand$116,610	1
78	Imperial Investment Of Gaffney LLC, Gaffney	$116.4 thousand$116,436	1
79	Harmony Residential Care Center, LLC., Gaffney	$116.1 thousand$116,109	1
80	Daddy Joe's Inc, Gaffney	$115.0 thousand$115,000	1
80	Wendell Fabrics Corporation, Blacksburg	$115.0 thousand$115,000	1
82	Moss Insurance Group Inc., Gaffney	$113.6 thousand$113,600	1
83	McDaniel Construction Inc. Of Cherokee County, Blacksburg	$112.6 thousand$112,643	1
84	Wendell Fabrics Corporation, Blacksburg	$110.0 thousand$110,000	1
85	Performance Automotive Of Gaffney, Gaffney	$107.8 thousand$107,800	1
86	Iron City Its Services LLC, Gaffney	$107.1 thousand$107,137	1
87	Cbc Electric Inc, Gaffney	$106.5 thousand$106,523	1
88	Salvage City Inc, Gaffney	$106.3 thousand$106,304	1
89	1 Stop Lighting Inc, Gaffney	$105.0 thousand$104,977	1
90	Cbc Electrical Inc, Gaffney	$103.7 thousand$103,672	1
91	The Gaffney Ledger Inc., Gaffney	$103.3 thousand$103,347	1
92	Mr. Waffle Of Gaffney Inc, Gaffney	$102.8 thousand$102,765	1
93	Specialized Welding & Fabrication LLC, Blacksburg	$102.0 thousand$102,000	1
94	The Gaffney Ledger Inc, Gaffney	$100.0 thousand$100,029	1
95	Childers Heating & Air Conditioning Inc, Gaffney	$99,615	1
96	Brown Furniture Company Of Gaffney, Gaffney	$99,403	1
97	Craig S. Karriker, DMD, P.A., Gaffney	$97,134	1
98	Ctg2 Technologies LLC, Gaffney	$93,800	1
99	Best Pizza-In Town, LLC, Gaffney	$93,552	2
100	Smh LLC, Lexinton	$93,446	1

How the list is drawn

100 of the 857 borrowers ranked in Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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

Cherokee County, as of September 30, 2024

The largest borrowers in Cherokee County · 2020–21

How the list is drawn

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