PPP loans in Hardee County, Florida

Name: Hardee County, Florida
Address: FL, US

Each amount is what the Small Business Administration approved, as SBA published it, and says nothing more about the borrower. SBA guaranteed 440 Paycheck Protection Program loans for businesses it recorded in Hardee County, $26.0 million in all.

Hardee County, as of September 30, 2024

$26.0 million
Approved: $25,952,643; 0.1% of the $50.1 billion approved in Florida.; 440
Loans: 342 first draws and 98 second draws.; 95.5%
Forgiven: 420 of 440 loans carry a forgiveness amount, $25.7 million in all.; 3.4%
Charged off: 15 of 440 loans, approved for $374.9 thousand. That is the loans' size, not what SBA lost.

The largest borrowers in Hardee County · 2020–21

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The largest borrowers in Hardee County, 2020–21
Rank	Name	USD	Loans
1	Ground Level Inc., Bowling Green	$1.1 million$1,053,271	1
2	Chapman Fruit Co Inc, Wauchula	$1.0 million$1,045,488	2
3	Ground Level Inc, Bowling Green	$1.0 million$1,022,155	1
4	Cobb Site Development Inc., Wauchula	$689.4 thousand$689,350	1
5	Cobb Site Development, Inc., Wauchula	$666.7 thousand$666,700	1
6	Pacer Marine Engineering Inc, Bowling Green	$639.0 thousand$639,000	1
7	Arcadia Medical Associates, Pa, Zolfo Springs	$480.0 thousand$480,000	1
8	L Cobb Construction Inc, Wauchula	$457.1 thousand$457,082	1
9	L. Cobb Construction, Inc., Wauchula	$422.3 thousand$422,300	1
10	Windmill Farms Nurseries Inc, Zolfo Springs	$397.4 thousand$397,400	1
11	Estrada & Sons, Ona	$367.4 thousand$367,388	1
12	Krause Grove Service Inc, Wauchula	$350.0 thousand$350,000	1
12	Krause Grove Service Inc, Wauchula	$350.0 thousand$350,000	1
14	Fish Branch Tree Farm, Inc., Zolfo Springs	$316.7 thousand$316,725	1
15	The Mancini Packing Company, Zolfo Springs	$313.4 thousand$313,394	1
16	Atp Agri-Services Inc, Zolfo Springs	$280.9 thousand$280,882	1
17	Jlc Farms Inc., Wauchula	$252.2 thousand$252,205	1
18	Ecotech Environmental LLC, Wauchula	$250.0 thousand$250,000	1
19	Alan Jay Enterprises Of Wauchula, Inc., Wauchula	$241.9 thousand$241,883	1
20	Nickerson Cattle Company LLC, Zolfo Springs	$232.5 thousand$232,502	1
21	Main Gate Enterprises Inc, Wauchula	$228.1 thousand$228,076	1
22	Jlc Farms, Inc,, Wauchula	$225.7 thousand$225,700	1
23	Main Gate Enterprises Inc., Wauchula	$218.4 thousand$218,432	1
24	Benny Albritton, Wauchula	$216.5 thousand$216,499	1
25	Heartland Pediatrics, Wauchula	$211.1 thousand$211,062	2
26	Florida Fertilizer Company, Inc., Wauchula	$195.2 thousand$195,200	1
27	Center For Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation, Inc., Wauchula	$194.3 thousand$194,300	1
28	C. R. Melear Corporation, Zolfo Springs	$189.0 thousand$189,000	1
29	Nickerson Bar Iii, LLC, Zolfo Springs	$185.9 thousand$185,902	1
30	Innovar Structures LLC, Wauchula	$177.3 thousand$177,268	1
31	Chapman Family Partnership LLP, Wauchula	$176.6 thousand$176,624	1
32	Chapman Family Partnership LLLP, Wauchula	$175.0 thousand$175,000	1
33	Ullrich's Water Conditioning Service, Inc., Wauchula	$172.5 thousand$172,500	1
34	Albritton Insurance Services, LLC, Wauchula	$172.0 thousand$172,000	1
35	Jbj Enterprises LLC, Wauchula	$168.5 thousand$168,500	1
36	Wr Smith Land Clearing & Tree Removal Services Inc, Wauchula	$167.2 thousand$167,177	1
37	W.R. Smith Land Clearing & Tree Removal, Wauchula	$167.1 thousand$167,100	1
38	Gourley Plastering Inc, Wauchula	$160.0 thousand$160,000	1
39	T.K. Dairies, Inc., Zolfo Springs	$154.0 thousand$154,000	1
40	Lake Branch Dairy, Wauchula	$150.7 thousand$150,700	1
41	Johnson Harvesting, Inc., Wauchula	$137.5 thousand$137,500	1
41	Johnson Harvesting, Inc., Wauchula	$137.5 thousand$137,500	1
43	Atp Agric-Services, Inc., Zolfo Springs	$136.5 thousand$136,500	1
44	Krause Dental Services Corp, Wauchula	$133.1 thousand$133,130	2
45	Sunny Sweet Farms Inc, Bowling Green	$131.8 thousand$131,785	2
46	Mollica Subs 27732 Inc, Wauchula	$123.1 thousand$123,137	1
47	D&S Cattle, Inc., Zolfo Springs	$120.5 thousand$120,500	1
48	Jlt Custom Works Inc, Wauchula	$117.9 thousand$117,890	1
49	Jlt Custom Works Inc, Wauchula	$117.8 thousand$117,800	1
50	Hardee Fresh LLC, Wauchula	$113.9 thousand$113,900	1
51	Hardee County Disposal, Inc., Wauchula	$111.3 thousand$111,322	1
52	Windmill Express LLC, Zolfo Springs	$111.0 thousand$111,000	1
53	D3 Farms LLC, Wauchula	$109.3 thousand$109,300	1
54	Innovar Structures, LLC, Wauchula	$103.7 thousand$103,673	1
55	Reints Citrus Caretaking, Inc., Zolfo Springs	$103.2 thousand$103,230	1
56	V. & W. Farms, Inc. Of Delray Beach, Zolfo Springs	$100.5 thousand$100,540	1
57	Gate Pros Inc, Wauchula	$99,000	1
58	Intercoastal Builders And Roofers Inc, Zolfo Springs	$97,750	1
59	Cesaroni Technology Inc, Bowling Green	$97,500	1
60	Juarez Nursery Inc, Zolfo Springs	$95,796	1
61	Orange Enterprises Inc, Zolfo Springs	$94,700	1
61	Orange Enterprises, Inc., Zolfo Springs	$94,700	1
63	Intercoastal Builders And Roofers Inc, Zolfo Springs	$94,100	1
64	Cesaroni Aerospace Inc, Bowling Green	$92,542	1
65	Utilitech Inc, Wauchula	$92,000	1
65	Utilitech Inc., Wauchula	$92,000	1
67	C G C Agri-Management Inc, Zolfo Springs	$91,929	1
68	Dlr Fruit And Vegetable Inc, Zolfo Springs	$90,900	1
69	Dlr Fruit And Vegetable Inc, Zolfo Springs	$90,000	1
70	Robert R. Norris Inc, Wauchula	$89,700	1
71	Arkasa Inc, Wauchula	$88,000	1
72	Pebbledale Farms Inc, Ona	$87,516	1
73	Imogene Barwick, Wauchula	$87,500	1
74	Peace River Grower Inc, Zolfo Springs	$85,900	1
75	Citrus Solutions LLC, Zoflo Springs	$84,600	1
76	Heart Of Florida Greenhouses, Inc., Zolfo Springs	$84,340	1
77	Wauchula Dental Corp, Wauchula	$83,896	1
78	Wauchula Dental Corp, Wauchula	$83,895	1
79	Fields Drainage Inc, Wauchula	$83,000	1
80	Farmer's Choice Inc, Wauchula	$81,395	1
81	Jack Green Farms, Inc, Zolfo Springs	$80,000	1
82	Top Notch Construction Of Central Florida Inc., Wauchula	$77,709	1
82	Top Notch Construction Of Central Florida, Inc, Wauchula	$77,709	1
84	Cantu Apiaries, Inc., Zolfo Springs	$75,300	1
85	Paul Inc, Wauchula	$75,046	1
86	Ezproducts International Inc, Wauchula	$74,425	1
87	Farmer's Choice Inc., Wauchula	$74,367	1
88	Larry Davis Inc., Wauchula	$74,083	1
89	Brad Hartt Construction, LLC, Zolfo Springs	$73,087	1
90	Sonni's Pediatrics Inc, Wauchula	$71,879	1
91	David Singletary Insurance Inc., Wauchula	$71,700	1
92	Wd Environmental Services Inc, Wauchula	$70,752	1
93	Alan Jay Ford Of Wauchula, Inc., Wauchula	$70,196	1
94	Himrod Citrus Nursery Inc., Bowling Green	$68,927	1
94	Himrod Citrus Nursery, Inc., Bowling Green	$68,927	1
96	Florida Fence Post Inc., Ona	$66,598	1
97	Herald Advocate Publishing Company Inc., Wauchula	$64,000	1
98	Conley Grove Services, Inc., Wauchula	$63,337	1
99	Ezproducts International Inc, Wauchula	$62,300	1
100	A-1 Safari Glass Inc, Wauchula	$62,147	1

How the list is drawn

100 of the 425 borrowers ranked in Hardee 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 Hardee 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

Hardee County, as of September 30, 2024

The largest borrowers in Hardee County · 2020–21

How the list is drawn

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