PPP loans in Watauga County, North Carolina

Name: Watauga County, North Carolina
Address: NC, US

Each amount is what the Small Business Administration approved, as SBA published it, and says nothing more about the borrower. SBA guaranteed 1,539 Paycheck Protection Program loans for businesses it recorded in Watauga County, $90.8 million in all.

Watauga County, as of September 30, 2024

$90.8 million
Approved: $90,762,295; 0.5% of the $17.7 billion approved in North Carolina.; 1,539
Loans: 1,166 first draws and 373 second draws.; 97.2%
Forgiven: 1,496 of 1,539 loans carry a forgiveness amount, $88.9 million in all.; 1.4%
Charged off: 22 of 1,539 loans, approved for $321.3 thousand. That is the loans' size, not what SBA lost.

The largest borrowers in Watauga County · 2020–21

The largest borrowers in Watauga County, 2020–21
Rank	Name	USD	Loans
1	Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Boone	$1.4 million$1,378,872	1
2	Hollar And Greene Produce Co Inc, Boone	$1.2 million$1,239,200	1
3	Rsk Mountain Resortllc, Blowing Rock	$1.2 million$1,238,700	1
4	Jackson Sumner And Associates Inc, Boone	$1.1 million$1,098,700	1
5	Boone Drugs, Inc., Boone	$978.0 thousand$978,000	1
6	Carroll Leather Goods, Inc., Boone	$842.9 thousand$842,892	1
7	Hearthstone Enterprises Inc., Boone	$830.7 thousand$830,725	1
7	Hearthstone Enterprises, Inc., Boone	$830.7 thousand$830,725	1
9	Rsk Mountain Resort,LLC, Blowing Rock	$830.1 thousand$830,100	1
10	Blue Ridge Preservation Inc., Boone	$815.1 thousand$815,072	1
11	High Country Community Health, Boone	$802.8 thousand$802,800	1
12	Tweetsie Railroad Inc, Blowing Rock	$780.2 thousand$780,195	1
13	Tweetsie Railroad Inc., Blowing Rock	$778.4 thousand$778,441	1
14	Goodnight Brothers Produce Co. Inc, Boone	$752.2 thousand$752,200	1
15	Modern Imports Of Boone LLC, Boone	$725.6 thousand$725,600	1
16	Boone Dermatology Clinic Pa, Boone	$698.9 thousand$698,900	1
17	Diversified Energy LLC, Boone	$698.9 thousand$698,867	1
18	New River Building Supply Inc, Boone	$681.2 thousand$681,160	1
19	H E Club Inc, Boone	$597.1 thousand$597,074	1
20	Blue Ridge Preservation Inc, Boone	$582.2 thousand$582,194	1
21	Watauga Opportunities Inc., Boone	$553.8 thousand$553,750	1
22	Blue Ridge Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Inc., Boone	$527.7 thousand$527,700	1
23	Echota LLC, Boone	$514.6 thousand$514,642	2
24	Appalachian Ski Mtn, Inc, Blowing Rock	$502.2 thousand$502,200	1
25	Gr Hospitality Inc, Blowing Rock	$461.5 thousand$461,541	1
26	Trailhead Auto Group, LLC, Boone	$460.3 thousand$460,268	1
27	M M 28607 Inc, Boone	$456.2 thousand$456,184	1
28	Carolina Cabin Rentals, Boone	$449.8 thousand$449,817	1
29	James C Hastings, Boone	$449.5 thousand$449,500	1
30	2 For One Inc, Blowing Rock	$442.8 thousand$442,847	2
31	Modern Subaru Of Boone LLC, Boone	$437.8 thousand$437,800	1
32	The Town Tavern Of Blowing Rock, Inc., Blowing Rock	$427.7 thousand$427,732	2
33	Blue Ridge Business Group LLC, Vilas	$417.0 thousand$417,046	1
34	Ross Automotive LLC, Boone	$416.6 thousand$416,564	1
35	Voltar Investments LLC, Boone	$409.7 thousand$409,700	1
36	Appalachian Voices, Boone	$393.1 thousand$393,050	1
37	Appalachian Voices, Boone	$392.7 thousand$392,690	1
38	Phoenix Company Inc, Boone	$388.0 thousand$388,020	2
39	Western Carolina Eye Associates P.A., Boone	$381.4 thousand$381,400	1
40	444 Inc., Blowing Rock	$374.0 thousand$374,000	1
41	Edmisten Heating And Cooling, Inc, Boone	$373.2 thousand$373,162	1
42	Watauga Medics Inc, Boone	$363.6 thousand$363,600	1
43	Blue Ridge Ear, Nose And Throat, Inc., P.A., Boone	$362.0 thousand$362,000	1
44	Critcher Brothers Produce Inc, Deep Gap	$360.9 thousand$360,904	1
45	Blue Ridge Ear Nose And Throat Inc, Boone	$359.4 thousand$359,400	1
46	Pneuma Respiratory, Inc., Boone	$357.2 thousand$357,167	1
47	Western Carolina Eye Associates P.A., Boone	$356.8 thousand$356,800	1
48	Soha Holdings LLC, Boone	$349.8 thousand$349,837	2
49	Cheap Joe's Art Stuff, Inc, Boone	$344.5 thousand$344,459	1
50	Gr Hospitality, Inc., Blowing Rock	$329.6 thousand$329,600	1
51	Mm28607 Inc, Sugar Grove	$325.8 thousand$325,838	1
52	J W Hampton Company, Boone	$323.6 thousand$323,585	1
53	The Jw Hampton Company, Boone	$323.6 thousand$323,568	1
54	Moretz Paving, Zionville	$321.4 thousand$321,392	1
55	Animal Emergency And Pet Care Clinic Of The High Country, Pl, Boone	$320.4 thousand$320,400	1
56	Blue Ridge Rentals Holdings LLC, Boone	$320.3 thousand$320,300	1
56	Blue Ridge Rentals Holdings, LLC, Boone	$320.3 thousand$320,300	1
58	The Grubstake Inc, Boone	$312.3 thousand$312,300	1
59	Myers Inc, Blowing Rock	$311.0 thousand$311,000	1
60	Psg Custom Fabrication L.L.C., Boone	$300.5 thousand$300,500	1
61	Lost Province Brewing Company, LLC, Boone	$300.0 thousand$300,000	1
62	Blue Ridge Business Group, LLC, Vilas	$297.8 thousand$297,800	1
63	Westglow Resort & Spa LLC, Blowing Rock	$297.2 thousand$297,190	1
64	Labrador Holdings, Pc, Boone	$297.0 thousand$297,000	1
65	Psg Custom Fabrication LLC, Boone	$296.2 thousand$296,200	1
66	Stick Boy Bread Co., Inc., Boone	$287.1 thousand$287,117	1
67	New River Landscaping Inc, Boone	$286.6 thousand$286,600	1
68	Modern Ford Of Boone, LLC, Boone	$282.9 thousand$282,900	1
69	Family Only, Inc., Boone	$280.2 thousand$280,233	1
70	Modern Collision Of Boone LLC, Boone	$279.0 thousand$279,000	1
71	Cmd Sales LLC, Boone	$278.4 thousand$278,400	1
71	Cmd Sales LLC, Boone	$278.4 thousand$278,400	1
73	Dan'L Boone Inn Of Boone Inc, Boone	$276.3 thousand$276,312	1
74	J Chance Powell DDS Pa, Boone	$269.1 thousand$269,100	1
75	Twin Oaks Landscaping Inc., Boone	$267.1 thousand$267,058	1
76	Boone Rentals, Inc., Boone	$253.2 thousand$253,182	1
77	Challenge Towers Inc, Todd	$251.2 thousand$251,243	1
78	Adr Capital Management Inc., Boone	$249.1 thousand$249,078	1
79	Greene Construction Inc, Boone	$242.6 thousand$242,584	1
80	Bilcat Inc., Blowing Rock	$241.3 thousand$241,300	1
81	Booneshine Brewing Company Inc, Boone	$240.5 thousand$240,500	1
82	Dan'L Boone Inn Of Boone Inc, Boone	$240.4 thousand$240,411	1
83	Wine To Water, Boone	$238.3 thousand$238,300	1
84	Miller Iv Holdings Inc., Boone	$237.8 thousand$237,776	1
85	Drs. Mayhew And Scheffler, Boone	$237.5 thousand$237,500	1
86	Boone Brewing Co. LLC, Blowing Rock	$237.1 thousand$237,065	1
87	State Bird Restaurant LLC, Boone	$234.9 thousand$234,896	1
88	Hamptons Body Shop Inc, Boone	$232.2 thousand$232,163	1
89	Myers, Inc., Blowing Rock	$225.0 thousand$225,000	1
90	Dewey Wright Well & Pump, Boone	$224.9 thousand$224,874	1
91	Mountain Resort Management LLC, Boone	$219.2 thousand$219,223	1
92	Grubstake, Inc., Blowing Rock	$217.0 thousand$217,000	1
93	Innovation Automotive LLC, Boone	$216.4 thousand$216,400	1
94	Pep's Inc, Boone	$208.6 thousand$208,638	1
95	Halsey Drug LLC, Boone	$204.2 thousand$204,200	1
96	Boone United Methodist Church Inc, Boone	$202.1 thousand$202,081	1
97	A & S Plumbing, LLC, Vilas	$201.2 thousand$201,200	1
98	Shulls Mill Grill Inc., Boone	$200.9 thousand$200,900	1
99	Adr Capital Management Inc, Boone	$197.0 thousand$196,965	1
100	Party Of 2 1/2 Inc., Boone	$196.0 thousand$196,000	1

How the list is drawn

100 of the 1,495 borrowers ranked in Watauga 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 Watauga 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

Watauga County, as of September 30, 2024

The largest borrowers in Watauga County · 2020–21

How the list is drawn

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