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PPP loans in Kentucky
The Small Business Administration guaranteed 128,416 Paycheck Protection Program loans to businesses operating in Kentucky, $7.8 billion in all: 1.0% of the program’s dollars. 123,221 of those loans carry a forgiveness amount in SBA’s file as of September 30, 2024.
Kentucky, as of September 30, 2024
- $7.8 billion
- Approved
- $7,795,923,189
- As each loan now stands in SBA’s file.
- 1.0%
- Share of the program
- Of the $792.6 billion approved nationally, as each loan now stands.
- 128,416
- Loans
- 103,953 first draws and 24,463 second draws.
- 96.0%
- Forgiven
- 123,221 of 128,416 loans carry a forgiveness amount, $7.7 billion in all.
- 2.8%
- Charged off
- 3,542 of 128,416 loans, approved for $77.7 million. That is the loans' size, not what SBA lost.
Every county in Kentucky, as SBA names it
The county is SBA’s name for where the business operates, linked to its page, which lists the largest borrowers there. A county with fewer than 11 loans has no page and is counted here, and a loan SBA filed with no county is counted under “Not stated” rather than left out.
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| County | Approved | Loans |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | $2.2 billion$2,225,679,226 | 22,543 |
| Fayette County | $882.4 million$882,350,746 | 10,238 |
| Kenton County | $389.5 million$389,540,912 | 3,385 |
| Warren County | $279.6 million$279,588,702 | 4,550 |
| Boone County | $263.1 million$263,132,840 | 2,885 |
| Daviess County | $196.1 million$196,052,851 | 2,612 |
| McCracken County | $181.1 million$181,131,357 | 2,218 |
| Hardin County | $147.3 million$147,302,740 | 2,777 |
| Campbell County | $140.4 million$140,442,195 | 1,824 |
| Madison County | $102.3 million$102,260,396 | 2,245 |
| Jessamine County | $98.1 million$98,099,014 | 1,553 |
| Pulaski County | $96.0 million$96,049,490 | 2,328 |
| Christian County | $95.4 million$95,440,326 | 1,927 |
| Boyd County | $94.5 million$94,512,017 | 1,051 |
| Henderson County | $89.8 million$89,827,489 | 1,173 |
| Laurel County | $87.2 million$87,171,477 | 1,644 |
| Pike County | $80.4 million$80,438,795 | 1,130 |
| Oldham County | $79.9 million$79,936,382 | 1,387 |
| Shelby County | $79.1 million$79,142,544 | 1,175 |
| Franklin County | $76.3 million$76,306,707 | 1,174 |
| Bullitt County | $73.1 million$73,123,183 | 1,220 |
| Barren County | $72.6 million$72,641,590 | 2,058 |
| Nelson County | $68.0 million$67,985,108 | 1,532 |
| Scott County | $67.6 million$67,569,106 | 1,244 |
| Marshall County | $67.4 million$67,375,166 | 858 |
| Calloway County | $65.2 million$65,187,177 | 1,737 |
| Hopkins County | $62.5 million$62,512,756 | 1,320 |
| Boyle County | $58.6 million$58,582,644 | 956 |
| Floyd County | $58.1 million$58,112,321 | 727 |
| Woodford County | $51.9 million$51,862,168 | 911 |
| Clark County | $51.6 million$51,563,186 | 973 |
| Graves County | $49.4 million$49,407,766 | 1,227 |
| Bourbon County | $40.8 million$40,775,625 | 863 |
| Perry County | $38.1 million$38,146,497 | 405 |
| Russell County | $35.9 million$35,900,678 | 1,058 |
| Muhlenberg County | $34.2 million$34,150,084 | 800 |
| Logan County | $33.4 million$33,399,578 | 1,021 |
| Whitley County | $33.1 million$33,146,061 | 854 |
| Harrison County | $32.8 million$32,788,833 | 735 |
| Taylor County | $32.7 million$32,703,011 | 1,142 |
| Simpson County | $31.3 million$31,335,860 | 651 |
| Grayson County | $30.8 million$30,763,233 | 928 |
| Adair County | $29.8 million$29,807,368 | 1,452 |
| Monroe County | $29.6 million$29,564,728 | 783 |
| Marion County | $29.2 million$29,197,342 | 1,258 |
| Greenup County | $28.6 million$28,623,143 | 615 |
| Ohio County | $28.4 million$28,392,729 | 801 |
| Mason County | $28.4 million$28,381,050 | 726 |
| Knox County | $28.1 million$28,101,944 | 564 |
| Montgomery County | $27.8 million$27,760,503 | 859 |
| Bell County | $25.7 million$25,696,248 | 380 |
| Meade County | $22.0 million$22,015,881 | 751 |
| Wayne County | $21.8 million$21,774,337 | 688 |
| Union County | $20.9 million$20,900,552 | 532 |
| Fleming County | $20.7 million$20,668,742 | 992 |
| Breckinridge County | $20.4 million$20,447,295 | 835 |
| Washington County | $20.0 million$20,021,932 | 746 |
| Rowan County | $19.6 million$19,621,866 | 707 |
| Mercer County | $19.3 million$19,313,715 | 719 |
| Carter County | $18.9 million$18,936,441 | 618 |
| Garrard County | $18.8 million$18,830,778 | 754 |
| Letcher County | $18.0 million$17,954,866 | 252 |
| Lincoln County | $17.3 million$17,332,364 | 685 |
| Allen County | $17.2 million$17,219,389 | 603 |
| Harlan County | $17.0 million$17,044,372 | 305 |
| Johnson County | $16.8 million$16,759,336 | 284 |
| Grant County | $16.7 million$16,745,297 | 470 |
| Anderson County | $16.3 million$16,273,729 | 469 |
| Hart County | $15.8 million$15,800,633 | 967 |
| Caldwell County | $15.1 million$15,097,516 | 454 |
| Casey County | $14.2 million$14,188,454 | 789 |
| Lawrence County | $14.2 million$14,182,347 | 187 |
| Martin County | $13.5 million$13,497,803 | 85 |
| Webster County | $13.4 million$13,378,593 | 367 |
| Trigg County | $13.4 million$13,357,521 | 340 |
| Livingston County | $13.0 million$13,024,618 | 252 |
| Todd County | $12.7 million$12,684,494 | 452 |
| Morgan County | $12.5 million$12,542,106 | 399 |
| Larue County | $11.8 million$11,793,366 | 658 |
| Carroll County | $11.5 million$11,530,603 | 240 |
| Lewis County | $11.2 million$11,238,641 | 506 |
| Butler County | $11.2 million$11,229,135 | 685 |
| Henry County | $11.1 million$11,124,174 | 522 |
| Clay County | $10.9 million$10,924,867 | 209 |
| Clinton County | $10.9 million$10,852,108 | 677 |
| Ballard County | $10.7 million$10,685,387 | 266 |
| Green County | $10.5 million$10,530,015 | 740 |
| Cumberland County | $9.7 million$9,699,849 | 336 |
| Crittenden County | $9.6 million$9,614,665 | 391 |
| Powell County | $9.5 million$9,477,053 | 333 |
| Lyon County | $9.4 million$9,384,176 | 204 |
| McLean County | $9.1 million$9,075,417 | 397 |
| Bath County | $9.0 million$8,993,757 | 450 |
| McCreary County | $8.8 million$8,824,343 | 262 |
| Rockcastle County | $8.8 million$8,802,169 | 457 |
| Metcalfe County | $8.3 million$8,312,588 | 568 |
| Pendleton County | $8.1 million$8,052,519 | 274 |
| Knott County | $8.0 million$7,975,307 | 134 |
| Edmonson County | $7.8 million$7,802,408 | 441 |
| Breathitt County | $7.2 million$7,197,336 | 189 |
| Owen County | $7.2 million$7,169,552 | 352 |
| Carlisle County | $7.1 million$7,133,414 | 256 |
| Lee County | $7.1 million$7,123,034 | 120 |
| Spencer County | $6.5 million$6,451,220 | 303 |
| Hancock County | $6.4 million$6,360,061 | 220 |
| Magoffin County | $6.2 million$6,244,189 | 174 |
| Fulton County | $5.6 million$5,550,425 | 202 |
| Estill County | $5.5 million$5,527,157 | 267 |
| Hickman County | $5.5 million$5,497,439 | 205 |
| Menifee County | $5.5 million$5,492,686 | 230 |
| Jackson County | $5.1 million$5,110,749 | 359 |
| Bracken County | $4.3 million$4,342,020 | 376 |
| Nicholas County | $4.2 million$4,187,544 | 316 |
| Gallatin County | $3.9 million$3,949,539 | 97 |
| Trimble County | $3.8 million$3,809,186 | 290 |
| Wolfe County | $2.7 million$2,652,988 | 143 |
| Elliott County | $2.5 million$2,514,114 | 163 |
| Leslie County | $2.3 million$2,312,165 | 60 |
| Owsley County | $2.0 million$2,028,106 | 77 |
| Robertson County | $769,854 | 88 |
The largest borrowers in Kentucky
The figures above are loans, which add across SBA’s files. A borrower’s loans are gathered on its own page, and the borrowers with an address in Kentucky are ranked by what SBA approved them: the largest PPP loans in Kentucky.
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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
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