Columbus, GA — PPP Loan Data

Columbus, Georgia received 9,612 Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $391.1M. The average loan in the city was $40,687 — below the national program average of approximately $67,000.

81.4% of loans in Columbus — totaling $357.8M — received SBA forgiveness. Forgiveness required borrowers to demonstrate that funds were used for qualifying expenses and that they maintained employee headcount and compensation levels during the covered period.

Among the largest disclosed recipients in Columbus were SCHUSTER ENTERPRISES, INC. ($10,000,000), MANAGEMENT SERVICES NETWORK LLC ($4,422,512), and HMMG, LLC ($4,323,752).

The most active industry sector in Columbus was Personal Care Services with 1,496 loans worth $24.5M, followed by Services to Buildings and Dwellings (532 loans).

Applicants in Columbus reported retaining 46,076 jobs through the program. These figures are self-reported and were not independently verified by the SBA. The majority of loans in this city — those under $150,000 — have borrower names withheld under FOIA Exemption 6.

Columbus is part of Georgia, which received a total of thousands of PPP loans during the program period. City-level data is based on the borrower's self-reported city name; some variation in spelling may cause minor undercounting. See the methodology page for more detail on data limitations.