Lihue, HI — PPP Loan Data

Lihue, Hawaii received 807 Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $76.0M. The average loan in the city was $94,214 — above the national program average of approximately $67,000.

96.9% of loans in Lihue — totaling $68.5M — 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 Lihue were HAWAII CARE AND CLEANING, INC. ($6,667,674), KAUAI ISLAND UTILITY COOPERATIVE ($2,881,250), and HAWAII CARE AND CLEANING INC. ($2,000,000).

The most active industry sector in Lihue was Accommodation and Food Services with 81 loans worth $9.9M, followed by Personal Care Services (30 loans).

Applicants in Lihue reported retaining 7,793 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.

Lihue is part of Hawaii, 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.