Lake charles, LA — PPP Loan Data

Lake charles, Louisiana received 4,767 Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $324.8M. The average loan in the city was $68,138 — above the national program average of approximately $67,000.

92.2% of loans in Lake charles — totaling $316.9M — 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 Lake charles were SUN INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC ($8,230,500), SYNERGY CARE, INC. ($6,254,000), and IMPERIAL HEALTH LLP ($5,731,500).

The most active industry sector in Lake charles was Personal Care Services with 385 loans worth $6.8M, followed by Accommodation and Food Services (235 loans).

Applicants in Lake charles reported retaining 40,312 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.

Lake charles is part of Louisiana, 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.