New orleans, LA — PPP Loan Data

New orleans, Louisiana received 27,348 Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $1.69B. The average loan in the city was $61,819 — above the national program average of approximately $67,000.

87.0% of loans in New orleans — totaling $1.61B — 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 New orleans were DYNAMIC INDUSTRIES, INC. ($10,000,000), KIPP NEW ORLEANS INC ($10,000,000), and ADAMS AND REESE LLP ($9,165,000).

The most active industry sector in New orleans was Personal Care Services with 2,857 loans worth $48.9M, followed by Accommodation and Food Services (1,458 loans).

Applicants in New orleans reported retaining 191,797 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.

New orleans 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.