Brewer, ME — PPP Loan Data

Brewer, Maine received 403 Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $42.0M. The average loan in the city was $104,139 — above the national program average of approximately $67,000.

98.5% of loans in Brewer — totaling $41.9M — 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 Brewer were DARLINGS ($5,747,200), SOMIC AMERICA, INC. ($5,056,672), and EOD'S AUTOMOTIVE ($1,705,300).

The most active industry sector in Brewer was Personal Care Services with 41 loans worth $289,218, followed by Accommodation and Food Services (23 loans).

Applicants in Brewer reported retaining 4,767 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.

Brewer is part of Maine, 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.