Grand island, NE — PPP Loan Data

Grand island, Nebraska received 2,423 Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $149.1M. The average loan in the city was $61,546 — above the national program average of approximately $67,000.

98.1% of loans in Grand island — totaling $148.7M — 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 Grand island were SUNRISE EXPRESS INC. ($2,664,200), EAKES, INC. ($2,558,100), and ASSOCIATED STAFFING, INC ($2,400,000).

The most active industry sector in Grand island was Oilseed and Grain Farming with 143 loans worth $2.7M, followed by Personal Care Services (131 loans).

Applicants in Grand island reported retaining 18,670 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.

Grand island is part of Nebraska, 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.