Aiken, SC — PPP Loan Data

Aiken, South Carolina received 1,876 Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $111.7M. The average loan in the city was $59,529 — above the national program average of approximately $67,000.

93.4% of loans in Aiken — totaling $105.0M — 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 Aiken were AGY HOLDING CORP. ($9,488,580), VALUE ADDED SOLUTIONS, INC. ($4,593,000), and AIKEN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC ($3,154,000).

The most active industry sector in Aiken was Personal Care Services with 168 loans worth $3.6M, followed by Services to Buildings and Dwellings (88 loans).

Applicants in Aiken reported retaining 15,599 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.

Aiken is part of South Carolina, 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.