Charleston, SC — PPP Loan Data

Charleston, South Carolina received 8,439 Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $679.9M. The average loan in the city was $80,571 — above the national program average of approximately $67,000.

93.2% of loans in Charleston — totaling $658.2M — 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 Charleston were PALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS LLC ($5,228,100), LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD ($4,898,700), and CAROLINA EASTERN INC ($4,680,300).

The most active industry sector in Charleston was Accommodation and Food Services with 646 loans worth $135.4M, followed by Personal Care Services (533 loans).

Applicants in Charleston reported retaining 79,828 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.

Charleston 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.