KENTUCKY — This week, the Small Business Administration released loan-level data on businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of $150,000 or more. Included in the data is roughly 6,400 Kentucky-owned businesses.


What You Need To Know


  • SBA releases data on PPP loans

  • Roughly 6,400 PPP loans of $150,000 or more went to KY businesses

  • Spectrum News 1 compiled a searchable database of the businesses

The data includes information such as business names, addresses, business type and more; however, it doesn't provide exactly how much money each business received. Rather, it provides ranges that each business falls into:

  • $150,000-$350,000
  • $350,000-$1 million
  • $1 million-$2 million
  • $2 million-$5 million
  • $5 million-$10 million

The majority of Kentucky businesses, 3,655 to be exact, fell into the $150,000-$350,000 range. Only 53 received between $5 million-$10 million.

The types of businesses in the data include schools, restaurants and retailers, among many others. 

For those who want to pour through the numbers themselves or look up a specific business, Spectrum News 1 compiled a searchable database of all Kentucky businesses included in the SBA's database.  Yoi can find it by simply clicking this link.