New Hampshire Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 40,930 (40.93K) loans totaling $3,706,273,602 ($3.71B) to small businesses in New Hampshire. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 409,584 (409.58K).

As at April 2025, 39.06K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (95.42% of the total number of loans), and a total of $3.68B has been forgiven (99.22% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Hillsborough received the highest ($1,153,927,860), followed by Rockingham ($1,044,847,045), and Merrimack ($439,614,344).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Hillsborough received the highest (11,733), followed by Rockingham (11,674), and Merrimack (4,328).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in New Hampshire counties.

New Hampshire Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
New Hampshire Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Hillsborough 11733 1153927860
Rockingham 11674 1044847045
Merrimack 4328 439614344
Strafford 2911 252003097
Grafton 2856 249051941
Cheshire 1929 153176480
Belknap 1954 152529257
Carroll 1886 128982222
Sullivan 966 76300151
Coos 689 55730086
4 111119

Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Rockingham had the highest ($1,035,985,801), followed by Hillsborough ($1,143,656,647), and Merrimack ($436,082,201).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Hillsborough had the highest (11,115), followed by Rockingham (11,128), and Merrimack (4,148).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for New Hampshire counties.

New Hampshire Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
New Hampshire Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Hillsborough 11115 1143656647
Rockingham 11128 1035985801
Merrimack 4148 436082201
Strafford 2781 251011872
Grafton 2739 245424869
Cheshire 1856 152250487
Belknap 1862 152255969
Carroll 1820 128711202
Sullivan 935 76427033
Coos 667 55584825
4 112194

Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Hillsborough had the highest (125,630), followed by Rockingham (109,365), and Merrimack (45,160).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for New Hampshire counties.

New Hampshire Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
New Hampshire Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Hillsborough 125630
Rockingham 109365
Merrimack 45160
Strafford 28530
Grafton 29490
Cheshire 19104
Belknap 19263
Carroll 17313
Sullivan 8115
Coos 7605
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Data Source: SBA.