Tennessee 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 229,733 (229.73K) loans totaling $13,370,448,783 ($13.37B) to small businesses in Tennessee. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 1,557,614 (1.56M).

As at April 2025, 209.83K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (91.34% of the total number of loans), and a total of $12.90B has been forgiven (96.50% 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, Davidson received the highest ($2,597,414,306), followed by Shelby ($2,593,700,955), and Knox ($1,200,527,867).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Shelby received the highest (52,540), followed by Davidson (34,583), and Knox (13,453).

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

Tennessee Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
Tennessee Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Davidson 34583 2597414306
Shelby 52540 2593700955
Knox 13453 1200527867
Hamilton 11603 954017170
Williamson 11372 875488140
Rutherford 9173 447576623
Sumner 5405 279183441
Washington 3045 239668080
Sevier 3248 233841888
Sullivan 3445 233416598
Montgomery 5202 211833695
Madison 3551 206362501
Blount 2662 204630222
Wilson 4257 183297664
Anderson 1370 146745970
Bradley 2232 146414731
Putnam 3035 146391499
Maury 2449 140440166
Hamblen 1055 115132597
Robertson 1526 79801704
Coffee 1576 78157868
Dickson 1317 71621138
Greene 1306 69243720
Henry 1114 61821205
Obion 1148 61097808
Loudon 1152 60577207
Bedford 1121 59928358
Gibson 1651 58784794
Cumberland 1674 57341269
Lawrence 1287 56395669
Fayette 1534 56016035
Tipton 1605 54251192
Mcminn 1071 54012160
Dyer 1240 49915989
Warren 1082 46927354
Monroe 1273 46341099
Franklin 1159 45553905
Jefferson 871 42741358
Lincoln 1225 42528035
Weakley 918 42175476
Carter 668 40792289
Cheatham 841 39628775
Hardin 832 37607132
Marion 683 36951913
Marshall 716 33906825
Roane 686 33555140
Henderson 941 33269190
Campbell 1021 32988138
Giles 806 32438364
White 1037 30501531
Macon 1107 30479902
Rhea 518 30284109
Chester 362 28055545
Hawkins 676 27606856
Humphreys 503 26210368
Carroll 740 26115252
Overton 1114 25650134
Haywood 716 25283106
Scott 511 25275463
Lauderdale 637 23323177
Mcnairy 630 22951693
Hardeman 929 22260914
Dekalb 688 21032353
Cocke 420 20159317
Claiborne 749 19769806
Fentress 872 19060893
Smith 700 17854390
Crockett 516 16259941
Benton 422 15595579
Wayne 700 15555984
Grainger 435 14565173
Hickman 410 14342093
Lewis 313 12030901
Decatur 485 11969501
Grundy 519 11039598
Meigs 181 10973339
Cannon 253 10647532
Sequatchie 377 10321375
Johnson 359 9692407
Unicoi 201 8978453
Morgan 322 8865155
Bledsoe 456 8726963
Polk 226 8628125
Pickett 438 7908259
Jackson 284 7719368
Perry 216 7658057
Houston 278 7320327
Stewart 256 7090040
Union 239 6380268
Trousdale 251 5985574
Clay 362 5669769
Moore 179 3542812
Lake 120 3181145
Van Buren 167 2755321
Hancock 134 2219666
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Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Shelby had the highest ($2,416,681,857), followed by Davidson ($2,496,195,252), and Knox ($1,180,082,446).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Shelby had the highest (43,940), followed by Davidson (31,478), and Knox (12,598).

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

Tennessee Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
Tennessee 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 ($)
Davidson 31478 2496195252
Shelby 43940 2416681857
Knox 12598 1180082446
Hamilton 10657 933898093
Williamson 10810 848289533
Rutherford 8349 435484564
Sumner 5069 275123379
Washington 2892 232924410
Sevier 3124 234161997
Sullivan 3271 232214151
Montgomery 4622 202358938
Madison 3286 200095737
Blount 2530 203494167
Wilson 4064 181029121
Anderson 1282 135569973
Bradley 2095 134473853
Putnam 2949 144707104
Maury 2290 138924703
Hamblen 982 113772214
Robertson 1428 79182440
Coffee 1512 76770697
Dickson 1269 71493059
Greene 1256 68782855
Henry 1065 59175040
Obion 1100 60530991
Loudon 1093 58965400
Bedford 1056 49443223
Gibson 1571 57493467
Cumberland 1610 56623813
Lawrence 1239 56128116
Fayette 1343 52376610
Tipton 1437 49675905
Mcminn 1032 53673555
Dyer 1184 49527186
Warren 1043 46555734
Monroe 1245 45866687
Franklin 1124 45392740
Jefferson 818 40880649
Lincoln 1191 41306876
Weakley 888 41951220
Carter 622 40579651
Cheatham 783 39120573
Hardin 809 37440106
Marion 660 36898075
Marshall 696 32933316
Roane 636 33070701
Henderson 907 33053975
Campbell 1000 32971546
Giles 779 32324575
White 1009 30340437
Macon 1080 30395477
Rhea 495 29735010
Chester 336 24445389
Hawkins 635 27171124
Humphreys 484 26242384
Carroll 706 25884157
Overton 1101 25725389
Haywood 652 24537406
Scott 488 24965981
Lauderdale 564 22525314
Mcnairy 608 21849808
Hardeman 845 20931809
Dekalb 660 20693319
Cocke 388 19627920
Claiborne 725 19536077
Fentress 852 18883118
Smith 691 17892172
Crockett 495 16116082
Benton 403 14221744
Wayne 695 15646063
Grainger 409 14370148
Hickman 384 14133928
Lewis 304 12008973
Decatur 476 11957746
Grundy 506 10976352
Meigs 172 10877754
Cannon 244 10641474
Sequatchie 364 10168057
Johnson 353 9715169
Unicoi 198 9015208
Morgan 312 8125577
Bledsoe 454 8758151
Polk 216 8308889
Pickett 434 7817931
Jackson 279 7744176
Perry 207 6981123
Houston 274 7335891
Stewart 243 6999715
Union 231 6397349
Trousdale 245 5940829
Clay 355 5639184
Moore 171 3413013
Lake 110 3086357
Van Buren 167 2772189
Hancock 130 2191163
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Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Shelby had the highest (280,323), followed by Davidson (273,970), and Knox (143,897).

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

Tennessee Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
Tennessee Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Davidson 273970
Shelby 280323
Knox 143897
Hamilton 108559
Williamson 91633
Rutherford 55244
Sumner 34238
Washington 29712
Sevier 34734
Sullivan 31914
Montgomery 28902
Madison 26090
Blount 23902
Wilson 23323
Anderson 15819
Bradley 18030
Putnam 20406
Maury 17140
Hamblen 13114
Robertson 9661
Coffee 10057
Dickson 8888
Greene 9696
Henry 7744
Obion 7650
Loudon 7451
Bedford 6985
Gibson 7772
Cumberland 8249
Lawrence 7064
Fayette 6109
Tipton 6562
Mcminn 7026
Dyer 6003
Warren 6785
Monroe 6917
Franklin 5888
Jefferson 5743
Lincoln 5411
Weakley 4857
Carter 5695
Cheatham 5044
Hardin 5073
Marion 3911
Marshall 3840
Roane 4385
Henderson 3994
Campbell 4717
Giles 4179
White 4208
Macon 3889
Rhea 4397
Chester 2722
Hawkins 3937
Humphreys 3256
Carroll 3354
Overton 3309
Haywood 2872
Scott 3458
Lauderdale 2568
Mcnairy 3115
Hardeman 2590
Dekalb 3001
Cocke 2924
Claiborne 3124
Fentress 3139
Smith 2242
Crockett 1799
Benton 2147
Wayne 2436
Grainger 1964
Hickman 1962
Lewis 1799
Decatur 1493
Grundy 1990
Meigs 1268
Cannon 1274
Sequatchie 1366
Johnson 1227
Unicoi 1461
Morgan 1015
Bledsoe 1161
Polk 1494
Pickett 1081
Jackson 977
Perry 1102
Houston 1007
Stewart 1079
Union 782
Trousdale 759
Clay 840
Moore 436
Lake 465
Van Buren 371
Hancock 408
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Data Source: SBA.