By Guy Page
Which Vermont industries received the most assistance from the SBA Paycheck Protection loan program?
According to the SBA statistics, full service restaurants are #1. Here are the top 10 Vermont recipients:
| Company Name | City | State | ZIP | PPP Loan | Jobs | Industry |
| Thunderbird LLC | SOUTH BURLINGTON | VT | 5403 | $2,774,255 | 374 | Full-Service Restaurants |
| The Skinny Pancake Inc | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $1,658,626 | 130 | Full-Service Restaurants |
| Heirloom Hospitality LLC | WATERBURY | VT | 5676 | $1,250,851 | 60 | Full-Service Restaurants |
| The Skinny Pancake Inc | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $1,184,732 | 150 | Full-Service Restaurants |
| Tygate Motel Corporation | SOUTH BURLINGTON | VT | 5403 | $1,132,500 | 150 | Full-Service Restaurants |
| Reel Hospitality LLC | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $1,035,975 | 159 | Full-Service Restaurants |
| Heirloom Hospitality | WATERBURY | VT | 5676 | $893,465 | 160 | Full-Service Restaurants |
| Catamount Hospitality, LLC | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $876,800 | 71 | Full-Service Restaurants |
| Townsend Vermont Holdings | GRAFTON | VT | 5146 | $751,750 | 109 | Full-Service Restaurants |
| Reel Hospitality LLC | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $730,000 | 103 | Full-Service Restaurants |
Law offices are second. The top 10 recipients in Vermont include:
Top 10 Law Offices
| Company Name | City | State | ZIP | PPP Loan | Jobs | Industry |
| Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC | SAINT JOHNSBURY | VT | 5819 | $2,840,630 | 121 | Offices of Lawyers |
| Primmer Piper Eggleston And Cramer PC | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $1,427,485 | 84 | Offices of Lawyers |
| Vermont Legal Aid Inc | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $1,254,510 | 71 | Offices of Lawyers |
| Paul Frank + Collins PC | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $970,578 | 52 | Offices of Lawyers |
| Dinse PC | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $956,000 | 56 | Offices of Lawyers |
| Gravel & Shea PC | BURLINGTON | VT | 5402 | $901,970 | 46 | Offices of Lawyers |
| Ryan Smith & Carbine, LTD | RUTLAND | VT | 5702 | $656,592 | 31 | Offices of Lawyers |
| Sheehey Furlong & Behm, PC | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $630,500 | 36 | Offices of Lawyers |
| Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP | MIDDLEBURY | VT | 5753 | $439,500 | 31 | Offices of Lawyers |
| Dunkiel Saunders Elliott Raubvogel & Hand, PLLC | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $357,240 | 22 | Offices of Lawyers |
The other top 5 recipients were farms, beauty salons, and auto repair shops.
Curious about newspapers receiving federal loan funds? Here are the top 10 in Vermont. Da Capo is the business name for Seven Days, the prominent weekly newspaper. Other papers represented include the Rutland Herald, the Caledonian-Record, the Stowe Reporter and its sister papers, the St. Albans Messenger, the Vermont Standard in Woodstock, and the Chronicle (in Barton).
| DA Capo Publishing Inc | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $443,548 | 41 | Newspaper Publishers |
| DA Capo Publishing | BURLINGTON | VT | 5401 | $443,547 | 45 | Newspaper Publishers |
| Brunwick Publishing, LLC | RUTLAND | VT | 5701 | $422,370 | 45 | Newspaper Publishers |
| Caledonian Record Publishing Company Inc | SAINT JOHNSBURY | VT | 5819 | $369,300 | 24 | Newspaper Publishers |
| Vermont Community Newspaper Group LLC | STOWE | VT | 5672 | $281,562 | 19 | Newspaper Publishers |
| O’rourke Media Group LLC | SAINT ALBANS | VT | 5478 | $260,000 | 47 | Newspaper Publishers |
| Addison Press Inc | MIDDLEBURY | VT | 5753 | $240,350 | 26 | Newspaper Publishers |
| The Vermont Standard Inc | WOODSTOCK | VT | 5091 | $112,085 | 12 | Newspaper Publishers |
| The Chronicle Inc | BARTON | VT | 5822 | $76,700 | 19 | Newspaper Publishers |
| Outer Limits Publishing LLC | KILLINGTON | VT | 5751 | $72,595 | 6 | Newspaper Publishers |
For more information, see the Small Business Association Paycheck Protection loan program page.
Categories: Business
Lawyers ? Really ? They would be the last “business” I’d be worried about. After all, long after humans have vanished, rats, cockroaches, coyotes and lawyers, will be squabbling over the spoils.
I can’t believe they are getting the money.. is it possible that there’s some kick backs with all these businesses????