The Government has begun releasing details of the recipients of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) aid. In general, the Treasury Department and SBA have issued 4.9 million loans totaling $521+ billion since the relief program launched in March. The average loan size was $107,000. 86.5% of loans were for <$150,000. 

According to Small Business Administration (SBA) data, the PPP disbursed a total of $7.2 billion to graphic communications industry businesses, retaining 440,609 industry jobs. The table below shows the loan amounts paid out to industry businesses by NAICS code, as well as the number of jobs retained. 

NAICSCode

Description

Total Loan Amount[1]

Jobs Retained

Packaging, paper, and ink manufacturing

322211

Corrugated box and other corrugated products manufacturing

302,200,000

21,199

322212

Paperboard boxes  manufacturing for food, consumer goods, and other products

123,325,000

7,942

322219

Other paperboard container manufacturing, such as drums, food containers

37,675,000

3,641

322220

Paper bags, coated and laminated paper and related products manufacturing

174,100,000

12,183

322230

Stationery, envelope, register tapes, and related product manufacturing

75,700,000

5,832

322291

Sanitary paper product manufacturing

41,850,000

3,273

322299

All other converted paper product manufacturing such as diapers, egg cartons, trays, dishes

135,575,000

10,180

326111

Plastic sheets and bags used for packaging

128,075,000

9,627

424110

Paper merchants and graphic arts supply dealers

92,175,000

5,862

325910

Printing ink manufacturers

41,450,000

2,470

Commercial Printing

323110

Commercial printing, regardless of print process

8,375,000

671

323111

Commercial printing excluding screen printing and book printing

1,772,800,000

117,837

323113

Commercial screen printing

276,700,000

22,141

323114

Quick Printing

675,000

48

323115

Digital Printing

1,425,000

184

323117

Book printing

70,150,000

5,117

323122

Prepress and postpress services

107,900,000

7,207

561439

Copy shops and related business services

72,500,000

4,890

Publishers

511110

Newspaper publishers: daily, non-daily, and special interest

348,950,000

27,267

511120

Magazine and related publishers

291,725,000

15,133

511130

Book publishers

241,450,000

13,359

511140

Directory and mailing list publishers

38,750,000

2,177

511199

All other publishing

178,525,000

9,535

519130

Internet publishers, streaming media, and web search portals

394,250,000

17,658

Creative Markets

541430

Graphic design firms

313,650,000

17,504

541810

Advertising agencies for all types of communications media

1,359,850,000

63,673

541820

Public relations firms

352,425,000

16,482

541860

Advertising agencies that specialize in direct marketing and direct mail

154,400,000

10,386

541922

Commercial photographers

47,350,000

4,202

454113

Direct mail and catalog retailers

40,800,000

2,929

 

[1]Data from the SBA only offered a range of loan amounts—$5–10 million, $2–5 million, $1–2 million, $350,000–$1 million, and $150,000–350,000. To calculate our loan amounts, we chose an amount in the middle of each range.