
Construction companies were among the biggest recipients of funds from the Paycheck Protection Program aimed at helping small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The top three sectors receiving the funds were: Health care, including dentist offices and home-care companies, which got 12.9% of the loans, professional services, including accounting businesses and advertising companies, with 12.7% of the funds, and construction firms, which got 12.4% of the money, according to a report from the Small Business Administration last week.