Private company

Pyro Spectaculars

Logo: Pyro Spectaculars, Inc., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

American pyrotechnics company

Pyro Spectaculars is an American pyrotechnics and fireworks company with its primary offices in Rialto, California. The company was officially founded in California in 1979 by Bob Souza, with his son Jim now the CEO. The company shoots hundreds of shows each year in multiple countries, including the largest fireworks show in the United States each year.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1906Founded1

Pyro Spectaculars is an American pyrotechnics and fireworks company with its primary offices in Rialto, California. The company was officially founded in California in 1979 by Bob Souza, with his son Jim now the CEO. The company shoots hundreds of shows each year in multiple countries, including the largest fireworks show in the United States each year.2

Timeline

  1. 1906Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.2M 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $1.2M in all. PPP loans $1.2M.$0$200K$400K$600K$800K2020 · PPP loans: $526.6K20202021 · PPP loans: $629.4K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$629.4K$629.4K
2020$526.6K$526.6K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 9, 2020$526.6K PPP loan (first draw) from Pacific Premier Bank4To PYRO SPECTACULARS, INC, Rialto CA; $532.2K forgiven May 6, 2021
  2. Feb 18, 2021$629.4K PPP loan (second draw) from First Southern Bank4To PYRO SPECTACULARS INC., Rialto CA; $634.8K forgiven Jan 5, 2022

Sources

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