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Make Sure You Meet SBA Size Standards
SBA has established numerical definitions of small businesses, or "size standards," for all for-profit industries. Size standards represent the largest size that a business (including its subsidiaries and affiliates) may be to remain classified as a small business concern. In determining what constitutes a small business, the definition will vary to reflect industry differences. These size standards are used to determine eligibility for SBA’s financial assistance and to its other programs, as well as to Federal government procurement programs designed to help small businesses. Also, the Small Business Act states that unless specifically authorized by statute, no other Federal department or agency may prescribe a size standard for categorizing a business concern as a small business concern, unless such proposed size standard meets certain criteria and is approved by the Administrator of SBA.
Note: The Small Business Size Standards tool is currently being revised to include the new 2017 size standards. It will be unavailable for a short period of time.Primer on Size Standards
This training module describes what size standards are, how they are established, why they are important, how they are used, where to find them and how to determine if a specific business concern...
Contracting
- What is Government Contracting?
- Getting Started as a Contractor
- Qualifying as a Small Business
- Determine Your NAICS Code
- Make Sure You Meet SBA Size Standards
- Small Business Size Regulations
- What's New with Size Standards
- Size Standards Methodology
- Comprehensive Review of Size Standards
- Summary of Size Standards by Industry Sector
- Table of Small Business Size Standards
- What are the Small Business Size Standards?
- Size Protests, Size Determinations & Appeals
- Guide to Size Standards
- Affiliation
- Primer on Size Standards
- Get a D-U-N-S Number
- Register for Government Contracting
- Finding Government Customers
- Resources for Small Businesses
- Government Contracting Programs
- What is a Small Business Set Aside?
- Women-Owned Small Businesses
- 8(a) Business Development Program
- HUBZone Program
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses
- Small Disadvantaged Businesses
- All Small Mentor-Protégé Program
- For Contracting Officials
- HUBZone
- Non-Manufacturer Rule
- Report Fraud, Waste & Abuse
- Protests
- Goaling
- Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
- Certificates of Competency
- Procurement Center Representatives
- Service Contract Inventory
- SBA & Agencies Partnership Agreements
- Goaling Program
- Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses