Small Business Size Standards

The below reference files provide current and historical small business size standards effective during the provided reference periods.

Size standards for reference periods prior to August 2019 are provided based on the size standards in effect on January 1 of each CFR reference year, and thus, may not provide the entire history of SBA’s changes to size standards that occurred after January 1 of the CFR reference year. As such, changes that occur after January 1 of the CFR reference year are reflected in the Table of Small Business Size Standards for the next CFR reference year. Legal requirements related to size standards are governed by SBA’s size regulations actually in effect during the applicable period. Size standards for reference periods after August 2019 are provided based on the actual effective dates of the size standards.

The Small Business Size Standards APIs, also provided below, power the following application: https://www.sba.gov/size-standards/, which can be used to determine if a business qualifies as small for purposes of Federal government contracting.

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Maintainer SBA Office of Size Standards
Last Updated October 27, 2023, 16:06 (UTC)
Created July 16, 2020, 19:20 (UTC)