Small Business Size Standards Table
The Table of Small Business Size Standards is available in PDF format.
The table includes the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) January 1, 2002, modifications to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Together, NAICS and OMB's 2002 modifications are referred to as "NAICS 2002."
To locate your NAICS code and small business size standard, perform the following two steps:
1. Go to the Bureau of the Census website, and use the "NAICS Search" box in the upper left hand corner.
2. Return here to match your NAICS code(s) with the appropriate size standard(s).
The size standards in this table apply to most of Federal Government programs and actions where eligibility as a small business is a factor or a consideration. To determine if you are a small business, you must identify the NAICS code(s) that best describe(s) your business activities. Generally, your primary NAICS code determines if you are a small business for most Federal Government programs, except for Federal Government procurement.
For Federal government procurements, you must meet the small business size standard that the procuring agency's contracting officer specifies for the contract. That may or may not be your principal activity. However, so long as you meet the size standard for that procurement, you can qualify as small. If you register in the Central Contractor Registration database (in fact, you must register, to make offers as a prime contractor), you should include all NAICS codes that identify the type of contracts you can perform.
It is important to note that in determining if you are a small business, you must include the receipts and/or employees (depending on what the standard is based) of all NAICS activities, regardless of how they were earned, as well as the receipts and/or employees of all affiliates, regardless of where they are located or what their industry.
References:
• Small Business Administration
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