Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology
Key claim: The Small Business Administration has updated the method it uses to decide which companies count as small businesses and is asking the public to comment on that method, which it has already applied to a concurrent proposed review of size thresholds.
Abstract
(Proposed Rule · Small Business Administration) The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) advises the public that it has revised its white paper explaining how it establishes, reviews, and modifies small business size standards. The revised white paper provides a detailed description of SBA’s size standards methodology, including changes from SBA’s 2024 Revised Size Standards Methodology (2024 Methodology, available at www.sba.gov/ size). SBA welcomes comments and feedback on the 2026 Revised Methodology, which SBA has applied to the proposed review of size standards filed concurrently in the Federal Register.
Why this matters
The Small Business Administration has updated the method it uses to decide which companies count as small businesses and is asking the public to comment on that method, which it has already applied to a concurrent proposed review of size thresholds.