Information for Small Businesses
Small
Business (SB)
A firm, including affiliates, that is independently
owned and operated, not dominant in the field in which it is competing
for government contracts, and in conformity with specific industry
criteria defined by the Small Business Administration.
The Small
Business Administration (SBA) has established a size standard
for most industries in the economy. The most common size standards
are as follow:
--500 employees for most manufacturing and mining industries
--100 employees for all wholesale trade industries
--$6 million for most retail and service industries
--$28.5 million for most general & heavy construction industries
--$12 million for all special trade contractors
--$0.75 million for most agricultural industries
About one-fourth of industries have a size standard that is different
from these levels. They vary from $0.75 million to $28.5 million
for size standards based on average annual revenues and from 100
to 1,500 employees for size standards based on number of employees.
More information on size standards is available from SBA at http://www.sba.gov/size/indexsize.html
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