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Small Business Size Standards: Monetary-Based Industry Size Standards
The Small Business Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on August 22, 2025. Comments closed on October 21, 2025.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or the Agency) proposes to increase its monetary based small business size definitions (commonly referred to as "size standards") for 263 industries (259 receipts based and four assets based). SBA proposes to retain receipts based size standards for 237 industries and 12 subindustries ("exceptions") and remove one exception. SBA's proposal relied on its recently revised "Size Standards Methodology" (Revised Methodology). SBA seeks comments on its proposed changes to size standards and data sources it evaluated to develop the proposed size standards. SBA also invites comments on its proposed policy of not lowering any size standards, except for excluding dominant firms from qualifying as small. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4), a summary of this rule may be found at www.regulations.gov.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-16142
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Small Business Administration
- Published
- August 22, 2025
- Comments due
- October 21, 2025
- Dates
- SBA must receive comments on this proposed rule on or before October 21, 2025.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3245-AI12
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 13 CFR 121
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Authority delegations (Government agencies); Government procurement; Government property; Grant programs-business; Individuals with disabilities; Intergovernmental relations; Investigations; Investment companies; Loan programs-business; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Small businesses
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 110
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|---|---|---|
| Removing Constitutional Concerns From SBA Programs 2026-19878 | Final rule | Sep 29 |
| Small Business Size Standards 2026-19546 | Proposed rule | Sep 24 |
| Rescinding Unnecessary Notice and Comment Procedures 2026-17731 | Final rule | Aug 31 |
| Small Business Size Standards 2026-17042 | Proposed rule | Aug 20 |
| Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology 2026-17039 | Proposed rule | Aug 20 |
| Reforms to 13 CFR 124.103 To Remove SBA's 8(a) Program's Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned Firms Only. Reforms Do Not Impact Entity-Owned Firms 2026-16370 | Final rule | Aug 11 |
| Reforms To Remove SBA's 8(a) Program's Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned Firms Only; Reforms Do Not Impact Entity-Owned Firms 2026-11765 | Proposed rule | Jun 11 |
| Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance 2026-10817 | Proposed rule | May 29 |
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