Size standards: are you small?
Work out whether your business is small for federal contracting: how SBA size standards are set by NAICS code, how receipts and employees are counted, how affiliation works, and what happens with size protests and recertification.
Start the pathSources
- sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-guide/size-standards
- law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/13/121.103
- law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/13/121.104
- law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/13/121.106
- law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/13/121.402
- law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/13/121.404
- law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/13/121.1004
- law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/13/125.12
- federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/20/2026-17042/small-business-size-standards
- hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2025/09/a-new-era-for-small-business-key-takeaways-from-the-far