# Small Business Size Regulations; Size Standards and the North American Industry Classification System
> **US Small Business Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2000-05-15 · Effective 2000-10-01 · 65 FR 30836
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-11874
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Small Business Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 30836
- **CFR reference:** 13 CFR 121
- **Publication date:** 2000-05-15
- **Effective date:** 2000-10-01
## Abstract

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is amending its size regulations by establishing a new table of small business size standards for industries as the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) defines them. These new size standards are effective beginning with Fiscal Year 2001, which starts on October 1, 2000. Small business size standards currently exist for most industries under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. SBA has determined that NAICS is a better description of industries in the U.S. economy than the SIC system for purposes of establishing size standards.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/05/15/00-11874/small-business-size-regulations-size-standards-and-the-north-american-industry-classification-system)
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