Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) advises the public that it has revised its size standards methodology white paper explaining how it establishes, reviews, or revises small business size standards. The revised white paper, entitled "SBA's Size Standards Methodology (April 2019)" (Revised Methodology) is available on the SBA's website at http://www.sba.gov/size-standards-methodology as well as on the Federal rulemaking portal at http:// www.regulations.gov. SBA intends to apply the Revised Methodology to the ongoing second five-year comprehensive review of size standards required by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Jobs Act). On April 27, 2018, SBA published a notification seeking comments on proposed revisions to its size standards methodology. This notification discusses the comments SBA received on the proposed Revised Methodology and Agency's responses, followed by a description of major changes to the methodology and their impacts on size standards.