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, entitled "SBA's Size Standards Methodology (June 2024)" (the Revised Methodology or Methodology), explaining how it establishes, reviews, or revises small business size standards. SBA will apply the Revised Methodology to the forthcoming third five-year review of size standards required by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. On December 11, 2023, SBA published a notification seeking comments on proposed revisions to its Methodology. This notification describes major changes to the Methodology and their impacts on size standards, followed by a discussion of the comments SBA received on the proposed revisions to the Methodology and Agency's responses.