Construction
General building and heavy construction contractors: $33.5 million
Special trade construction contractors: $14 million
Land subdivision: $7 million
Dredging: $20 million
Manufacturing
About 75 percent of the manufacturing industries: 500 employees
A small number of industries: 1,500 employees
The balance: either 750 or 1,000 employees
Mining
All mining industries, except mining services: 500 employees
Retail Trade
Most retail trade industries: $7 million
A few (such as grocery stores, department stores, motor vehicle dealers and electrical appliance dealers), have higher size standards, but none above $35.5 million.
Services
Most common: $7 million
Computer programming, data processing and systems design: $25 million
Engineering and architectural services and a few other industries have different size standards.
The highest annual-receipts size standard in any service industry: $35.5 million
Research and development and environmental remediation services: the only service industries with size standards stated in number of employees
Wholesale Trade
For small business Federal contracts: 100 employees, and the firm must deliver the product of a small domestic manufacturer, as set forth in SBAÂ’s nonmanufacturer rule, unless waived by the SBA for a particular class of product. For procurements made under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of the FAR and where the purchase does not exceed $25,000, the nonmanufacturer may deliver the goods of any domestic manufacturer.
For loans and all other programs: 100 employees is applicable for all industries.
Other Industries
Divisions include agriculture; transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; and finance, insurance and real estate.
Because of wide variation in the structure of industries in these divisions, there is no common pattern of size standards.
For specific size standards as of January 1 of each year, refer to the size regulations in 13 CFR §121.201. SBA's Table of Small Business Size Standards includes all changes and modifications made since January 1 of the most recent year