40034 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 5, 2022 / Proposed Rules 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

13 CFR Part 121 

RIN 3245–AH89 

Small Business Size Standards: 

Adoption of 2022 North American 

Industry Classification System for Size 

Standards 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (‘‘SBA’’ or ‘‘Agency’’) 

proposes to amend its small business 

size regulations to incorporate the U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) revision 

for 2022, identified as NAICS 2022, into 

its table of small business size 

standards. The NAICS 2022 revision 

created 111 new industries by 

reclassifying, combining, or splitting 

156 NAICS 2017 industries or their 

parts. SBA’s proposed size standards for 

these 111 new industries under NAICS 

2022 have resulted in an increase to the 

size standards for 21 industries and 27 

parts of three industries under NAICS 

2017, a decrease to size standards for 

seven industries and 41 parts of one 

industry, a change in the size standard 

measure from average annual receipts to 

number of employees for one industry, 

a change in the size standard measure 

from number of employees to average 

annual receipts for a part of one 

industry, and no change in size 

standards for 118 industries and 33 

parts of eight industries. SBA proposes 

to adopt the updated table of size 

standards, effective October 1, 2022. 

DATES: SBA must receive comments to 

this proposed rule on or before August 

4, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Identify your comments by 

RIN 3245–AH89 and submit them by 

one of the following methods: (1) 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov, following the 

instructions for submitting comments; 

or (2) Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Khem R. Sharma, Ph.D., Chief, Office of 

Size Standards, 409 Third Street SW, 

Mail Code 6530, Washington, DC 20416. 

SBA will post all comments to this 

proposed rule on www.regulations.gov. 

If you wish to submit confidential 

business information (CBI), as defined 

in the User Notice at 

www.regulations.gov, you must submit 

such information to U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Khem R. Sharma, Ph.D., 

Chief, the Office of Size Standards, 409 

Third Street SW, Mail Code 6530, 

Washington, DC 20416, or send an email 

to sizestandards@sba.gov. Highlight the 

information that you consider to be CBI 

and explain why you believe SBA 

should hold such information as 

confidential. SBA will review your 

information and determine whether it 

will make the information public. 

Requests to redact or remove posted 

comments cannot be honored and a 

request to redact or remove posted 

comments will be posted as a comment. 

See the www.regulations.gov Help 

section for information on how to make 

changes to your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Khem R. Sharma, Chief, Office of Size 

Standards, (202) 205–6618 or 

sizestandards@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

October 1, 2000, the U.S. Small 

Business Administration (SBA) adopted 

North American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) 1997 industry 

definitions as a basis for defining 

industries for its table of small business 

size standards, replacing the 1987 

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 

(65 FR 30836 (May 15, 2000)). Since 

then, the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) has issued five revisions 

to NAICS. SBA’s table of size standards 

adopted the OMB’s first revision, NAICS 

2002, effective October 1, 2002 (67 FR 

52597 (August 13, 2002)); the second 

revision, NAICS 2007, effective October 

1, 2007 (72 FR 49639 (August 29, 2007)); 

the third revision, NAICS 2012, effective 

October 1, 2012 (77 FR 49991 (August 

20, 2012)); and fourth revision, NAICS 

2017, effective October 1, 2017 (82 FR 

44886 (September 27, 2017)). 

On December 21, 2021, OMB 

published its fifth and the latest revision 

to NAICS ‘‘Notice of NAICS 2022 Final 

Decisions; Update of Statistical Policy 

Directive No. 8, North American 

Industry Classification System: 

Classification of Establishments; and 

Elimination of Statistical Policy 

Directive No. 9, Standard Industrial 

Classification of Enterprises’’ (86 FR 

72277). In the December 21, 2021, 

Federal Register notice, OMB accepted 

the Economic Classification Policy 

Committee’s (ECPC) recommendations, 

as outlined in the July 2, 2021, Federal 

Register notice (86 FR 35350), for the 

2022 revisions to the North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS), 

as well as the recommendations to 

update OMB Statistical Policy Directive 

No. 8, North American Industry 

Classification System: Classification of 

Establishments and to eliminate OMB 

Statistical Policy Directive No. 9, 

Standard Industrial Classification of 

Enterprises. 

The OMB’s notice stated that Federal 

statistical establishment data published 

for reference years beginning on or after 

January 1, 2022, should be published 

using NAICS 2022. Though SBA is not 

a statistical agency, it proposes to adopt 

NAICS 2022 for its table of size 

standards, effective October 1, 2022. 

As with the previous NAICS 

revisions, SBA proposes to adopt the 

latest NAICS revision, identified as 

NAICS 2022, effective October 1, 2022 

(i.e., the beginning of the new fiscal year 

following the effective date of the 

OMB’s release of the NAICS 2022 

revision), for several reasons: (1) Federal 

Government contracting data and 

related statistics will be more consistent 

and comparable with past data for 

analyzing future small business activity 

if implementation of the revised table of 

size standards occurs at the beginning of 

a new fiscal year; (2) Users of size 

standards, for instance, Federal prime 

contractors, who may use the size 

standards for developing their 

subcontracting plans, can have more 

consistent data to examine the past and 

future Federal contracting trends; and 

(3) Small business size standards apply 

to most Federal agencies and their 

programs involving small businesses; 

with a time lag between the OMB’s 

effective date and SBA’s update of its 

size standards, agencies will have 

sufficient time to implement the 

changes and develop training tools, if 

necessary. 

Changes in NAICS 2022 

The NAICS 2022 revision created 111 

new NAICS industries by splitting, 

merging, or modifying 6-digit codes or 

industry titles/definitions of 156 exiting 

industries under NAICS 2017 structure, 

of which nine industries were split to 

two or more NAICS 2022 industries. 

These changes are broken down by 

NAICS sector in Table 1, ‘‘Modified 

Industries under NAICS 2017 and New 

Industries under NAICS 2022 by NAICS 

Sector.’’ As can be seen in Table 1, 

Sector 44–45 (Retail Trade) accounts for 

the largest proportions of NAICS 2017 

industries that have changed or been 

amended and of the new industries that 

have been created under NAICS 2022, 

followed by Sector 31–33 

(Manufacturing), and Sector 51 

(Information). 


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1These 33 industries were in Sector 44–45 (Retail 

Trade). Specifically, NAICS 2017 industry 454110 

(Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses) was 

split to and distributed across 42 different retail 

trade industries, and similarly NAICS 454390 

(Other Direct Selling Establishments) was split to 

and distributed across 39 different retail trade 

industries, which were in turn merged with 33 

different Retail Trade industries. 

TABLE 1—MODIFIED INDUSTRIES UNDER NAICS 2017 AND NEW INDUSTRIES UNDER NAICS 2022 BY NAICS SECTOR

NAICS sector 

Existing NAICS 2017 industries 

changed 

New NAICS 2022 industries 

created 

Count % Count % 

Sector 21 ......................................................................................................... 13 8.3 6 5.4 

Sector 31–33 ................................................................................................... 33 21.2 19 17.1 

Sector 42 ......................................................................................................... 5 3.2 3 2.7 

Sector 44–45 ................................................................................................... 61 39.1 52 46.8 

Sector 51 ......................................................................................................... 20 12.8 18 16.2 

Sector 52 ......................................................................................................... 12 7.7 6 5.4 

Sector 81 ......................................................................................................... 7 4.5 2 1.8 

Sectors 48–49, 54, 56 & 62 ............................................................................ 5 3.2 5 4.5 

All Sectors ........................................................................................................ 156 100.0 111 100.0 

Of the 111 new industries under 

NAICS 2022, 79 (71% of the new 

industries) were created by merging two 

or more NAICS 2017 industries in their 

entirety, one or more of NAICS 2017 

industries and part(s) of one or more 

NAICS 2017 industries, or parts of two 

or more NAICS 2017 industries. 

Altogether, 124 NAICS 2017 industries 

or their parts were involved in the 

creation of the 79 new industries. Of the 

remaining 32 new industries, OMB 

changed the 6-digit codes for 11 (10%) 

NAICS 2017 industries without 

changing their titles, amended the 

industry titles of 15 (14%) NAICS 2017 

industries without changing their 6-digit 

codes, and created six (5%) new 

industries by modifying the title, 6-digit 

code, or definition (or any combination 

thereof) of a single NAICS 2017 industry 

or part. These results are summarized in 

Table 2, ‘‘Summary of NAICS 2022 

Changes.’’ 

TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF NAICS 2022 CHANGES

Types of new industries formed Count % 

New industries formed by merging two or more NAICS 2017 industries or their parts 1 ....................................... 79 71.2 

NAICS 2017 industries for which 6-digit codes have changed without changing their titles ................................. 11 9.9

NAICS 2017 industries for which titles have changed without changing their 6-digit codes ................................. 15 13.5 

NAICS 2017 industries for which titles, 6-digit codes, or definitions have changed, mostly by splitting a single 

NAICS 2017 industry ........................................................................................................................................... 6 5.4 

Total .................................................................................................................................................................. 111 100.0 

1Of the 79 NAICS 2022 new industries, 15 industries formed by merging two or more NAICS 2017 industries or their parts used the NAICS 

2017 industry titles, of which 14 used different 6-digit codes and one used the same NAICS 2017 industry code. 

Complete information on the 

relationship between NAICS 2017 and 

NAICS 2022 is available on the U.S. 

Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) 

website at https://www.census.gov/ 

naics/. The Census Bureau’s website 

also provides detailed documentation 

on Federal notices involving the 

replacement of SIC with NAICS, and all 

subsequent NAICS updates and 

revisions, including both the July 2, 

2021, and December 21, 2021, Federal 

notices regarding the NAICS 2022 

revision. 

Of the 79 new NAICS 2022 industries 

formed by merging existing NAICS 2017 

industries or their parts, 33 or 42% were 

formed by merging one NAICS 2017 

industry with parts of two other NAICS 

2017 industries.1 Likewise, 21 or 27% of 

new industries were formed by merging 

two NAICS 2017 industries, and 11 or 

14% were formed by merging one 

NAICS 2017 industry with part of 

another industry. These results and the 

formation of the remining 14 or 18% of 

new industries are summarized in Table 

3, ‘‘Formation of New Industries in 

NAICS 2022.’’ 

TABLE 3—FORMATION OF NEW INDUSTRIES IN NAICS 2022 

NAICS 2017 industries or their parts 

NAICS 2022 new industries 

formed by merging NAICS 

2017 industries or their parts 

Count % 

One industry and parts of two industries ................................................................................................................ 33 41.8 

Two industries .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 26.6 

One industry and part of one industry ..................................................................................................................... 11 13.9 

Three industries ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 5.1 

Two industries and parts of two industries .............................................................................................................. 2 2.5 

Parts of three industries .......................................................................................................................................... 2 2.5 

Four industries ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.5 

One industry and parts of three industries .............................................................................................................. 1 1.3 


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TABLE 3—FORMATION OF NEW INDUSTRIES IN NAICS 2022—Continued 

NAICS 2017 industries or their parts 

NAICS 2022 new industries 

formed by merging NAICS 

2017 industries or their parts 

Count % 

Parts of two industries ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 

Three industries and part of one industry ............................................................................................................... 1 1.3 

Six industries and parts of two industries ............................................................................................................... 1 1.3 

Total .................................................................................................................................................................. 79 100.0 

Table 4, ‘‘NAICS 2017 Industries or 

Their Parts Matched to NAICS 2022 

Industries,’’ below, shows the detailed 

changes from NAICS 2017 to NAICS 

2022. 

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Table 4 

NAICS 2017 Industries or Their Parts Matched to NAICS 2022 Industries 

NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NAICS 2022 industrv) Code Code NAICS 2022 U.S. Industry Title 

212111 Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining pt. 212114 Surface Coal Mining 212112 Bituminous Coal Underground Mining pt. 212115 Underground Coal Mining 

212113 Anthracite Mining - anthracite surface mining pt. 212114 Surface Coal Mining 

212113 Anthracite Mining - anthracite underground pt. 212115 Underground Coal Mining 

minin.e 

212221 Gold Ore Mining pt. 212220 Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining 

212222 Silver Ore Mining pt. 212220 Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining 

212291 Uranium-Radium-Vanadium Ore Mining pt. 212290 Other Metal Ore Mining 212299 All Other Metal Ore Mining pt. 212290 Other Metal Ore Mining 212324 Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining pt. 212323 Kaolin, Clay, and Ceramic and Ref212325 Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals pt. 212323 Kaolin, Clay, and Ceramic and Ref

Mining 

212391 Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining pt. 212390 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 212392 Phosphate Rock Mining pt. 212390 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 212393 Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining pt. 212390 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 212399 All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining pt. 212390 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 

311221 Wet Corn Milling nt. 311221 Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manu315110 Hosiery and Sock Mills pt. 315120 Apparel Knitting Mills 315190 Other Apparel Knitting Mills pt. 315120 Apparel Knitting Mills 315220 Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Apparel pt. 315250 Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturin

Manufacturin_g 

315240 Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut and Sew pt. 315250 Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturin

Aooarel Manufacturin_g 

315280 Other Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing pt. 315250 Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturin

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NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NATCS 2022 indw,trv) Code Code NATCS 2022 U.S. Industry Title 

316992 Women's Handbag and Purse Manufacturing pt. 316990 Other Leather and Allied Product M316998 All Other Leather Good and Allied Product pt. 316990 Other Leather and Allied Product M

Manufacturing 

321213 Engineered Wood Member (except Truss) pt. 321215 Engineered Wood Member Manufa

Manufacturing 

321214 Truss Manufacturing pt. 321215 Engineered Wood Member Manufa322121 Paper ( except Newsprint) Mills pt. 322120 Paper Mills 322122 Newsprint Mills pt. 322120 Paper Mills 

325314 Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing - nt. 325314 Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufactu

except compost manufacturing 

325314 Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing - net. 325315 Compost Manufacturing 

compost manufacturing 

325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, C

Manufacturing nt. Manufacturing 

333244 Printing Machinery and Equipment pt. 333248 All Other Industrial Machinery Ma

Manufacturing 

333249 Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing pt. 333248 All Other Industrial Machinery Ma333314 Ootical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing pt. 333310 Commercial and Service lndustrv M333316 Photographic and Photocopying Equipment pt. 333310 Commercial and Service Industry M

Manufacturing 

333318 Other Commercial and Service Industry pt. 333310 Commercial and Service Industry M

Machinery Manufacturing 

333997 Scale and Balance Manufacturing pt. 333998 All Other Miscellaneous General P

Manufacturing 

333999 All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose pt. 333998 All Other Miscellaneous General P

Machinery Manufacturing Manufacturing 

334613 Blank Magnetic and Optical Recording Media pt. 334610 Manufacturing and Reproducing M

Manufacturing 

334614 Software and Other Prerecorded Compact Disc, pt. 334610 Manufacturing and Reproducing M

Tape, and Record Reproducing 

335110 Electric Lamp Bulb and Part Manufacturing pt. 335139 Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Ligh

Manufacturing 

335121 Residential Electric Lighting Fixture nc. 335131 Residential Electric Lighting Fixtu

Manufacturing 

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NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 ( and specific piece of the NA/CS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NA/CS 2022 industry) Code Code NAICS 2022 U.S. Industry Title 

335122 Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional nc. 335132 Commercial, Industrial, and Institu

Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing Fixture Manufacturing 

335129 Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing pt. 335139 Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Ligh

Manufacturing 

335911 Storage Battery Manufacturing pt. 335910 Battery Manufacturing 335912 Primary Battery Manufacturing pt. 335910 Battery Manufacturing 336111 Automobile Manufacturing pt. 336110 Automobile and Light Duty Motor 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing pt. 336110 Automobile and Light Duty Motor 337124 Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing pt. 337126 Household Furniture (except Wood 

Manufacturing 

337125 Household Furniture (except Wood and Metal) pt. 337126 Household Furniture (except Wood 

Manufacturing Manufacturing 

424320 Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishings pt. 424350 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 

Merchant Wholesalers 

424330 Women's, Children's, and Infants' Clothing and pt. 424350 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 

Accessories Merchant Wholesalers 

424940 Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant nt. 424940 Tobacco Product and Electronic Ci

Wholesalers Wholesalers 

425110 Business to Business Electronic Markets pt. 425120 Wholesale Trade Agents and Broke425120 Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers pt. 425120 Wholesale Trade Agents and Broke441228 Motorcycle, A TV, and All Other Motor pt. 441227 Motorcycle, A TV, and All Other M

Vehicle Dealers 

441310 Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores pt. 441330 Automotive Parts and Accessories 441320 Tire Dealers pt. 441340 Tire Dealers 442110 Furniture Stores pt. 449110 Furniture Retailers 442210 Floor Covering Stores pt. 449121 Floor Covering Retailers 442291 Window Treatment Stores pt. 449122 Window Treatment Retailers 442299 All Other Home Furnishings Stores pt. 449129 All Other Home Furnishings Retail443141 Household Appliance Stores pt. 449210 Electronics and Appliance Retailer443142 Electronics Stores pt. 449210 Electronics and Appliance Retailer444120 Paint and Wallpaper Stores nt. 444120 Paint and Wallpaper Retailers 444130 Hardware Stores pt. 444140 Hardware Retailers 444190 Other Building Material Dealers pt. 444180 Other Building Material Dealers 

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NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NAICS 2022 industrv) Code Code NAICS 2022 U.S. Industrv Title 

444210 Outdoor Power Equipment Stores pt. 444230 Outdoor Power Equipment Retailer444220 Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply pt. 444240 Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm 

Stores 

445110 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except nt. 445110 Supermarkets and Other Grocery R

Convenience) Stores Convenience Retailers) 

445120 Convenience Stores pt. 445131 Convenience Retailers 445210 Meat Markets pt. 445240 Meat Retailers 445220 Fish and Seafood Markets pt. 445250 Fish and Seafood Retailers 445230 Fruit and Vegetable Markets nt. 445230 Fruit and Vegetable Retailers 445291 Baked Goods Stores nt. 445291 Baked Goods Retailers 445292 Confectionery and Nut Stores nt. 445292 Confectionery and Nut Retailers 445299 All Other Specialty Food Stores pt. 445298 All Other Specialty Food Retailers 445310 Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores pt. 445320 Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers 446110 Pham1acies and Drug Stores pt. 456110 Pharmacies and Drug Retailers 446120 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume pt. 456120 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and P

Stores 

446130 Optical Goods Stores pt. 456130 Optical Goods Retailers 446191 Food (Health) Supplement Stores pt. 456191 Food (Health) Supplement Retailer446199 All Other Health and Personal Care Stores pt. 456199 All Other Health and Personal Care 447110 Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores nc. 457110 Gasoline Stations with Convenienc447190 Other Gasoline Stations nc. 457120 Other Gasoline Stations 448110 Men's Clothing Stores pt. 458110 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 448120 Women's Clothing Stores pt. 458110 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 448130 Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores pt. 458110 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 448140 Family Clothing Stores pt. 458110 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 448150 Clothing Accessories Stores pt. 458110 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 448190 Other Clothing Stores pt. 458110 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 448210 Shoe Stores pt. 458210 Shoe Retailers 448310 Jewelry Stores pt. 458310 Jewelry Retailers 448320 Luggage and Leather Goods Stores pt. 458320 Luggage and Leather Goods Retail451110 Sporting Goods Stores pt. 459110 Sporting Goods Retailers 451120 Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores pt. 459120 Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers 451130 Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Goods Stores pt. 459130 Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Go

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NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NAICS 2022 industrv) Code Code NAICS 2022 U.S. Industry Title 

451140 Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores pt. 459140 Musical Instrument and Supplies R451211 Book Stores pt. 459210 Book Retailers and News Dealers 451212 News Dealers and Newsstands pt. 459210 Book Retailers and News Dealers 452210 Department Stores pt. 455110 Department Stores 452311 Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters pt. 455211 Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters 452319 All Other General Merchandise Stores pt. 455219 All Other General Merchandise Re453110 Florists pt. 459310 Florists 453210 Office Supplies and Stationery Stores pt. 459410 Office Supplies and Stationery Ret453220 Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores pt. 459420 Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retaile453310 Used Merchandise Stores pt. 459510 Used Merchandise Retailers 453910 Pet and Pet Supplies Stores pt. 459910 Pet and Pet Supplies Retailers 453920 Art Dealers pt. 459920 Art Dealers 453930 Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers nc. 459930 Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dea453991 Tobacco Stores pt. 459991 Tobacco, Electronic Cigarette, and 

Retailers 

453998 All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except pt. 455219 All Other General Merchandise Re

Tobacco Stores) - general merchandise auction 

houses 

453998 All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except pt. 459991 Tobacco, Electronic Cigarette, and 

Tobacco Stores) - electronic cigarette stores Retailers 

and marijuana stores, medical or recreational 

453998 All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except pt. 459999 All Other Miscellaneous Retailers 

Tobacco Stores) - except general merchandise 

auction houses, electronic cigarette stores, and 

marijuana stores, medical or recreational 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 441227 Motorcycle, A TV, and All Other M454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 441330 Automotive Parts and Accessories 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 441340 Tire Dealers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 444140 Hardware Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 444180 Other Building Material Dealers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 444230 Outdoor Power Equipment Retailer454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 444240 Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 445131 Convenience Retailers 

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NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NAICS 2022 indw;trv) Code Code NATCS 2022 U.S. Tndustrv Title 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 445240 Meat Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 445250 Fish and Seafood Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 445298 All Other Specialty Food Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 445320 Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 449110 Furniture Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 449121 Floor Covering Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 449122 Window Treatment Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 449129 All Other Home Furnishings Retail454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 449210 Electronics and Appliance Retailer454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 455110 Department Stores 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 455211 Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 455219 All Other General Merchandise Re454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 456110 Pharmacies and Drug Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 456120 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and P454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 456130 Optical Goods Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 456191 Food (Health) Supplement Retailer454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 456199 All Other Health and Personal Care 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 458110 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 458210 Shoe Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 458310 Jewelry Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 458320 Luggage and Leather Goods Retail454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459110 Sporting Goods Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459120 Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459130 Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Go454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459140 Musical Instrument and Supplies R454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459210 Book Retailers and News Dealers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459310 Florists 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459410 Office Supplies and Stationery Ret454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459420 Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retaile454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459510 Used Merchandise Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459910 Pet and Pet Supplies Retailers 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459920 Art Dealers 

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NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 ( and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NAICS 2022 industrv) Code Code NAICS 2022 U.S. Industrv Title 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459991 Tobacco, Electronic Cigarette, and 

Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses pt. 459999 All Other Miscellaneous Retailers 

454210 Vending Machine Operators nc. 445132 Vending Machine Operators 454310 Fuel Dealers nc. 457210 Fuel Dealers 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 441330 Automotive Parts and Accessories 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 441340 Tire Dealers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 444140 Hardware Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 444180 Other Building Material Dealers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 444230 Outdoor Power Equipment Retailer454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 444240 Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 445131 Convenience Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 445240 Meat Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 445250 Fish and Seafood Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 445298 All Other Specialty Food Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 445320 Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 449110 Furniture Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 449121 Floor Covering Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 449122 Window Treatment Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 449129 All Other Home Furnishings Retail454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 449210 Electronics and Appliance Retailer454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 455219 All Other General Merchandise Re454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 456110 Pharmacies and Drug Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 456120 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and P454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 456130 Optical Goods Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 456191 Food (Health) Supplement Retailer454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 456199 All Other Health and Personal Care 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 458110 Clothing and Clothing Accessories 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 458210 Shoe Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 458310 Jewelry Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 458320 Luggage and Leather Goods Retail454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459110 Sporting Goods Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459120 Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers 

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NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NAICS 2022 industrv) Code Code NATCS 2022 U.S. Industry Title 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459130 Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Go454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459140 Musical Instrument and Supplies R454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459210 Book Retailers and News Dealers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459310 Florists 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459410 Office Supplies and Stationery Ret454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459420 Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retaile454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459510 Used Merchandise Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459910 Pet and Pet Supplies Retailers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459920 Art Dealers 454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459991 Tobacco, Electronic Cigarette, and 

Retailers 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments pt. 459999 All Other Miscellaneous Retailers 

485310 Taxi Service nt. 485310 Taxi and Ridesharing Services 

511110 Newspaper Publishers pt. 513110 Newspaper Publishers 

511120 Periodical Publishers pt. 513120 Periodical Publishers 

511130 Book Publishers pt. 513130 Book Publishers 511140 Directory and Mailing List Publishers pt. 513140 Directory and Mailing List Publish

511191 Greeting Card Publishers pt. 513191 Greeting Card Publishers 

511199 All Other Publishers pt. 513199 All Other Publishers 

511210 Software Publishers nc. 513210 Software Publishers 

515111 Radio Networks pt. 516210 Media Streaming Distribution Serv

Other Media Networks and Conten

515112 Radio Stations net. 516110 Radio Broadcasting Stations 

515120 Television Broadcasting - television net. 516120 Television Broadcasting Stations 

broadcasting stations 

515120 Television Broadcasting - television networks pt. 516210 Media Streaming Distribution Serv

Other Media Networks and Conten

515210 Cable and Other Subscription Programming pt. 516210 Media Streaming Distribution Serv

Other Media Networks and Conten

517311 Wired Telecommunications Carriers nc. 517111 Wired Telecommunications Carrier

517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except net. 517112 Wireless Telecommunications Carr

Satellite) - except agents for wireless 

telecommunications carriers 

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NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 ( and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NAICS 2022 industrv) Code Code NAICS 2022 U.S. Industrv Title 

517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except pt. 517122 Agents for Wireless Telecommunic

Satellite) - agents for wireless 

telecommunications carriers 

517911 Telecommunications Resellers - except agents net. 517121 Telecommunications Resellers 

for wireless telecommunications resellers 

517911 Telecommunications Resellers - agents for pt. 517122 Agents for Wireless Telecommunic

wireless telecommunications resellers 

517919 All Other Telecommunications nc. 517810 All Other Telecommunications 

518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services nt. 518210 Computing Infrastructure Provider

Hosting, and Related Services 

519110 News Syndicates pt. 516210 Media Streaming Distribution Serv

Other Media Networks and Conten

519120 Libraries and Archives nc. 519210 Libraries and Archives 

519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web pt. 513110 Newspaper Publishers 

Search Portals - Internet newspaper publishers 

519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web pt. 513120 Periodical Publishers 

Search Portals - Internet periodical publishers 

519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web pt. 513130 Book Publishers 

Search Portals - Internet book publishers 

519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web pt. 513140 Directory and Mailing List Publish

Search Portals - Internet directory and mailing 

list publishers 

519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web pt. 513191 Greeting Card Publishers 

Search Portals - Internet greeting card 

publishers 

519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web pt. 513199 All Other Publishers 

Search Portals - all other Internet publishers 

519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web pt. 516210 Media Streaming Distribution Serv

Search Portals - Internet broadcasting Other Media Networks and Conten

519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web pt. 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other 

Search Portals - web search portals 

519190 All Other Information Services pt. 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other 

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NAICS NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS 

2017 (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 industry Status 2022 

Code that is contained in the NAICS 2022 industr_v) Code Code NAICS 2022 U.S. Industry Title 

522120 Savings Institutions pt. 522180 Savings Institutions and Other Dep

Intermediation 

522190 Other Depository Credit Intermediation pt. 522180 Savings Institutions and Other Dep

Intermediation 

522293 International Trade Financing pt. 522299 International, Secondary Market, a

Nondepository Credit Intermediatio

522294 Secondary Market Financing pt. 522299 International, Secondary Market, a

Nondepository Credit Intermediatio

522298 All Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation pt. 522299 International, Secondary Market, a

Nondepository Credit Intermediatio

523110 Investment Banking and Securities Dealing pt. 523150 Investment Banking and Securities 523120 Securities Brokerage pt. 523150 Investment Banking and Securities 

523130 Commodity Contracts Dealing pt. 523160 Commodity Contracts Intermediati523140 Commodity Contracts Brokerage pt. 523160 Commodity Contracts Intermediati

523920 Portfolio Management pt. 523940 Portfolio Management and Investm523930 Investment Advice pt. 523940 Portfolio Management and Investm

524292 Third Party Administration of Insurance and nt. 524292 Pharmacy Benefit Management and 

Pension Funds Administration of Insurance and Pe

541380 Testing Laboratories nt. 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services 541850 Outdoor Advertising nt. 541850 Indoor and Outdoor Display Adver

561611 Investigation Services nt. 561611 Investigation and Personal Backgro

624410 Child Day Care Services nt. 624410 Child Care Services 

811112 Automotive Exhaust System Repair pt. 811114 Specialized Automotive Repair 

811113 Automotive Transmission Repair pt. 811114 Specialized Automotive Repair 811118 Other Automotive Mechanical and Electrical pt. 811114 Specialized Automotive Repair 

Repair and Maintenance 

811211 Consumer Electronics Repair and Maintenance pt. 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipmen

811212 Computer and Office Machine Repair and pt. 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipmen

Maintenance 

811213 Communication Equipment Repair and pt. 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipmen

Maintenance 

811219 Other Electronic and Precision Equipment pt. 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipmen

Repair and Maintenance 

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Note: NAICS 2022 codes in bold indicate pieces of the NAICS 2022 industty came from more than one NAICS 2017 industty

indicate the NAICS 2017 industty split to two or more NAICS 2022 industries. 

Key to abbreviations: 

pt. = Part of NAICS 2022 United States industty (n = 217). If a NAICS 2017 industty is split into multiple NAICS 2022 in

where k is the number ofNAICS 2022 industries which includes part of that industty. 

nc. = 6-digit NAICS codes changed without changing industries' titles (n = 11). 

nt. = NAICS industty titles amended without changing the 6-digit codes (n = 15). 

net. = Either 6-digit codes, title, or content changed (n = 6). 

n = Number of industries. 
40048 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 5, 2022 / Proposed Rules 

Proposed Size Standards for New 

Industries in NAICS 2022 

On October 22, 1999, SBA proposed 

to replace SIC with NAICS 1997 as the 

basis of industry definitions for its table 

of small business size standards (64 FR 

57188). The proposed rule included a 

set of guidelines or rules that SBA 

applied to convert the size standards for 

industries under SIC to industries under 

NAICS. The guidelines primarily aimed 

to minimize the impact of applying a 

new industry classification system on 

SBA’s size standards and on small 

businesses that qualified as small under 

the SIC-based size standards. SBA 

received no negative comments against 

the proposed guidelines. Thus, SBA 

published its final rule on May 15, 2000 

(65 FR 30386), corrected on September 

5, 2000 (65 FR 53533), adopting the 

resulting table of size standards based 

on NAICS 1997 structure, as proposed. 

To be consistent, SBA generally applied 

the same guidelines when it updated its 

table of size standards to adopt NAICS 

2002, NAICS 2007, NAICS 2012, and 

NAICS 2017 revisions. In those updates 

as well, SBA received no adverse 

comments against using those 

guidelines, or against the resulting 

changes to the size standards. These 

guidelines to adopt NAICS revisions for 

size standards were also included in the 

SBA’s ‘‘Size Standards Methodology’’ 

white paper and SBA received no 

adverse comments when the revised 

methodology was open for public 

comments. Accordingly, in this 

proposed rule to adopt NAICS 2022 

structure for its size standards table as 

well, SBA has generally followed the 

same guidelines. The guidelines that are 

applicable to this update are shown 

below in Table 5, ‘‘General Guidelines 

to Establish Size Standards for New 

Industries under NAICS 2022.’’ 


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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 5, 2022 / Proposed Rules 40049 

SBA generally applied the guidelines 

in Table 5 to convert the size standards 

from NAICS 2017 industries to NAICS 

2022 industries. In addition to following 

the above general guidelines in Table 5, 

in cases where a new industry is formed 

by merging multiple industries or parts 

of multiple industries with substantially 

different levels or measures of size 


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Table 5 

General Guidelines to Establish Size Standards for New Industries under NAICS 2022 

If the NAICS 2022 industry is The size standard for the NAICS 2022 

comnosed of: industrv code will be: 

A single NAICS 2012 industry The same size standard as for the NAICS 2012 

1 or part of a single NAICS 2012 industry or part. 

industry 

Two or more NAICS 2017 

industries; two or more parts of 

an NAICS 2017 industry; parts 

2 of two or more NAICS 2017 

industries; or one or more 

NAICS 2017 industries and 

part(s) of one or more 

NAICS 2017 industries and 

2a. they all have the same size The same size standard as for the NAICS 2017 

standard industries or parts. 

2b. they all have the same size The same size standard as for the NAICS 2017 

measure (e.g., receipts, industry or part that most closely matches the 

employees, etc.) but do not all economic activity described by the 

have the same size standard NAICS 2022 industry, or 

The highest size standard among the 

NAICS 2017 industries and part(s) that 

comprise the NAICS 2022 industry, provided 

that the highest size standard does not include 

dominant or potentially dominant firms. 

2c. they have different size The same size standard as for the NAICS 2017 

measures (i.e., for example, industry or part that most closely matches the 

some are based on receipts and economic activity described by the 

others on employees) and NAICS 2022 industry, or 

hence do not all have the same The highest size standard among the 

size standard NAICS 2017 industries and part(s) that 

comprise the NAICS 2022 industry, provided 

that the highest size standard does not include 

dominant or potentially dominant firms. 

To apply this rule, SBA converts all size 

standards to a single measure(~, receipts, 

employees, etc.) using the size measure for the 

NAICS 2017 industry or part(s) that most 

closely match the economic activity described 

by the NAICS 2022 industry or using the size 

measure that applies to most of the NAICS 

industries or parts comprising the NAICS 2022 

industry. 
40050 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 5, 2022 / Proposed Rules 

standards, in this proposed rule, SBA 

has also examined the relevant latest 

industry and Federal procurement data 

to determine an appropriate size 

standard for the new industry. 

Developed based on the above 

guidelines and analyses of the relevant 

data, where necessary, SBA’s proposed 

size standards for the new industries 

under NAICS 2022 are shown in Table 

6, ‘‘Proposed Size Standards for New 

Industries in NAICS 2022.’’ Also shown 

in Table 6 are the current size standards 

for the affected NAICS 2017 industries 

and their parts. 


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Table 6 

Proposed Size Standards for New Industries in NAICS 2017 

Current Proposed 

NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS (and specific piece C?f the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

212111 Bituminous Coal and Lignite 1,250 1,250 212114 Surface Coal Minin

Surface Mining 

212JJ3 Anthracite Mining - anthracite 250 

surface mining 

212112 Bituminous Coal Underground 1,500 1,500 212115 Underground Coal 

Mining 

212113 Anthracite Mining - anthracite 250 

underground mining 

212221 Gold Ore Mining 1,500 1,500 212220 Gold Ore and Silve

212222 Silver Ore Mining 250 212291 Uranium-Radium-Vanadium Ore 250 750 212290 Other Metal Ore M

Mining 

212299 All Other Metal Ore Mining 750 

212324 Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining 750 500 212323 Kaolin, Clay, and C

212325 Clay and Ceramic and Refractory 500 Refractory Mineral

Minerals Mining 

212391 Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral 750 500 212390 Other Nonmetallic 

Mining Quarrying 

212392 Phosphate Rock Mining 1,000 

212393 Other Chemical and Fertilizer 500 

Mineral Mining 

212399 All Other Nonmetallic Mineral 500 

Mining 

311221 Wet Com Milling 1,250 1,250 311221 Wet Com Milling 

Manufacturing 

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Current Proposed 

NATCS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NATCS Current NATCS Proposed 

NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS 2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

315110 Hosiery and Sock Mills 750 750 315120 Apparel Knitting M315190 Other Apparel Knitting Mills 750 315220 Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew 750 750 315250 Cut and Sew Appa

Apparel Manufacturing ( except Contractor

315240 Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut 750 

and Sew Apparel Manufacturing 

315280 Other Cut and Sew Apparel 750 

Manufacturing 

316992 Women's Handbag and Purse 750 500 316990 Other Leather and 

Manufacturing Manufacturing 

316998 All Other Leather Good and Allied 500 

Product Manufacturing 

321213 Engineered Wood Member (except 750 500 321215 Engineered Wood 

Truss) Manufacturing Manufacturing 

321214 Truss Manufacturing 500 322121 Paper (except Newsprint) Mills 1,250 1,250 322120 Paper Mills 

322122 Newsprint Mills 750 

325314 Fertilizer (Mixing Only) 500 500 325314 Fertilizer (Mixing 

Manufacturing - except compost manufacturing 

325314 Fertilizer (Mixing Only) 500 500 325315 Compost Manufact

Manufacturing - compost manufacturing 

325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and 1,500 1,500 325992 Photographic Film

Chemical Manufacturing Chemical, and Cop

Manufacturing 

333244 Printing Machinery and Equipment 750 750 333248 All Other Industria

Manufacturing Manufacturing 

333249 Other Industrial Machinery 500 

Manufacturing 

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Current Proposed 

NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

333314 Optical Instrnment and Lens 500 1,000 333310 Commercial and S

Manufacturing Machinery Manufa

333316 Photographic and Photocopying 1,000 

Equipment Manufacturing 

333318 Other Commercial and Service 1,000 

Industry Machinery Manufacturing 

333997 Scale and Balance Manufacturing 500 500 333998 All Other Miscella

333999 All Other Miscellaneous General 500 

Purpose Machinery 

Purpose Machinery Manufacturing 

334613 Blank Magnetic and Optical 1,000 1,250 334610 Manufacturing and 

Recording Media Manufacturing Magnetic and Opti

334614 Software and Other Prerecorded 1,250 

Compact Disc, Tape, and Record 

Reproducing 

335121 Residential Electric Lighting Fixture 750 750 335131 Residential Electric 

Manufacturing Manufacturing 

335122 Commercial, Industrial, and 500 500 335132 Commercial, Indus

Institutional Electric Lighting Institutional Electr

Fixture Manufacturing Manufacturing 

335110 Electric Lamp Bulb and Part 1,250 1,250 335139 Electric Lamp Bulb 

Manufacturing Equipment Manufa

335129 Other Lighting Equipment 500 

Manufacturing 

335911 Storage Battery Manufacturing 1,250 1,250 335910 Battery Manufactu

335912 Primary Battery Manufacturing 1,000 

336111 Automobile Manufacturing 1,500 1,500 336110 Automobile and Li

336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle 1,500 Vehicle Manufactu

Manufacturing 

337124 Metal Household Furniture 750 750 337126 Household Furnitu

Manufacturing Upholstered) Manu

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Current Proposed 

NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

337125 Household Furniture (except Wood 750 

and Metal) Manufacturing 

424320 Men's and Boys' Clothing and 150 150 424350 Clothing and Cloth

Furnishings Merchant Wholesalers Merchant Wholesa

424330 Women's, Children's, and Infants' 100 

Clothing and Accessories Merchant 

Wholesalers 

424940 Tobacco and Tobacco Product 250 250 424940 Tobacco Product a

Merchant Wholesalers Cigarette Merchan

425110 Business to Business Electronic 100 100 425120 Wholesale Trade A

Markets 

425120 Wholesale Trade Agents and 100 

Brokers 

441228 Motorcycle, A TV, and All Other $35.0 $35.0 441227 Motorcycle, A TV, 

Motor Vehicle Dealers Vehicle Dealers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

441310 Automotive Parts and Accessories $16.5 $16.5 441330 Automotive Parts a

Stores Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

441320 Tire Dealers $16.5 $16.5 441340 Tire Dealers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

444120 Paint and Wallpaper Stores $30.0 $30.0 444120 Paint and Wallpap

444130 Hardware Stores $8.0 $8.0 444140 Hardware Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

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Current Proposed 

NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

444190 Other Building Material Dealers $22.0 $22.0 444180 Other Building Ma

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

444210 Outdoor Power Equipment Stores $8.0 $8.0 444230 Outdoor Power Eq

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

444220 Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm $12.0 $12.0 444240 Nursery, Garden C

Supply Stores Supply Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

445110 Supennarkets and Other Grocery $35.0 $35.0 445110 Supermarkets and 

( except Convenience) Stores Retailers ( except C

Retailers 

445120 Convenience Stores $32.0 $32.0 445131 Convenience Retai

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

454210 Vending Machine Operators $12.0 $12.0 445132 Vending Machine 

445230 Fruit and Vegetable Markets $8.0 $8.0 445230 Fruit and Vegetabl445210 Meat Markets $8.0 $8.0 445240 Meat Retailers 

4541 JO Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

445220 Fish and Seafood Markets $8.0 $8.0 445250 Fish and Seafood R

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Current Proposed 

NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS (and specific piece of the NAJC,,'S 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NA/CS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

445291 Baked Goods Stores $8.0 $8.0 445291 Baked Goods Reta

445292 Confectionery and Nut Stores $8.0 $8.0 445292 Confectionery and 445299 All Other Specialty Food Stores $8.0 $8.0 445298 All Other Specialty 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

445310 Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores $8.0 $8.0 445320 Beer, Wine, and Li

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

442110 Furniture Stores $22.0 $22.0 449110 Furniture Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

442210 Floor Covering Stores $8.0 $8.0 449121 Floor Covering Re

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

442291 Window Treatment Stores $8.0 $8.0 449122 Window Treatmen

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

442299 All Other Home Furnishings Stores $22.0 $22.0 449129 All Other Home Fu

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

443141 Household Appliance Stores $12.0 $35.0 449210 Electronics and Ap

443142 Electronics Stores $35.0 

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Current Proposed 

NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

452210 Department Stores $35.0 $35.0 455110 Department Stores 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

452311 Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters $32.0 $32.0 455211 Warehouse Clubs a

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

452319 All Other General Merchandise $35.0 $35.0 455219 All Other General 

Stores Retailers 

453998 All Other Miscellaneous Store $8.0 

Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) -

general merchandise auction houses 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

446110 Pharmacies and Drug Stores $30.0 $30.0 456110 Pharmacies and Dr

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

446120 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and $30.0 $30.0 456120 Cosmetics, Beauty 

Perfume Stores Perfume Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

446130 Optical Goods Stores $22.0 $22.0 456130 Optical Goods Ret

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

446191 Food (Health) Supplement Stores $16.5 $16.5 456191 Food (Health) Sup

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Current Proposed 

NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

446199 All Other Health and Personal Care $8.0 $8.0 456199 All Other Health an

Stores Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

447110 Gasoline Stations with Convenience $32.0 $32.0 457110 Gasoline Stations w

Stores Stores 

447190 Other Gasoline Stations $16.5 $16.5 457120 Other Gasoline Sta

454310 Fuel Dealers 100 100 457210 Fuel Dealers 448110 Men's Clothing Stores $12.0 $41.5 458110 Clothing and Cloth448120 Women's Clothing Stores $30.0 Retailers 

448130 Children's and Infants' Clothing $35.0 

Stores 

448140 Family Clothing Stores $41.5 

448150 Clothing Accessories Stores $16.5 448190 Other Clothing Stores $22.0 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

448210 Shoe Stores $30.0 $30.0 458210 Shoe Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

448310 Jewelry Stores $16.5 $16.5 458310 Jewelry Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

448320 Luggage and Leather Goods Stores $30.0 $30.0 458320 Luggage and Leath

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NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

451110 Sporting Goods Stores $16.5 $16.5 459110 Sporting Goods Re

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

451120 Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores $30.0 $30.0 459120 Hobby, Toy, and G

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

451130 Sewing, Needlework, and Piece $30.0 $30.0 459130 Sewing, Needlewo

Goods Stores Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

451140 Musical Instrument and Supplies $12.0 $12.0 459140 Musical Instrumen

Stores Retailers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

451211 Book Stores $30.0 $30.0 459210 Book Retailers and 

451212 News Dealers and Newsstands $8.0 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

453110 Florists $8.0 $8.0 459310 Florists 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

453210 Office Supplies and Stationery $35.0 $35.0 459410 Office Supplies an

Stores Retailers 

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NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

453220 Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores $8.0 $8.0 459420 Gift, Novelty, and 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

453310 Used Merchandise Stores $8.0 $8.0 459510 Used Merchandise 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

453910 Pet and Pet Supplies Stores $22.0 $22.0 459910 Pet and Pet Supplie

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

453920 Art Dealers $8.0 $8.0 459920 Art Dealers 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

453930 Manufactured (Mobile) Home $16.5 $16.5 459930 Manufactured (Mo

Dealers 

453991 Tobacco Stores $8.0 $8.0 459991 Tobacco, Electroni

453998 All Other Miscellaneous Store $8.0 Other Smoking Su

Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) -

electronic cigarette stores and 

marijuana stores, medical or 

recreational 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

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NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAICS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

453998 All Other Miscellaneous Store $8.0 $8.0 459999 All Other Miscella

Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) -

except general merchandise auction 

houses, electronic cigarette stores, 

and marifuana stores, medical or 

recreational 

454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order $41.5 

Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments $8.0 

485310 Taxi Service $16.5 $16.5 485310 Taxi and Rideshari

511110 Newspaper Publishers 1,000 1,000 513110 Newspaper Publish

519130 Internet Publishing and 1,000 

Broadcasting and Web Search 

Portals - Internet newspaper 

publishers 

511120 Periodical Publishers 1,000 1,000 513120 Periodical Publishe

519130 Internet Publishing and 1,000 

Broadcasting and Web Search 

Portals - Internet periodical 

publishers 

511130 Book Publishers 1,000 1,000 513130 Book Publishers 

519130 Internet Publishing and 1,000 

Broadcasting and Web Search 

Portals - Internet book publishers 

511140 Directory and Mailing List 1,250 1,000 513140 Directory and Mail

Publishers 

519130 Internet Publishing and 1,000 

Broadcasting and Web Search 

Portals - Internet directory and 

mailing list publishers 

511191 Greeting Card Publishers 1,500 1,000 513191 Greeting Card Pub

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NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAICS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

519130 Internet Publishing and 1,000 

Broadcasting and Web Search 

Portals - Internet greeting card 

publishers 

511199 All Other Publishers 500 1,000 513199 All Other Publishe

519130 Internet Publishing and 1,000 

Broadcasting and Web Search 

Portals - all other Internet 

JJublishers 

511210 Software Publishers $41.5 $41.5 513210 Software Publisher

515112 Radio Stations $41.5 $41.5 516110 Radio Broadcasting 

515120 Television Broadcasting - television $41.5 $41.5 516120 Television Broadca

broadcasting stations 

515111 Radio N et\:vorks $41.5 $41.5 516210 Media Streaming D

515120 Television Broadcasting - television $41.5 Social Netwmks, a

networks Networks and Con

515210 Cable and Other Subscription $41.5 

Programming 

519110 News Syndicates $32.0 

519130 Internet Publishing and 1,000 

Broadcasting and Web Search Portals - Internet broadcasting 

517311 Wired Telecommunications Carriers 1,500 1,500 517111 Wired Telecommu

517312 Wireless Telecommunications 1,500 1,500 517112 Wireless Telecomm

Carriers (except Satellite) - except (except Satellite) 

agentsjor wireless 

telecommunications carriers 

517911 Telecommunications Resellers - 1,500 1,500 517121 Telecommunicatio

except aJ?ents for wireless 

telecommunications resellers 

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NAICS (and specific piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

517312 Wireless Telecommunications 1,500 1,500 517122 Agents for Wireles

Carriers (except Satellite) - agents Telecommunicatio

for wireless telecommunications 

carriers 

517911 Telecommunications Resellers - 1,500 

agents for wireless 

telecommunications resellers 

517919 All Other Telecommunications $35.0 $35.0 517810 All Other Telecom

518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and $35.0 $35.0 518210 Computing Infrastr

Related Services Data Processing, W

Related Services 

519120 Libraries and Archives $18.5 $18.5 519210 Libraries and Arch

519130 Internet Publishing and 1,000 1,000 519290 Web Search Portal

Broadcasting and Web Search Information Servic

Portals - web search vortals 

519190 All Other Information Services $30.0 

522120 Savings Institutions $750.0 $750.0 522180 Savings Institution

million million Depository Credit 

in assets in assets 

522190 Other Depository Credit $750.0 

Intermediation million 

in assets 

522293 International Trade Financing $41.5 $41.5 522299 International, Seco

522294 Secondary Market Financing $41.5 All Other Nondepo

522298 All Other Nondepository Credit $41.5 Intermediation 

Intermediation 

523110 Investment Banking and Securities $41.5 $41.5 523150 Investment Bankin

Dealing Intermediation 

523120 Securities Brokerage $41.5 

523130 Commodity Contracts Dealing $41.5 $41.5 523160 Commodity Contra

523140 Commodity Contracts Brokerage $41.5 523920 Portfolio Management $41.5 $41.5 523940 Portfolio Managem523930 Investment Advice $41.5 Advice 
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NAICS 2017 U.S. Industry Title NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS (and speczfic piece of the NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS2022 NAICS 

2017 2017 industry that is contained in Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 

Code the NAJCS 2022 industry) ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code NAICS 2022 U.S. 

524292 Third Party Administration of $40.0 $40.0 524292 Pharmacy Benefit M

Insurance and Pension Funds Other Third-Party 

Insurance and Pens

541380 Testing Laboratories $16.5 $16.5 541380 Testing Laboratori

541850 Outdoor Advertising $30.5 $30.5 541850 Indoor and Outdoo

Advertising 

561611 Investigation Services $22.0 $22.0 561611 Investigation and P

Check Services 

624410 Child Day Care Services $8.5 $8.5 624410 Child Care Service

811112 Automotive Exhaust Svstem Reoair $8.0 $8.0 811114 Specialized Autom

811113 Automotive Transmission Repair $8.0 

811118 Other Automotive Mechanical and $8.0 

Electrical Repair and Maintenance 

811211 Consumer Electronics Repair and $22.5 $30.0 811210 Electronic and Prec

Maintenance Repair and Mainte

811212 Computer and Office Machine $30.0 

Repair and Maintenance 

811213 Communication Equipment Repair $19.5 

and Maintenance 

811219 Other Electronic and Precision $22.0 

Equipment Repair and Maintenance 

Note: NAICS 2022 codes in bold indicate pieces of the NAICS 2022 industry came from more than one NAICS 2017 industry; NAICS 

indicate the NAICS 2017 industry split to two or more NAICS 2022 industries. 

Key to abbreviations: 

N = New industry (in bold) formed by combining two or more ofNAICS 2017 industries or their parts. 

nc. = 6-digit NAICS codes changed without changing industries' titles. 

nt. = NAlCS industry titles amended without changing the 6-digit codes. 

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Derivation of Proposed Size Standards 

for Select NAICS 2022 Industries 

NAICS 212114—Surface Coal Mining 

SBA proposes a 1,250-employee size 

standard for NAICS 2022 industry 

212114 (Surface Coal Mining). This new 

industry was formed by combining 

NAICS 2017 industry 212111 

(Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface 

Mining) with the Anthracite Surface 

Mining part of NAICS 2017 industry 

212113 (Anthracite Mining). Their 

current size standards are 1,250 

employees for NAICS 2017 industry 

212111 and 250 employees for NAICS 

2017 industry 212113. Based on the 

2017 Economic Census data, 91.5% of 

firms in NAICS 212111 qualify as small 

under the 1,250-employee size standard. 

Similarly, 98% of all firms in entire 

NAICS 212113 are small under the 250- 

employee size standard. However, SBA 

cannot compute the percentage of firms 

that qualify as small for the Anthracite 

Surface Mining part of NAICS 2017 

industry 212113 because such 

information is not available in the 2017 

Economic Census data. Thus, SBA 

analyzed the data for NAICS 212111 and 

entire NAICS 212113. SBA follows this 

approach when a new NAICS 2022 

industry includes part or parts of one or 

more NAICS 2017 industries. 

Based on the 2017 Economic Census 

data, accounting for 98% of combined 

receipts, 80% of firms, and 96% of 

employees of the new 2022 NAICS 

industry 212114, NAICS 212111 

dominates the new industry. When a 

new NAICS 2022 industry is composed 

of one or more NAICS 2017 industries 

and part(s) of one or more NAICS 2017 

industries and they all have different 

size standards (which is true in the case 

of NAICS 2022 industry 212114), the 

guidelines in Table 5 directs to select 

the same size standard as for the NAICS 

2017 industry or part that most closely 

matches the economic activity described 

by the NAICS 2022 industry. 

Additionally, the guidelines also 

provide that the size standard for a new 

NAICS 2022 industry, comprising one 

or more of NAICS 2017 industries in 

their entirety and one or more part(s) of 

NAICS 2017 industries with different 

size standards, will be the highest size 

standard among the NAICS 2017 

industries or their part(s) making up the 

new industry, provided that the highest 

size standard does not include 

dominant or potentially dominant firms. 

These criteria support the higher 1,250- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 212114. Nevertheless, SBA also 

considered adopting 250 employees as a 

size standard for the new industry, but 

it would cause 15 firms in NAICS 2017 

industry 212111 to lose their small 

business status under the 250-employee 

size standard and access to Federal 

assistance. Based on the 2017 Economic 

Census data, 92.5% of firms will qualify 

as small under the proposed 1,250- 

employee size standard for in the new 

industry. 

NAICS 212115—Underground Coal 

Mining 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,500- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 212115 (Underground Coal 

Mining). This new industry was 

generated by merging NAICS 2017 

industry 212112 (Bituminous 

Underground Mining) and the 

Anthracite Underground Mining part of 

NAICS 2017 industry 212113 

(Anthracite Mining). The current size 

standards are 1,500 employees for 

NAICS 212112 and 250 employees for 

NAICS 212113. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, 92.6% of firms 

in NAICS 212112 are below the 1,500- 

employee size standard. While SBA 

does not have the data to estimate the 

percentage of firms that would be small 

in the Anthracite Underground Mining 

part of NAICS 212113, 98% of firms 

qualify as small under the 250-employee 

size standard for the overall NAICS 

212113 industry. 

Based on the 2017 Economic Census 

data, accounting for 98% of total 

receipts, 68% of total firms, and 97% of 

total employees, NAICS 2017 industry 

212112 dominates the new NAICS 2022 

industry 212115. These percentages 

would be even higher if only the part of 

NAICS 212113 was considered instead 

of the entire industry. Thus, based on 

these results, the guidelines in Table 5 

support the 1,500-employee size 

standard for NAICS 212115. SBA also 

considered adopting the 250-employee 

size standard applicable to NAICS 

212113 as the size standard for NAICS 

212115. However, doing so would cause 

about 20 firms in NAICS 212112 to lose 

their small business status. Adopting 

any size standard lower than 1,500 

employees would cause some 

businesses that are currently small in 

NAICS 212112 to lose their small status. 

The data shows that one additional firm 

would qualify as small in NAICS 

212113 under the 1,500-employee size 

standard. According to the 2012 

Economic Census data, 94% of firms 

would qualify as small under the 

proposed 1,500-employee size standard 

for NAICS 2022 industry 212115. 

NAICS 212220—Gold Ore and Silver 

Ore Mining 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,500- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 212220 (Goal Ore and Silver 

Ore Mining). This new industry was 

generated by merging NAICS 2017 

industry 212221 (Gold Ore Mining) and 

NAICS 2017 industry 212222 (Silver 

Ore Mining). The current size standards 

are 1,500 employees for NAICS 212221 

and 250 employees for NAICS 212222. 

Based on the 2017 Economic Census 

data, about 96.2% of firms in NAICS 

212112 are below the 1,500-employee 

size standard and almost all firms in 

NAICS 212222 are small under the 250- 

employee size standard. Accounting for 

95% of total receipts, 94% of total firms, 

and 91% of total employees, NAICS 

2017 industry 212221 dominates the 

new NAICS industry 212220. Thus, 

according to the guidelines in Table 5, 

SBA is proposing to adopt, as the size 

standard for the new NAICS industry 

212220, a 1,500-employee size standard, 

which applies to NAICS 2017 industry 

212221. If SBA were to adopt the lower 

250-employee size standard, five firms 

will lose their small business status in 

NAICS 212221. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, 96.5% of firms 

in NAICS 2022 industry 212220 would 

qualify as small under the proposed 

1,500-employee size standard. 

NAICS 212290—Other Metal Ore 

Mining 

SBA proposes to adopt a 750- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 212290 (Other Metal Ore 

Mining). This new industry was 

generated by merging NAICS 2017 

industry 212291 (Uranium-RadiumVanadium Ore Mining) and NAICS 2017 

industry 212299 (Other Metal Ore 

Mining). The current size standards are 

250 employees for NAICS 212291 and 

750 employees for NAICS 212299. 

Accounting for 83% of total employees 

of the new industry (information on 

receipts and firms not available in the 

2017 Economic Census tabulations), 

NAICS 212299 dominates the new 

industry. Thus, SBA is proposing to 

adopt 750 employees as the size 

standard for NAICS 212290. SBA also 

considered proposing a 250-employee 

size standard for the new industry but 

doing so would cause two firms in 

NAICS 212299 to lose their small 

business status and access to Federal 

small business assistance. 

NAICS 212323—Kaolin, Clay, and 

Ceramic and Refractory Minerals 

Mining 

SBA proposes to adopt a 500- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry NAICS 212323 (Kaolin, Clay, 

and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals 

Mining). This new industry was formed 

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212324 (Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining) 

and NAICS 2017 industry 212325 (Clay 

and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals 

Mining). The current size standards are 

750 employees for NAICS 212324 and 

500 employees for NAICS 212325. 

Based on the 2017 Economic Census 

data, almost all firms in NAICS 212324 

are below the 750-employee size 

standard and 91.7% of firms are small 

under the 500-employee size standard 

in NAICS 212222. Accounting for half of 

total receipts and employees and 78% of 

total firms, NAICS 212325 tends to 

dominate the new industry. Following 

the guidelines in Table 5, SBA is 

adopting 500 employees as the size 

standard for NAICS 212323. Adopting 

the higher 750-employee standard 

would enable the largest, and possibly 

a dominant, firm in NAICS 212324 to 

qualify as small. Adopting 500 

employee would cause only one largest 

firm in NAICS 212324 to lose its small 

business status. Thus, SBA is proposing 

to adopt 500 employees as the size 

standard for NAICS 2022 industry 

212323. Under the proposed 500- 

employee size standard, 92.2% of firms 

would qualify as small in the new 

industry. 

NAICS 212390—Other Nonmetallic 

Mineral Mining and Quarrying 

SBA proposes to adopt a 500- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 212390 (Other Nonmetallic 

Mineral Mining and Quarrying). This 

new industry was formed by combining 

four NAICS 2017 industries: NAICS 

212391 (Potash, Soda, and Borate 

Mineral Mining), NAICS 312392 

(Phosphate Rock Mining), NAICS 

212393 (Other Chemical and Fertilizer 

Mineral Mining), and NAICS 212399 

(All Other Nonmetallic Mineral 

Mining). Their current size standards 

are 750 employees, 1,000 employees, 

500 employees, and 500 employees, 

respectively. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, almost all firms 

in NAICS 212391 and in NAICS 212392 

are below their 750-employee and 

1,000-employee size standards, 

respectively. Similarly, 90% of firms in 

NAICS 212393 and 91.9% firms in 

NAICS 212300 qualify as small under 

their 500-employee size standard. 

Except for NAICS 212399 accounting for 

69% of total firms, no individual 

industry was found to dominate the new 

industry. SBA proposes to assign a 500- 

employee standard for NAICS 212390, 

which applies to two of the four 

industries comprising the new industry. 

No firms in NAICS 212391 and NAICS 

212392 would lose their small business 

status by adopting a lower 500- 

employee size standard for the new 

industry. Based on the 2017 Economic 

Census data, 92.5% of firms would 

qualify as small under the proposed 

500-employee size standard for the new 

industry. 

NAICS 316990—Other Leather and 

Allied Product Manufacturing 

SBA proposes to adopt a 500- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry NAICS 316990 (Other Leather 

and Allied Product Manufacturing). 

This new industry was formed by 

combining NAICS 2017 industry 316992 

(Women’s Handbag and Purse 

Manufacturing) and NAICS 2017 

industry 316998 (All Other Leather 

Good and Allied Product 

Manufacturing). The current size 

standards are 750 employees for NAICS 

316992 and 500 employees for NAICS 

316998. Based on the 2017 Economic 

Census data, 98.9% of firms in NAICS 

316992 are below the 750-employee size 

standard and 98.8% of firms are small 

under the 500-employee size standard 

in NAICS 316998. Accounting for nearly 

80% of combined receipts and 87–88% 

of combined firms and employees, 

NAICS 316998 with a 500-employee 

size standard dominates the new 

industry. Thus, SBA is proposing to 

adopt the 500 employees as the size 

standard for new NAICS 2022 industry 

316990. No firms in NAICS 316992 

would lose their small business status 

under the proposed 500-employee size 

standard. Based on the 2017 industry 

data, 98.8% of firms will qualify as 

small under the proposed 500-employee 

size standard for NAICS 2022 industry 

316990. 

NAICS 321215—Engineered Wood 

Member Manufacturing 

SBA proposes to adopt a 500- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry NAICS 321215 (Engineered 

Wood Member Manufacturing). This 

new industry was formed by combining 

NAICS 2017 industry 321213 

(Engineered Wood Member (except 

Truss) Manufacturing) and NAICS 2017 

industry 321214 (Truss Manufacturing). 

The current size standards are 750 

employees for NAICS 321213 and 500 

employees for NAICS 321214. Based on 

the 2017 Economic Census data, 90.3% 

of firms in NAICS 321213 qualify as 

small under its 750-employee size 

standard and 96.3% of firms are small 

under the 500-employee size standard 

in NAICS 321214. Accounting for 76% 

of combined receipts and 86–87% of 

combined firms and employees, NAICS 

321214 dominates the new industry. 

Following the guidelines in Table 5, 

SBA proposes to adopt the 500- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 321315. Only one firm in 

NAICS 321213 would lose small 

business status under the proposed 500- 

employee size standard. Based on the 

2017 industry data, 95.4% of firms will 

qualify as small under the proposed 

500-employee size standard for NAICS 

2022 industry 321215. 

NAICS 322120—Paper Mills 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,250- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry NAICS 322120 (Paper Mills). 

This new industry was created by 

combining NAICS 2017 industry 322121 

(Paper (except Newsprint) Mills) and 

NAICS 2017 industry 322122 

(Newsprint Mills). The current size 

standards are 1,250 employees for 

NAICS 322121 and 750 employees for 

NAICS 322122. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, 77% of firms in 

NAICS 322121 qualify as small under its 

1,250-employee size standard and 

66.7% of firms are small under the 750- 

employee size standard in NAICS 

322122. Accounting for 98% of 

combined receipts, 85% of total firms, 

and 91% of aggregate employees, NAICS 

322122 dominates the new industry. 

Thus, in accordance with the guidelines 

in Table 5, SBA proposes to adopt, as 

the size standard for NAICS 322120, 

1,250-employee standard that applies to 

NAICS 322122. Adopting 750-employee 

size standard would have caused five 

firms to lose their small business status 

in NAICS 322121. Based on the 2017 

industry data, 77.1% of firms will 

qualify as small under the proposed 

1,250-employee size standard for NAICS 

2022 industry 322120. 

NAICS 333248—All Other Industrial 

Machinery Manufacturing 

SBA proposes to adopt a 750- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 333248 (All Other Industrial 

Machinery Manufacturing). This new 

industry was formed by combining 

NAICS 2017 industry 333244 (Printing 

Machinery and Equipment 

Manufacturing) and NAICS 2017 

industry 333249 (Other Industrial 

Machinery Manufacturing). The current 

size standards are 750 employees for 

NAICS 333244 and 500 employees for 

NAICS 333249. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, 98.1% of firms 

in NAICS 333244 qualify as small under 

its 750-employee size standard and 

95.4% of firms are small under the 500- 

employee size standard in NAICS 

333249. Accounting for 87–89% of 

combined receipts, firms, and 

employees, NAICS 333249 dominates 

the new industry. Thus, SBA considered 

adopting, as the size standard for NAICS 

333248, the 500-employee size standard 


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that applies to NAICS 333249. However, 

under the lower 500-employee size 

standard would cause three firms 

participating in Federal contracting in 

NAICS 333244 to lose their small 

business status. Thus, SBA is proposing 

to adopt the higher 750-employee size 

standard that applies to NAICS 333244. 

Based on the 2017 industry data, 96.7% 

of firms would qualify as small under 

the proposed 750-employee size 

standard for NAICS 2022 industry 

333248. 

NAICS 333310—Commercial and 

Service Industry Machinery 

Manufacturing 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,000- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 333310 (Commercial and 

Service Industry Machinery 

Manufacturing). This new industry was 

generated by aggregating three NAICS 

2017 industries. These include NAICS 

333314 (Optical Instrument and Lens 

Manufacturing) with a 500-employee 

size standard, NAICS 333316 

(Photographic and Photocopying 

Equipment Manufacturing) with a 

1,000-employee size standard, and 

NAICS 333318 (Other Commercial and 

Service Industry Machinery 

Manufacturing) with a 1,000-employee 

size standard. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, 91.3% of firms 

in NAICS 333314, 96.7% of firms in 

NAICS 333316, and 96.1% of firms in 

NAICS 333318 qualify as small under 

their respective size standards. 

Accounting for 75–76% of combined 

receipts and employees, and 68% of 

combined firms, NAICS 333318 

dominates the new industry. Thus, SBA 

is proposing, as the size standard for 

new NAICS 333310, to adopt the 1,000- 

employee standard that applies to 

NAICS 333318. SBA also considered 

adopting the 500-employee size 

standard but doing so would, based on 

the 2017 Economic Census data, cause 

about 25 firms in NAICS 333316 and 

333318 to lose their small business 

status. This would also, based on the 

Federal Procurement Data System-Next 

Generation (FPDS–NG) data for fiscal 

years 2018–2020, cause more than 25 

firms participating in Federal 

contracting to lose their small business 

eligibility. Based on the 2017 Economic 

Census data, 95.5% of firms will qualify 

as small under the proposed 1,000 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 333310. 

NAICS 334610—Manufacturing and 

Reproducing Magnetic and Optical 

Media 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,250- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 334610 (Manufacturing and 

Reproducing Magnetic and Optical 

Media). This new industry was created 

by combining NAICS 2017 industry 

334613 (Blank Magnetic and Optical 

Recording Media Manufacturing) and 

NAICS 2017 industry 334614 (Software 

and Other Prerecorded Compact Disc, 

Tape, and Record Reproducing). Their 

current size standards are 1,000 

employees for NAICS 334613 and 1,250 

employees for NAICS 334614. Based on 

the 2017 Economic Census data, 98.2% 

of firms in NAICS 334613 and 99.2% of 

firms in NAICS 334614 qualify as small 

under their respective size standards. 

Accounting for 80% of combined 

receipts, 87% of firms, and 94% of 

employees, NAICS 334614 dominates 

the new industry. Thus, SBA is 

proposing to adopt, as the size standard 

for the new industry, 1,250-employee 

size standard that applies to NAICS 

334614. SBA also considered proposing 

to adopt a lower 1,000-employee size 

standard; however, doing so would 

cause seven firms participating in 

Federal contracting in that industry to 

lose their small business status. Based 

on the 2017 industry data, 99.1% of 

firms would qualify as small under the 

proposed 1,250-employee size standard 

for NAICS 2022 industry 334610. 

NAICS 335139—Electric Lamp Bulb and 

Other Lighting Equipment 

Manufacturing 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,250- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 335139 (Electric Lamp Bulb 

and Other Lighting Equipment 

Manufacturing). This new industry was 

generated by merging NAICS 2017 

industry 335110 (Electric Lamp Bulb 

and Part Manufacturing) and NAICS 

2017 industry 335129 (Other Lighting 

Equipment Manufacturing). Their 

current size standards are 1,250 

employees and 500 employees, 

respectively. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, 93.5% of firms 

in NAICS 335110 and 94.9% of firms in 

NAICS 335129 qualify as small under 

their respective size standards. 

Contributing to 74–75% of combined 

receipts and employees and 82% of all 

firms, NAICS 335129 dominates the 

new industry. Thus, SBA considered 

assigning 500 employees as a size 

standard for the new industry. However, 

adopting the 500-employee size 

standard would cause three firms based 

on the 2017 Economic Census data and 

eight firms based on the FPDS–NG data 

for fiscal years 2018–2020 to lose their 

small business eligibility in NAICS 

335110. Accordingly, SBA is proposing 

to adopt 1,250 employees as a size 

standard for the new industry. Based on 

the 2017 Economic Census data, 95.8% 

of firms would qualify as small under 

the proposed 1,250-employee size 

standard for NAICS 2022 industry 

335139. 

NAICS 335910—Battery Manufacturing 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,250- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 335910 (Battery 

Manufacturing). This new industry was 

generated by merging NAICS 2017 

industry 335911 (Storage Battery 

Manufacturing) and NAICS 2017 

industry 335912 (Primary Battery 

Manufacturing). Their current size 

standards are 1,250 employees and 

1,000 employees, respectively. Based on 

the 2017 Economic Census data, 92.5% 

of firms in NAICS 335911 and 87.7% of 

firms in NAICS 335129 qualify as small 

under their respective size standards. 

Accounting for 78–79% of combined 

receipts and employees and 68% of 

combined firms, NAICS 335911 

dominates the new industry. Thus, SBA 

is proposing to adopt, as the size 

standard for the new industry, 1,250 

employees which is the current size 

standard for NAICS 359111. Had SBA 

adopted 1,000 employees as the size 

standard for the new industry, three 

firms participating in Federal contracts 

in NAICS 359111 would lose their small 

business status. Based on the 2017 

industry data, 91.5% of firms would 

qualify as small under the proposed 

1,250-employee size standard for NAICS 

2022 industry 335910. 

NAICS 424350—Clothing and Clothing 

Accessories Merchant Wholesalers 

SBA proposes to adopt a 150- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 424350 (Clothing and Clothing 

Accessories Merchant Wholesalers). 

This new industry was formed by 

combining NAICS 2017 industry 424320 

(Men’s and Boys’ Clothing and 

Furnishings Merchant Wholesalers) and 

NAICS 2017 industry 424330 (Women’s, 

Children’s, and Infants’ Clothing and 

Accessories Merchant Wholesalers). 

Their current size standards are 150 

employees and 100 employees, 

respectively. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, 96.2% of firms 

in NAICS 424320 and 96.7% of firms in 

NAICS 424330 qualify as small under 

their respective size standards. 

Accounting for 55% of combined 

receipts, 69% of firms, and 61% of 

employees, NAICS 424330 tends to 

dominate the new industry. Thus, SBA 

considered adopting 100 employees as 

size standard for the new industry. 

However, that would cause more than 

30 firms in NAICS 424320 to lose their 

small business status. Thus, SBA is 


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proposing to adopt the 150 employees 

as the size standard for the new 

industry. Based on the 2017 Economic 

Census data, 97.1% of firms in NAICS 

2022 industry 424350 would qualify as 

small under the proposed 150-employee 

size standard. 

Size Standards for New Retail Trade 

Industries in NAICS 2022 

For the Retail Trade sector, given the 

increasing prevalence of omni-channel 

distribution and variations in reporting 

patterns, the OMB eliminated the store/ 

nonstore distinction (89 FR 35350 (July 

2, 2021)). Under the NAICS 2017 

structure, Subsector 454, Nonstore 

Retailers, included industries for NAICS 

454110 (Electronic Shopping and MailOrder Houses), NAICS 454210 (Vending 

Machine Operators), NAICS 454310 

(Fuel Dealers), and 454390 (Other Direct 

Selling Establishments). OMB 

eliminated Subsector 454 from the 

NAICS 2017 structure. Under the NAICS 

2022 structure for the sector, NAICS 

454110 and NAICS 454390 are 

distributed throughout the new 

structure in the same way as retail 

stores, delineated by specialized broad 

product lines, such as groceries, 

apparel, hardware, etc. Vending 

Machine Operators is moved to 

Subsector 445 (Food and Beverage 

Retailers) with a new 6-digit code of 

445132 and Fuel Dealers is moved to 

Subsector 457 (Gasoline Stations and 

Fuel Dealers) with a new 6-digit code of 

457210. 

As stated previously, NAICS 2017 

industry 454110 was distributed to 42 

different retail trade industries, and 

NAICS 454390 was distributed to 39 

different retail trade industries. Almost 

all the new NAICS 2022 retail trade 

industries thus formed saw their 6-digit 

codes and NAICS industry titles 

changed but largely retained their 

contents and descriptions. Almost all 

new retail trade industries under NAICS 

2022 contained a NAICS 2017 retail 

trade industry and parts of NAICS 

454110 and NAICS 454390 and carried 

the description of the NAICS 2017 retail 

trade industry. Accordingly, following 

the guidelines in Table 5 (2b), SBA 

assigned the same size standard as for 

the NAICS 2017 retail trade industry 

that most closely matched the economic 

activity described by the NAICS 2022 

retail trade industry. 

For example, as shown in Table 7, 

Formation of NAICS 449110 (Furniture 

Retailers) under NAICS 2022, NAICS 

2022 industry 449110 was formed by 

combining NAICS 442110 (Furniture 

Stores) with parts of NAICS 454110 and 

454390 under NAICS 2017 and by 

changing the industry title to Furniture 

Retailers. The description of NAICS 

2022 industry 449110 is almost the 

same as that for the corresponding 

NAICS 2017 industry. Thus, based on 

the same industry description, the size 

standard for new NAICS 2022 industry 

449110 is $22 million, the same size 

standard as that for NAICS 442110 

under NAICS 2017. The current size 

standards are $41.5 million for NAICS 

454110 and $8.0 million for NAICS 

454390. In this example, the adoption of 

the $22 million size standard for NAICS 

2022 industry 449110 will, thus, result 

in a decrease to size standard for part of 

NAICS 454110 and an increase to the 

size standard for part of NAICS 454390 

that merged with NAICS 442110. SBA 

applies this approach in determining 

the size standard for all other new 

NAICS 2022 retail trade industries that 

contained part of NAICS 2017 industry 

454110, part of NAICS 454390, or both. 

Since the current size standards for 

almost all impacted retail trade 

industries are less than $41.5 million 

which is the size standard for NAICS 

454110, parts of NAICS 454110 that 

have merged with other retail trade 

industries will, in almost all cases, 

experience a decrease to the size 

standard. Specifically, of the 42 

different split parts of NAICS 454110 

that have merged with other retail trade 

industries, 41 will experience a decrease 

to the size standard and one will 

experience no change. Similarly, of the 

39 different split parts of NAICS 454390 

that have merged with other retail trade 

industries, 25 will see an increase to the 

size standard and 14 will see no changes 

to the size standard. The size standards 

for the affected NAICS 2017 retail trade 

industries are not impacted and, 

therefore, remain the same. 

NAICS 458110—Clothing and Clothing 

Accessories Retailers 

SBA is proposing to adopt the $41.5 

million receipts-based size standard for 

NAICS 2022 industry 458110 (Clothing 

and Clothing Accessories Retailers). 

This new industry was formed by 

combining six clothing and clothing 

accessories related retail trade 

industries with parts of NAICS 2017 

industries 454110 and 454390. Table 8, 

Formation of NAICS 2022 Industry 

458110 (Clothing and Clothing 

Accessories Retailers), lists all of these 

industries along with their respective 

size standards. Excluding parts of 

NAICS 454110 and 454390, the size 

standards for those six industries vary 

from $12 million for NAICS 448110 

(Men’s Clothing Stores) to $41.5 million 

for NAICS 448140 (Family Clothing 

Stores), and the percentages of firms 

that are small under their respective size 

standards vary from 96.7% for 448110 


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Table 7 

Formation ofNAICS 449110 (Furniture Retailers) under NAICS 2022 

NAICS 2017 NAICS 2022 

NAICS NAICS 2017 Industry Size NAICS NAICS 2022 Size 

2017 Title Standard 2022 Industry Title Standard 

Code ($million) Code ($million) 

442110 Furniture Stores $22.0 

454110 Electronic Shopping $41.5 

and Mail-Order 449110 Furniture Retailers $22.0 Houses 

454390 Other Direct Selling $8.0 

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to 98.9% for NAICS 448120 (Women’s 

Clothing Stores). 

Excluding parts of NAICS 454110 and 

454390, no single industry seems to 

dominate among those six clothing and 

clothing accessories related retail trade 

industries making up the new industry. 

Accordingly, following the guidelines 

laid out in Table 5, SBA is proposing to 

adopt the highest $41.5 million size 

standard among the six industries as the 

size standard for new NAICS 2022 

industry 458110. Based on the 2017 

industry data, 98.7% of firms in NAICS 

458110 would qualify as small under 

the proposed $41.5 million size 

standard. SBA confirmed that no 

individual firm at the proposed $41.5 

million size standard would dominate 

the market in any of those industries. 

For example, based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, the market share 

of a firm at the proposed size standard 

averaged just 0.3%, varying from 0.04% 

to 0.6%. SBA determines that these 

levels of market shares effectively 

preclude a firm at or below the 

proposed size standard from exerting 

control on any of the industries. 

NAICS 513140—Directory and Mailing 

List Publishers 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,000- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 513140 (Directory and Mailing 

List Publishers). This new industry was 

formed by combining NAICS 2017 

industry 511140 (Directory and Mailing 

List Publishers) and the internet 

Directory and Mailing List Publishers 

part of NAICS 2017 industry 519130 

(Internet Publishing and Broadcasting 

and Web Search Portals). Their current 

size standards are 1,250 employees and 

1,000 employees, respectively. Based on 

the 2017 Economic Census data, 98.3% 

of firms in both industries qualify as 

small under their respective size 

standards. Accounting for 97% of 

combined receipts, 92% of combined 

firms, and 95% of combined employees, 

NAICS 519130 dominates the new 

industry. Thus, SBA is proposing to 

adopt 1,000 employees as the size 

standard for the new industry. 

Moreover, under the 1,000-employee 

size standard, no firm in NAICS 511140 

would lose small status, based on both 

the 2017 Economic Census and FPDS– 

NG data for fiscal years 2018–2020. 

NAICS 513191—Greeting Card 

Publishers 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,000- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 513191 (Greeting Card 

Publishers). This new industry was 

formed by combining NAICS 2017 

industry 511191 (Greeting Card 

Publishers) with the Internet Greeting 

Card Publishers part of NAICS 2017 

industry 519130 (Internet Publishing 

and Broadcasting and Web Search 

Portals). Their current size standards are 

1,500 employees and 1,000 employees, 

respectively. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, 99% of firms in 

NAICS 511191 and 98.3% in 519130 

qualify as small under their respective 

size standards. Accounting for 98% of 

combined receipts and firms and 95% of 

combined employees, NAICS 519130 

dominates the new industry. Thus, SBA 

is proposing to adopt 1,000 employees 

as the size standard for the new 

industry. Moreover, at the 1,000- 


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2017 

Code 

448110 

448120 

448130 

448140 

448150 

448190 

4541101 

4543901 

Table 8 

Formation ofNAICS 2022 Industry 458110 (Clothing and Clothing Accessories 

Retailers) 

NAICS2017 NAICS2022 

Current Proposed 

NAICS 2017 NAICS 2022 NAICS 

NAICS 2017 Industry Standard Standard 2022 NAICS 2022 Industry 

Title ($million) ($million) Code Title 

Men's Clothing Stores $12.0 

Women's Clothing $30.0 

Stores Clothing and Clothing 

Children's and Infants' $35.0 $41.5 458110 Accessories Retailers 

Clothing Stores 

Family Clothing Stores $41.5 

Clothing Accessories $16.5 

Stores 

Other Clothing Stores $22.0 

Electronic Shopping $41.5 

and Mail-Order Houses 

Other Direct Selling $8.0 

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2Using the 2012 Economic Census data, the 

1,000-employee size standard for NAICS 519130 is 

equivalent to $286 million in receipts, capping of 

which translates to the maximum receipts-based 

size standard of $41.5 million. In accordance with 

the SBA’s ‘‘Size Standards Methodology,’’ SBA’s 

receipts-based size standards are capped at the 

maximum of $41.5 million and employee-based size 

standards are capped at the maximum of 1,500 

employees. 

employee size standard, no firm in 

NAICS 511191 would lose small status, 

based on both the 2017 Economic 

Census and FPDS–NG data for fiscal 

years 2018–2020. Based on the 2017 

industry data, 98.4% of firms in NAICS 

2022 industry 513191 would qualify as 

small under the proposed 1,000- 

employee size standard. 

NAICS 513199—All Other Publishers 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,000- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 513199 (All Other Publishers). 

This new industry was formed by 

combining NAICS 2017 industry 511199 

(All Other Publishers) with the All 

Other Internet Publishers part of NAICS 

2017 industry 519130 (Internet 

Publishing and Broadcasting and Web 

Search Portals). Their current size 

standards are 500 employees and 1,000 

employees, respectively. Based on the 

2017 Economic Census data, 98.9% of 

firms in NAICS 511199 and 98.3% in 

519130 qualify as small under their 

respective size standards. Accounting 

for 98–99% of combined receipts and 

employees, and 93% of combined firms, 

NAICS 519130 dominates the new 

industry. Thus, SBA is proposing to 

adopt 1,000 employees as the size 

standard for the new industry. SBA also 

considered adopting, as the size 

standard for the new industry, the 500- 

employee size standard that applies to 

NAICS 511199. However, doing so 

would cause about 40 firms based on 

the 2017 Economic Census data and 35 

firms based on the FPDS–NG data for 

fiscal years 2018–2020 to lose small 

business status in NAICS 519130. Based 

on the 2017 Economic Census data, 

98.7% of firms in NAICS 2022 industry 

513199 would qualify as small under 

the proposed 1,000-employee size 

standard. 

NAICS 516210—Media Streaming 

Distribution Services, Social Networks, 

and Other Media Networks and Content 

Providers 

SBA proposes to adopt a $41.5 

million receipts-based size standard for 

NAICS 2022 industry 516210 (Media 

Streaming Distribution Services, Social 

Networks, and Other Media Networks 

and Content Providers). This new 

industry was formed by combining three 

industries in their entirety with parts of 

two other industries under NAICS 2017. 

As shown in Table 9, Formation of 

NAICS 2022 Industry 516210, NAICS 

515111 (Radio Networks), NAICS 

515210 (Cable and other Subscription 

Programming), NAICS 519110 (News 

Syndicates), and the Television 

Networks part of NAICS 515120 

(Television Broadcasting) have receiptsbased size standards, and the Internet 

Broadcasting part of NAICS 519130 

(Internet Publishing and Broadcasting 

and Web Search Portals) has an 

employee size standard. Since four of 

the five components of the new industry 

have a receipts-based size standard, 

SBA determines that a receipts-based 

size standard would be more 

appropriate for the new industry instead 

of an employee-based size standard. 

Moreover, industries with receiptsbased size standards account for more 

than two-thirds (68%) of total firms in 

the new industry. When converted to 

receipts, the 1,000-employee size 

standard for the Internet Broadcasting 

part of NAICS 519130 will translate to 

a $41.5 million receipts-based size 

standard.2

Considering the $41.5 million 

receipts-based equivalent of the 1,000- 

employee size standard for NAICS 

519130, four of the five industries or 

parts contained in NAICS 2022 industry 

516210 now have a $41.5 million 

receipts-based size standard. Thus, 

consistent with the guidelines as set 

forth in Table 5, SBA is proposing to 


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Formation ofNAICS 2022 Industry 516210 

NAICS 2017 NAICS 2022 

Current Proposed 

NAICS Current NAICS Proposed 

NAICS 2017 NAICS 2017 2022 NAICS 2022 NAICS 

2017 NAICS 2017 Industry Standard Standard Standard Standard 2022 NAICS 2022 

Code Title ($million) (employees) ($million) (employees) Code Industry Title 

515111 Radio Networks $41.5 

5151201 Television Broadcasting - $41.5 Media Streaming 

television networks Distribution 

515210 Cable and Other $41.5 $41.5 516210 Services, Social 

Subscription Networks, and 

Programming Other Media 

519110 News Syndicates $32.0 Networks and 

Content 

5191301 Internet Publishing and Providers 

Broadcasting and Web 1,000 

Search Portals - Internet 

broadcastinf! 

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adopt, as the size standard for the new 

industry, a $41.5 million receipts-based 

size standard which happens to be the 

highest and most frequently occurring 

size standard among the industries or 

parts comprising the new industry. SBA 

has determined that no individual firm 

at or below the proposed $41.5 million 

size standard will be large enough to 

dominate the operation in NAICS 2017 

industry 519110, which currently has a 

lower size $32 million receipts-based 

size standard. Specifically, an 

individual firm at or below the 

proposed $41.5 million size standard 

would account for less than 3% of total 

industry receipts in NAICS 519110. This 

level of market share precludes the 

possibility of a firm at the proposed size 

standard to dominate the industry. 

Nearly 96% of firms in NAICS 511930 

will qualify as small under the proposed 

$41.5 million size standard, as 

compared to 98% under the current 

1,000-employee size standard. At the 

$41.5 million size standard, based on 

the 2017 Economic Census data, about 

15–20 firms in NAICS 511930 (0.25% of 

firms in the industry) would lose their 

status as small businesses. Based on the 

2017 Economic Census data, 92.3% of 

total firms in the new industry would 

qualify as small under the proposed 

$41.5 million receipts-based size 

standard. 

NAICS 519290—Web Search Portals 

and All Other Information Services 

SBA proposes to adopt a 1,000- 

employee size standard for NAICS 2022 

industry 519290 (Web Search Portals 

and All Other Information Services). 

This new industry was formed by 

combining NAICS 2017 industry 519190 

(All Other Information Services) with 

the Web Search Portals part of NAICS 

2017 industry 519130 (Internet 

Publishing and Broadcasting and Web 

Search Portals). Their current size 

standards are $30 million in average 

annual receipts and 1,000 employees, 

respectively. Based on the 2017 

Economic Census data, 97.7% of firms 

in NAICS 519190 and 98.3% in NAICS 

519130 qualify as small under their 

respective size standards. Accounting 

for 97–98% of combined receipts and 

employees, and 87% of combined firms, 

NAICS 519130 dominates the new 

industry. Thus, SBA is proposing to 

adopt 1,000 employees as the size 

standard for the new industry. Based on 

the 2017 Economic Census data, SBA 

confirmed that the proposed 1,000- 

employee size standard excludes the 

largest and potentially dominant firms 

in NAICS 519190, even with 99% of 

firms qualifying as small under the 

1,000-emploee size standard compared 

to 97.7% at the $30 million receiptsbased size standard. Based on the 2017 

industry data, 98.8% of firms would 

qualify as small under the 1,000- 

employee based size standard for NAICS 

2022 industry 519290. 

NAICS 811210—Electronic and 

Precision Equipment Repair and 

Maintenance 

SBA proposes to adopt a $30 million 

receipts-based size standard for NAICS 

2022 industry 811210 (Electronic and 

Precision Equipment Repair and 

Maintenance). This new industry was 

formed by merging four electronic, 

machinery and equipment repair and 

maintenance related industries. These 

industries, along with their respective 

size standards, are listed in Table 10, 

Formation of NAICS 811210 (Electronic 

and Precision Equipment Repair and 

Maintenance). Their current size 

standards for these industries vary from 

$19.5 million for NAICS 811213 to $30 

million for NAICS 811212. The 

percentages of firms that are below the 

current size standards vary from 96.6% 

for NAICS 811219 to 99% for NAICS 

811212. Based on the shares of 

combined receipts, firms, or employees, 

no industry seems to dominate the new 

industry. Accordingly, following the 

guidelines set forth in Table 5, SBA 

proposes to adopt, as the size standard 

for the new industry, the highest size 

standard (i.e., $30 million) among the 

four industries making up the new 

industry. Based on the 2017 industry 

data, 98.4% of firms in NAICS 2022 

industry 811210 would qualify as small 

under the proposed $30 million size 

standard. 

In none of the three industries for 

which the current size standard is lower 

than the proposed $30 million, no 

largest or potentially dominant firms 

will be included under the proposed 

$30 million size standard. For example, 

based on the 2017 Economic Census 

data, the market share of a firm at the 

proposed $30 million size standard 

averages 1%, ranging from 0.4% for 

NAICS 812219 to 2.1% for NAICS 

811211. SBA determines that these 

levels of market shares effectively 

preclude a firm at or below the 

proposed size standard from exerting 

control on any of the four impacted 

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Summary of Proposed Size Standards 

for NAICS 2022 Industries 

The NAICS 2022 revision created 111 

new industries by reclassifying, 

combining, or splitting 156 NAICS 2017 

industries or their parts. SBA’s 

proposed size standards for these 111 

new industries under NAICS 2022, as 

shown in Table 6 (above) have resulted 

in an increase to the size standards for 

21 industries and 27 parts of three 

industries under NAICS 2017, a 

decrease to size standards for seven 

industries and 41 parts of one industry, 

a change in the size standard measure 

from average annual receipts to number 

of employees for one industry, a change 

in the size standard measure from 

number of employees to average annual 

receipts for part of one industry, and no 

change in size standards for 118 

industries and 33 parts of eight 

industries. 

Evaluation of Dominance in Field of 

Operation 

Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 

(15 U.S.C. 632(a)) defines a small 

business concern as one that: (1) Is 

independently owned and operated; (2) 

Is not dominant in its field of operation; 

and (3) Meets a specific small business 

definition or size standard established 

by SBA’s Administrator. SBA considers, 

as part of its evaluation, whether a 

business concern at a proposed or 

revised size standard would be 

dominant in its field of operation. For 

this, SBA generally examines the 

industry’s market share of firms at the 

proposed or revised standard. SBA also 

examines distribution of firms by size to 

ensure that a contemplated size 

standard excludes the largest and 

potentially dominant firms within an 

industry. The results of the market share 

analysis and size distribution of firms 

may indicate whether a firm, at the 

proposed or revised size standard, can 

exercise a control on a national basis. 

SBA has determined that for the 

industries for which size standards have 

been changed in this proposed rule, no 

individual firm at or below the 

proposed size standard will be large 

enough to dominate its field of 

operation. The share of a firm in total 

industry receipts at the proposed size 

standard, among those industries for 

which size standards have been changed 

is, on average, 1.4%, ranging from 

0.005% to 31.2%. SBA determines that 

these levels of market shares effectively 

preclude a firm at or below the 

proposed size standards from exerting 

control on any of the industries. 

Alternatives to Adopting NAICS 2022 

for Size Standards 

As an alternative to proposing new 

size standards for NAICS 2022 

industries, SBA considered retaining 

NAICS 2017 as the basis of industry 

definitions for its small business size 

standards. That would, however, lead to 

inconsistency between SBA’s size 

standards and establishment data 

published by Federal agencies that will 

adopt NAICS 2022 for their statistical 

and other data collection programs. 

OMB stated in its December 21, 2021, 

notice that ‘‘Federal statistical 

establishment data published for 

reference years beginning on or after 

January 1, 2022, should be published 

using the 2022 NAICS United States 

codes.’’ SBA is not a statistical agency, 

but the Agency uses for its size 

standards analyses establishment data 

collected by other Federal agencies, 

such as the Economic Census data and 

County Business Patterns from the U.S. 

Census Bureau. If SBA continues using 

NAICS 2017 for its size standards, it 

will not be able to analyze and evaluate 

industry structure adequately and 

accurately and adjust small business 

size standards appropriately because the 

forthcoming Economic Census and 

County Business Patterns data based on 

NAICS 2022 will not be compatible with 

NAICS 2017. That would run counter to 

the mandate of the Small Business Jobs 

Act (Jobs Act) (Pub. L. 111–240 

(September 27, 2010)), which requires 

SBA to review all size standards and 

adjust them appropriately to reflect the 

current industry and market data every 

five years. 

To establish, review, or revise, where 

necessary, small business size 

standards, SBA uses special tabulations 

of industry data that it obtains from the 

U.S. Census Bureau based on its 


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2017 

Code 

811211 

811212 

811213 

811219 

Table 10 

Formation ofNAICS 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and 

Maintenance) 

NAICS 2017 NAICS 2022 

Current Proposed 

NAICS NAICS NAICS 

2017 2022 2022 NAICS 2022 Standard Standard Code NAICS Industry Title 2017 Industry Title ($million) ($million) 

Consumer Electronics $22.5 

Repair and Maintenance 

Computer and Office $30.0 

Machine Repair and Electronic and 

Maintenance $30.0 811210 Precision 

Communication Equipment $19.5 Equipment Repair 

Repair and Maintenance and Maintenance 

Other Electronic and $22.0 

Precision Equipment Repair 

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Economic Census of U.S. industries and 

businesses, and establishment data from 

its County Business Patterns. Because 

the 2022 Economic Census will be based 

on NAICS 2022 industry definitions, it 

is imperative that SBA use NAICS 2022 

as the basis of industry definitions for 

its table of small business size 

standards. 

Request for Comments 

SBA welcomes public comment on 

this proposed rule. Specifically, SBA 

invites comments on whether its 

proposed size standards for new 

industries are appropriate and 

suggestions on alternative size 

standards, along with supporting data 

and analysis, if proposed size standards 

are not appropriate. SBA also seeks 

comments on its methodology for 

converting size standards from NAICS 

2017 to NAICS 2022 and data sources 

and analyses it used in developing 

proposed size standards for new 

industries. SBA will thoroughly 

evaluate and address all comments in 

preparing the final rule to adopt NAICS 

2022 for its table of size standards. 

Justification for the October 1, 2022, 

Effective Date 

SBA’s small business size standards, 

matched to NAICS 2022 to be adopted 

in a forthcoming final rule, will be 

effective on October 1, 2022, for the 

following reasons: 

1. OMB stated in its December 21, 

2021, notice that Federal statistical 

establishment data published for 

reference years beginning on or after 

January 1, 2022, should be published 

using NAICS 2022. SBA is not a 

statistical agency, but it uses the 

establishment data collected from other 

Federal agencies, such as the Economic 

Census and County Business Patterns 

data from the Census Bureau for its size 

standards analysis. Similarly, Federal 

procurement databases and systems, 

such as FPDS–NG and the System for 

Award Management (SAM), use NAICS 

codes from SBA’s table of size 

standards. If SBA does not adopt NAICS 

2022 for its table of size standards in a 

timely manner, it will result in 

inconsistency between SBA’s size 

standards and other Federal 

procurement databases. 

2. October 1, 2022, is the start of the 

new Federal Government fiscal year 

following OMB’s adoption of NAICS 

2022 effective January 1, 2022, and is 

consistent with SBA’s adoption of 

previous NAICS revisions for its size 

standards effective at the beginning of 

the new fiscal year after the OMB’s 

effective date. 

3. With the adoption of the updated 

size standards at the start of the new 

fiscal year, Federal agencies that use 

NAICS industry definitions and SBA’s 

size standards can collect comparable 

and consistent data on Federal statistics 

for program and industry analyses. 

4. With the October 1, 2022, effective 

date, Federal agencies that use SBA’s 

small business size standards for their 

programs will have sufficient time to 

plan and implement the updated size 

standards and assess the impact of size 

standards changes on their programs. 

Compliance With Executive Orders 

12866, the Congressional Review Act (5 

U.S.C. 801–808), the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601–612), 

Executive Orders 13563, 12988, and 

13132, and the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. Ch. 35) 

Executive Order 12866 

OMB has determined that this 

proposed rule is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. This rule 

proposes to incorporate the OMB’s 2022 

revisions of NAICS, which SBA uses as 

a basis of industry definitions for 

purposes of establishing small business 

size standards. As discussed above in 

this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section, the size standards of some 

industries or their parts would change 

because of the adoption of the NAICS 

2022 revisions for SBA’s Table of Size 

Standards. However, SBA has 

determined that a vast majority of 

businesses defined as small under the 

current NAICS 2017 based size 

standards will continue to remain small 

under the NAICS 2022 based size 

standards. The proposed rule, if adopted 

in its present form, will also affect other 

Federal Government programs that use 

SBA’s size standards and provide 

various benefits for small businesses. 

SBA welcomes comments describing the 

impact on small businesses of the size 

standard changes resulting from the 

adoption of the NAICS revision for SBA 

Table of Size Standards. In order to help 

explain the need and objective of this 

proposed rule and its potential benefits 

and costs, SBA is providing, below, a 

Cost Benefit Analysis of this rule, 

including (1) A statement of the need for 

the regulatory action, (2) An 

examination of alternative approaches, 

and (3) An evaluation of the benefits 

and costs—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of the regulatory action and 

the alternatives considered. 

Cost Benefit Analysis 

1. What is the need for the regulatory 

action? 

SBA believes that revising its small 

business size standards based on NAICS 

2022 is in the best interests of small 

businesses. SBA’s mission is to aid and 

assist small businesses through a variety 

of financial, procurement, business 

development and counselling, and 

advocacy programs. To ensure that these 

programs are best directed to their 

intended beneficiaries, SBA establishes 

numerical small business definitions 

(usually referred to as ‘‘size standards’’) 

to determine which businesses are 

deemed eligible for Federal small 

business assistance. NAICS 2022 

provides the latest industry definitions 

reflecting the latest changes in industry 

structure in the United States. 

Under the Small Business Act (Act) 

(15 U.S.C. 632(a)), SBA Administrator is 

responsible for establishing small 

business size definitions and for 

ensuring that such definitions vary from 

industry to industry to reflect 

differences among various industries. 

By analyzing and reviewing size 

standards based on the NAICS 2022 

industry definitions, SBA can more 

accurately and appropriately fulfill its 

mandate. If SBA does not use the latest 

industry definitions under NAICS 2022, 

size standards would not accurately 

reflect differences among industries. In 

addition, the Jobs Act requires SBA to 

review, at least every five years, all size 

standards and make necessary 

adjustments to reflect current industry 

and market conditions. To better serve 

this mandate, SBA needs to evaluate the 

industry data based on the latest NAICS 

industry definitions available. 

In this proposed rule, SBA is 

generally following the same guidelines 

that it followed for adopting prior 

NAICS revisions for size standards, as 

spelled out under the Supplemental 

Information section. SBA also analyzed 

the relevant industry and program data 

to determine the size standards for 

certain NAICS 2022 industries involving 

NAICS 2017 industries or their parts 

with substantially different size 

standards. Size standards based on 

NAICS 2022 industry definitions and 

corresponding data will serve SBA’s 

mission more effectively. 

2. What are the potential benefits and 

costs of this regulatory action? 

As stated previously, the NAICS 2022 

revision created 111 new industries by 

reclassifying, combining, or splitting 

156 NAICS 2017 industries or their 

parts. Changes from NAICS 2017 to 

NAICS 2022 consist of mergers of 124 


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3Of the 156 NAICS 2017 industries impacted in 

the NAICS 2022 revision, 66 industries were part 

of Sector 42 (Wholesale Trade) or Sector 44–45 

(Retail Trade) that does not apply for Federal 

contracting. In the remaining 90 industries that 

belong to other sectors, about 15,400 unique firms 

got at least one Federal contract during fiscal years 

2018–2022. 

4The analysis of the disaster loan data excludes 

physical disaster loans that are available to anyone 

regardless of size, disaster loans issued to nonprofit 

entities, and EIDLs issued under the COVID–19 

relief program. Effective January 1, 2022, SBA 

stopped accepting applications for new COVID 

EIDL loans or advances. Thus, the disaster loan 

analysis presented here pertains to the regular EIDL 

loans only. SBA estimates impacts of size standards 

changes on EIDL loans by calculating the ratio of 

businesses getting EIDL loans to total small 

businesses (based on the 2017 Economic Census 

data) and multiplying it by the number of impacted 

small firms. Due to data limitations, for FY 2019– 

20, some loans with both physical and EIDL loan 

components could not be broken into the physical 

and EIDL loan amounts. In such cases, SBA applied 

the ratio of EIDL amount to total (physical loan + 

EIDL) amount using FY 2016–18 data to the FY 

2019–20 data to obtain the amount attributable to 

the EIDL loans. 

NAICS 2017 industries or their parts to 

form the 79 new industries in NAICS 

2022 with impacts on size standards on 

a number of NAICS 2017 industries. The 

NAICS 2022 revision also comprises of 

32 changes in 6-digit codes, industry 

titles, or descriptions without changing 

the size standards. SBA’s proposed size 

standards for these 111 new industries 

under NAICS 2022 have resulted in an 

increase to the size standards for 21 

industries and 27 parts of three 

industries, a decrease to size standards 

for seven industries and 41 parts of one 

industry, a change in the size standard 

measure from average annual receipts to 

number of employees for one industry, 

a change in the size standard measure 

from number of employees to average 

annual receipts for part of one industry, 

and no change in size standards for 118 

industries and 33 parts of eight 

industries. The benefits, costs, and 

transfer impacts of these changes are 

discussed below. 

OMB directs agencies to establish an 

appropriate baseline to evaluate any 

benefits, costs, or transfer impacts of 

new regulatory actions and alternative 

approaches considered. The baseline 

should represent the agency’s best 

assessment of what the world would 

look like absent the regulatory action. 

For a regulatory action promulgating 

modifications to an existing regulation 

(such as modifying the existing size 

standards), a baseline assuming no 

change to the regulation (i.e., making no 

changes to current size standards) 

would generally provide an appropriate 

benchmark for evaluating benefits, 

costs, or transfer impacts of proposed or 

final regulatory changes and their 

alternatives. 

The Baseline 

For purposes of this regulatory action, 

the baseline represents maintaining the 

‘‘status quo,’’ i.e., making no changes to 

the current size standards. Using the 

number of small businesses and levels 

of small business benefits (such as setaside contracts, SBA’s loans, disaster 

assistance, etc.) they receive under the 

current size standards as a baseline, one 

can examine the potential benefits, 

costs, and transfer impacts of changes to 

size standards on small businesses and 

on the overall economy. 

Based on the 2017 Economic Census 

data, of a total of about 880,245 firms in 

the 156 impacted industries under 

NAICS 2017, 97.7% are considered 

small under the current size standards 

under NAICS 2017. 

Similarly, based on the data from 

FPDS–NG for fiscal years 2018–2020, 

about 15,400 unique firms in those 156 

NAICS 2017 industries received at least 

one Federal contract during that period, 

of which 76.2% were found to be small 

under the current size standards.3 Of 

about $18.6 billion in total average 

annual contract dollars awarded to 

businesses in the impacted industries 

during that period, 25.6% went to small 

businesses. Of about $4.8 billion in total 

small business contract dollars awarded 

in those industries during that period, 

87.1% were awarded through various 

set-aside programs and 12.9% were 

awarded through non-set aside 

contracts. Table 11, Baseline of 

Impacted Industries Under NAICS 2017, 

provides these baseline results. 

TABLE 11—BASELINE OF IMPACTED INDUSTRIES UNDER NAICS 2017 

Impact variable Value 

Number of industries impacted ............................................................................................................................................................ 156 

Total firms in impacted industries (2017 Economic Census) .............................................................................................................. 880,245 

Total small firms in impacted industries under current size standards (2017 Economic Census) ..................................................... 859,573 

Small firms as % of total firms (2017 Economic Census) .................................................................................................................. 97.7% 

Total contract dollars ($ million) (FPDS–NG—fiscal years 2018–2020) ............................................................................................. $18,644 

Total small business contract dollars under current standards ($ million) (FPDS–NG—fiscal years 2018–2020) ............................ $4,776 

Small business dollars as % of total dollars (FPDS–NG fiscal years 2018–2020) ............................................................................ 25.6% 

Total number of unique firms getting contracts (FPDS–NG fiscal years 2018–2020) ....................................................................... 15,391 

Total number of unique small firms getting small business contracts (FPDS–NG fiscal years 2018–2020) ..................................... 11,727 

Small business firms as % of total firms (FPDS–NG fiscal years 2018–2020) .................................................................................. 76.2% 

Number of 7(a) and Certified Development Company (CDC)/504 loans (fiscal years 2018–2020) .................................................. 8,316 

Amount of 7(a) and 504 loans ($ million) (fiscal years 2018–2020) ................................................................................................... $4,789 

Number of Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program loans (fiscal years 2018–2020) 1 .......................................................... 589 

Amount of EIDL loans ($ million) (fiscal years 2018–2020) 1 ............................................................................................................. $52.6 

1Excludes COVID–19 related EIDL loans due to their temporary nature. Effective January 1, 2022, SBA stopped accepting applications for 

new COVID EIDL loans or advances. 

Based on the SBA’s internal data on 

its loan programs for fiscal years 2018– 

2020, small businesses in those 156 

industries received, on an annual basis, 

a total of 8,316 7(a) loans and CDC/504 

loans in that period, totaling about $4.8 

billion, of which 85.8% was issued 

through the 7(a) loan guarantee program 

and 14.2% was issued through the CDC/ 

504 program. During fiscal years 2018– 

2020, small businesses in those 

industries also received 589 loans 

through the SBA’s EIDL program, 

totaling about $52.6 million on an 

annual basis.4

Proposed Increases to Size Standards 

As stated above, SBA’s proposed size 

standards for the 111 new industries 

under NAICS 2022 have resulted in an 

increase to the size standards for 21 

industries and 27 parts of three 

industries under NAICS 2017. Below are 

descriptions of the benefits, costs, and 


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transfer impacts of the proposed size 

standards. 

Benefits of Proposed Increases to Size 

Standards 

The benefits of adopting NAICS 2022 

and the resulting proposed increases to 

size standards, if adopted, will accrue to 

three groups in the following ways: (1) 

Some businesses that are currently 

above their current size standards may 

gain small business status, thereby 

becoming eligible to participate in 

Federal small business assistance 

programs, including SBA’s 7(a) loan 

program, CDC/504 loan program, EIDL 

program, Surety Bond Guarantee 

Program, and Federal procurement and 

business development programs 

intended for small businesses; (2) 

Growing small businesses that are close 

to exceeding the current size standards 

for their NAICS 2017 industries may 

retain their small business status for a 

longer period under proposed size 

standards under NAICS 2022, and can 

continue participating in the above 

programs; and (3) Federal Government 

agencies will have a larger pool of small 

businesses from which to draw to fulfill 

their small business procurement 

requirements because they will be able 

to define more accurately the principal 

purposes of their procurements under 

NAICS 2022 industry definitions. 

The most significant benefit to 

businesses from increases to size 

standards is gaining or extending 

eligibility for Federal small business 

assistance programs. These include 

SBA’s 7(a) loan program, CDC/504 loan 

program, EIDL program, Surety Bond 

Guarantee Program, and Federal 

procurement programs intended for 

small businesses. Federal procurement 

programs provide targeted, set-aside 

opportunities for small businesses. 

These include the 8(a) Business 

Development (BD) program, the Small 

Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB) 

program, the Historically Underutilized 

Business Zones (HUBZone) program, 

the Women-Owned Small Businesses 

(WOSB) program, the Economically 

Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small 

Businesses (EDWOSB) program, and the 

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small 

Businesses (SDVOSB) program. 

For the affected NAICS 2017 

industries or their parts for which size 

standards have increased, based on the 

2017 Economic Census data, SBA 

estimates that approximately 700 

additional businesses would gain small 

business status under the proposed size 

standards for 2022 NAICS industries. 

That represents about 1.0% of the total 

number of small businesses in the 

affected industries. SBA’s proposed size 

standards would result in an increase to 

the small business share of total receipts 

in those 24 industries (i.e., those with 

increases in size standards) from 38.3% 

to 44.6%. Table 12, Impacts of Proposed 

Size Standards for NAICS 2022 

Industries, provides impacts of 

increasing size standards for 21 

industries and 27 parts of three 

industries under NAICS 2017. 

TABLE 12—IMPACTS OF PROPOSED SIZE STANDARDS FOR NAICS 2022 INDUSTRIES

Impact variable Value 

Number of industries with increases to size standards ...................................................................................................................... 24 

Total current small businesses in industries with increases to size standards (2017 Economic Census) ........................................ 70,979 

Additional firms qualifying as small under standards (2017 Economic Census) ................................................................................ 691 

% of additional firms qualifying as small relative to current small businesses in industries with increases to size standards (2017 

Economic Census) ........................................................................................................................................................................... 1.0% 

Number of current unique small firms getting small business contracts in industries with increases to size standards (FPDS–NG 

fiscal years 2018–2020) 1 ................................................................................................................................................................. 1,479 

Additional small business firms getting small business status (FPDS–NG fiscal years 2018–2020) 1 .............................................. 42 

% increase to small businesses relative to current unique small firms getting small business contracts in industries with increases to size standards (FPDS–NG fiscal years 2018–2020) ..................................................................................................... 2.8% 

Total small business contract dollars under current standards in industries with increases to size standards ($ million) (FPDS–

NG fiscal years 2018–2020) ............................................................................................................................................................ $492.3 

Estimated additional small business dollars available to newly- qualified small firms (using avg. dollars obligated to small businesses) ($ million) (FPDS–NG fiscal years 2018–2020) 2 .............................................................................................................. $60.4 

% increase to small business dollars relative to total small business contract dollars under current standards in industries with 

increases to size standards ............................................................................................................................................................. 12.3% 

Total number of 7(a) and 504 loans to small business in industries with increases to size standards (fiscal years 2018–2020) .... 822 

Total 7(a) and 504 loan amounts to small businesses in industries with increases to size standards ($ million) (fiscal years 

2018–2020) ...................................................................................................................................................................................... $300.0 

Estimated number of 7(a) and 504 loans to newly qualified small firms ............................................................................................ 1 

Estimated 7(a) and 504 loan amounts to newly qualified small firms ($ million) ............................................................................... $0.001 

% increase to 7(a) and 504 loan amount relative to the total amount of 7(a) and 504 loans in industries with increases to size 

standards .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 0.0% 

Total number of EIDL loans to small businesses in industries with increases to size standards (fiscal years 2018–2020) 3 ........... 87 

Total amount of EIDL loans to small businesses in industries with increases to size standards ($ million) (fiscal years 2018– 

2020) 3 .............................................................................................................................................................................................. $5.4 

Estimated number of EIDL loans to newly qualified small firms 3 ...................................................................................................... 0 

Estimated EIDL loan amount to newly qualified small firms ($ million) 3 ............................................................................................ $0.0 

% increase to EIDL loan amount relative to the total amount of disaster loans in industries with increases to size standards 3 .... 0.0% 

1Total impact represents total unique number of firms impacted to avoid double counting as some firms are participating in more than one industry. 2Additional dollars are calculated multiplying average small business dollars obligated per Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) times 

change in number of firms. Numbers of firms are calculated using the SBA current size standard, not the contracting officer’s size designation. 3Excludes COVID–19 related EIDL loans due to their temporary nature. Effective January 1, 2022, SBA stopped accepting applications for 

new COVID EIDL loans or advances. 

As shown in Table 12, based on the 

FPDS–NG data for fiscal years 2018– 

2020, SBA estimates that about 42 firms 

that are currently active in Federal 

contracting in those industries would 

gain small business status under the 

proposed size standards. Based on the 

same data, SBA estimates that those 

newly qualified small businesses under 


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the proposed size standards under 

NAICS 2022 could receive Federal small 

business contracts totaling about $60.4 

million annually. That represents a 

12.3% increase to Federal small 

business dollars from the baseline. 

The added competition from more 

businesses qualifying as small can result 

in lower prices to certain Federal 

Government procurements set aside or 

reserved for small businesses, but SBA 

cannot quantify this impact precisely. 

Costs could also be higher when full 

and open contracts are awarded to 

HUBZone businesses that receive price 

evaluation preferences. However, with 

agencies likely setting aside more 

contracts for small businesses in 

response to the availability of a larger 

pool of small businesses under the 

proposed size standards, HUBZone 

firms might receive more set-aside 

contracts and fewer full and open 

contracts, thereby resulting in some cost 

savings to agencies. SBA cannot 

estimate such costs savings as it is 

impossible to determine the number and 

value of unrestricted contracts to be 

otherwise awarded to HUBZone firms 

will be awarded as set-asides. However, 

such cost savings are likely to be 

relatively small as only a small fraction 

of full and open contracts are awarded 

to HUBZone businesses. 

Under SBA’s 7(a) and CDC/504 loan 

programs, with more businesses 

qualifying as small under the proposed 

size standards, SBA will be able to 

guarantee more loans to small 

businesses. However, SBA expects the 

impact on loans to be minimal since 

applicants to SBA’s financial assistance 

programs are typically much smaller 

than the industry size standard and 

most businesses that currently 

participate in the program would 

remain eligible for assistance even after 

this rule is adopted. Moreover, SBA 

does not anticipate that the proposed 

increases to size standards will have a 

significant impact on the distribution of 

firms receiving loans by size of firm. 

Since SBA’s proposed size standards 

changes primarily impact firms at the 

higher margin of size standards, SBA 

estimates the impact to its financial 

assistance programs by estimating the 

number of loans and the amount of 

loans to firms greater than 10% below 

their size thresholds. SBA believes that 

expanding access to SBA’s financial 

assistance programs will help all small 

businesses to adapt to changes in 

business environment, recover from 

disasters more quickly, and grow 

successfully, while having no impact on 

the ability of smaller small firms to 

access financial services from SBA. 

Based on its internal data for fiscal 

years 2018–2020, SBA estimates that 

about one additional 7(a) and CDC/504 

loans, totaling approximately $.001 

million, could be made to the newlydefined small businesses under the 

proposed size standards under NAICS 

2022. That represents a 0.0% increase to 

the loan amount compared to the 

baseline (see Table 12). The actual 

impact might be smaller as the newly 

qualified firms under the proposed size 

standards could have qualified anyway 

under the tangible net worth and net 

income based alternative size standard. 

Newly-defined small businesses will 

also benefit from SBA’s EIDL program, 

which, like SBA’s 7(a) and CDC/504 

loan program, typically provides loans 

to businesses that are much smaller than 

the industry size standard. Since this 

program is contingent on the occurrence 

and severity of a disaster, SBA cannot 

make a precise estimate of the future 

EIDL benefit. However, based on its 

internal disaster loan program data for 

fiscal years 2018–2020 and the amount 

of loans to firms greater than 10% below 

their size thresholds, SBA estimates 

that, on an annual basis, the newly 

defined small businesses under the 

proposed size standards for NAICS 2022 

would not be impacted. 

Additionally, the newly-defined small 

businesses under proposed size 

standards under NAICS 2022 would 

also benefit through reduced fees, less 

paperwork, and fewer compliance 

requirements that are available to small 

businesses through the Federal 

Government programs, but SBA has no 

data to quantify this impact. 

Costs of Proposed Increases to Size 

Standards 

Aside from taking time to register in 

the System for Award Management 

(SAM) to be eligible to participate in 

Federal contracting and update the SAM 

profile annually, small businesses incur 

no direct costs to gain or retain their 

small business status under proposed 

size standards for NAICS 2022. All 

businesses willing to do business with 

the Federal Government must register in 

SAM and update their SAM profiles 

annually, regardless of their size status. 

SBA believes that a vast majority of 

businesses that are willing to participate 

in Federal contracting are already 

registered in SAM and update their 

SAM profiles annually. It is important 

to point out that most business entities 

that are already registered in SAM will 

not be required to update their SAM 

profiles. However, it will be incumbent 

on registrants to review, and update as 

necessary, their profiles to ensure that 

they have the correct NAICS codes. 

SAM requires that registered companies 

review and update their profiles 

annually, and therefore, businesses will 

need to pay particular attention to the 

changes to determine if they might 

affect them. They will also have to 

verify, and update, if necessary, their 

Representations and Certifications in 

SAM. More importantly, this proposed 

rule does not establish the new size 

standards for the very first time; rather 

it intends to modify the existing size 

standards to conform to new industry 

definitions under NAICS 2022. 

To the extent that the newly-defined 

small firms under NAICS 2022 could 

become active in Federal procurement 

programs, this may entail some 

additional administrative costs to the 

Federal Government because of more 

businesses qualifying for Federal small 

business programs. For example, there 

will be more firms seeking SBA’s loans, 

more firms eligible for enrollment in the 

SBA’s Dynamic Small Business Search 

(DSBS) database or in certify.sba.gov, 

more firms seeking certifications as 8(a) 

BD or HUBZone firms, or qualifying for 

SDB, WOSB, EDWOSB, and SDVOSB 

status, and more firms applying for 

SBA’s 8(a) BD mentor-prote ́ge ́ program. 

Among those newly-defined small 

businesses seeking SBA’s loans, there 

could be some additional costs 

associated with verification of their 

small business status. However, small 

business lenders have an option of using 

the tangible net worth and net incomebased alternative size standard instead 

of using the industry-based size 

standards to establish eligibility for 

SBA’s loans. For these reasons, SBA 

believes that these added administrative 

costs will be minor because necessary 

mechanisms are already in place to 

handle these added requirements. 

Additionally, some Federal contracts 

may possibly have higher costs. With a 

greater number of businesses defined as 

small due to proposed size standards 

under NAICS 2022, Federal agencies 

may choose to set aside more contracts 

for competition among small businesses 

only instead of using a full and open 

competition. The movement of contracts 

from unrestricted competition to small 

business set-aside contracts might result 

in competition among fewer total 

bidders, although there will be more 

small businesses eligible to submit 

offers under the proposed size 

standards. However, any additional 

costs associated with fewer bidders are 

expected to be minor since, by law, 

procurements may be set aside for small 

businesses under the 8(a)/BD, SDB, 

HUBZone, WOSB, EDWOSB, or 

SDVOSB programs only if awards are 


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5Of the 1,055 firms losing small business status 

under the proposed size standards for new 

industries under NAICS 2022 structure, 1053 (or 

99.8%) belong to NAICS 2017 industry 454110 

(Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses). 

NAICS 454110, with a $41.5 million size standard, 

was split and distributed among 42 other Retail 

Trade industries, resulting in a decrease to the size 

standard for 41 parts and no change to the size 

standard for one part. This would have very 

minimal impact on firms seeking SBA’s financial 

assistance as firms receiving such assistance are 

typically much smaller than the size standard. 

Moreover, businesses not qualifying as small for 

financial assistance under the industry size 

standard, could still qualify under the tangible net 

worth and net income based alternative size 

standard. The reduction in size standard for NAICS 

454110 would have no impact on small businesses 

seeking Federal contracts as that NAICS code does 

not apply to Federal contracting. 

expected to be made at fair and 

reasonable prices. 

Costs may also be higher when full 

and open contracts are awarded to 

HUBZone businesses that receive price 

evaluation preferences. However, with 

agencies likely setting aside more 

contracts for small businesses in 

response to the availability of a larger 

pool of small businesses under the 

adopted increases to size standards, 

HUBZone firms might receive fewer full 

and open contracts, thereby resulting in 

some cost savings to agencies. However, 

such cost savings are likely to be 

minimal as only a small fraction of 

unrestricted contracts are awarded to 

HUBZone businesses. 

Transfer Impacts of Proposed Increases 

to Size Standards 

The proposed size standards for the 

NAICS 2022 industries may result in 

some redistribution of Federal contracts 

between the newly-qualified small 

businesses and large businesses and 

between the newly-qualified small 

businesses and small businesses under 

the current size standards. However, it 

would have no impact on the overall 

economic activity since total Federal 

contract dollars available for businesses 

to compete for will not change with 

changes to size standards. While SBA 

cannot quantify with certainty the 

actual outcome of the gains and losses 

from the redistribution of contracts 

among different groups of businesses, it 

can identify several probable impacts in 

qualitative terms. With the availability 

of a larger pool of small businesses 

under the proposed increases to size 

standards for 21 NAICS 2017 industries 

and 27 parts of three industries, some 

unrestricted Federal contracts that 

would otherwise be awarded to large 

businesses may be set aside for small 

businesses. As a result, large businesses 

may lose some Federal contracting 

opportunities. Similarly, some small 

businesses under the current size 

standards may obtain fewer set-aside 

contracts due to the increased 

competition from larger businesses 

qualifying as small under the proposed 

size standards for NAICS 2022 

industries. This impact may be offset by 

a greater number of procurements being 

set aside for small businesses because of 

more businesses qualifying as small 

under the proposed size standards. With 

larger businesses qualifying as small 

under the higher proposed size 

standards, smaller small businesses 

could face some disadvantage in 

competing for set-aside contracts against 

their larger counterparts. However, SBA 

cannot quantify these impacts. 

Proposed Decreases to Size Standards 

As stated above, SBA’s proposed size 

standards for the 111 new industries 

under NAICS 2022 have resulted in a 

decrease to the size standards for 7 

industries and 41 parts of one industry 

under NAICS 2017. Below are 

descriptions of the benefits, costs, and 

transfer impacts of these proposed 

decreases to size standards. 

Benefits of Proposed Decreases to Size 

Standards 

The most significant benefit from 

proposed decreases to size standards 

based on analytical results is to ensure 

that size standards are more reflective of 

latest industry structure and Federal 

market trends and that Federal small 

business assistance is more effectively 

targeted to its intended beneficiaries. 

These include SBA’s 7(a) loan program, 

CDC/504 loan program, EIDL program, 

Surety Bond Guarantee Program, and 

Federal procurement programs. As 

stated previously, Federal procurement 

programs provide targeted, set-aside 

opportunities for small businesses 

under SBA’s contracting and business 

development programs, such as small 

business, SDB, 8(a) BD, HUBZone, 

WOSB, EDWOSB, and SDVOSB 

programs. The adoption of size 

standards based on relevant data 

diminishes the risk of awarding Federal 

Government contracts or granting 

financial assistance to firms that are not 

small anymore. Lowering size standards 

would also reduce the risk of allowing 

the largest and potentially dominant 

firms to qualify as small and become 

eligible for Federal assistance intended 

for small businesses. This may provide 

a better chance for smaller small firms 

to grow and benefit from the 

opportunities available on the Federal 

marketplace and strengthen the small 

business industrial base for the Federal 

Government. 

Costs of Proposed Decreases to Size 

Standards 

Table 13, Impacts of Proposed 

Decreases to Size Standards, shows the 

various impacts of proposing to lower 

size standards in seven industries and 

41 parts of one industry under NAICS 

2017. Based on the 2017 Economic 

Census, about 1,055 (2.7%) firms would 

lose their small business status under 

proposed decreases to size standards.5

However, many of these businesses 

were not found to have participated in 

Federal small businesses programs, 

including SBA’s financial assistance 

and procurement programs, which 

suggests that impacts of proposed 

decreases to size standards would be 

fairly minimal. Similarly, based on the 

FPDS–NG data for fiscal years 2018– 

2020, SBA estimates that no small 

businesses participating in Federal 

contracting would lose their small status 

and become ineligible to compete for 

set-aside contracts. Thus, SBA believes 

these impacts are minimal. 

TABLE 13—IMPACTS OF PROPOSED DECREASES TO SIZE STANDARDS

Impact variable Value 

Number of industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards ...................................................................................... 8 

Total current small businesses in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards (2017 Economic Census) ........ 39,011 

Estimated number of firms losing small status in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards (2017 Economic 

Census) ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 1,055 

% of firms losing small status relative to current small businesses in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards (2017 Economic Census) ........................................................................................................................................................ 2.7% 

Number of current unique small firms getting small business contracts in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size 

standards (FPDS–NG FY 2018–2020) 1 .......................................................................................................................................... 30 


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Impact variable Value 

Estimated number of small business firms that would have lost small business status in industries for which SBA proposes to 

decrease size standards (FPDS–NG FY 2018–2020) 1 .................................................................................................................. 0 

% decrease to small business firms relative to current unique small firms getting small business contracts in industries for which 

SBA proposes to decrease size standards (FPDS–NG FY 2018–2020) 1 ...................................................................................... 0% 

Total small business contract dollars under current size standards in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards ($ million) (FPDS–NG FY 2018–2020) .................................................................................................................................... $3.3 

Estimated small business dollars not available to firms losing small business status in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards ($ million) (FPDS–NG FY 2018–2020) 2 ..................................................................................................... 0 

% decrease to small business dollars relative to total small business contract dollars under current size standards in industries 

for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards ...................................................................................................................... 0% 

Total number of 7(a) and 504 loans to small businesses in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards (FY 

2018–2020) ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 402 

Total amount of 7(a) and 504 loans to small businesses in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards ($ 

million) (FY 2018–2020) ................................................................................................................................................................... $140.3 

Estimated number of 7(a) and 504 loans not available to firms that would have lost small business status in industries for which 

SBA proposes to decrease size standards ..................................................................................................................................... 1 

Estimated 7(a) and 504 loan amount not available to firms that would have lost small status ($ million) ........................................ $0.001 

% decrease to 7(a) and 504 loan amount relative to the total amount of 7(a) and 504 loans in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards ................................................................................................................................................... 0.0% 

Total number of EIDL loans to small businesses in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards (FY 2018– 

2020) 3 .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 

Total amount of EIDL loans to small businesses in industries for which SBA proposes to decrease size standards ($ million) 

(FY 2018–2020) 3 ............................................................................................................................................................................. $0.2 

Estimated number of EIDL loans not available to firms that would have lost small business status in industries for which SBA 

proposes to decrease size standards 3 ............................................................................................................................................ 0 

Estimated EIDL loan amount not available to firms that would have lost small business status ($ million) 3 ................................... $0.0 

% decrease to EIDL loan amount relative to the baseline 3 ............................................................................................................... 0.0% 

1Total impact represents total unique number of firms impacted to avoid double counting as some firms participate in more than one industry. 

2Additional dollars are calculated multiplying average small business dollars obligated per unique small firm times change in number of firms. 

Numbers of firms are calculated using the SBA’s current size standards, not the contracting officer’s size designation. 3Excludes COVID–19 related EIDL loans due to their temporary nature. Effective January 1, 2022, SBA stopped accepting applications for 

new COVID EIDL loans or advances. 

Transfer Impacts of Proposed Decreases 

to Size Standards 

If the size standards are decreased, it 

may result in a redistribution of Federal 

contracts between small businesses 

losing their small business status and 

large businesses and between small 

businesses losing their small business 

status and small businesses remaining 

small under the reduced size standards. 

However, as under the proposed 

increases to size standards, this would 

have no impact on the overall economic 

activity since the total Federal contract 

dollars available for businesses to 

compete for will stay the same. While 

SBA cannot estimate with certainty the 

actual outcome of the gains and losses 

among different groups of businesses 

from contract redistribution resulting 

from decreases to size standards, it can 

identify several probable impacts. With 

a smaller pool of small businesses under 

the proposed decreases to size 

standards, some set-aside Federal 

contracts to be otherwise awarded to 

small businesses may be competed on 

an unrestricted basis. As a result, large 

businesses may have more Federal 

contracting opportunities. However, 

because agencies are still required by 

law to award 23% of Federal dollars to 

small businesses, SBA expects the 

movement of set-aside contracts to 

unrestricted competition to be limited. 

For the same reason, small businesses 

under the reduced size standards are 

likely to obtain more set-aside contracts 

due to the reduced competition from 

fewer businesses qualifying as small 

under the decreases to size standards. 

With some larger small businesses 

losing small business status under the 

proposed decreases to size standards, 

smaller small businesses would likely 

become more competitive in obtaining 

set-aside contracts. However, SBA 

cannot quantify these impacts. 

Net Impacts of Proposed Size Standards 

Changes 

The impacts of the proposed increases 

of size standards for 21 industries and 

27 parts of three industries were shown 

in Table 12 (above). Similarly, the 

impacts of proposed decreases of size 

standards for seven industries and 41 

parts of one industry were presented in 

Table 13 (above). Table 14, Net Impacts 

of Proposed Size Standards Changes, 

below, presents the net impacts of 

proposed changes to size standards for 

28 industries and 68 parts of four 

industries. 

Based on the 2017 Economic Census, 

SBA estimates that in 28 NAICS 2017 

industries and 68 parts of four 

industries for which proposed size 

standards for NAICS 2022 have resulted 

changes in size standards, about 364 

firms (almost all in NAICS 2017 

industry 454110) would not qualify as 

small under the proposed size standards 

for NAICS 2022 industries. That 

represents about 0.3% of all firms 

classified as small in those industries 

and industry parts under the current 

size standards. 

TABLE 14—NET IMPACTS OF PROPOSED SIZE STANDARDS CHANGES

Impact variable Value 

Number of industries or industry parts with changes to size standards ............................................................................................. 32 


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Impact variable Value 

Total number of small firms under the current size standards in industries with changes to size standards (2017 Economic Census) ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 109,990 

Additional number of firms qualifying as small under size standards changes (2017 Economic Census) ........................................ ¥364 

% of additional firms qualifying as small relative to total current small firms (2017 Economic Census) ........................................... ¥0.3% 

Number of current unique small firms getting small business contracts in industries with changes to size standards (FPDS–NG 

FY 2018–2020) 1 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1,509 

Additional number of unique small firms gaining small business status in industries with changes to size standards (FPDS–NG 

FY 2018–2020) 1 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 42 

% increase to small firms relative to current unique small firms gaining small business status (FPDS–NG FY 2018–2020) .......... 2.8% 

Total small business contract dollars under current size standards in industries with changes to size standards ($ million) 

(FPDS–NG FY 2018–2020) ............................................................................................................................................................. $495.6 

Estimated small business dollars available to newly qualified small firms ($ million) (FPDS–NG FY 2018–2020) 2 ........................ $60.4 

% increase to dollars relative to total small business contract dollars under current size standards ................................................ 12.2% 

Total number of 7(a) and 504 loans to small businesses in industries with changes to size standards (FY 2018–2020) ............... 1,224 

Additional number of 7(a) and 504 loans to small businesses in industries with changes to size standards (FY 2018–2020) ........ 0 

% of additional 7(a) and 504 loans go small businesses in industries with changes to size standards ........................................... 0.0% 

Total amount of 7(a) and 504 loans to small businesses in industries with changes to size standards ($ million) (FY 2018–2020) $440.3 

Estimated additional 7(a) and 504 loan amount to newly-qualified small firms ($ million) ................................................................ $0.0 

% increase to 7(a) and 504 loan amount relative to the total amount of 7(a) and 504 loans to small businesses .......................... 0.0% 

Total number of EIDL loans to small businesses in industries with changes to size standards (FY 2018–2020) 3 .......................... 91 

Estimated number of additional EIDL loans to newly-qualified small firms (FY 2018–2020) 3 .......................................................... 0 

% of additional EIDL loans to small businesses in industries with changes to size standards ......................................................... 0.0% 

Total amount of EIDL loans to small businesses in industries with changes to size standards ($ million) (FY 2018–2020) 3 ......... $0.2 

Estimated additional EIDL loan amount to newly-qualified small firms ($ million) 3 (FY2018–2020) ................................................. $0.0 

% increase to EIDL loan amount relative to the total amount of disaster loans to small businesses 3 ............................................. 0.0% 

1Total impact represents total unique number of firms impacted to avoid double counting as some firms participate in more than one industry. 

2Additional dollars are calculated multiplying average small business dollars obligated per unique firm times change in number of firms. Numbers of firms are calculated using the SBA’s current size standards, not the contracting officer’s size designation. 3Excludes COVID–19 related EIDL loans due to their temporary nature. Effective January 1, 2022, SBA stopped accepting applications for 

new COVID EIDL loans or advances. 

Based on the FPDS–NG data for fiscal 

years 2018–2020, SBA estimates that 

about 42 unique active firms in Federal 

contracting in those industries would 

gain their small business status under 

proposed changes to size standards, 

most of them in Sector 31–33 

(Manufacturing). This represents an 

increase of about 2.8% of the total 

number of small businesses 

participating in Federal contracting 

under the current size standards. Based 

on the same data, SBA estimates that 

about $60.4 million of Federal 

procurement dollars would become 

available to all small firms, including 

those gaining small status. This 

represents an increase of 12.2% from 

the baseline. SBA estimates that the 

dollars obligated to small businesses 

will increase despite a reduction in the 

total number of small firms because the 

contract dollars to newly-qualified small 

businesses in sectors with increases to 

size standards is higher than the 

contract dollars to small businesses 

losing small business status in sectors 

with decreases to size standards. 

Based on the SBA’s loan data for 

fiscal years 2018–2020, the total number 

of 7(a) and CDC/504 loans will not be 

impacted, and the loan amount may 

increase slightly since the average loan 

value to firms with increases to size 

standards is higher than the average 

loan value to firms with decreases to 

size standards. 

Firms’ participation under the SBA’s 

EIDL program will be affected as well. 

Since the benefit provided through this 

program is contingent on the occurrence 

and severity of a disaster in the future, 

SBA cannot make a meaningful estimate 

of this impact. However, based on the 

disaster loan program data for fiscal 

years 2018–2020, SBA estimates that the 

total number of EIDL loans and the loan 

amount will not be impacted. 

3. What alternatives have been 

considered? 

As stated previously, as an alternative 

to proposing new size standards for 

NAICS 2022 industries, SBA considered 

retaining NAICS 2017 as the basis of 

industry definitions for its small 

business size standards. That would, 

however, lead to inconsistencies 

between SBA’s size standards and 

establishment data published by Federal 

agencies that will adopt NAICS 2022 for 

their statistical and other data collection 

programs. OMB stated in its December 

21, 2021, notice that ‘‘Federal statistical 

establishment data published for 

reference years beginning on or after 

January 1, 2022, should be published 

using the 2022 NAICS United States 

codes.’’ SBA is not a statistical agency, 

but it uses for its size standards analyses 

establishment data collected by other 

Federal agencies, such as the Economic 

Census data and County Business 

Patterns from the U.S. Census Bureau. If 

SBA continues using NAICS 2017 for its 

size standards, it will not be able to 

analyze and evaluate industry structure 

adequately and accurately and adjust 

small business size standards 

appropriately because the forthcoming 

Economic Census and County Business 

Patterns data based on NAICS 2022 will 

not be compatible with NAICS 2017 

industry definitions. That would run 

counter to the Jobs Act mandate that 

requires SBA to review all size 

standards and adjust them appropriately 

to reflect the current industry structure 

and market conditions every five years. 

To establish, review, or revise, where 

necessary, small business size 

standards, SBA uses special tabulations 

of industry data that it obtains from the 

U.S. Census Bureau based on its 

Economic Census of U.S. industries and 

businesses, and establishment data from 

its County Business Patterns (CBP). 

Because the 2022 Economic Census and 

CBP data will be based on NAICS 2022 

industry definitions, it is imperative 

that SBA also use NAICS 2022 as the 

basis of industry definitions for its table 

of small business size standards. 

Congressional Review Act 

Subtitle E of the Small Business 

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1996 (codified at 5 U.S.C. 801–808), also 

known as the Congressional Review Act 

or CRA, generally provides that before a 

rule may take effect, the agency 

promulgating the rule must submit a 

rule report, which includes a copy of 

the rule, to each House of the Congress 

and to the Comptroller General of the 

United States. SBA will submit a report 

containing this rule and other required 

information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. 

House of Representatives, and the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. A major rule under the CRA 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

OMB’s Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs has determined that 

this rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined 

by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(RFA), this proposed rule, if adopted, 

may have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small businesses 

in some industries whose size standards 

have been revised. As described above, 

this rule may affect small businesses 

applying for Federal Government 

contracts, loans under SBA’s 7(a), 504, 

and Economic Injury Disaster Loan 

Programs, and assistance under other 

Federal small business programs. 

Immediately below, SBA sets forth an 

initial regulatory flexibility analysis 

(IRFA) of this proposed rule addressing 

the following questions: (1) What are the 

need for and objectives of the rule?; (2) 

What are SBA’s description and 

estimate of the number of small 

businesses to which the rule will 

apply?; (3) What are the projected 

reporting, record keeping, and other 

compliance requirements of the rule?; 

(4) What are the relevant Federal rules 

that may duplicate, overlap, or conflict 

with the rule?; and (5) What alternatives 

will allow the Agency to accomplish its 

regulatory objectives while minimizing 

the impact on small businesses? 

1. What are the need for and objective 

of the rule? 

The Small Business Act requires that 

small business size standards vary from 

industry to industry reflecting the 

differing characteristics of the various 

industries. SBA uses the latest NAICS as 

a basis of industries definitions for its 

table of size standards. As part of its 

five-year review of and revisions to 

NAICS industry definitions, OMB 

published its latest NAICS revision, 

NAICS 2022, on December 21, 2021. 

According to the OMB’s notice, Federal 

establishment and industry data for 

reference years beginning on or after 

January 1, 2022, should be published 

using NAICS 2022. This rule proposes 

to amend SBA’s small business size 

regulations to incorporate NAICS 2022 

into its table of size standards. This not 

only makes SBA’s size standards more 

reflective of the latest industry 

differences but also makes them more 

consistent with latest industry data the 

Agency uses to establish, review or 

adjust size standards. Updating size 

standards to the latest industry 

definitions also serves the SBA’s 

mandate to review all size standards 

and make appropriate adjustments to 

reflect market conditions under the Jobs 

Act. 

2. What are SBA’s description and 

estimate of the number of small 

businesses to which the rule will apply? 

With the update of size standards to 

the latest industry definitions under 

NAICS 2022, Federal small business 

assistance is more effectively targeted to 

its intended beneficiaries. The NAICS 

2022 revision created 111 new 

industries by reclassifying, combining, 

or splitting 156 NAICS 2017 industries 

or their parts. If adopted as proposed, 

SBA’s proposed size standards for these 

111 new industries under NAICS 2022 

will result in an increase to the size 

standards for 21 industries and 27 parts 

of three industries under NAICS 2017, 

a decrease to size standards for seven 

industries and 41 parts of one industry, 

a change in the size standard measure 

from average annual receipts to number 

of employees for one industry, a change 

in the size standard measure from 

number of employees to average annual 

receipts for a part of one industry, and 

no change in size standards for 118 

industries and 33 parts of eight 

industries. In 21 industries and 27 parts 

of three industries whose size standards 

would increase due to the adoption of 

NAICS 2022, nearly 700 firms above the 

current size standards would qualify as 

small under the updated size standards, 

thereby making them eligible for Federal 

small business assistance programs. 

Based on the data for fiscal years 2018– 

2020, SBA estimates that approximately 

$60.0 million in Federal contracts and 

about $100,000 in SBA 7(a) and 504 

loans could be awarded to the newly 

defined small businesses under the 

updated size standards. The updated 

size standards would enable advanced 

small businesses to maintain their small 

business size status for a longer period 

and some mid-size businesses (i.e., 

businesses that have just exceeded the 

size thresholds) regain their small 

business status. In the seven NAICS 

2017 industries and 41 parts of one 

industry for which size standards will 

decrease as a result of adoption of 

NAICS 2022, 1,055 firms below the 

current size standards would lose their 

small business size status under the 

proposed size standards. However, the 

program data suggests that this would 

cause no impact on them in terms of 

access to Federal contracting and SBA’s 

loans programs. Currently, they are not 

participating in any small business 

programs. 

3. What are the projected reporting, 

record keeping and other compliance 

requirements of the rule? 

The proposed size standard changes 

due to the adoption of NAICS 2022 

impose no additional reporting or 

record keeping requirements on small 

businesses. However, qualifying for 

Federal small business contracting and 

other programs may require businesses 

to register in SAM and recertify in SAM 

that they are small at least once 

annually. Therefore, the newly qualified 

small businesses opting to participate in 

those programs must comply with SAM 

requirements. There are minimal costs 

associated with SAM registration and 

annual recertification, but the proposed 

rule does not impose any new costs in 

this area. Changing size standards alters 

the access to SBA’s financial and other 

Federal programs that assist small 

businesses but does not impose a 

regulatory burden because they neither 

regulate nor control business behavior. 

4. What are the relevant Federal rules, 

which may duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with the rule? 

Under section 3(a)(2)(C) of the Small 

Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)(c), 

Federal agencies must generally use 

SBA’s size standards to define a small 

business, unless specifically authorized 

by statute to do otherwise. In 1995, SBA 

published in the Federal Register a list 

of statutory and regulatory size 

standards that identified the application 

of SBA’s size standards as well as other 

size standards used by Federal agencies 

(60 FR 57988 (November 24, 1995)). An 

agency may establish for its programs a 

size standard that is different from those 

established by SBA if approved by 

SBA’s Administrator in accordance with 

13 CFR 121.903. SBA is not aware of 

any Federal rule that would duplicate or 

conflict with establishing or updating 

size standards. 

However, the Small Business Act and 

SBA’s regulations allow Federal 

agencies to develop different size 

standards if they believe that SBA’s size 

standards are not appropriate for their 

programs, with the approval of SBA’s 

Administrator (13 CFR 121.903). The 

RFA authorizes a Federal agency to 

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definition, after consultation with the 

Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small 

Business Administration (5 U.S.C. 

601(3)). 

5. What alternatives will allow the 

Agency to accomplish its regulatory 

objectives while minimizing the impact 

on small entities? 

By law, SBA is required to develop 

numerical size standards for 

establishing eligibility for Federal small 

business assistance programs. Other 

than varying levels of size standards by 

industry and changing the size 

measures, no practical alternative exists 

to the systems of numerical size 

standards. As stated previously, SBA 

considered continuing to use NAICS 

2017 as a basis of industry definitions 

for its table of size standards. However, 

that would render SBA’s table of size 

standards incompatible with Federal 

industry and establishment statistics 

and other databases when evaluating 

industry characteristics to ensure size 

standards are reflective of current 

industry structure and market 

conditions. 

Executive Order 13563 

A description of the need for this 

proposed regulatory action and benefits 

and costs associated with this action 

including possible distribution impacts 

that relate to Executive Order 13563 are 

included above in the Cost Benefit 

Analysis. 

To engage interested parties in this 

action, SBA reached out to all Federal 

agencies advising them that the Agency 

plans to update its table of size 

standards to NAICS 2022, effective 

October 1, 2022, and that agencies must 

continue using the current size 

standards until that date. Adopting the 

updated size standards on October 1, 

2022, is consistent with SBA’s 

adoptions of previous NAICS revisions 

at the beginning of the new fiscal year 

following the OMB’s January 1 effective 

date of NAICS revisions for Federal 

statistical agencies. 

Unlike the previous NAICS revisions 

which SBA adopted for its size 

standards either through a direct final 

rule or through an interim final rule, for 

the adoption of NAICS 2022 revision, 

SBA is issuing this proposed rule and 

seeking comments to better engage the 

public in the process. SBA will also 

issue a press release on the publication 

of the proposed rule and update the size 

standards web page at www.sba.gov/ 

size, asking interested parties to 

comment on the rule. SBA will 

thoroughly consider all public 

comments when developing the final 

rule. 

Executive Order 12988 

This action meets applicable 

standards set forth in sections 3(a) and 

3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, Civil 

Justice Reform, to minimize litigation, 

eliminate ambiguity, and reduce 

burden. The action does not have 

retroactive or preemptive effect. 

Executive Order 13132 

For purposes of Executive Order 

13132, SBA has determined that this 

proposed rule, if adopted as proposed, 

will not have substantial, direct effects 

on the States, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

the States, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government. Therefore, 

SBA has determined that this proposed 

rule has no federalism implications 

warranting preparation of a federalism 

assessment. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

For the purpose of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35, SBA 

has determined that this proposed rule 

would not impose any new reporting or 

record keeping requirements. 

List of Subjects in 13 CFR Part 121 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Federal Government 

procurement, Federal Government 

property, Grant programs—Business, 

Individuals with disabilities, Loan 

programs—Business, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Small 

businesses. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, SBA proposes to amend 13 

CFR part 121 as follows: 

PART 121—SMALL BUSINESS SIZE 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 121 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6), 

636(a)(36), 662, 694a(9), and 9012. 

■ 2. In § 121.201, amend the table, 

‘‘Small Business Size Standards by 

NAICS Industry’’ as follows: 

■ a. Remove the entries for 212111, 

212112, and 212113. 

■ b. Add entries for 212114, 212115, 

and 212220 in numerical order. 

■ c. Remove the entries for 212221 and 

212222. 

■ d. Add an entry for 212290 in 

numerical order. 

■ e. Remove the entries for 212291 and 

212299. 

■ f. Add an entry for 212323 in 

numerical order. 

■ g. Remove the entries for 212324 and 

212325. 

■ h. Add an entry for 212390 in 

numerical order. 

■ i. Remove the entries for 212391, 

212392, 212393, and 212399. 

■ j. Revise entry 311221. 

■ k. Remove the entry for 315110. 

■ l. Add an entry for 315120 in 

numerical order. 

■ m. Remove the entries for 315190, 

315220, and 315240. 

■ n. Add an entry for 315250 in 

numerical order. 

■ o. Remove the entry for 315280. 

■ p. Add an entry for 316990 in 

numerical order. 

■ q. Remove the entries for 316992, 

316998, 321213, and 321214. 

■ r. Add entries for 321215 and 322120 

in numerical order. 

■ s. Remove the entries for 322121 and 

322122. 

■ t. Add an entry for 325315 in 

numerical order. 

■ u. Revise entry 325992. 

■ v. Remove the entry for 333244. 

■ w. Add an entry for 333248 in 

numerical order. 

■ x. Remove the entry for 333249. 

■ y. Add an entry for 333310 in 

numerical order. 

■ z. Remove the entries for 333314, 

333316, 333318, and 333997. 

■ aa. Add an entry for 333998 in 

numerical order. 

■ bb. Remove the entry for 333999. 

■ cc. Add an entry for 334610 in 

numerical order. 

■ dd. Remove the entries for 334613, 

334614, 335110, 335121, 335122, and 

335129. 

■ ee. Add entries for 335131, 335132, 

335139, and 335910 in numerical order. 

■ ff. Remove the entries for 335911 and 

335912. 

■ gg. Add an entry for 336110 in 

numerical order. 

■ hh. Remove the entries for 336111, 

336112, 337124, and 337125. 

■ ii. Add an entry for 337126 in 

numerical order. 

■ jj. Remove the entries for 424320 and 

424330. 

■ kk. Add an entry for 424350 in 

numerical order. 

■ ll. Revise entry 424940 and the 

heading for Subsector 425. 

■ mm. Remove the entry for 425110. 

■ nn. Add an entry for 441227 in 

numerical order. 

■ oo. Remove the entries for 441228, 

441310, and 441320. 

■ pp. Add entries for 441330 and 

441340 in numerical order. 

■ qq. Remove the heading for Subsector 

442 and entries 442110, 442210, 

442291, and 442299 and the heading for 

Subsector 443 and entries 443141 and 

443142. 

■ rr. Revise entry 444120. 


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■ ss. Remove the entry for 444130. 

■ tt. Add entries for 444140 and 444180 

in numerical order. 

■ uu. Remove the entries for 444190, 

444210, and 444220. 

■ vv. Add entries for 444230 and 

444240 in numerical order. 

■ ww. Revise the heading for Subsector 

445 and all the entries under Subsector 

445. 

■ xx. Remove the heading for Subsector 

446 and all the entries under Subsector 

446, the heading for Subsector 447 and 

all the entries under Subsector 447, and 

the heading for Subsector 448 and all 

the entries under Subsector 448. 

■ yy. Add a heading for Subsector 449 

and entries 449110, 449121, 449122, 

449129, and 449210 in numerical order. 

■ zz. Remove the heading for Subsector 

451 and all the entries under Subsector 

451, the heading for Subsector 452 and 

all the entries under Subsector 452, the 

heading for Subsector 453 and all the 

entries under Subsector 453, and the 

heading for Subsector 454 and all the 

entries under Subsector 454. 

■ aaa. Add a heading for Subsector 455 

and entries 455110, 455211, and 

455219, a heading for Subsector 456 and 

entries 456110, 456120, 456130, 456191, 

and 456199, a heading for Subsector 457 

and entries 457110, 457120, and 

457210, a heading for Subsector 458 and 

entries 458110, 458210, 458310, and 

458320, and a heading for Subsector 459 

and entries 459110, 459120, 459130, 

459140, 459210, 459310, 459410, 

459420, 459510, 459910, 459920, 

459930, 459991, and 459999 in 

numerical order. 

■ bbb. Revise entry 485310. 

■ ccc. Remove the heading for Subsector 

511 and all the entries under Subsector 

511. 

■ ddd. Add a heading for Subsector 513 

and entries 513110, 513120, 513130, 

513140, 513191, 513199, and 513210 in 

numerical order. 

■ eee. Remove the heading for Subsector 

515 and all the entries under Subsector 

515. 

■ fff. Add a heading for Subsector 516 

and entries 516110, 516120, and 516210 

in numerical order. 

■ ggg. Remove all the entries under 

Subsector 517. 

■ hhh. Add entries 517111, 517112, 

517121, 517122, and 517810 in 

numerical order. 

■ iii. Revise the heading for Subsector 

518, entry 518210, and the heading for 

Subsector 519. 

■ jjj. Remove the entries for 519110, 

519120, 519130, and 519190. 

■ kkk. Add entries for 519210 and 

519290 in numerical order. 

■ lll. Remove the entry for 522120. 

■ mmm. Add an entry for 522180 in 

numerical order. 

■ nnn. Remove the entries for 522190, 

522293, 522294, and 522298. 

■ ooo. Add an entry for 522299 in 

numerical order. 

■ ppp. Remove the entries for 523110, 

523120, 523130, and 523140. 

■ qqq. Add entries for 523150 and 

523160 in numerical order. 

■ rrr. Remove the entries for 523920 and 

523930. 

■ sss. Add an entry for 523940 in 

numerical order. 

■ ttt. Revise entries for 524292, 541380, 

541850, 561611, and 624410. 

■ uuu. Remove the entries for 811112 

and 811113. 

■ vvv. Add an entry for 811114 in 

numerical order. 

■ www. Remove the entry for 811118. 

■ xxx. Add an entry for 811210 in 

numerical order. 

■ yyy. Remove the entries for 811211, 

811212, 811213, and 811219. 

■ zzz. Revise footnotes 8 and 15 at the 

end of the table. 

The additions and revisions read as 

follows: 

§ 121.201 What size standards has SBA 

identified by North American U.S. Industry 

Classification System codes? 

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SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARDS BY NAICS INDUSTRY

NAICS codes NAICS U.S. industry title Size standards in 

millions of dollars 

Size standards in 

number of 

employees 

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Sector 21—Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 

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Subsector 212—Mining (except Oil and Gas) 

212114 ....................... Surface Coal Mining ................................................................................................ ............................ 1,250 

212115 ....................... Underground Coal Mining ........................................................................................ ............................ 1,500 

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212220 ....................... Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining .............................................................................. ............................ 1,500 

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212290 ....................... Other Metal Ore Mining ........................................................................................... ............................ 750 

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212323 ....................... Kaolin, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining ................................... ............................ 500 

212390 ....................... Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying ................................................... ............................ 500 

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Sectors 31–33—Manufacturing 

Subsector 311—Food Manufacturing 

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311221 ....................... Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing ............................................................ ............................ 1,250 


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Subsector 315—Apparel Manufacturing 

315120 ....................... Apparel Knitting Mills ............................................................................................... ............................ 750 

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315250 ....................... Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing (except Contractors) ..................................... ............................ 750 

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Subsector 316—Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing 

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316990 ....................... Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing .................................................... ............................ 500 

Subsector 321—Wood Product Manufacturing 

321215 ....................... Engineered Wood Member Manufacturing .............................................................. ............................ 500 

* * * * * * * 

Subsector 322—Paper Manufacturing 

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322120 ....................... Paper Mills ............................................................................................................... ............................ 1,250 

* * * * * * * 

Subsector 325—Chemical Manufacturing 

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325315 ....................... Compost Manufacturing ........................................................................................... ............................ 500 

* * * * * * * 

325992 ....................... Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing ........ ............................ 1,500 

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Subsector 333—Machinery Manufacturing 6

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333248 ....................... All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing ......................................................... ............................ 750 

333310 ....................... Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing .................................. ............................ 1,000 

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333998 ....................... All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing ..................... ............................ 500 

Subsector 334—Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 6

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334610 ....................... Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media ............................... ............................ 1,250 

Subsector 335—Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Component Manufacturing 6

335131 ....................... Residential Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing ................................................ ............................ 750 

335132 ....................... Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing ... ............................ 500 

335139 ....................... Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing ......................... ............................ 1,250 

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335910 ....................... Battery Manufacturing .............................................................................................. ............................ 1,250 


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Subsector 336—Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 6

336110 ....................... Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing ....................................... ............................ 1,500 

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Subsector 337—Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing 

*******

337126 ....................... Household Furniture (except Wood and Upholstered) Manufacturing .................... ............................ 750 

* * * * * * * 

Sector 42—Wholesale Trade 

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Subsector 424—Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 

*******

424350 ....................... Clothing and Clothing Accessories Merchant Wholesalers ..................................... ............................ 150 

*******

424940 ....................... Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant Wholesalers ......................... ............................ 250 

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Subsector 425—Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers 

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Sector 44–45—Retail Trade 

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Subsector 441—Motor Vehicles and Parts Dealers 

*******

441227 ....................... Motorcycle, ATV, and All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers .......................................... 35.00 ............................

441330 ....................... Automotive Parts and Accessories Retailers .......................................................... 16.50 ............................

441340 ....................... Tire Dealers ............................................................................................................. 16.50 ............................

Subsector 444—Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers 

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444120 ....................... Paint and Wallpaper Retailers ................................................................................. 30.00 ............................

444140 ....................... Hardware Retailers .................................................................................................. 8.00 ............................

444180 ....................... Other Building Material Dealers ............................................................................... 22.00 ............................

444230 ....................... Outdoor Power Equipment Retailers ....................................................................... 8.00 ............................

444240 ....................... Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers ............................................. 12.00 ............................

Subsector 445—Food and Beverage Retailers 

445110 ....................... Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) ........ 35.00 ............................

445131 ....................... Convenience Retailers ............................................................................................. 32.00 ............................

445132 ....................... Vending Machine Operators .................................................................................... 12.00 ............................

445230 ....................... Fruit and Vegetable Retailers .................................................................................. 8.00 ............................

445240 ....................... Meat Retailers .......................................................................................................... 8.00 ............................

445250 ....................... Fish and Seafood Retailers ..................................................................................... 8.00 ............................

445291 ....................... Baked Goods Retailers ............................................................................................ 8.00 ............................

445292 ....................... Confectionery and Nut Retailers .............................................................................. 8.00 ............................

445298 ....................... All Other Specialty Food Retailers .......................................................................... 8.00 ............................


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445320 ....................... Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers ............................................................................ 8.00 ............................

Subsector 449—Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers 

449110 ....................... Furniture Retailers ................................................................................................... 22.00 ............................

449121 ....................... Floor Covering Retailers .......................................................................................... 8.00 ............................

449122 ....................... Window Treatment Retailers ................................................................................... 8.00 ............................

449129 ....................... All Other Home Furnishings Retailers ..................................................................... 22.00 ............................

449210 ....................... Electronics and Appliance Retailers ........................................................................ 35.00 ............................

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Subsector 455—General Merchandise Retailers 

455110 ....................... Department Stores ................................................................................................... 35.00 ............................

455211 ....................... Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters ....................................................................... 32.00 ............................

455219 ....................... All Other General Merchandise Retailers ................................................................ 35.00 ............................

Subsector 456—Health and Personal Care Retailers 

456110 ....................... Pharmacies and Drug Retailers ............................................................................... 30.00 ............................

456120 ....................... Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers .............................................. 30.00 ............................

456130 ....................... Optical Goods Retailers ........................................................................................... 22.00 ............................

456191 ....................... Food (Health) Supplement Retailers ....................................................................... 16.50 ............................

456199 ....................... All Other Health and Personal Care Retailers ........................................................ 8.00 ............................

Subsector 457—Gasoline Stations and Fuel Dealers 

457110 ....................... Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores ........................................................... 32.00 ............................

457120 ....................... Other Gasoline Stations ........................................................................................... 16.50 ............................

457210 ....................... Fuel Dealers ............................................................................................................. ............................ 100 

Subsector 458—Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers 

458110 ....................... Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers .......................................................... 41.50 ............................

458210 ....................... Shoe Retailers ......................................................................................................... 30.00 ............................

458310 ....................... Jewelry Retailers ...................................................................................................... 16.50 ............................

458320 ....................... Luggage and Leather Goods Retailers ................................................................... 30.00 ............................

Subsector 459—Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers 

459110 ....................... Sporting Goods Retailers ......................................................................................... 16.50 ............................

459120 ....................... Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers ............................................................................ 30.00 ............................

459130 ....................... Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Goods Retailers ................................................... 30.00 ............................

459140 ....................... Musical Instrument and Supplies Retailers ............................................................. 12.00 ............................

459210 ....................... Book Retailers and News Dealers ........................................................................... 30.00 ............................

459310 ....................... Florists ...................................................................................................................... 8.00 ............................

459410 ....................... Office Supplies and Stationery Retailers ................................................................. 35.00 ............................

459420 ....................... Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retailers ...................................................................... 8.00 ............................

459510 ....................... Used Merchandise Retailers .................................................................................... 8.00 ............................

459910 ....................... Pet and Pet Supplies Retailers ................................................................................ 22.00 ............................

459920 ....................... Art Dealers ............................................................................................................... 8.00 ............................

459930 ....................... Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers ..................................................................... 16.50 ............................

459991 ....................... Tobacco, Electronic Cigarette, and Other Smoking Supplies Retailers .................. 8.00 ............................

459999 ....................... All Other Miscellaneous Retailers ............................................................................ 8.00 ............................

Sectors 48–49—Transportation and Warehousing 

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Subsector 485—Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation 

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485310 ....................... Taxi and Ridesharing Services ................................................................................ 16.50 ............................

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Sector 51—Information 


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Subsector 513—Publishing Industries 

513110 ....................... Newspaper Publishers ............................................................................................. ............................ 1,000 

513120 ....................... Periodical Publishers ............................................................................................... ............................ 1,000 

513130 ....................... Book Publishers ....................................................................................................... ............................ 1,000 

513140 ....................... Directory and Mailing List Publishers ...................................................................... ............................ 1,000 

513191 ....................... Greeting Card Publishers ........................................................................................ ............................ 1,000 

513199 ....................... All Other Publishers ................................................................................................. ............................ 1,000 

513210 ....................... Software Publishers 15 ............................................................................................. 15 41.50 ............................

Subsector 516—Broadcasting and Content Providers 

516110 ....................... Radio Broadcasting Stations ................................................................................... 41.50 ............................

516120 ....................... Television Broadcasting Stations ............................................................................. 41.50 ............................

516210 ....................... Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers.41.50 ............................

Subsector 517—Telecommunications 

517111 ....................... Wired Telecommunications Carriers ........................................................................ ............................ 1,500 

517112 ....................... Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) ....................................... ............................ 1,500 

517121 ....................... Telecommunications Resellers ................................................................................ ............................ 1,500 

517122 ....................... Agents for Wireless Telecommunications Services ................................................ ............................ 1,500 

517810 ....................... All Other Telecommunications ................................................................................. 35.00 ............................

Subsector 518—Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 

518210 ....................... Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related 

Services.

35.00 ............................

Subsector 519—Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services 

519210 ....................... Libraries and Archives ............................................................................................. 18.50 ............................

519290 ....................... Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services ........................................ ............................ 1,000 

Sector 52—Finance and Insurance 

Subsector 522—Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 

*******

522180 ....................... Savings Institutions and Other Depository Credit Intermediation8 .......................... 750.00 million in 

average assets 8

............................

* * * * * * * 

522299 ....................... International, Secondary Market, and All Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation.41.50 ............................

* * * * * * * 

Subsector 523—Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities 

523150 ....................... Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation ................................................. 41.50 ............................

523160 ....................... Commodity Contracts Intermediation ...................................................................... 41.50 ............................

*******

523940 ....................... Portfolio Management and Investment Advice ........................................................ 41.50 ............................

*******

Subsector 524—Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 

*******

524292 ....................... Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third-Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds.40.00 ............................


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Sector 54—Professional, Scientific and Technical Services 

Subsector 541—Professional, Scientific and Technical Services 

*******

541380 ....................... Testing Laboratories and Services .......................................................................... 16.50 ............................

* * * * * * * 

541850 ....................... Indoor and Outdoor Display Advertising .................................................................. 30.50 ............................

* * * * * * * 

Sector 56—Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 

Subsector 561—Administrative and Support Services 

*******

561611 ....................... Investigation and Personal Background Check Services ........................................ 22.00 ............................

*******

Sector 62—Health Care and Social Assistance 

Subsector 621—Ambulatory Health Care Services 

*******

624410 ....................... Child Care Services ................................................................................................. 8.50 ............................

* * * * * * * 

Sector 81—Other Services (Except Public Administration) 

Subsector 811—Repair and Maintenance 

*******

811114 ....................... Specialized Automotive Repair ................................................................................ 8.00 ............................

*******

811210 ....................... Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance ............................... 30.00 ............................

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Footnotes: 

* * * * * * * 

6. NAICS Subsectors 333, 334, 335 and 336—For rebuilding machinery or equipment on a factory basis, or equivalent, use the NAICS code 

for a newly manufactured product. Concerns performing major rebuilding or overhaul activities do not necessarily have to meet the criteria for 

being a ‘‘manufacturer’’ although the activities may be classified under a manufacturing NAICS code. Ordinary repair services or preservation are 

not considered rebuilding. 

* * * * * * * 

8. NAICS Codes 522110, 522130, 522180, and 522210—A financial institution’s assets are determined by averaging the assets reported on its 

four quarterly financial statements for the preceding year. ‘‘Assets’’ for the purposes of this size standard means the assets defined according to 

the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council 041 call report form for NAICS codes 522110, 522180, and 522210 and the National Credit Union Administration 5300 call report form for NAICS code 522130. 

* * * * * * * 

15. NAICS code 513210—For purposes of Government procurement, the purchase of software subject to potential waiver of the nonmanufacturer rule pursuant to § 121.1203(d) should be classified under this NAICS code. 

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Isabella Casillas Guzman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13250 Filed 7–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 


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