The SBA Size Standards Table: Two Dates, One Document

The cited SBA table displays a January 1, 2022 statement about NAICS and a March 17, 2023 statement about size standards. It also contains a notice about when SAM profiles continue to display status under old size standards.

This original record-reading guide is a general reading aid, not cited evidence. It does not depict a source record; the article text and source links provide the facts.

Key points

• The table’s NAICS industry codes are dated separately from its dollar/employee-count figures — they are not the same date.
• The size-standard figures on the table took effect March 17, 2023.
• The NAICS classification system the table uses is the version effective January 1, 2022.
• SAM.gov will keep showing a business’s old small-business status until that business updates its own SAM registration.
• The cited SBA landing page displays “Last updated July 30, 2026.”

NAICS table edition

The size standards table doesn’t classify industries on its own — it borrows its industry codes from the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The document itself states which edition of NAICS it draws from: “This table lists small business size standards matched to industries described in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), as modified by the Office of Management and Budget, effective January 1, 2022.” (https://legacy.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Table%20of%20Size%20Standards_Effective%20March%2017%2C%202023%20%282%29.pdf)

The supplied table uses the quoted January 1, 2022 wording in its NAICS statement. This article does not define how the SBA maintains NAICS classifications or apply a code to a particular business.

Size-standard effective dates

The size thresholds themselves — the revenue caps and employee counts that determine whether a business counts as “small” in a given industry — carry their own, later effective date. The same document states plainly: “These size standards are effective March 17, 2023” (https://legacy.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Table%20of%20Size%20Standards_Effective%20March%2017%2C%202023%20%282%29.pdf).

The SBA’s own document listing page confirms this same date twice, once as the document’s version label and once as its effective date: “Version March 2023” and “Effective: March 17, 2023” (https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards). That page also records who maintains the record: “Owned by: Office of Size Standards” (https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards).

SAM status difference

Updating the size standards table does not automatically update how a business’s status displays elsewhere in federal systems. The document includes a specific notice on this point: “Until the SAM registration is updated, the SAM profiles will continue to display the small business status under the old size standards.” (https://legacy.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Table%20of%20Size%20Standards_Effective%20March%2017%2C%202023%20%282%29.pdf)

The quoted notice refers to an updated SAM registration and a continuing display under old size standards. This article does not determine the status displayed for a particular business.

The displayed “Last updated” line

The SBA document listing page displays “Last updated July 30, 2026” (https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards). The supplied page does not define the operational meaning of that label, so this article does not equate it with a change to the table or its effective date.

This article does not address whether a particular business qualifies as small under these size standards, determine a SAM profile’s status, or define the meaning of the landing page’s last-updated line.

Source links

https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards https://legacy.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Table%20of%20Size%20Standards_Effective%20March%2017%2C%202023%20%282%29.pdf