The SBA Changes “Number of Employees” Calculation Factors for Multiple Programs

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is adopting a 24-month average to calculate a business concern’s number of employees for eligibility purposes in all of SBA’s programs – the change becoming effective, July, 6, 2022. Additionally, the SBA is also permitting its Business Loan, Disaster Loan, Surety Bond, and Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) programs to utilize a five-year averaging period (in addition to the existing three-year averaging period), for the purposes of calculating average annual receipts. These changes will allow “larger, small businesses” to retain their small business size status longer – as well as providing some mid-sized businesses the opportunity to regain small business status.

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