BUSINESS SIZE CODING DEFINITIONS
SIZE INFORMATION OWNERSHIP INFORMATION (a) OWNERSHIP INFORMATION (b)
Small Business Minority Owned Service Disabled Veteran – Title
The term “Small Business” shall mean A Business Concern that is at least 51 38 Section 101(16)
a business as defined pursuant to percent owned by one or more minorities; Their term “Service Connected”
Section 3 of the Small Act and relevant or in the case of any publicly owned means, with respect to disability or
regulations issued pursuant thereto. Business, at least 51 percent of the stock is death, that such disability was
Generally, this means a Small Business owned by one or more minorities; and incurred or aggravated, or that the
organized for profit, that is whose management and daily business death resulted from a disability
independently owned and operated, is operations are controlled by one or more incurred or aggravated in line of
not dominant in the field of operations minorities. duty in the active military, Naval
in which it is bidding, and meets the or Air Service.
size standards as prescribed in SBA-Certified HUBZone Small Business
government regulations. Consult your A Business Concern certified by SBA as a OWNER ETHNICITY
regional or district SBA office if further HUBZone Small Business. HUBZone INFORMATION
clarification is needed. Small Businesses must include a copy of
their certification letter from the SBA or a Asian Pacific American
Large Business copy of their PRO-Net profile showing Person with origins from Burma,
A Business concern that exceeds the HUBZone certification with this form. Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Small Business size code standards Singapore, Brunei, Japan, China
established by the SBA as ser forth in SBA-Certified Small Disadvantaged (including Hong Kong), Taiwan,
the Code of Federal Regulations, Title Business Laos, Cambodia (Kampuchea),
13, Part 121 A Business Concern certified by the SBA Vietnam, Korea, The Philippines,
as a Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB). US Trust Territory of the Pacific
Non-Profit Organization SDB’s must include a copy of their letter Islands (Republic of Palau),
Any organization not conducted or from the SBA or a copy of their PRO-Net Republic of the Marshall Islands,
maintained to the purpose of making profile showing SDB certification with this Federal States of Micronesia, the
profit (excluding HBCU/MI’s). form. Common Wealth of the Northern
Included in this category are Sheltered Mariana Islands, Guam, Samoa,
Workshops, Universities, Colleges and SBA-8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business Macao, Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati,
Local State and Federal Governments. A Business certified by the SBA as a Tuvalu or Nauru.
socially and economically Small
Historically Black College/University Disadvantaged Business for considerations Black American
or Minority Institution of Government set-aside contracting Persons having origins in any of
Historically Black Colleges and opportunities and business development. the Black Racial groups of Africa
Universities (HBCU’s) are institutions SDB-8(a)’s must include a copy of their
that were established before 1964 and certification letter from the SBA or a copy Hispanic American
have a principal mission that was, and of their PRO-Net profile showing SDB Person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto
is the education of Black American and certification with this form. Rican, South or Central American
that meet the requirements set forth in or other Spanish culture or origin,
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Women Owned regardless of race.
Title 34, Part 608.2. Minority A Business Concern that is a least 51
Institutions (MI’s) are higher percent owned by one or more women; or, Native American
educations opportunities for minority in the case of any publicly owned business, American Indians, Eskimos,
and/or low income students who are at least 51 percent of the stock is owned by Aleuts or Native Hawaiians.
educationally disadvantaged or one or more women; and whose
underrepresented in post-secondary management and daily business operations Subcontinent Asian American
education and meet the requirements are controlled by one or more women. Persons with origins from India,
set forth in Title 34 of the CFR, Part Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
607.2. Veteran – Title 38 Section 101(2) Bhutan, the Maldives Island or
The term “Veteran” means a person who Nepal.
served in the Active Military, Naval or Air
Service and who was discharged or
released there fore under conditions other
than dishonorable.