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Are you small for your construction NAICS code?
Pick your code, enter your average annual receipts, and see whether SBA counts you as small. Every number comes straight from the size standards table in 13 CFR 121.201.
Choose a NAICS code and enter your average annual receipts. Your answer shows up here, along with every other construction code you would still be small for.
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Affiliates count. SBA adds the receipts of every domestic and foreign affiliate, meaning any company that controls you, that you control, or that shares a controlling party with you (13 CFR 121.103(a)).
The rules
How SBA figures your average annual receipts
The size standard only works if the number you compare is the one SBA would use. These are the rules from 13 CFR 121.104 and 121.103, as published on eCFR.
Five completed fiscal years, divided by 5
If you have been in business 5 or more completed fiscal years, annual receipts are your total receipts over the most recent 5 completed fiscal years divided by 5. 13 CFR 121.104(c)(1)
Under 5 years in business, or a short year
Total receipts for the time you have been in business, divided by the number of weeks in business, times 52. If one of your 5 years is a short year, SBA uses the short year plus the 4 full years, divided by the total weeks, times 52. 13 CFR 121.104(c)(2) and (c)(3)
The 3-year option is not for contracting
A 3-year average still exists, but only for SBA's Business Loan, Disaster Loan, Surety Bond Guarantee, and SBIC programs. A firm in business 3 or more completed fiscal years may choose either the 5-year or the 3-year average for those programs. Everything else, including federal contracting, uses 5 years. 13 CFR 121.104(c)(4)
Subcontractor costs stay in
Receipts are generally total income plus cost of goods sold, as reported on your federal tax return. You cannot back out subcontractor costs, reimbursements for purchases made at a customer's request, or payroll taxes. Sales and other taxes collected from customers and passed to a taxing authority are excluded, and so are transactions between you and your affiliates. 13 CFR 121.104(a)
Affiliates' receipts count
Companies are affiliates when one controls or has the power to control the other, or a third party controls or has the power to control both. It does not matter whether the control is used. SBA counts the receipts of your firm and all of its domestic and foreign affiliates (13 CFR 121.103(a)(1) and (a)(6)), adding each affiliate's average annual receipts to yours (13 CFR 121.104(d)(1)). If you acquired a company or were acquired during the measurement period, its receipts count for the whole period, not only after the deal (121.104(d)(2)).
NAICS code finder
Every construction NAICS code and its size standard
All 31 codes in subsectors 236, 237, and 238, plus the 2 exceptions SBA lists under them. Search matches the 2022 NAICS titles and the Census Bureau's NAICS index, so "HVAC" finds 238220.
| Code | 2022 NAICS title | Size standard |
|---|---|---|
| 236 · Construction of buildings | ||
| 236115 | New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) | $45.0M |
| 236116 | New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) | $45.0M |
| 236117 | New Housing For-Sale Builders | $45.0M |
| 236118 | Residential Remodelers | $45.0M |
| 236210 | Industrial Building Construction | $45.0M |
| 236220 | Commercial and Institutional Building Construction | $45.0M |
| 237 · Heavy and civil engineering construction | ||
| 237110 | Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction | $45.0M |
| 237120 | Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction | $45.0M |
| 237130 | Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction | $45.0M |
| 237210 | Land Subdivision | $34.0M |
| 237310 | Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction | $45.0M |
| 237990 | Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction | $45.0M |
| 237990 | Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities Exception, see footnote 2 below | $37.0M |
| 238 · Specialty trade contractors | ||
| 238110 | Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238120 | Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238130 | Framing Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238140 | Masonry Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238150 | Glass and Glazing Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238160 | Roofing Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238170 | Siding Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238190 | Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238210 | Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238220 | Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238290 | Other Building Equipment Contractors | $22.0M |
| 238310 | Drywall and Insulation Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238320 | Painting and Wall Covering Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238330 | Flooring Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238340 | Tile and Terrazzo Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238350 | Finish Carpentry Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238390 | Other Building Finishing Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238910 | Site Preparation Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238990 | All Other Specialty Trade Contractors | $19.0M |
| 238990 | Building and Property Specialty Trade Services Exception, see footnote 13 below | $19.0M |
Size standards are average annual receipts in millions of dollars. Tap a code to check it above.
Footnote 2 · 237990 exception
Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities, $37.0M
"To be considered small for purposes of Government procurement, a firm or its similarly situated subcontractors must perform at least 40 percent of the volume dredged with their own equipment or equipment owned by another small dredging concern."
The eCFR table prints this row as "237900 (Exception)". Footnote 2 of the same table identifies it as NAICS code 237990, and 237900 is not a 2022 NAICS code.
Footnote 13 · 238990 exception
Building and Property Specialty Trade Services, $19.0M
"If a procurement requires the use of multiple specialty trade contractors (i.e., plumbing, painting, plastering, carpentry, etc.), and no specialty trade accounts for 50 percent or more of the value of the procurement, all such specialty trade contractors activities are considered a single activity and classified as Building and Property Specialty Trade Services."
Sources
Checked against the primary sources on September 29, 2026. The eCFR text was current as of September 25, 2026. 13 CFR 121.201 was last amended effective March 17, 2023, the same effective date SBA shows on its table of size standards.
- 13 CFR 121.201, size standards by NAICS industry · every threshold, and footnotes 2 and 13
- 13 CFR 121.104, how SBA calculates annual receipts
- 13 CFR 121.103, how SBA determines affiliation
- SBA table of size standards (effective March 17, 2023)
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS codes and titles
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file (search keywords)
This tool checks one number against one table. It is not a formal size determination. For size questions, SBA points to the size standards specialist at your nearest SBA Government Contracting Area Office.
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