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Special announcement

Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America’s 36 million small businesses.

Every day that Senate Democrats continue to oppose a clean funding bill, they are stopping an estimated 320 small businesses from accessing $170 million in SBA-guaranteed funding.

As a result of the shutdown, we wanted to notify you that many of our services supporting small businesses are currently unavailable. The agency is executing its Lapse Plan and as soon as the shutdown is over, we are prepared to immediately return to the record-breaking services we were providing under the leadership of the Trump Administration.

If you need disaster assistance, please visit sba.gov/disaster.

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Hire and manage employees

Basic Page Last updated August 15, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/manage-your-business/hire-manage-employees
504 liquidations

Basic Page Last updated September 4, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/about-sba/sba-locations/loan-guaranty-centers/commercial-loan-service-centers/504-liquidations
Manage an SBIC

Basic Page Last updated May 1, 2024
https://www.sba.gov/partners/sbics/manage-sbic
ROM 10-04 - Review of Controls Over Job Creation and Retention Statistics Reported by SBA under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Document Last updated August 9, 2019
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-rom-10-04-rom-10-04-review-controls-over-job-creation-retention-statistics-reported-sba-under-american
Table of size standards

Document Last updated December 26, 2024
https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards
Lenders

Section Page Last updated December 19, 2024
https://www.sba.gov/partners/lenders
Loan Guaranty Processing Center (Citrus Heights, CA and Hazard, KY)

Section Page Last updated April 11, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/about-sba/sba-locations/loan-guaranty-centers/loan-guaranty-processing-center-citrus-heights-ca-hazard-ky
Know the import and export laws and regulations

Basic Page Last updated June 6, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/grow-your-business/export-products/international-sales/know-import-export-laws-regulations
7(a) loan program

Section Page Last updated June 2, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/partners/lenders/7a-loan-program
SBA Urges Businesses to Prepare for Severe Weather

Article Last updated February 6, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/article/2016/jan/22/sba-urges-businesses-prepare-severe-weather
Buy an existing business or franchise

Basic Page Last updated May 19, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/plan-your-business/buy-existing-business-or-franchise
Marketing and sales

Basic Page Last updated May 29, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/manage-your-business/marketing-sales
Develop your export plan

Basic Page Last updated September 5, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/grow-your-business/export-products/international-sales/develop-your-export-plan
SBA Issues White Paper on its Size Standards Methodology

Article Last updated September 13, 2024
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/09/13/sba-issues-white-paper-its-size-standards-methodology
SBA and Treasury Release Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application

Article Last updated February 6, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/article/2020/may/16/sba-treasury-release-paycheck-protection-program-loan-forgiveness-application
Segundos préstamos PPP: Cómo calcular la reducción de ingresos y los montos máximos de los préstamos, incluyendo qué documentación proporcionar

Document Last updated February 4, 2021
https://www.sba.gov/document/support-segundos-prestamos-ppp-como-calcular-la-reduccion-de-ingresos-y-los-montos-maximos-de-los-prestamos
Job Opportunity Analysis Report Template

Document Last updated June 23, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/document/sba-form-1253a-format-example-analysis-504-impact
Apply to be an SBIC

Basic Page Last updated March 21, 2025
https://www.sba.gov/partners/sbics/apply-be-sbic
5 Things To Do Before You Search For A Franchise

Blog Post Last updated May 3, 2019
https://www.sba.gov/blog/5-things-do-you-search-franchise
Report 10-10 - Audit of the Premier Certified Lenders in the Section 504 Loan Program

Document Last updated August 8, 2019
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-10-10-report-10-10-audit-premier-certified-lenders-section-504-loan-program