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https://www.sba.gov/document/report-surety-bond-guarantee-fee-evaluation… Program guarantees bid, payment, and performance bonds for small and emerging businesses that cannot obtain traditional … fee reductions and the implications for participating small businesses, surety firms, and agents; and to provide …
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SBIC Rural Investments Environmental Scan and Evaluability Assessment
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-sbic-rural-investments-environmental-scan-evaluability-assessment… in U.S. rural areas and the extent to which SBA’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program might better address small business investment needs in areas outside of urban … - 
SBIC Program Annual Reports
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-sbic-program-annual-reports… Reports Report This report presents the results of the Small Business Investment Company Program (SBIC) for various fiscal years. We continue to reach small businesses throughout the country, supporting U.S. jobs … - 
White Paper: 7(a) Loan Program During SBA’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-23-05-white-paper-7a-loan-program-during-sbas-response-covid-19-pandemic… 23-05 We prepared this white paper to report on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 7(a) loan program performance … attributed to declining default and charge-off rates. Small businesses also had access to additional support during … - 
SBA Issues Interim Final Rule Adjusting Monetary Size Standards
https://www.sba.gov/article/2019/07/23/sba-issues-interim-final-rule-adjusting-monetary-size-standards… Final Rule Adjusting Monetary Size Standards The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued and interim final rule that adjusts monetary small business size standards for inflation. Specifically, … - 
Virtual public forum on changes to size standards in nine industrial sectors
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/06/01/virtual-public-forum-changes-size-standards-nine-industrial-sectors… review of size standards as mandated by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 . We will consider public … contained in the recently-published proposed rule titled Small Business Size Standards: Manufacturing and Industries … - 
Integrative Counseling Services Benefits from Veridian PPP Loan
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/integrative-counseling-services-benefits-veridian-ppp-loan… clients in central Iowa. The COVID pandemic forced the business to adjust its operations from face-to-face … Garland credits the SBA and Veridian for standing by the business and its employees during this difficult time for small business. … - 
Building memories for today, tomorrow and beyond
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/building-memories-today-tomorrow-and-beyond… Robinson had more ideas for expansion, but, "when you're a business owner, you have so much on the line, you need a … met with SBA resource partners at the Central Indiana Small Business Development Center (SBDC). She had recently … - 
Hala Nsouli
https://www.sba.gov/person/hala-nsouli… Inspector General for Technology Solutions at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Inspector General … economy and providing vital capital to the nation’s small businesses. Prior to her current appointment, Dr. … - 
SBA 2009 White Paper on its Size Standards Methodology
https://www.sba.gov/article/2009/10/21/sba-2009-white-paper-its-size-standards-methodology… explains how it establishes, reviews and modifies its small business size standards. The SBA regularly revises its … should evaluate; whether SBA's approach to establishing small business size standards makes sense in the current … - 
SBA’s Handling of Returned COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Funds and De-Obligations of Approved Loans
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-24-15-sbas-handling-returned-covid-19-economic-injury-disaster-loan-funds-de-obligations-approved-loans… advisory to present the results of our review of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) processing of Coronavirus … of these COVID-19 EIDLs were eventually made available to small business owners, including the original borrowers. … - 
Dicin Electric – Lighting up Connecticut
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/dicin-electric-lighting-connecticut… been lighting up Connecticut since 1973! Cindy Hersom, a small business contractor, based in Waterford became the sole owner of Dicin Electric in 2015 a business started by her parents Janice and Rudy, a mid- … - 
Control Station Inc. – Industrial Process Leader
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/control-station-inc-industrial-process-leader… Station in 2004 and transitioned the company from a hobby business into a leading and global supplier of process … He has successfully built a multi-million-dollar software business that currently employs fifteen fulltime staff. Mr. … sales. Like most businesses, Dennis and his associates had business disruption during the pandemic however Dennis … - 
Flippin for Healthy Feet with Assistance from SBA’s Emerging Leaders Program
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/flippin-healthy-feet-assistance-sbas-emerging-leaders-program… she had worked so hard at creating. An e-mail about a US Small Business Administration (SBA) program would change the course … the SBA’s Emerging Leaders training series for established small businesses. She applied to the program and a few months … - 
Amid COVID Shutdown, SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Positions Newark Personal Training & Wellness Studio to Survive
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/amid-covid-shutdown-sba-economic-injury-disaster-loan-positions-newark-personal… SBA funding as "a lifeline that helped position me and my business to survive. If I did not apply for an EIDL, there would be no way for me to continue my business," Jilus says. Widchard sees the EIDL proceeds as a helping hand, saying "the SBA is helping me stay in business. They have provided this capital in a dire moment - … - 
Verification Inspection of SBA’s 504 Loan Liquidation Process
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-25-02-verification-inspection-sbas-504-loan-liquidation-process… the results of our verification inspection of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) corrective actions for the … Certified Development Company (CDC) Loan Program provides small businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for the … - 
Field Operations Performance Evaluation
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-field-operations-performance-evaluation… staff are committed to the SBA’s core mission to help small businesses start, grow, and be resilient. The study … attend to every relationship. Additionally, adequate business opportunity specialist and lender relations … - 
Triple B Foods
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/triple-b-foods… father established the company in 1981 as a meat trading business. Rob joined Triple B following an early career in … to Mexico make up approximately 60 percent of Triple B’s business and during the last 10-plus years, Mexican export … the company. Triple B Foods now has grown to 7 employees. Small businesses like Triple B Foods are the unsung heroes of … - 
CA SBLC Requests for Increase in 7(a) Loan Size
https://www.sba.gov/document/procedural-notice-5000-864101-ca-sblc-requests-increase-7a-loan-size… is to advise SBA Employees and 7(a) Community Advantage Small Business Lending Companies (CA SBLCs) that SBA is 1) … a process to enable qualifying Community Advantage Small Business Lending Companies (CA SBLCs) to apply to SBA … - 
Nancyellen Gentile
https://www.sba.gov/person/nancyellen-gentile… as Deputy Associate Administrator for SBA's Office of Small Business Development Centers. Office Office of Small Business Development Centers …