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Small Business Size Standards for Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) size standards described in this section apply to all SBA programs unless otherwise specified in this Part. The size standards themselves are expressed either in number of employees or annual receipts in millions of dollars, unless otherwise specified. The number of employees or annual receipts indicates the maximum allowed for a concern and its affiliates to be considered small.

Small Business Size Standards by NAICS Industry
NAICS code NAICS U.S. Industry Title Size Standards in millions of dollars Size Standards in number of employees
211 Oil and Gas Extraction:
211111 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction   500
211112 Natural Gas Liquid Extraction   500
212 Mining (except Oil and Gas):
212111 Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining   500
212112 Bituminous Coal Underground Mining   500
212113 Anthracite Mining   500
212210 Iron Ore Mining   500
212221 Gold Ore Mining   500
212222 Silver Ore Mining   500
212231 Lead Ore and Zinc Ore Mining   500
212234 Copper Ore and Nickel Ore Mining   500
212291 Uranium-Radium-Vanadium Ore Mining   500
212299 All Other Metal Ore Mining   500
212311 Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying   500
212312 Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying   500
212313 Crushed and Broken Granite Mining and Quarrying   500
212319 Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying   500
212321 Construction Sand and Gravel Mining   500
212322 Industrial Sand Mining   500
212324 Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining   500
212325 Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining   500
212391 Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining   500
212392 Phosphate Rock Mining   500
212393 Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining   500
212399 All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining   500
213 Support Activities for Mining:
213111 Drilling Oil and Gas Wells   500
213112 Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations $7.0  
213113 Support Activities for Coal Mining $7.0  
213114 Support Activities for Metal Mining $7.0  
213115 Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) $7.0  

Read more about Small Business Size Regulations for Other Industries.

 

Source: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 13, Part 121 - Small Business Size Regulations

 

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