NAICS 523160 size standard: Commodity Contracts Intermediation

A business whose primary industry is NAICS 523160 (Commodity Contracts Intermediation) is small for SBA and federal contracting purposes if its average annual receipts, including affiliates, are no more than $41.5 million.

⚠️ SBA’s November 2022 inflation adjustment rule (87 FR 69118, Table 1) and SBA’s downloadable table of size standards (effective March 17, 2023) show this code raised from $41.5 million to $47.0 million, but the amended regulatory text as codified in 13 CFR 121.201 (and eCFR today) still prints $41.5 million, and we found no published correction. We show the eCFR value. If you are between $41.5 million and $47.0 million, confirm with SBA before relying on either figure.

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Before you rely on this

• Affiliates count. SBA adds the receipts or employees of your affiliates (companies that control you, that you control, or that share common ownership or management) to yours. See 13 CFR 121.103.
• Receipts are a 5-year average. Average annual receipts are generally your total receipts over your last 5 completed fiscal years divided by 5 (13 CFR 121.104).
• Employees are a 24-month average. Employee-based standards use your average number of employees per pay period over the preceding 24 completed calendar months, counting part-time and temporary staff (13 CFR 121.106).
• The contract decides the code. For a federal contract, the contracting officer assigns one NAICS code in the solicitation, and that code’s size standard is the one that counts.
• Check officially. Use the official SBA Size Standards Tool and keep your SAM.gov registration current.

Not legal or professional advice. This is a free estimate from AwardWatchdog based on SBA’s published table. AwardWatchdog is not affiliated with SBA or the U.S. government. Only SBA can make a formal size determination.