(a) Scope. The definitions in this section apply to §§90.910 and 90.911, unless otherwise specified in those sections.

(b) Small and very small businesses.

(1) A small business is an entity that together with its affiliates and controlling interests, has average gross revenues that do not exceed $15 million for the three preceding years; or

(2) A very small business is an entity that together with its affiliates and controlling interests, has average gross revenues that do not exceed $3 million for the three preceding years.

[62 FR 41222, July 31, 1997, as amended at 67 FR 45377, July 9, 2002; 68 FR 43001, July 21, 2003]