

Small Business and Minority Businesses in Miami Dade County (Part 1)
The federal government has a unique program that assists disadvantaged businesses by registering them for government contracts. In other words, as a “small business” you have a higher probability of obtaining a government contract before a business that is not registered as a “small business.” The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) defines a “small” business in terms of the average number of employees over the past 12 months or average annual receipts over the past three years. The SBA defines a U.S. small business as a concern that: