---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 126.500"
title: "13"
number: "126.500"
heading: "How does a concern maintain HUBZone certification?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/126.500"
---

# §126.500. How does a concern maintain HUBZone certification?

- (a) **Recertification.**
  - (1) Any concern seeking to remain a certified HUBZone small business concern in DSBS (or successor system) must recertify to SBA that it continues to meet all HUBZone eligibility criteria (see [§ 126.200](/cfr/13/126.200.md)) every three years. In order to recertify—
    - (i) A certified HUBZone small business concern that was not awarded a HUBZone contract during the 12-month period preceding its recertification must represent that, at the time of its recertification, at least 35% of its employees reside in HUBZones and the concern's principal office is located in a HUBZone.
    - (ii) A certified HUBZone small business concern that was awarded a HUBZone contract during the 12-month period preceding its recertification must represent that, at the time of its recertification, it is attempting to maintain compliance with the 35% HUBZone residency requirement and the concern's principal office is located in a HUBZone.
  - (2) The concern's recertification must be submitted in the 90 calendar days before the triennial anniversary of its HUBZone certification date.
  - (3) If a concern fails to recertify, SBA will decertify the concern at the end of its eligibility period. However, if a concern is able to recertify its eligibility within 30 days of the end of its eligibility period, SBA will reinstate the firm as a certified HUBZone small business concern.
  - (4) For a certified HUBZone small business concern that is also a certified WOSB or SDVOSB, the firm may have to recertify less than three years after its previous recertification in order to align certification date.
- (b) **Program examinations.** SBA will conduct a program examination of each certified HUBZone small business concern at least once every three years to ensure continued program eligibility, but may conduct more frequent program examinations using a risk-based analysis to select which concerns are examined.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 102501, Dec. 17, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(a), 632(j), 632(p), 644 and 657a.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 31908, June 11, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 102501, Dec. 17, 2024]