---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 22.229"
title: "47"
number: "22.229"
heading: "Designated entities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/22.229"
---

# §22.229. Designated entities.

- (a) **Eligibility for small business provisions.**
  - (1) A very small business is an entity that, together with its controlling interests and affiliates, has average annual gross revenues not exceeding $3 million for the preceding three years.
  - (2) A small business is an entity that, together with its controlling interests and affiliates, has average annual gross revenues not exceeding $15 million for the preceding three years.
  - (3) An entrepreneur is an entity that, together with its controlling interests and affiliates, has average annual gross revenues not exceeding $40 million for the preceding three years.
- (b) **Bidding credits.** A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of very small businesses may use the bidding credit specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(i)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-i) of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of small businesses may use the bidding credit specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(ii)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-ii) of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as an entrepreneur, as defined in this section, or a consortium of entrepreneurs may use the bidding credit specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(iii)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-iii) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 11434, Mar. 14, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]

### Source

Source: 62 FR 11629, Mar. 12, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309, and 332.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 11434, Mar. 14, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]