---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 27.210"
title: "47"
number: "27.210"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/27.210"
---

# §27.210. Definitions.

- (a) [Reserved]
- (b) **Small and very small business.**
  - (1) A small business is an entity that, together with its affiliates and controlling interests, has average annual gross revenues that are not more than $40 million for the preceding three years.
  - (2) **A very small business—** is an entity that, together with its affiliates and controlling interests, has average annual gross revenues that are not more than $15 million for the preceding three years.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 45373, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 43000, July 21, 2003; 90 FR 57705, Dec. 12, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 309, 332, 336, 337, 1403, 1404, 1451, and 1452, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 45373, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 43000, July 21, 2003; 90 FR 57705, Dec. 12, 2025]