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The Books · Agencies · SBA

Small Business Administration

Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 1 sub-agencies.

To maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and vitality of small businesses and to assist in the economic recovery of communities after disasters.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$997.5M

Awarding agency SBA

Transactions

159,374

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

0.02%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays · FFY 2021

$322.7B

Matched Monthly Treasury Statement line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for Small Business Administration
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$997.5M
FFY 2023−$409.5M
FFY 2022$21.2B
FFY 2021$334.1B
FFY 2018$849.4M
FFY 2017$657.6M
FFY 2016$1.4B

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for Small Business Administration
CategoryAmount
Grants$389.6M
Contracts$336.1M
Loans$296.1M
Direct payments−$24.3M

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for Small Business Administration
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
Small Business AdministrationSBA$997.5M159,374

Sources

  • Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and outlays.
  • Official websiteUSAspending agency pageBudget justificationMethodologyAll awarding agencies