{"data":{"id":"us/13-cfr-126.500","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"13 CFR 126.500","heading":"How does a concern maintain HUBZone certification?","body":"(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) every three years. In order to recertify—\n(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.\n(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.\n(2) The concern's recertification must be submitted in the 90 calendar days before the triennial anniversary of its HUBZone certification date.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 13—Business Credit and Assistance","CHAPTER I—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","PART 126—HUBZONE PROGRAM","Subpart E—Maintaining HUBZone Status"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-13.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:18Z","sha256":"0e2d45d203861de2b00e9fdfd3f5e8090c837542292ad91673152b099f400fdf","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/13-cfr-126.404","next":"us/13-cfr-126.501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}