13 CFR § 126.105 - How often will the HUBZone Map be updated?

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title: "13 CFR § 126.105 - How often will the HUBZone Map be updated?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "126.105"
section_name: "How often will the HUBZone Map be updated?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "126"
part_name: "HUBZONE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 632(a), 632(j), 632(p), 644 and 657a."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 31908, June 11, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "126"
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# 126.105 How often will the HUBZone Map be updated?

The HUBZone Map will be updated as follows:

(a) Qualified Census Tracts and Qualified Non-Metropolitan Counties will be updated every 5 years.

(b) Redesignated Areas will be added to the HUBZone Map when areas cease to be designated as Qualified Census Tracts or Qualified Non-Metropolitan Counties, in accordance with the 5-year cycle described in paragraph (a) of this section, and will be removed after 3 years.

(c) Qualified Base Closure Areas will be added to the HUBZone Map after SBA receives information from the Department of Defense that a new base closure area has been created and will be removed after 8 years.

(d) Qualified Disaster Areas generally will be added to the HUBZone Map on a monthly basis, based on data received by SBA from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and generally will be removed on the effective date of the 5-year HUBZone Map update following the declaration.

(e) Governor-Designated Covered Areas will be added to the HUBZone Map after SBA approves a petition in accordance with § 126.104 and will be removed on the effective date of the 5-year HUBZone Map update following the approval, or one year after the petition is approved, whichever is later.

[89 FR 102498, Dec. 17, 2024]