Small Business Data Tool: SEXTANT

Small Entity eXperimental Tool for Analysis, Numbers, and Thresholds (SEXTANT) is a data tool created by the Office of Advocacy to lookup the number of small businesses in each industry. For more information about the tool, see the SEXTANT explainer. SEXTANT combines Census Bureau economic data with SBA size standards.

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