definition (small business, profit, companies, employees)

[Bluw]

What determines if a business is a small business or large business? Where is the point of change over from one to the other? Number of employees?? If so, how many?

[maschuette]

500 employees, although there are some very big companies (assests, profits) that have less then that.

[samston]

There is no firm definition.

It could employee numbers, revenue size, assets figure, or profit levels.

[maschuette]

Many industries use the 500 employee cut off including quarrying, mining, gas, and oil companies. How the politicians decide is another matter.