{"id":45450,"date":"2021-02-13T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearvoice.com\/resources\/what-is-an-smb\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:36:38","slug":"what-is-an-smb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clearvoice.com\/resources\/what-is-an-smb\/","title":{"rendered":"Small-to-Medium Business (SMB)"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is an SMB (small-to-medium business)? SMBs are classified based on their annual revenue (under $50MM for small, under $1B for medium) or their size (under 100 employees for small, under 1000 employees for medium), depending on who’s doing the classifying. As you might guess, SMBs are on the smaller side when compared to other businesses \u2014 but they’re worth your marketing efforts.
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The term small-to-medium business (SMB) is a classification of a company or organization that relies on the number of employees and annual revenue for its definition. Gartner defines SMBs<\/a>\u00a0as bringing in less than $50 million in annual revenue for small businesses, and less than $1 billion in annual revenue for medium, or midsized, businesses. Small businesses have between 1 and 100 employees while medium-sized businesses employ between 100 and 999 people. Although there are several definitions of SMBs out there, these numbers are typical.<\/p>\n

SMB is also a marketing term. It developed like all acronyms in the marketing world \u2014 to simplify communications. However, keep in mind that most small businesses\u00a0don’t refer to themselves as SMBs. Thus, using the term when you’re connecting with potential clients could be off-putting.<\/p>\n

Tips for Marketing to SMBs:<\/h2>\n