Businesses must meet the following criteria to qualify for economic injury: The business was directly impacted by the disaster. The business cannot cover expenses due to the disaster and/or debt payments. The business was physically located in the declared disaster area.
In addition to meeting the numerical standards for small, your business must: Be a for-profit business of any legal structure. Be independently owned and operated. Not be nationally dominant in its field. Be physically located and operate in the U.S. or its territories.
Eligibility requirements Be an operating business. Operate for profit. Be located in the U.S. Be small under SBA size requirements. Not be a type of ineligible business. Not be able to obtain the desired credit on reasonable terms from non-federal, non-state, and non-local government sources.