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State Trade Expansion

Program Information

Popular name

STEP

Program Number

59.061

Sub-agency

N/A

Program objective

Grants made to state governments to increase the number of small businesses that are exporting and increase the value of exports for those small businesses that export.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No current data available 18850000

  2. 2017

    No current data available

  3. 2018

    No data available

  4. 2022

    In FY 2022, the SBA assisted nearly 1,800 small businesses through STEP grants. On average, STEP grants provided a $43 million return on investment.

    For more information about SBA accomplishments, access the SBA Congressional Budget Justification and Annual Performance Report: https://www.sba.gov/document/report-congressional-budget-justification-annual-performance-report

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Reference STEP Program Announcement