Minority Owned Businesses
The following resources provide information on government programs and services that help members of minority groups start their own businesses, and conduct business with the federal government.
Federal Resources
- HUBZone Program
A program sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration that helps businesses in historically underutilized areas gain access to federal procurement opportunities.
- Minority Business Development Agency
A federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in America. Find information on financing a business as well as business opportunities.
- Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Conference
Information about this federally-sponsored, national conference focused on issues affecting the growth and development of minority business enterprises.
- SBA Office of 8(a) Business Development
Information about programs and services that help small disadvantaged businesses compete in the American economy and federal procurement market.
- SBA Office of Native American Affairs
The Office of Native American Affairs offers programs and resources to American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop and expand small businesses.
Minority Business Development Centers
- Alabama - Alabama Minority Business Development Center
- Arizona - Arizona Minority Business Development Center
- California - Inland Empire Minority Business Development Center
- California - Los Angeles Metro Minority Business Development Center
- District of Columbia - Washington DC Minority Business Development Center
- Florida - Florida Minority Business Development Center
- Florida - Miaimi/Ft. Lauderdale Minority Business Development Center
- Georgia - Georgia Minority Business Development Center
- Hawaii - Honolulu Minority Business Development Center
- Illinois - Chicago Minority Business Development Center
- Michigan - Michigan Minority Business Development Center
- Minnesota - Native American Business Enterprise Center
- New Mexico - New Mexico Minority Business Development Center
- New York - Manhattan/Bronx Minority Business Development Center
- New York - Williamsburg Minority Business Development Center
- North Carolina - North Carolina Minority Business Development Center
- North Carolina - Cherokee Native American Business Development Center
- Oklahoma - Oklahoma Native American Business Enterprise Center
- Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Minority Business Development Center
- South Carolina - South Carolina Minority Business Development Center
- Texas - San Antonio Minority Business Development Center
- Washington - Washington Minority Business Development Center
- Wisconsin - Milwaukee Minority Business Development Center
Five Key Steps to Starting Up
Small Business Assistance
Programs and Services in Your Area
- Small Business Development Centers
Located throughout the U.S., these SBA-supported programs provide free start-up advice, training and counseling services to entrepreneurs and small businesses - U.S. Export Assistance Centers
Help for small businesses interested in exporting their products and services - Disaster Assistance
Learn about financial assistance available to local businesses following a disaster
Related Resources
- Recursos para Empresas en Español
Find resources in Spanish from federal, state and local government for business owners.