About SBA

What We Do

  • Mission

    The U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.

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  • History

    Learn about the origins of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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  • Authority

    SBA was created through the Small Business Act of 1958. Learn more about how SBA was authorized.

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  • Resource Guides

    SBA's annual guide to programs that help small businesses start, manage and grow.

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SBA Team

SBA Locations

SBA Performance

SBA Initiatives

  • SBA Emerging Leaders Initiative

    This training initiative focuses on businesses poised for growth in historically challenged, urban areas.

  • These companies have signed on to SupplierPay

  • Read SBA's Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan.

  • The ILP Program anticipates meeting the needs of small business borrowers that face significant gaps in the credit market. ILP addresses current financing gaps.

  • Clusters provide high-value, targeted connecting of small and large businesses, including networking with potential industry partners abroad.

  • This opportunity provides financial assistance to fund projects to assist teams of small businesses.

  • This White House initiative celebrates and accelerates high-growth entrepreneurship across the country.

  • This initiative aims to increase the number of women and underrepresented groups on corporate boards and C-suites of high growth small businesses, particularly those in which Small Business...

  • SBA’s work in supporting cluster initiatives across the United States is complemented by a host of Federal Agencies and other organizations.

  • Find forms for the Intermediary Lending Pilot Program.

  • The PLUM Initiative is a two-year pilot committed to developing straightforward, common-sense approaches to reducing barriers to capital, creating economic opportunities, and improving lending to...

  • Read SBA's Climate Change Adaptation Plan.

  • This list features information about the grantees of the Small Business Teaming Pilot Program.

  • Listing ist of all 62 clusters which have been supported by the SBA, along with a brief description of each program.

  • The QuickPay initiative strengthened small contractors working with Federal Government, cutting in half the time it takes to get paid and freeing up capital to invest and hire new workers.

  • SBA's 2016 State of Entrepreneurship Address

  • Is your company ready to sign the pledge? Read the full pledge and see contact information to make the commitment.

  • Find more resources related to the SupplierPay Initiative.

  • Military spouses make great entrepreneurs, and small business ownership can be a transportable, flexible vocation that supports a military career.

  • A flexible workplace is a powerful management tool that can be used to accomplish work more efficiently while helping employees manage the demands of work and home.

  • SBA celebrates Veterans Small Business Week, October 31 - November 4, 2016.

  • The Startup in a Day initiative aims to make it easier for entrepreneurs to start a business by reducing the amount of time it takes to register and apply for permits and licenses on the local level.

  • The SBA’s new ScaleUp America Initiative is designed to help small firms with high potential “scale up” and grow their businesses so that they will provide more jobs and have a greater economic...

  • Saturday, November 26, 2016 is Small Business Saturday® – a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities. Please join the SBA and organizations across the...

  • The mission of SBA's Office of Business Development (BD) is to administer the section 8(a) program, which offers business development assistance to eligible small government contractors.

  • The Small Business Jobs Act aims to provide critical resources to help small businesses continue to drive economic recovery and create jobs.

  • SBA is investing in the green economy.

  • Learn about feedback from 1000+ entrepreneurs who shared how we can make the government work better.

Oversight & Advocacy

  • Inspector General

    The Office of Inspector General provides independent oversight to improve the accountability of SBA.

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  • Advocacy

    Advocacy is the independent voice for small business in the federal government.

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  • Hearings & Appeals

    Hearings and Appeals provides an independent, quasi-judicial appeal of certain SBA program decisions.

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  • Ombudsman

    The Ombudsman assists small businesses that experience unfair federal regulatory enforcement actions.

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SBA Newsroom

Press releases provide up-to-date information on SBA programs, services and financial assistance. Media Advisories are sent out to inform the media/public about an upcoming event.

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Media & Press Contacts

Find contact information for SBA's public affairs team.