Small Business Services Directory
Use the search fields below to find hundreds of organizations in New York City that can provide you with help in starting or running your small business. Included in this searchable database are programs which offer business advice, loans, grants, location assistance, and a wide range of other services for small businesses throughout the city — often at no cost or for a low fee.
Established in 1995, CREDIT Inc., a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), offers three major services to small businesses in the South Bronx: 1) Loans that range from $100 to $15,000 from an in-house fund; 2) Loan packaging services for businesses that require loans greater than $15,000; and 3) Technical assistance. CREDIT Inc. helps businesses develop business plans, offers marketing assistance, prepares and analyzes cash flow projections, and assists with strategic planning. CREDIT Inc. also partners with other SoBRO programs to provide financial services and financial literacy seminars to individuals and businesses.
The Division of Minority and Women's Business Development (DMWBD) has created a one-stop hub for everything you need to know about MWBE success in New York.
Help to Minority and Women-Owned Businesses include asssistance in: becoming an MWBE-certified business; growing your MWBE business; finding top opportunities and contracts with NYS agencies; and finding MWBE-certified businesses to help carry out your project goals.
The Business Development Unit helps with:
- Information on how to sell to New York State;
- Information on current New York State contracting opportunities;
- Tools for leveraging the MWBE certification;
- Information on access to capital, technical support, and more
The NYC Department of Sanitation established donateNYC in 2016. donateNYC advances NYC’s Zero Waste goals by promoting reuse and donation efforts across the City. Through easy-to-use online tools and public engagement donateNYC helps New Yorkers give goods, find goods, and do good. donateNYC also provides vital support for New York City’s reuse community by supporting the work of nonprofit organizations across the city that accept and distribute secondhand goods.
Empire State Development’s Small Business Division supports the development and expansion of businesses with under 100 employees – directing an array of programs and initiatives supporting small business growth and helping entrepreneurs maximize opportunities for success. Explore all we offer, plus a custom business checklist of NYS programs and services that match your goals.
New York State has been awarded $501.5 million in federal funding through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), a program through the American Rescue Plan Act. Managed by the U.S. Department of Treasury, SSBCI provides funds to support programs for small businesses, including socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (SEDI) -owned businesses and very small businesses (VSB), to recover from the economic effects of COVID-19 and allow them opportunity to succeed in the post-pandemic economy.
New York’s $501.5 million in SSBCI funding includes a main allocation of $377.1 million, as well as $124.4 million for socially and economically advantaged (SEDI) businesses.
The Excelsior Jobs Program provides job creation and investment incentives to firms in targeted industries such as biotechnology, pharmaceutical, high-tech, clean-technology, green technology, financial services, agriculture and manufacturing. Firms in these industries that create and maintain new jobs or make significant financial investment are eligible to apply for up to five tax credits. The Program encourages businesses to expand in and relocate to New York while maintaining strict accountability standards to guarantee that businesses deliver on job and investment commitments. Program costs are capped annually to maintain fiscal affordability and ensure that New Yorkers realize a positive return on their investment.
General information about the Excelsior Jobs Program is provided in this Fact Sheet. For more information, eligible applicants should contact their regional office: https://esd.ny.gov/regions
The Foundry is Fordham University’s Hub for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, where students, alumni, faculty, and community members learn to use creative problem-solving techniques, critical thinking and analytical skills to solve business and social issues of the 21st Century. The Foundry helps its constituents to Learn, Connect, Launch and Grow their business ventures in a collaborative working environment providing: curricular and co-curricular offerings; access to an inter-connected network of alumni and faculty; and connectivity with the New York City start-up ecosystem. Throughout the year, the Foundry hosts workshops and three signature business plan competitions: Ram's Den, Pitch Challenge, and Battle of the Bronx.
The Graphic Artists Guild is a national labor union that promotes and protects the economic interests of its members. The Guild publishes the popular title, Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines. The Guild may also be reached at 212-791-3400.
The Greater Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation works for the benefit of more than 700 industrial businesses in Hunts Point, the largest food distribution center in the United States.
GHPEDC continues to work with businesses in wholesale food manufacturing and distribution but has also engaged a wider range of business sectors and community development issues, including local workforce development, entrepreneurship, sustainability, transportation and housing. Our membership arm is the Greater Hunts Point Chamber of Commerce.
The membership arm, Greater Hunts Point Chamber of Commerce hosts business seminars and public events aimed at building connections between Hunts Point businesses, and between Hunts Point and other companies interested in doing business with Hunts Point.
The Harlem U. S. Export Assistance Center [USEAC]- serving Upper Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens - is staffed with experienced, professional trade experts who can assist you in exporting your products/services by providing comprehensive counseling and advice, through timely and accurate intelligence regarding foreign markets, by identifying qualified international buyers and representatives, by advocating on your behalf, and by providing comprehensive solutions to whatever challenges that you may encounter.
The Hebrew Free Loan Society advances economic stability and opportunity for lower income New Yorkers within and beyond the Jewish community by making safe, affordable interest-free loans. The Small Business Loan Program provides interest-free loans of up to $50,000 to low- and moderate-income residents of New York City's five boroughs, Westchester, or Long Island to help launch or expand a business.
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