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.

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The Energy Cost Savings Program (ECSP) can reduce regulated energy costs up to 45 percent and regulated natural gas costs up to 35 percent for eligible businesses. Regulated costs are the transmission and distribution costs by the regulated utility. The benefits associated with ECSP last for eight years followed by a four year phase-out during which benefits are decreased by 20% per year. Special Eligible Premises (SEP) are buildings which have previously undergone capital improvements and been approved by ECSP as eligible for benefits.

 

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation aims to help close the racial wealth gap in Central Brooklyn's lower income neighborhoods through an economic mobility platform designed to help people become financially literate and independent.  These programs include the following: 

Under the Business Outreach Center Network (BOC), the Women’s Business Center is a collection of resources with a focus on women, aspiring entrepreneurs and current business owners in the greater New York City area.

With locations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, the Women’s Business Center strives to provide accessible and equitable opportunities to individuals in New York looking to carve out their own industry spaces. At each resource center,  trained business and professional development counselors offer guidance on a variety of topics from finance and lending to legal advice.

Bronx Empowerment Zone Environmental Revolving Loan Fund is designed to promote the use of energy efficient and environmental technologies in the Bronx Empowerment Zone (BEZ). Eligible companies include profit entities, which includes service, retail, and manufacturing businesses operation in the BEZ; non-profit companies located in the BEZ; and housing corporations developing or operating housing in the BEZ. Funds can be used for implementing energy efficient measures, new technology to reduce air pollution, and/or cause energy savings.

The Bronx overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC) and The Bronx Borough President’s Office established the Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment (BIEE), with the goal of demonstrating pathways to a more efficient and greener Bronx.

The Bronx Empowerment Zone Environmental Revolving Loan Fund is designed to promote the use of energy efficient and environmental technologies in the Bronx Empowerment Zone (BEZ).

For more information on eligibility requirements and uses, and loans go to: https://boedc.org/bezbiee/

Formerly known as EWVIDCO, Evergreen manages the Greenpoint/Williamsburg and North Brooklyn Industrial Business Zones and the North Brooklyn Empire Zone. Through the NYC Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) program, Evergreen is responsible for meeting the business service needs of more than 10,000 industrial businesses in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg and North Brooklyn Industrial Business Zones and Ombudsman Zones. These businesses depend on Evergreen for free, quick and reliable assistance with tax credits, incentives, financing, real estate and relocation assistance, energy and green issues, workforce needs, and advocacy. Evergreen provides these services in concert with government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community organizations.

The Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation (GCCDC) is a not-for-profit neighborhood preservation organization that was formed in 1978 to revitalize the communities of South Brooklyn, with particular emphasis on the area surrounding the Gowanus Canal. The Gowanus Canal is one of the most challenging, exciting and complex urban revitalization projects in the country. GCCDC is working to innovate on how such a challenge can be addressed. GCCDC’s neighborhood efforts are focused ON achieving this revitalization through our work in housing, environmental repair, commercial and social development.

Hot Bread Kitchen’s mission is to create economic opportunity for women and gender-expansive people, immigrants, and people of color through job skills training, food entrepreneurship programs, and an ecosystem of support in New York City.

Programs include: 

  • Food Career Programs, which  provide the technical and professional skills needed for employment in this vibrant sector.
  • Culinary training programs include training for the NYC Food Protection Exam, which earns the Food Protection Certification, a valuable, lifelong credential and significant advantage in the food industry job market.
  • HBK INCUBATES: SEED,  a self-paced, five-part modular program for aspiring food entrepreneurs who want to lay a strong foundation for their business idea.

To apply for various programs, go to: https://www.tfaforms.com/4925637

ITAC provides training and implementation expertise on a variety of topics that make companies  more competitive. They work with small and mid-size manufacturers throughout the five boroughs, and help them expand into new markets, create innovative products, develop their customer base, find new partners, improve their processes and develop sustainable practices. We are the NYC Chapter of the Manufacturing Extenson Partnership nationwide network.

Long Island City Partnership (LICP) is the neighborhood development organization for LIC. Our mission is to advocate for economic development that benefits the area’s industrial, commercial, science and technology, cultural, tourism, and residential sectors. The goal is to attract new businesses to LIC, retain those already here, engage residents and visitors, and promote a vibrant and authentic mixed-use community. LICP also operates the LIC Business Improvement District and LIC Industrial Business Zone (LIC IBZ), providing business services and assistance.

Services to businesses in the community include: hosting networking, educational, and community events; maintenance of capital improvements, daily sanitation, visitor attractions, and retail attraction; plus many more.

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