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.
The Business Outreach Center Network has four business centers focused on serving entrepreneurs in the greater New York area.
BOC Network programs and services are designed to help you and your business succeed. Our services include Business Outreach Centers, Entrepreneurship Assistance Centers, BOC Capital Corp, BXL Bronx Incubator, Industrial Business Services Project, BOC Women's Business Centers, Childcare Business Development Project, Ascend NYC, and Manhattan MBDA Business Center.
The new BXL Business Incubator (BXL) is the first state-of-the-art incubator and co-working space in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx. From developing a business plan and building a strong online presence, to structuring a business, BXL’s in-house counselors and resources are here to help.
Members of BXL have access to a wide range of business services, tailored to the needs of busy entrepreneurs.
BXL members have access to 24/7 work space, digital connectivity, office technology, conference rooms, in-house business, legal and tech support – and a diverse community of entrepreneurs – all on a flexible, month-to-month basis.
Operated by BOC Development Inc., in partnership with NYCEDC, BXL provides modern shared office facilities and end-to-end support, to help launch and grow successful new businesses.
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, our trained business and professional development counselors offer guidance on a variety of topics from finance and lending to legal advice.
If you're an aspiring entrepreneur or an existing business owner with bigger dreams, CAMBA services can strengthen your enterprise and drive growth. CAMBA offers one-on-one consultations, business plan workshops, start-up or expansion loans, and technology training. CAMBA will connect you with other business developmet partners and get you on track for a successful launch.
To find out more about our numerous Small Business Services, go to: https://camba.org/program/economicdevelopment/smallbusinessservices/
In 2013, NYCEDC and CFDA launched the FMI’s Grant Fund to provide local production facilities with funding for equipment and technology upgrades, employees skills training, business development consultants, capital improvements to their facilities, and relocation costs in New York City. FMI has also included business development opportunities for grant recipients, such as subsidized industry trade show participation, CFDA designer Open Houses and consumer-focused retail partnerships merchandising NYC designed and made apparel to a global audience. The initiative also seeks to encourage and motivate emerging and established designers to produce in New York City, strengthening the value proposition and consumer demand for locally manufactured products to a U.S.-based and global audience.
General Assembly is a leading source for students, entrepreneurs, and corporations interested in technology training, staffing, and career development and transitions. What began as a co-working space in 2011 has since grown into a global learning experience with campuses in 20 cities on four continents and ove 35,00 graduates worldwide. General Assembly hosts a range of free and fee-based workshops and seminars. Their technology courses are available in a variety of formats to fit your schedule: full-time immersive, flex immersive, part-time, or on-demand.
The Office of Government Contracting & Business Development (GC & BD) works to create an environment for maximum participation by small, disadvantaged, and woman-owned businesses in federal government contract awards and large prime subcontract awards. GC advocates on behalf of small business in the federal procurement world.
For all procurement actions expected to exceed the $100,000 simplified acquisition threshold, prime contractors are required to make a "best effort" attempt to make use of small, disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses as subcontractors if the opportunity exists under the contract. For procurement actions expected to exceed $550,000 ($1 million for construction), the winning contractor is required to provide the agency contracting officer with a written plan that establishes a small business subcontracting goal. The plan details how the winning contractor will make use of small business in each subcontract category and provide for timely payments.
GC & BD administers several programs and services that assist small businesses in meeting the requirements to receive government contracts, either as prime contractors or subcontractors. These include the Certificate of Competency, the Non-Manufacturer Rule Waiver, and the Size Determination programs. The office also oversees special initiatives such as the Women's Procurement program, the Veterans Procurement program, and the Procurement Awards program, and the Annual Joint Industry/SBA Procurement Conference. GC & BD also plays a major role in the formulation of federal procurement policies that affect small businesses.
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.
The Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center (GMDC) is the premier nonprofit industrial developer in New York City. It creates and sustains viable manufacturing sectors in urban neighborhoods through planning, developing, and managing real estate and offering other related services.
GMDC’s proven method includes:
- Acquiring, rehabilitating, and managing neglected industrial properties
- Acting as advocates through collaboration and coalition building among key stakeholders
- Creating and influencing industrial development policy
- Building the field and promoting its model by publishing, presenting at conferences, and providing technical assistance to other communities
HEF is a United States Treasury-Certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) providing micro-financing to minority small business owners in Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, and the Bronx. We are committed to the success of women and minority small business owners and to serve low-income and minority populations by providing lending capital and technical assistance to facilitate small business expansion and job creation. We listen to what they need to provide access to capital, resources, and technical assistance.
We offer: HEF Small Business Loans and HEF Credit Builder Loans.
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