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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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.

Black Women Impact Grants is a $10 million grant program with an open call application process for Black women-led charitable nonprofits. 50 organizations. Seven impact areas. One ambitious goal. 

Funded by the Goldman Sachs Foundation, Black Women Impact (BWI) Grants will support community-driven charitable nonprofit organizations created by and for Black women and girls. As part of the One Million Black Women initiative, our goal is to positively impact the lives of at least one million Black women by 2030.

Grant opportunities take place on a yearly basis. Please check this website for updates on when grant opportunities open.

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 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 Flushing Chamber of Commerce seeks to empower small business owners and local residents to identify resources, advocate for policy reforms and to create economic opportunity. It leverages the community’s rich heritage to develop innovative strategies for economic revitalization and cross-cultural collaboration.  We provide technical assistance, assists entrepreneurs in acquiring low-interest loans and in accessing government resources and offers training to assist business owners in meeting their goals.We are dedicated to creating mutual support networks for those seeking jobs and business assistance.  We advocate for city services and resources to address the challenges small businesses face. Services are available in English, Chinese and Korean.

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.

Over the decades since, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation has become a nationally-recognized model of community rejuvenation and economic transformation. We are at the forefront of pandemic relief for small minority and woman-owned businesses while expanding to provide additional services including a Business Services Group, a Revolving Loan Fund and designated a Community Development Financial Institution. These services support local businesses with financial assistance, personalized technical support and access to resources and growth opportunities. 

Business Services include: Restaurant Incentives + Services, Industrial Business Incentives + Services,  and Small Business Loans and Financing. 

As a contracted service partner with NYC Business Solutions Industrial and Transportation, a program of the NYC Department of Small Business Services, GJDC’s Business Services Group delivers a set of free services to help Southeast Queens businesses operate and expand.

Upfront Capital Loans Pre-approval for loans from partner lenders for up to $150,000 for companies that are competing for City contracts; 

Access to Incentives and Benefits • Industrial Business Zone Tax Credits • Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program • Commercial Expansion Program • Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction Programs • NYC IDA Programs

Business Services Training for Your Employees • Navigating Government • Information and guidance on permitting, regulatory and enforcement issues • Your advocate for changes or additions to street signage • 

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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

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