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.
NYCEDC is a nonprofit organization whose work is organized around four main areas of focus:
- Investing in neighborhoods to address longstanding community needs
- Building a more sustainable city to meet the challenges of climate change
- Creating workforce development opportunities to help New Yorkers succeed in 21st century industries
- Advancing the growth of both startups and established companies to ensure New York City's competitive edge
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.
The Partnership for New York City mobilizes private sector resources and expertise to advance New York City's standing as a global center of economic opportunity, upward mobility, and innovation. It is a nonprofit organization whose 330 members are business leaders and companies that employ more than 1 million New Yorkers. The Partnership and the coalitions it forged during the pandemic have developed new programs to inform and accelerate recovery, including: the Homeless Assistance Fund, the Small Business Resource Network, Transit Tech Lab: COVID-19 Recovery Challenge, and quarterly economic status reports.
Professional Women In Construction (PWC)is a non-profit member association for entrepreneurs, professionals and managers (women & men) and companies and public agencies engaged in construction and allied industries. Mission: to advance the status of business and professional women in a male-dominated industry and educate the public regarding women's achievements. The organization offers business networking events, a newsletter, trade show & recruitment fair, referrals, workshops in trends of the industry and certification information for woman and minority-owned firms. Contact the association for information about chapers (NY, NJ, CT, DC) calendar of events and membership fees.
The Queens Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit business assistance membership organization. It offers networking events, forums with government officials, educational workshops and services, and a health insurance plan for small businesses. Visit the Chamber’s website for more detailed information about their resources and services.
The South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SoBRO) is contracted by the NYC Department of Small Business Services to provide FREE services to Manufacturing, Construction, Transportation, Wholesale, Utility or Film Production businesses in The Bronx:
- Financing assistance
- Recruiting and training employees
- Incentives: connecting companies to tax credits and other incentives
- Navigating through government agencies
- Workshops and seminars
- Legal Assistance
- Real Estate Assistance
- Selling to Government
- Advocacy with NYC on small business issues
The Lab provides a space to grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem that is the South Bronx. It is the first fully subsidized free business lab in the Bronx and is home to booksellers, artists, art and tourism organizations, restaurateurs, and more.
The Lab is part of the Third Avenue Business Improvement District's anti-displacement program and seeks to build a stronger partnership among South Bronx businesses for organizing and collaboration.
In its day-to-day activities, STA represents its members in dealing with public agencies, authorities and private developers. STA’s philosophy centers on dispute resolution without the need for litigation, and the association has served its members for over 50 years in this area. Initiating informational meetings between the owner, the general contractor, the construction manager and the subcontractor have proved to be successful business strategies to advance dispute resolutions, clarify issues and advance best practices.
On the rare occasion when this approach has failed to produce results, members may be afforded the services of our legal counsel. The resulting “umbrella” legal action allows all affected subcontractors to share in a single representation. Legal fees are shared on a basis that is proportional to the claim and the strength of multiple representation is very evident in eventual resolution.
Support Center is a nonprofit capacity building organization created as part of an international network of management support organizations (Support Centers of America) originally established in 1971. We have been a trusted partner to nonprofits in the greater New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area for more than 30 years. Support Center specializes in organizational development, consulting and executive transition.
Within the world of management support organizations, we are unique in our commitment to be a deeply engaged “partner” to the nonprofits with which we work. We take the long view in committing to help our partners and propose long-term navigational support for organizations to ensure that our work leads to sustained change and success. We work in close collaboration with our clients, ensuring that the work is focused on accomplishing goals as we continuously assess progress and refine strategy as needed.
As the NYC chapter to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership nationwide network, we are part of the largest consulting network in the U.S. serving manufacturing and technology companies with fewer than 500 employees, and have access to an unparalleled knowledge base. With a 25+ year record of helping companies succeed, our team also has a deep understanding of opportunities and challenges that are unique to New York City.
As a non-profit organization, ITAC delivers affordable services to its clients thanks to partial funding from the Empire State Development, the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
ITAC is also the only New York City consulting and training organization audited by an independent third party that ensures that we constantly deliver positive financial impact to our clients. Such crucial metrics as increased sales, cost savings, and jobs retained and created are independently tracked and directly tied to our continued funding. We succeed when our clients succeed.
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