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.
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 Queens Borough Public Library’s Business, Science and Technology Division provides quality services, resources and learning opportunities through books and a variety of other formats to meet the informational, educational and cultural needs of business owners and entrepreneurs.
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.
Professional & Continuing Studies (PCS) at Queens College certificate programs are designed to help you further your career in health care, paralegal work, project management, real estate, computers and IT, and business finance. New York State Education Seminars are also available.
Partnerships and individuals/sole proprietorships doing business under a name other than their own need a Doing Business As (DBA) Business Certificate. File a Business Certificate form with the Count Clerk's Office in the borough where your business is located. The Queens County Clerk has a new computer indexing system for business records.
The mission of the Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) is to create and retain jobs through programming that assists small businesses, encourages entrepreneurship, and promotes their community with an emphasis on supporting those of low-to-moderate income, women, minorities, and immigrants. EDC programs include specialized workshops and training seminars, the Queens StartUp! Business Plan Competition, the Queens Tech + Innovation Challenge, and the Women's Business Center.
Our new Refugee Microenterprise Program helps eligible refugees and asylees start and expand small businesses throughout New York City. The Program is designed for individuals with special immigration status, as well as Cuban and Haitian entrants, certain Amerasians from Vietnam, and lawful permanent residents who have previously held one of these statuses.
Short- and long-term entrepreneurial training, one-on-one business counseling, and access to micro-loans of up to $15,000 are available through this program. Services are delivered by culturally appropriate staff in the languages of the communities served.
For more information about the Refugee Microenterprise Program, please contact:
Queens BOC - 718-246-1881 (Spanish)
BOC Network, Inc. – 718-624-9115 (Spanish, Haitian, French)
Staten Island BOC – 718-816-4775
Renaissance Economic Development Corporation (REDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a U.S. Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution. REDC’s mission is to transform low-to-moderate income and immigrant communities in New York City by providing low-interest small business loans, training and counseling services. REDC maintains offices in Manhattan’s Chinatown/Lower East Side and Flushing and Jackson Heights Queens. Services are available in English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. REDC is a Small Business Administration-approved microlender a Community Advantage lender.
Flushing Office: 133-29 41st Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355 Telephone: (718) 961-0888
The REDC Small Business Loan Program is a low cost, flexible loan program for pre-revenue start-up and existing businesses that have working capital or start-up budget needs. This loan program is especially helpful to those who are not able to access traditional bank financing. Loan funds are flexible and can be used for renovations, inventory, marketing, debt refinance, and working capital.
Flushing office: 133-29 41st Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355 Telephone (718) 961-0888
The Restoration Capital Fund, Inc. (RCF) supports entrepreneurship and minority-owned business that create jobs and contribute to Brooklyn's economy and community life. In partnership with the Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union (BCFCU), RCF offers fixed-rate business loans for the following purposes: to purchase inventory, update equipment, pay accounts receivable, or manage debt. Through a partnership with Workshops In Business Opportunities (WIBO), RCF provides both pre- and post-lending technical assistance to ensure efficient and effective deployment of capital, and to support the success of business owners and their obligations as borrowers.
Partnerships and individuals/sole proprietorships doing business under a name other than their own need a Doing Business As (DBA) Business Certificate. File a Business Certificate form with the Count Clerk's Office in the borough where your business is located.
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