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.

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Cypress Hills is a 501(c)3 non-profit organizaiton. Services and programming are available to too community residents. Among the many services to the community is the strategic priority to provide employment and training opportunities for community residents through the development of safe and sustainable industrial spaces.

The Division of Minority and Women's Business Development (DMWBD) has created a one-stop hub for everything you need to know about MWBE success in New York. 

Help to Minority and Women-Owned Businesses include asssistance in: becoming an MWBE-certified business; growing your MWBE business; finding top opportunities and contracts with NYS agencies; and finding MWBE-certified businesses to help carry out your project goals.

The Business Development Unit helps with:

  • Information on how to sell to New York State;
  • Information on current New York State contracting opportunities;
  • Tools for leveraging the MWBE certification;
  • Information on access to capital, technical support, and more

The NYC Department of Sanitation established donateNYC in  2016. donateNYC advances NYC’s Zero Waste goals by promoting reuse and donation efforts across the City. Through easy-to-use online tools and public engagement donateNYC helps New Yorkers give goods, find goods, and do good. donateNYC also provides vital support for New York City’s reuse community by supporting the work of nonprofit organizations across the city that accept and distribute secondhand goods.

 

The East Brooklyn Business Improvement District (EBBID) 's mission is focused on providing core maintenance and supportive services. The EBBID is a 40-block area in East New York, Brooklyn that is bordered by Powell Street to the West, Atlantic Avenue to the North, Pennsylvania Avenue to the East, and Sutter Avenue to the South.  The objectives of the EBBID are to enhance the business environment of the 40 block area and bolster local economic activity. 

Empire State Development’s Small Business Division supports the development and expansion of businesses with under 100 employees – directing an array of programs and initiatives supporting small business growth and helping entrepreneurs maximize opportunities for success. Explore all we offer, plus a custom business checklist of NYS programs and services that match your goals.

New York State has been awarded $501.5 million in federal funding through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), a program through the American Rescue Plan Act. Managed by the U.S. Department of Treasury, SSBCI provides funds to support programs for small businesses, including socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (SEDI) -owned businesses and very small businesses (VSB), to recover from the economic effects of COVID-19 and allow them opportunity to succeed in the post-pandemic economy.

New York’s $501.5 million in SSBCI funding includes a main allocation of $377.1 million, as well as $124.4 million for socially and economically advantaged (SEDI) businesses. 

The Excelsior Jobs Program provides job creation and investment incentives to firms in targeted industries such as biotechnology, pharmaceutical, high-tech, clean-technology, green technology, financial services, agriculture and manufacturing. Firms in these industries that create and maintain new jobs or make significant financial investment are eligible to apply for up to five tax credits. The Program encourages businesses to expand in and relocate to New York while maintaining strict accountability standards to guarantee that businesses deliver on job and investment commitments. Program costs are capped annually to maintain fiscal affordability and ensure that New Yorkers realize a positive return on their investment.

General information about the Excelsior Jobs Program is provided in this Fact Sheet. For more information, eligible applicants should contact their regional office: https://esd.ny.gov/regions

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.

Under New York’s FAST NY Shovel-Ready Grant Program, Empire State Development will provide up to $200 million in grants to prepare and develop sites statewide to jumpstart New York’s shovel-readiness and increase its attractiveness to large employers, including high-tech manufacturing, particularly semiconductor manufacturing, interstate distribution and logistics businesses. The program will help diversify New York State’s economy while propelling new investments for businesses, communities and job creation.

ESD provides grants for pre-development activities and infrastructure investments to develop sites to attract many eligible industries —including, but need not be limited to, high-tech manufacturing, clean-tech renewable energy, life sciences, agribusiness, optics, transportation equipment, materials processing, industrial machinery manufacturing and other advanced manufacturing. These sites can also be used for interstate distribution and logistics. However, ESD may give priority to semiconductor manufacturing projects and related industry and supply chain projects. The Program further provides ESD the ability to award a “FAST NY Shovel-Ready Certification,” for sites that meet high standards of shovel readiness, to support and enhance their marketing efforts to attract many more industries. 

 

 

The Flatbush Caribben Marketplace -- formerely Flatbush Caton Market features an expanded and renovated vendor market; an incubator space containing a shared commercial kitchen, natural beauty product lab, and flexible classroom space for business training and workshops; new office and classroom space for the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI), and 10,000 square feet of commercial retail space. 

The Foundry is Fordham University’s Hub for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, where students, alumni, faculty, and community members learn to use creative problem-solving techniques, critical thinking and analytical skills to solve business and social issues of the 21st Century. The Foundry helps its constituents to Learn, Connect, Launch and Grow their business ventures in a collaborative working environment providing: curricular and co-curricular offerings; access to an inter-connected network of alumni and faculty; and connectivity with the New York City start-up ecosystem. Throughout the year, the Foundry hosts workshops and three signature business plan competitions: Ram's Den, Pitch Challenge, and Battle of the Bronx.

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