Open your business to opportunities by becoming a Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)!
Being certified means being visible. Many major corporations rely on a variety of local and national certifying agencies to help them find diverse-owned businesses. These programs help level the playing field for diverse businesses in the corporate buying processes. Like the federal government, Corporations also want to do business with minority-owned companies. Many require that recipients of its funding award a percentage of contracts to minority-owned businesses and many large companies have goals for buying from minority-owned suppliers. If you’re not certified, you can miss out on business opportunities in the billions.
To meet their objectives, private and public sector firms search for minority-owned suppliers through programs that have formal certification processes. If your company wants to connect with private-sector buyers, the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)’s certification can be a great asset. The organization has an impressive list of corporate members of over 12,000. The council helps these companies connect with the more than 17,000 minority-owned suppliers in its database. Many states and several large cities also accept NMSDC certification for programs designed to help minorities win public-sector contracts on a state and local level.
*** First year membership paid directly to the Certifying agency is not included. First year membership fee varies based on the State of your business location.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE: Get certified or we’ll refund 100% of your money back.
Purchase our services with full assurance. If you meet the NMSDC requirements, we guarantee that you will obtain your Minority Business Enterprise Certification. If you do not obtain your certification for ANY REASON, we will help you to find out why, overcome those obstacles or we’ll REFUND 100% of your money.
If your business meets the following qualifications, you can get certified!
- Owner is a United States citizens.
- Minority businesses must be at least 51% minority-owned operated and controlled. For the purposes of NMSDC’s program, a minority group member is an individual who is at least 25%
- Asian
- Black
- Hispanic
- Native American. Minority eligibility is established via a combination of screenings, interviews and site visits. Ownership, in the case of a publicly-owned business, means that at least 51% of the stock is owned by one or more minority group members.
- Must be a for-profit enterprise and physically located in the U. S. or its trust territories.
- Management and daily operations must be exercised by the minority ownership member(s).
Additional benefits of obtaining a Minority Business Enterprise certification include:
- Access to specialized loans
- Access to educational seminars, training and technical assistance
- Introduction to local, state and national corporations