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Certified Development Companies (CDC), Industrial Development Corporations (IDC) and Local and Regional Development Corporations (LDC & RDC), exist to support business development and growth within their community or region. Types of assistance offered include low cost financing, such as the SBA 504 Loan Program, site finding and statistical research.
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Albany
Albany Local Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Albany
Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce
The Albany Colonie Chamber administers six different micro loan programs that can provide up to $25,000 in funding for such items as fixed assets, real estate or for working capital. Each program...View details

Albany
Empire State Certified Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. ...View details

Albany
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Albany/Colonie Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Auburn
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
Chamber of Commerce Auburn & Cayuga County
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Batavia
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Genesee Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Batavia
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Genesee Community College Outreach
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Binghamton
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Binghamton Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Brockport
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Brockport/Rochester Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Bronx
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Lehman College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Brooklyn
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) NYC College of Technology
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Brooklyn
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) St. Joseph’s College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Brookville
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
C.W. Post Campus – Long Island University
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Buffalo
Buffalo and Erie County Industrial Land Development Corp
A public benefit corporation that works to promote and assist private sector industrial/business development thereby advancing job opportunities and economic welfare to the people of Erie County. Executive...View details

Buffalo
Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corp
Provides small loans ranging from under $100 to a maximum of $25,000 to prospective, small business borrowers and backed by the US SBA. Executive Director: Marie F. Curie Micro-Loan Contact:...View details

Buffalo
Small Business Administration (SBA) Buffalo District Office
Works to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation....View details

Buffalo
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) State University College at Buffalo
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Calverton
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) AT
Stony Brook University Incubator
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Canandaigua
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Finger Lakes Community College Outreach
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Canastota
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
Madison County Industrial Development Agency
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Canton
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) SUNY Canton
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Canton
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) SUNY Canton Education Center
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Cazenovia
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
Greater Cazenovia Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Centereach
Community Development Corporation of Long Island
A private not-for-profit multifaceted housing, community development and economic development corporation. Executive Director: Wilbur Klatsky Micro-Loan Contact: Trevor Davis...View details

Clifton Park
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Saratoga Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Cobleskill
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at SUNY Cobleskill
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Corning
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Corning Community College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Cortland
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Cortland County BDC-IDA
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Dunkirk
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Dunkirk Outreach Center
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Elizabethtown
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Essex County IDA
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Farmingdale
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Farmingdale State University of New York
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Fishkill
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Marist College Extension
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Geneseo
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) SUNY College Geneseo
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Glens Falls
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Adirondack/Colonie Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Hempstead
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) EOC Hempstead Outreach Center
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Herkimer
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Herkimer County Community College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Hogansburg
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Hudson
Columbia Hudson Partnership
Provides small loans ranging from under $100 to a maximum of $25,000 to prospective, small business borrowers and backed by the US SBA. Executive Director: Bernardina C. Torrey Micro-Loan...View details

Ithaca
Alternative Federal Credit Union
A Community Development Financial Institution, dedicated to building wealth and creating economic opportunity for underserved people and communities. Executive Director: William Myers Micro-Loan...View details

Ithaca
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Jamaica
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) York College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Jamestown
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Jamestown Community College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Kingston
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Kingston Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Lake George
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Lake Placid
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
Lake Placid Visitor’s Center
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Liberty
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Liberty Satellite Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Little Valley
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Little Valley Outreach
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Liverpool
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) OCC North Campus Satellite Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Long Island
Long Island Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Long Island City
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
LaGuardia Community College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Lowville
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at LCIDA
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Malone
Franklin County Empire Zone
Helps businesses establish or expand their operations in Franklin County, New York by listing available properties, referring technical assistance programs and hosting a blog. Contact: Martha...View details

Malone
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Malone Satellite
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Margaretville
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Catskill Watershed Corporation
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Mohawk
Mohawk Valley Certified Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Monticello
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

New Windsor
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) New Windsor Satellite Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

New York
Manhattan Borough Development Corporation
Provides small loans ranging from under $100 to a maximum of $25,000 to prospective, small business borrowers and backed by the US SBA. Executive Director: Ollie Chapman Micro-Loan Contact:...View details

New York
NY Association for New Americans, Inc
Works to help those new to this country, and those who have been here for sometime, fashion a roadmap for accomplishing their goals and dreams. The organization assists refugees and immigrants,...View details

New York
Renaissance Economic Development Corporation
Provides direct financing and technical assistance services throughout New York City. Focuses on low-income, immigrant neighborhoods where the barriers of language, culture and conventional loan...View details

New York
Small Business Administration (SBA) New York District Office
Works to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation....View details

New York
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Abyssinian Development Corporation Outreach
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

New York
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

New York
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Baruch College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

New York
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Pace University
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Niagara Falls
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) International Trade Center
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Norwich
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Chenango County Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Olean
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Olean Outreach
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Oneonta
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Otsego Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Oswego
Operation Oswego County, Inc
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Oswego
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Oswego State University
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Owego
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Tioga County Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Plattsburgh
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Plattsburgh State University
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Poughkeepsie
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Dutchess County Regional Satellite Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Rensselaer
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) University at Albanty
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Rochester
Monroe County Industrial Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Rochester
Rochester Economic Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Rochester
Rural Opportunities Enterprise Center, Inc
A private, not-for-profit regional community development and human service organization providing services to farmworkers, low-income families and economically depressed communities throughout...View details

Rochester
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Greece Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Rochester
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Rochester Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Rome
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Mohawk Valley EDGE/RIDC
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Saranac Lake
Adirondack Economic Development Corporation
A private not-for-profit 501-c-3 economic development corporation that works to reduce unemployment and expand employment opportunities for the region's residents through activities to strengthen...View details

Saratoga Springs
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Saratoga Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Schenectady
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Schenectady County Community Business Center
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Staten Island
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) College of Staten Island
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Stony Brook
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) SUNY at Stony Brook
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Suffern
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Rockland Community College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Syracuse
Greater Syracuse Business Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Syracuse
Small Business Administration (SBA) Syracuse District Office
Works to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation....View details

Syracuse
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Syracuse
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Onondaga Community College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Syracuse
Syracuse Economic Development Corporation
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Contact:...View details

Troy
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Rensselaer Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Utica
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Victor
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Victor Chamber of Commerce
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Wanakena
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Wanakena-NYS Ranger School
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Watertown
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Jefferson Community College
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

Watkins Glen
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at
Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

West Henrietta
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Lenox Tech Enterprise Center
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

White Plains
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) White Plains Outreach Office
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details



Statewide and Nationwide Small Business Resource Partners
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Statewide
New York State Economic Development Agency
Comprised of professionals who help businesses start up a company, relocate to or establish a presence, expand already existing operations, retain and enlarge their work force in New York state...View details

Statewide
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) State University of New York
The SBDC works with start-up and existing business owners providing free counseling services on issues such as business planning, registering a business, financing, regulations, licensing,...View details

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