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Small Business Statistics & Data Sources

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There are a range of small business assistance agencies that can help you to perform small business research as well as provide valuable data about small business statistics.

Small Business Resource Partners

Program Description Location

VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS SBDC

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

Abingdon

ALEXANDRIA SBDC

Alexandria

NORTHERN VIRGINIA REGIONAL COMMISSION

Works to encourage and facilitate local government cooperation and state-local cooperation in addressing on a regional basis problems of greater than local significance. View details

Annandale

ARLINGTON SBDC

Arlington

WYTHEVILLE SBDC

Atkins

MOUNTAIN EMPIRE SBDC

Big Stone

Gap

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

SCORE mentors provide free & confidential business mentoring through local Chapters or Online Counseling . SCORE helps entrepreneurs develop business plans, explore growth opportunities and... View details

Bristol

VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSIONS

Works to encourage and facilitate local government cooperation and state-local cooperation in addressing on a regional basis problems of greater than local significance. View details

Charlottes-

ville

CHARLOTTESVILLE SBDC

Charlottes-

ville

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

Charlottesville

HAMPTON ROADS PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION

Works to serve as a forum for local and elected officials and chief administrators to deliberate and decide issues of regional importance and provide the local governments and citizens of Hampton... View details

Chesapeake

HAMPTON ROADS REGION SBDC

Chesapeake

LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY SBDC: DAN RIVER

Danville

FAIRFAX SBDC

Fairfax

WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

A program of the Community Business Partnership, the Center is sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Women's Business Ownership. The WBC seeks to provide the training,... View details

Falls Church

SOUTHERN REGION SBDC AT LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY

Farmville

RAPPAHANNOCK REGION SBDC - FREDERICKSBURG

Fredericks-

burg

SBDC OF HAMPTON ROADS, INC

Hampton

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

Hampton

CENTRAL REGION/JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY SBDC

Harrisonburg

CUMBERLAND PLATEA PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION

Works to encourage and facilitate local government cooperation and state-local cooperation in addressing on a regional basis problems of greater than local significance. View details

Lebanon

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

Lynchburg

REGION 2000 SBDC

Lynchburg

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

Martinsville

LONGWOOD SBDC/MARTINSVILLE

Martinsville

EASTERN SHORE SBDC

Melfa

LORD FAIRFAX SBDC - MIDDLETOWN

Middletown

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

National

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

Norfolk

ONLEY SBDC

Onley

CRATER SBDC

Petersburg

RADFORD UNIVERSITY - NEW RIVER VALLEY SBDC

Radford

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SBDC

Richlands

GREATER RICHMOND SBDC

Richmond

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA)

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

Richmond

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

Richmond

VA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

The Virginia Department of Business Assistance is the economic development agency dedicated to the growth and success of the Commonwealths business community. Established by the Virginia General... View details

Richmond

ROANOKE REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (SBDC)

Roanoke

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

Roanoke

MIDDLE PENINSULA PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION

Works to improve public health, safety, convenience and welfare, and to provide for the social, economic and physical development of communities and metropolitan areas of the Commonwealth on a... View details

Saluda

LONGWOOD SBDC/SOUTH BOSTON

South Boston

COMMUNITY BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP, NORTHERN VA SBDC

Springfield

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT CBP

The South Fairfax Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides professional business counseling, training, and information resources to help grow and strengthen small and middle size... View details

Springfield

BUSINESS INCUABTION CENTER AT CBP

The Business Incubator Center offers low cost office space; discounted educational programs; telecommunications and computer equipment and access to training, meeting space and networking... View details

Springfield

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

Administers the patent and trademark laws as they relate to the granting of patents for utility inventions, designs and plants and the issuing of trademark registrations. The USPTO examines... View details

Statewide

UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU STATE & COUNTY QUICKFACTS

Provides census information for each state View details

Statewide

VIRGINIA SBDC NETWORK - STATE OFFICE

Statewide

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)

Norfolk Norfolk Federal Building 200 Granby Mall, Room 525 Norfolk, VA 23510 Provides small businesses and stakeholders with timely and consistent tax guidance. Developes... View details

Statewide

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

The SBA's online resource for small business advocacy and statistics . View details

Statewide

CENTER FOR WOMEN'S BUSINESS RESEARCH

Provides research to document the economic and social contributions of women-owned firms, and consulting and public relations services to maximize the benefits of this knowledge. View details

Statewide

LOUDOUN COUNTY SBDC

Sterling

LORD FAIRFAX SBDC - FAUQUIER CENTER

Warrenton

WARSAW SBDC OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK REGION

Warsaw

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS

Waynesboro

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SBDC

Weyers Cave

SCORE COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS