Minority & Disadvantaged Business
Certifications
Minority & Disadvantaged Business
Certifications are available for minority
and women-owned, historically disadvantaged,
and small businesses on the national,
regional and state levels. These
certifications include:National:
• WBENC – Women’s Business Enterprise
National Council
• NWBOC – National Women’s Business Owners
Corporation
• SBA WOB – Small Business Administration’s
Women Owned Business
• SBA 8(a) – Small Business Administration’s
Federal 8(a) Business Development Program
• SBA’s SDB – Small Business
Administration’s Small Disadvantaged
Business federal contracting set aside
program
• SBA HUBZone – Small Business
Administration’s Historically Underutilized
Business Zone Business
• US DOT’s DBE – Department of
Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise programs (administered by each
State)
• VOSB – Veteran Owned Small Business
• SDVOSBC - Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Business Concern
Regional:
• South Regions Minority Business Council
-- Affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council
State:
• Alabama Department of Transportation’s DBE
Program
• State of Alabama Office of Minority
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