Every MBE, WBE, EBE and LBE the city has certified, with a New York City address
City certification is a procurement tool. The Department of Small Business Services certifies firms as Minority-owned, Women-owned, Emerging or Locally Based Business Enterprises, and agencies then have targets for how much contract money goes to them. So this list is a map of where the businesses competing for city work actually are, which is a different question from where the money ends up.
Where the groceries are. Every licensed retail food store of 3,000 square feet or more, from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, plus the city’s greenmarkets. This is the buying-food map, where the certified vendor list is the selling-to-government map. The food map and food directory cut this same data by need and by chain.
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Every community board, by countWhat the certifications mean, and what this list is not
The four certifications
MBE, Minority-Owned Business Enterprise: at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by Black, Hispanic, Asian-Pacific, Asian-Indian or Native American people.
WBE, Women-Owned Business Enterprise: at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by women. A firm can hold both, and many do.
EBE, Emerging Business Enterprise: owned by people who are socially and economically disadvantaged, without regard to race or gender.
LBE, Locally Based Business Enterprise: located in and hiring from an economically distressed area.
What it does
Certification gets a firm into the city's directory of vendors, onto discretionary purchase lists, and inside the participation goals agencies are held to on contracts. It is not a grant, a licence, or a guarantee of work.
What this list is not
It is not a directory of every business in a district. It is only firms that applied for and hold city certification, which skews heavily toward the trades that sell to government: professional services, construction, and administrative support. A neighbourhood with few certified firms is not a neighbourhood with few businesses.
The address is the one the firm registered with SBS, which for a contractor is often an office or a home rather than a storefront. Firms whose registered address is outside the five boroughs are not shown here at all.
Source: NYC Department of Small Business Services, Certified Business List, via NYC Open Data, pulled 27 August 2026.
Community board and council district come with the city's own file. Assembly and senate districts were computed by point in polygon against the Department of City Planning district files.
A correction: Mike Racioppo