MBE Business Certification

The MBE Certification otherwise known as the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Certification, is for Minority or Women-owned bussinesses.

Program Benefits

Getting the MBE Business Certification provides these businesses exclusive access to top corporate purchasing agents, premium networking events, searchable supplier databases, affordable consulting services, technology programs, and introductions to nationally known corporations.

Qualifications

•  A for-profit business located in the United States;
•  51% owned, operated, capitalized and controlled by a member(s) of a presumed group identified below, who is the top executive officer responsible for managing daily operations with a technical expertise (experience) in the firm’s primary business expertise;
•  Legal residents (green cards) are accepted by most MBE programs administered by a city, county and state; however, the NMSDC require U.S. Citizenship (no exceptions).



Generally speaking, a member(s) of a presumed group includes:

• Black American: any Black racial group originating in Africa;
• Hispanic: origins in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese cultures;
• Native American: a Native of Alaska or Hawaii, or certified member of a federal or state recognized Indian Tribe;
• Asian Pacific: origins in the Pacific Islands, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore or Philippines;
• Subcontinent Asian: origins in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives Islands, Nepal or Sri Lanka.

Getting Certified

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