Women or Minority Business Certification
If your business is 51% or more owned and operated by one or more women/minority/disabled individual/or veteran, then you may be eligible to apply for a W/M/D/V Business Enterprise (W/M/D/V BE) Certification!
It is strongly recommended, when applying for this certification, that your business should be operational for at least 2 years and maintaining a profit.
We are here to assist you with this certification process, by locating the nearest office, correctly completing your application, and preparing a list of any necessary information you may need to send along with the application.
- National recognition by thousands of major US corporations and several public agencies as a certified WBE
- Eligibility to exhibit at WBENC's national business conference
- Automatically included in a database of certified WBE's, which is searchable by companies nationwide
- Use of WBENC member seal on your marketing materials and website
- Eligibility to receive sourcing opportunities through WEBuy
- And many additional benefits...
A "minority" is considered to be a person of a minority race, including African-American, Asian-American, Native American and Hispanic-American.
MBE certifications may be received on a city, state or regional level. Once certified, the business will be entered into a database, which is searchable by government and corporate entities. This is also a great marketing tool for the growth of your business.
D/VBE
By becoming certified, you will have access to resources and tools, which will assist you in the growth and marketing of your business.
Many times, this can be an excellent marketing tool, showing that you are a worthy business that consumers will feel comfortable using.
