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 Small and minority businesses are born of the creativity and innovation that characterize Fairfax County's commercial enterprises. Fairfax County has one of the largest percentages of minority-owned information technology firms in the nation. In fact, Black Enterprise magazine's list of the top 100 African-American firms and Hispanic Business magazine's list of the 500 top Hispanic companies in America both tout Fairfax County firms.
Interested in opening a business in Fairfax County?
Fairfax County's minority business community includes Hispanic-owned firms, African American-owned firms, Asian- and Pacific Islander-owned firms, American Indian- and Alaska native-owned firms and woman-owned firms.
Services
The FCEDA provides specialized assistance to small, minority and women-owned firms seeking to move into Fairfax County or expand an existing county business. The Small and Minority Business Program provides individualized one-on-one assistance to businesses by:
- Identifying possible Fairfax County sites or offices;
- Providing information and identifying resources for small and minority-owned businesses and start-ups such as the Minority Supplier Development Council;
- Serving as a liaison with the planning and development agencies of the Fairfax County government;
- Providing current demographic and economic information; and
- Conducting seminars.
The division serves as a clearinghouse for state and local information as well as producing the Small Business Calendar of Events and Business Ventures, a quarterly newsletter.
The FCEDA also provides business counseling services through an arrangement
with the SCORE, a U.S. Small Business Administration initiative. A
SCORE counselor is available every Wednesday
at the FCEDA office in Tysons Corner by appointment only.
To sign-up for a session, visit
the SCORE page.
More Information
For more information on the FCEDA's Small and Minority Business Program, contact Karen Smaw at 703-790-0600 or e-mail at Ksmaw@fceda.org.
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