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Association of entrepreneurs and business advocates who are committed to economic power, educational excellence and social equity for African-Americans and the community at large; starting/expanding a business, advising, referrals, networking, office space.
Address: 7100 Fort Dent Way Suite 100, Tukwila, WA 98188
Email: staff@tabor100.org
Phone: (425) 528-0110
Active duty service members, National Guard and Reserve Component members, members of the Coast Guard, transitioning service members, veterans of all eras, and military spouses who are thinking about starting, purchasing, or growing a small business.
Address: 1437 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98144
Email: vboc@businessimpactnw.org
Phone: (206) 324-4330
Provides training to immigrants and refugees, enabling them to achieve sustainable careers in the childcare field. The Infant Toddler Project provides childcare centers with consultants trained to offer one-on-one support. Pre-licensing and licensing support; S.T.A.R.S. training; computer access; M.E.R.I.T. assistance.
Address: 1225 South Weller Street, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98144
Email: provider@childcare.org
Phone: (206) 329-1011
Translation services in many languages available: 1(800) 336-1114 [option 2]
Access to capital, business planning, marketing & promotion through a membership organization that has serves the communities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, SeaTac, and Tukwila.
Address: 4800 South 188th Street, Suite 250, SeaTac, WA 98118
Email: staff@seattlesouthsidechamber.com
Phone: (206) 575-1633
Creating a safe, welcoming, supportive, and vibrant space for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Address: 841 Central Ave N #C-106 Kent, WA 98032
Email: mail@utopiawa.org
Phone: (253) 478-3941
Business legal support, business legal training, and succession planning; offer webinars and legal clinics.
Address: 3642 33rd Ave. South, Suite C4, Seattle, WA 98144
Email: contact@communities-rise.org
Phone: (206) 324-5850
Entrepreneurs and small business owners from Latino and underserved communities, moderate to low income. Permitting and licensing; starting and expanding a business; access to capital; credit counseling; Minority and Women's Business Enterprises Certification; Food Cart Incubator program to help people start their own restaurant.
Address: 2524 16th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
Email: vcserrato@elcentrodelaraza.org
Phone: (360) 986-7022
Servicios en español
The Indian American Community Services organization will inform, support, and mentor small businesses owned by immigrants and People of Color. IACS is a member of the WA State Small Business Resiliency Network. Formerly India Association of Western Washington (IAWW)
Address: 15500 Six Penny Ln, Newcastle, WA 98059
Email: directorcommunity@iaww.org
Phone: (253) 234-9989 x5
Services offered in Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malyalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, & Urdu
Hold monthly community meetings to share information with community members; provide referrals to culturally aware lawyers to give legal advice, including immigration information for Ethiopian and Ethiopian-Americans in King County and Puget Sound.
Address: 2100 24th Avenue South, Suite 120, Seattle, WA 98148
Email: info@ecseattle.org
Phone: (206) 325-0304
Services provided in Amharic
Membership organization providing financial planning assistance, access to credit and loan preparation, cash flow analysis, inventory analysis, and financial planning as Washington State’s LGBTQ+ and allied chamber of commerce and the largest of its kind in North America.
Address: 400 E Pine St Ste 322, Seattle, WA 98122
Email: office@theGSBA.org / biztech@gsba.org
Phone: (206) 363-9188
The Native Business Center is passionate about linking native-owned small businesses with training, technical assistance, up-to-date small business information, and resources specifically for Native American business owners.
Address: 55 E. Lincoln Rd. Suite 102, Spokane, WA 99208
Email: tracy@sisterskyinc.com
Phone: (509) 315-9808
Starting and expanding a business, financial literacy, and access to capital; our loan department offers lending services in Washington State and Oregon. We offer business support services (training, coaching, and classes) in Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska through various technical assistance programs, including the Washington Women's Business Center (WBC) and Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC).
Address: 1437 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98144
Email: info@businessimpactnw.org
Phone: (206) 324-4330
Family social service provider, financial literacy, childcare, and business technical assistance.
Address: 5303 Rainier Avenue South, Suite D, Seattle, WA 98118
Email: info@hoas.org
Phone: (206) 760-0550
Services provided in Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Tingrinyan, and English
Washington Center for Women in Business (WCWB) is a program at the Center for Business and Innovation (CB&I), designed to provide women the coaching, training, and technical assistance to navigate the modern business world, in an open and supportive context.
Address: 3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Suite 340, Bothell, WA 98021
Email: info@wcwb.org
Phone: (360) 754-6320
The Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) fosters a thriving community based on Muslim values, providing financial aid, young professional services, and small business development with main points of expertise in networking, web development/marketing, translation services, and self-employed business assistance.
Address: 17550 NE 67th Ct, Redmond, WA 98052
Email: smallbiz@mapsredmond.org
Phone: (425) 202-6126
Services provided in Arabic
The University of Washington's Consulting and Business Development Center (CBDC) offers group and 1:1 consulting, courses in business, accounting, financial management assistance, mentoring from business executives, and business management techniques.
Address: 1410 NE Campus Pkwy, Seattle, WA 98195 (UW- Seattle)
Email: gmichan@uw.edu
Phone: (206) 543-9545
Filipino Community of Seattle is a social service organization providing youth and family support, small business grants, and other social services.
Address: 5740 Martin Luther King Jr Way S, Seattle WA 98118
Email: info@filcommsea.org
Phone: (206) 722-9372
SCORE South Sound/Tacoma mentors are highly successful and seasoned business professionals and entrepreneurs with the experience and knowledge to help you achieve your small business goals. Browse resources, take a workshop, or find your business mentor today! Services are offered to startup and existing businesses in South King, Pierce, Thurston, Lewis, Mason, and Grays Harbor Counties.
Email: score.tacoma@gmail.com
Phone: (855) 685-0166
No cost, confidential, one-on-one technical assistance in all aspects of selling to federal, state, and local governments for firms involved in government procurement, contracting, marketing, performance, workshops, and small business certification.
Address: 1221 D St NE Suite 210 C Auburn, WA 98002 (Green River College)
Email: dsundell@greenriver.edu
Phone: (253) 520-6267
Services offered in Spanish
Our mission is to bridge communities and generations through art, culture, education, and business.
Address: 4851 S Tacoma Way, Tacoma, WA 98409
Email: asiapacificculturalcenter.org
Phone: (253) 383-3900
Services are offered in Cambodian, Chammoro, Chinese, Fijian, Ilocano, and Japanese.
Technical assistance, marketing, connecting with local and state elected officials, networking, and business and leadership training. Translation services available.
Address: 420 East Main Street, Auburn, WA 98002
Email: connect@auburnareawa.org
Phone: (253) 833-0700
At the Chamber, we believe that a thriving community depends on vibrant business. We believe our region is uniquely positioned to compete in the global marketplace because we embrace three key attributes: we create jobs, we are responsible stewards of the environment, and we are committed to an equitable and inclusive economy.
Address: 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1500, Seattle, WA 98101
Email: info@seattlechamber.com
Phone: (206) 389-7200
Helping small businesses in South King County start, grow, and expand for over a decade.
Address: 2920 College Way, Des Moines, WA 98198
Email: sbdc@highline.edu / psivongxay@highline.edu
Phone: (206) 592-4151
The Food Business Incubator program supports aspiring entrepreneurs from South King County through business coaching, networking, support obtaining permits, securing subsidized kitchen rent, and marketing opportunities.
Address: 2800 South 192nd Street, Suite 104, SeaTac, WA 98118
Email: Njambi@foodinnovationnetwork.org
Phone: (206) 291-7407
One-on-one, confidential, no-cost advising on all phases of small business development and operations, including pre-venture, startup, established businesses, and succession planning; free and low-cost workshops; referrals for legal assistance, government contracting, and accounting/bookkeeping services offered across 4 locations: Green River College Kent Campus, Auburn Business Center, Highline College, and Tukwila Center; Technical Assistance Providers will also meet at the Business' location.
Phone: (253) 520-6260
Services offered in Spanish
World Relief is a Refugee Resettlement and immigrant-serving organization. Services include: Job Placement Assistance, English Language Classes, Legal Clinic, Economic Resiliency Services, Children and Family Services, and Immigration Detention Center Services. to refugee, immigrant, and asylee small business owners.
Address: 23835 Pacific Hwy S, Suite 100, Kent, WA 98032
Email: infoseattle@wr.org
Phone: (253) 277-1121
Services are offered in Bengali, Burmese, Russia, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Spanish, Nepali, Hindi, Urdu, Hakha/Lai Chin, Falam Chin, French, Turkish, Mandarin, Tigrinya, Amharic, and Swahili.
Sponsorship, navigating government processes, restaurant and food business support, construction impact assistance, trade information, planning trade and investment programs, training for small business development, trade missions to Africa, assistance for incoming delegations, international and domestic business, and non-profits.
Address: 2001 6th Ave. #2600, Seattle, WA 98121
Email: african.chamberofcommerce@commerce.wa.gov
Phone: (206) 256-6139
Services are offered in Amharic, Kiswahili, Oromo, Somali, and Tigrinya.
Starting/expanding a business, financial literacy, access to capital, business plan support, marketing; courses in business basics, marketing, operations, sales, financial management, packaged food; workshops on digital marketing, wholesaling, and understanding credit with a focus on those in our community for whom traditional business development services are out of reach.
Address: 2100 24th Avenue South #380, Seattle, WA 98144
Email: info@venturesnonprofit.org
Phone: (206) 352-1945
Services are offered in Spanish.
We invest in the success of our downtown by focusing on six areas: Advocacy, Business Assistance, Tax Incentives, Volunteerism, Beautification, and Events.
Address: 202 West Gowe Street, Suite A, Kent, WA 98032
Email: info@kentdowntown.org
Phone: (253) 813-6976
Centro Rendu (St. Vincent de Paul of Seattle / King Co) offers financial literacy, employment readiness & job connections, case management, legal counseling, adult education, and early learning for Immigrant families, youth, and seniors in Northwest WA with a focus on the Latino community.
Address: 2902 NE 12th St Suite #102, Renton, WA 98056
Email: centrorendu@svdpseattle.org
Phone: (253) 499-4245
¡Todos Hablamos Espanol!
Referrals to the Korean American Resource Center while offering translation and computer services.
Address: 14001 57th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98168
Email: koassn@gmail.com
Phone: (206) 734-4080
Services are offered in Korean
A membership organization with online business planning and marketing guidelines for businesses in South King County.
Address: 524 West Meeker Street, Suite 1, Kent, Washington 98032
Email: info@kentchamber.com
Phone: (253) 854-1770
We administer numerous federal, state, and local grants. Training in value stream mapping, food processing and FSMA compliance, DFARS and CMMC Readiness training, Lean Enterprise Certification Program (LECP), Toyota Kata, Lean Training 101, LEAN, and Green W.A.S.T.E. Programs. Other services include: management and operational consulting, process improvement, technology acceleration, workforce development, and business/leadership management.
Address: 3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Suite 340, Bothell, WA 98021
Email: info@impactwashington.org
Phone: (425) 287-6808
We provide case managers take on general business assistance (technical assistance, startups, cultural help, etc.) and referrals are made for more specialized issues.
Address: 10610 SE Kent-Kangley Rd, Kent, WA 98030
Phone: (206) 822-8880
Services are offered in Arabic
Membership organization offering leadership development, networking opportunities, advocacy, and resources to promote business prosperity through many forms of advertising.
Address: 625 S 4th St, Renton, WA 98057
Phone: (425) 226-4560