Business Support Directory
Government and Other Helpful Business Agencies
These agencies offer a multitude of services to include financial assistance, professional guidance on development, information on corporate taxes, a checklist of requirements for new businesses, networking opportunities, legal requirements, and so on.
Local Agencies
Local Business Development Centers
- Benedict College Business Development Center
- City Center Partnership
- Darla Moore School of Business
- Engenuity South Carolina
- Midlands Technical College Education Resource
- Minority Business Development Agency
- University of South Carolina Small Business Development Center
- South Carolina Women’s Business Center
- Best Accounting Software
- Association of Women Business Centers
- USC Columbia Technology Incubator
State Agencies, Councils, and other Groups
- Carolinas Associated General Contractors of America
- Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Councils
- SC Division of Small & Minority Business Contracting and Certification
- SC Dept. of Labor and Licensing
- SC Business One Stop
- SC Chamber of Commerce
- SC Dept. of Commerce
- SC Dept. of Revenue
- SC Dept. of Transportation
- SC Economic Developers’ Association
- SC Retail Association
- SC Secretary of State’s Office
- SC Dept. of Employment Workforce
- SC Dept. of DHEC
- SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce
- SC Small Business Development Center
- Wells Fargo Small Business Banking
- SC Department of Transportation – Division of Minority & Small Business Affairs
Federal and National Agencies
- HUBZone
- Internal Revenue Service
- Kauffman Foundation
- National Women Business Owners Corporation
- US Dept. of Labor
- US Government Business Assistance
- US Minority Business Development Association
- US News & World Report: Small Business LOANS
- US News & World Report: Small Business UNSECURED LOANS
- US News & World Report: Small Business LOANS FOR BAD CREDIT
- US News & World Report: Small Business BENEFITS: BUSINESS CREDIT CARDS
- US Patent and Trade Office
- US Small Business Administration
- US Women’s Chamber of Commerce
SC Covid-19 Resources
Disaster Assistance Agencies
- Small Business Administration (SBA): Disaster Loan Assistance and SBA Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Plan
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): FEMA Homepage and Hurricane Preparedness Tips
- General Preparedness Information: Preparing Your Business for Tornadoes or Similar Storm Events
Business Publications
Below are links to some of the publications you will find helpful in starting, growing and building capacity for your business.
- Black Enterprise
- Black Pages USA
- Business Week
- Business Consortium Fund, Inc.
- Center for Women’s Business
- Columbia Business Monthly
- Entrepreneur
- Forbes
- Inc.com
- Millennium Magazine
- Minority Business Entrepreneur
- Minority Business News
- Money Magazine.com
- National Association of Women Business Owners
- SC BIZ
- Tutwieler Dawkins LLC
- Clark Eustace Wagner, PA
The links to these resources are for your convenience only and any advice or recommendations made by any organization associated with these links are the sole responsibility of that organization. The Benedict College Women’s Business Center wishes you great success in your endeavor in starting and operating a business in Richland County, and these links are intended to support you in your efforts.