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-                All visitors            -  Business Guide     -  Explore our business guide      -  10 steps to start your business 
    -  Plan your business        -  Market research and competitive analysis 
      -  Write your business plan 
      -  Calculate your startup costs 
      -  Establish business credit 
      -  Fund your business 
      -  Buy an existing business or franchise 
    -  Launch your business        -  Pick your business location 
      -  Choose a business structure 
      -  Choose your business name 
      -  Register your business 
      -  Get federal and state tax ID numbers 
      -  Apply for licenses and permits 
      -  Open a business bank account 
      -  Get business insurance 
    -  Manage your business        -  Manage your finances 
      -  Hire and manage employees 
      -  Pay taxes 
      -  Stay legally compliant 
      -  Buy assets and equipment 
      -  Marketing and sales 
      -  Strengthen your cybersecurity 
      -  Prepare for emergencies 
      -  Recover from disasters 
      -  Close or sell your business 
      -  Hire employees with disabilities 
    -  Grow your business        -  Get more funding 
      -  Expand to new locations 
      -  Merge and acquire businesses 
      -  Become a federal contractor 
      -  Export products          -  Trade tools for international sales            -  SBA export products 
          -  Develop your export plan 
          -  Identify your market 
          -  Know the import and export laws and regulations 
          -  Training for international trade 
      -  Women-owned businesses 
      -  Native American-owned businesses 
      -  Veteran-owned businesses 
      -  Military spouse businesses 
      -  LGBTQ-owned businesses 
      -  Rural businesses 
      -  Minority-owned businesses 
-  Funding Programs     -  Find funding programs      -  Loans        -  Make a payment to SBA 
      -  7(a) loans 
      -  504 loans          -  List of CDCs 
      -  Microloans          -  List of microlenders 
      -  Lender Match 
      -  COVID-19 relief options          -  Paycheck Protection Program            -  First Draw PPP loan 
          -  Second Draw PPP loan 
          -  PPP loan forgiveness 
          -  PPP lender information 
          -  PPP data 
          -  Get help with your PPP loan 
        -  COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan            -  About COVID-19 EIDL 
          -  About EIDL Advance programs 
          -  Manage your EIDL 
          -  EIDL data 
        -  Shuttered Venue Operators Grant            -  About SVOG 
          -  Manage your SVOG grant 
          -  SVOG data 
        -  Restaurant Revitalization Fund 
        -  COVID-19 recovery information in other languages 
        -  SBA debt relief 
        -  Cross-program eligibility 
        -  Reporting identity theft 
        -  Preventing fraud and identity theft 
    -  Investment capital 
    -  Disaster assistance        -  Physical damage loans 
      -  Mitigation assistance 
      -  Economic Injury Disaster Loans 
      -  Military reservist loan 
      -  Hawaii wildfires 
      -  Hurricane Idalia 
    -  Surety bonds 
    -  Grants        -  State Trade Expansion Program (STEP)          -  Directory of STEP awardees 
      -  Grants for community organizations 
-  Federal Contracting     -  Learn about federal contracting      -  Contracting guide        -  Assess your business 
      -  Basic requirements 
      -  How to win contracts 
      -  Types of contracts 
      -  Size standards 
      -  Governing rules and responsibilities 
      -  Prime and subcontracting 
    -  Contracting assistance programs        -  Small Disadvantaged Business 
      -  Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract program 
      -  Veteran contracting assistance programs 
      -  8(a) Business Development program          -  Updates on the 8(a) Business Development program 
      -  SBA Mentor-Protégé program 
      -  Joint ventures 
      -  HUBZone program 
      -  Natural Resource Sales Assistance program 
    -  Counseling and help        -  Contracting area directors 
      -  Procurement Center Representative directory 
      -  Commercial Market Representatives 
-  Learning Platform     -  Explore our learning platform      -  Learning Center 
    -  Ascent 
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    -  Empower to Grow 
    -  Investing in America        -  Home repair and construction          -  Home energy rebates 
        -  Home energy tax credits​ 
      -  Government contracting and sub-contracting          -  General infrastructure contracting and subcontracting 
        -  High-speed internet contracting opportunities 
        -  Contracting with the Department of Transportation 
      -  Manufacturing          -  IAC implementation grants for small manufacturers 
      -  Investing in America featured stories 
-  Local Assistance     -  Find resources in your area      -  Resource Partners        -  Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) 
      -  SCORE Business Mentoring 
      -  Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) program 
      -  Women's Business Centers 
    -  Export and trade assistance        -  Export Finance Managers 
      -  U.S. Export Assistance Centers 
    -  Federal contracting assistance 
    -  Community Navigators 
    -  Regional Innovation Clusters 
    -  Veterans Business Development Officers 
-  About SBA     -  Learn about SBA      -  SBA locations        -  Headquarters Offices          -  Office of Business Development 
        -  Office of Capital Access 
        -  Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer 
        -  Office of the Chief Information Officer 
        -  Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience 
        -  Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights 
        -  Office of Entrepreneurial Development 
        -  Office of Entrepreneurship Education 
        -  Office of Field Operations 
        -  Office of General Counsel 
        -  Office of Government Contracting & Business Development 
        -  Office of Government Contracting 
        -  Office of the HUBZone Program 
        -  Office of International Trade 
        -  Office of Investment and Innovation 
        -  Office of Native American Affairs 
        -  Office of Performance, Planning, and the Chief Financial Officer 
        -  Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison 
        -  Office of Small Business Development Centers 
        -  Office of Veterans Business Development 
        -  Office of Women's Business Ownership 
      -  Disaster Offices 
      -  District Offices          -  Alabama            -  Doing business in the Alabama District 
        -  Alaska            -  Doing business in the Alaska District 
        -  Arizona            -  Doing business in the Arizona District 
        -  Arkansas            -  Doing business in the Arkansas District 
        -  Baltimore            -  Doing business in the Baltimore District 
        -  Boise            -  Doing business in the Boise District 
        -  Buffalo            -  Doing business in the Buffalo District 
        -  Cleveland            -  Doing business in the Cleveland District 
        -  Colorado            -  Doing business in the Colorado District 
        -  Columbus            -  Doing business in the Columbus District 
        -  Connecticut            -  Doing business in the Connecticut District 
        -  Dallas / Fort Worth            -  Doing business in the Dallas / Fort Worth District 
        -  Delaware            -  Doing business in the Delaware District 
        -  El Paso            -  Doing business in the El Paso District 
        -  Fresno            -  Doing business in the Fresno District 
        -  Georgia            -  Doing business in the Georgia District 
        -  Hawaii            -  Doing business in the Hawaii District 
        -  Houston            -  Doing business in the Houston District 
        -  Illinois            -  Doing business in the Illinois District 
        -  Indiana            -  Doing business in the Indiana District 
        -  Iowa            -  Doing business in the Iowa District 
        -  Kansas City            -  Doing business in the Kansas City District 
        -  Kentucky            -  Doing business in the Kentucky District 
        -  Los Angeles            -  Doing business in the Los Angeles District 
        -  Louisiana            -  Doing business in the Louisiana District 
        -  Lower Rio Grande Valley            -  Doing business in the Lower Rio Grande Valley District 
        -  Maine            -  Doing business in the Maine District 
        -  Massachusetts            -  Doing business in the Massachusetts District 
        -  Metro New York            -  Doing business in the Metro New York District 
        -  Michigan            -  Doing business in the Michigan District 
        -  Minnesota            -  Doing business in the Minnesota District 
        -  Mississippi            -  Doing business in the Mississippi District 
        -  Montana            -  Doing business in the Montana District 
        -  Nebraska            -  Doing business in the Nebraska District 
        -  Nevada            -  Doing business in the Nevada District 
        -  New Hampshire            -  Doing business in the New Hampshire District 
        -  New Jersey            -  Doing business in the New Jersey District 
        -  New Mexico            -  Doing business in the New Mexico District 
        -  North Carolina            -  Doing business in the North Carolina District 
        -  North Dakota            -  Doing business in the North Dakota District 
        -  North Florida            -  Doing business in the North Florida District 
        -  Oklahoma            -  Doing business in the Oklahoma District 
        -  Orange County / Inland Empire            -  Doing business in the Orange County / Inland Empire District 
        -  Philadelphia            -  Doing business in the Philadelphia District 
        -  Pittsburgh            -  Doing business in the Pittsburgh District 
        -  Portland            -  Doing business in the Portland District 
        -  Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands            -  Doing business in the Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands District 
        -  Rhode Island            -  Doing business in the Rhode Island District 
        -  Sacramento            -  Doing business in the Sacramento District 
        -  San Antonio            -  Doing business in the San Antonio District 
        -  San Diego            -  Doing business in the San Diego District 
        -  San Francisco            -  Doing business in the San Francisco District 
        -  Seattle            -  Doing business in the Seattle District 
          -  Washington Export Outreach Team 
        -  South Carolina            -  Doing business in the South Carolina District 
        -  South Dakota            -  Doing business in the South Dakota District 
        -  South Florida            -  Doing business in the South Florida District 
        -  St. Louis            -  Doing business in the St. Louis District 
        -  Syracuse            -  Doing business in the Syracuse District 
        -  Tennessee            -  Doing business in the Tennessee District 
        -  Utah            -  Doing business in the Utah District 
        -  Vermont            -  Doing business in the Vermont District 
        -  Virginia            -  Doing business in the Virginia District 
        -  Washington Metropolitan Area            -  Doing business in the Washington Metropolitan District 
        -  West Texas            -  Doing business in the Lubbock West Texas District 
        -  West Virginia            -  Doing business in the West Virginia District 
        -  Wichita            -  Doing business in the Wichita District 
        -  Wisconsin            -  Doing business in the Wisconsin District 
        -  Wyoming            -  Doing business in the Wyoming District 
      -  Loan and Guaranty Centers          -  Commercial Loan Service Centers            -  7(a) / Express servicing 
          -  CDC / 504 loan servicing 
          -  Guaranty purchase 
          -  504 liquidations 
          -  Post-servicing actions 
        -  National Guaranty Purchase Center (Herndon, VA)            -  Liquidation Process 
          -  Guaranty Purchase Process 
        -  Loan Guaranty Processing Center (Citrus Heights, CA and Hazard, KY)            -  Application Submission 
          -  Loan Closing 
        -  Sacramento Loan Processing Center (Sacramento, CA) 
        -  Disaster Loan Servicing Center (El Paso, TX) 
        -  Disaster Loan Servicing Center (Birmingham, AL) 
        -  National Disaster Loan Resolution Center (Santa Ana, CA)            -  Administrative Wage Garnishment 
    -  Open government        -  FOIA 
      -  Digital SBA 
      -  About the SBA.gov website          -  Linking policy 
        -  No Fear Act 
        -  Accessibility 
        -  Social media 
        -  Disclaimer 
        -  Website privacy policy            -  Social media privacy policies 
        -  SBA account login and registration portals 
        -  Vulnerability disclosure policy 
      -  SBA privacy program          -  Privacy Act System of Records Notices (SORNs) 
      -  Privacy Act request guide 
      -  Information quality          -  Plain language 
        -  Information quality guidelines 
        -  Website content inventory 
      -  SBA guidance 
      -  AI inventory 
      -  Made in America waivers 
    -  SBA Newsroom 
    -  Work for SBA        -  Employee life 
      -  Jobs at SBA 
      -  Contracting for SBA 
      -  Disaster response jobs at SBA 
    -  Organization        -  SBA leadership 
      -  Contact SBA 
      -  SBA initiatives          -  National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board 
        -  Season of Small Business 
        -  Labor partnerships and worker organizing 
        -  SBA Equity Initiative 
        -  Council on Underserved Communities 
        -  Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee 
        -  National Pan-Hellenic Council 
        -  Small Business Saturday 
        -  Support for manufacturing businesses 
        -  Investment Capital Advisory Committee 
        -  Interagency capital resources for small businesses 
      -  Forms and documents 
      -  Performance 
      -  Observances          -  Celebrating 70 years of service to America's small businesses 
        -  Hispanic Heritage Month 
        -  LGBTQ+ Pride Month 
        -  AANHPI Heritage Month 
        -  National Small Business Week            -  NSBW awards 
          -  Virtual summit 
          -  Media 
          -  Years past 
        -  Women's History Month 
        -  Black History Month 
        -  National Veterans Small Business Week 
        -  Native American Heritage Month 
        -  National Women’s Small Business Month 
      -  Federal advisory committees 
    -  Oversight and advocacy        -  Office of Hearings and Appeals          -  PPP Appeals 
        -  Size appeals 
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        -  VOSB and SDVOSB protest and appeals 
        -  OHA Decisions 
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      -  Office of Inspector General          -  About OIG 
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        -  Whistleblower protection 
        -  Protect yourself from scams and fraud 
        -  Connect with OIG 
        -  Work for OIG 
      -  Office of the National Ombudsman          -  One Stop Shop for Small Business Compliance Act 2021 
      -  Office of Advocacy 
    -  Information in other languages 
 
-                For partners            -  Lenders     -  7(a) loan program      -  Operate as a 7(a) lender 
    -  Types of 7(a) loans 
    -  Pilot loan programs 
    -  Secondary market 
    -  Terms, conditions, and eligibility 
  -  CDC/504 loan program      -  Operate as a CDC 
    -  Secondary market 
    -  Rural Initiative pilot program 
  -  Microloan program      -  Operate as an intermediary 
  -  Become an SBA lender 
  -  Lender reports 
  -  Training on demand 
-  Counselors     -  Small Business Development Centers 
  -  Veterans Business Outreach Centers 
  -  Women's Business Centers 
  -  Community Navigator Pilot Program 
  -  Instructional materials for trainers      -  SBA Spanish glossary 
    -  Money Smart for Small Business 
    -  Business Smart Toolkit 
  -  Nexus 
-  SBICs     -  Become an SBIC 
  -  Invest in an SBIC 
  -  Manage an SBIC 
  -  Forms and guides 
  -  Resource library 
-  Surety bond partners and agents     -  Operate as a surety bond partner or agent 
  -  List of surety bond partners 
  -  Become an SBA surety partner 
-  Contracting officials     -  Small business procurement      -  Set-aside procurement 
    -  Small business size standards 
    -  Nonmanufacturer rule 
  -  Contracting program administration      -  HUBZone administration 
    -  SDVOSB program administration 
    -  8(a) program administration 
    -  WOSB Federal Contract Program Administration 
  -  Contract administration      -  Handling protests 
    -  Report fraud, waste, and abuse