In 2002, African American-owned businesses accounted for 1.2 million of the US's 23 million businesses. That number increased to 1.9 million in 2007 with the latest US Census data in 2015 reporting the number of black firms growing to 2.6 million a 116% increase. So who are these firms? Where are they located? How can government agencies, large corporations and other businesses identify these firms in effort to do business?
With contracting being one of the five pillars of service of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. it is our goal to help our partners in the both the public and private sector better connect with and identify black owned businesses across the United States who have the capacity to grow and meet the qualifications of various procurement opportunities.