The Small Business Development Center of Hampton Roads, Inc. is the service provider of first choice for the region’s small business community. By offering free, confidential one-on-one business counseling, low-cost training, research through SBDCNet and referrals to top-flight service providers, we assist in maintaining and growing this vitally important segment of the region’s economy.
The Small Business Development Center of Hampton Roads, Inc. was established in 1990 as a non-profit organization under a partnership agreement with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and Thomas Nelson Community College. Working in partnership with the Mason Enterprise Center at George Mason University and the U.S. Small Business Administration, it is tasked with providing technical assistance services to the region’s small business community.
Since its inception, the number of local municipalities and organizations that provide either direct or in-kind financial support include: the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach and the counties of Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton and York. Support from Chambers includes the Hampton Roads, Franklin-Southampton County, Isle of Wight-Smithfield-Windsor and the Greater Williamsburg Chamber and Tourism Alliance.
The eighteen cities and counties of the Greater Hampton Roads Metropolitan Statistical Area (MAS) constitute the largest concentration of population and small business in the Commonwealth.
