Women-owned Businesses

See programs and certification available to support women-owned businesses.

Enterprising Women of Color (EWOC) Initiative by MBDA

Minority women are the fastest growing population of entrepreneurs. While many women are making tremendous strides in the business world, they still face obstacles as entrepreneurs. MBDA serves as an advocate for women’s economic empowerment by supporting efforts to advance women’s equality and promote women economic advancement programming. The vision of EWOC is to ensure women worldwide to reach their economic potential.

• List of EWOC Business Centers

Washington Center for Women in Business (WCWB)

Business Counseling, Resources & Programs for new and established women-owned businesses in Washington State.

• Coaching Sessions
• Business Start-up Training

Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

To fuel success for women-owned businesses, WBENC offers multiple programs and opportunities designed to support business development and growth, from pitch competitions to executive education programs.

• Woman-owned certification

National Women’s Business Council (NWBC)

The National Women’s Business Council is a non-partisan federal advisory committee serving as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, the U.S. Congress (to the Committees on Small Business of the Senate and House of Representatives), and to the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (through the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Women’s Business Ownership) on issues of importance to women business owners and entrepreneurs.