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Credits and in-kind

HUBZone Program

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open

Amount

Not published

Not cash. Certified firms get set-aside and sole-source federal contracting preference plus a 10% price evaluation preference in full and open contract competitions.

Funder

U.S. Small Business Administration

public · national

Deadline: rolling

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

small enterprises
Stage: seed, growth
Locally registered entity required

At least 51% owned and controlled by US citizens (or a tribe, ANC, CDC or agricultural cooperative), principal office located in a designated Historically Underutilised Business Zone, and at least 35% of employees residing in a HUBZone.

How to apply

Check your principal office address against the SBA HUBZone map
Register in SAM.gov
Apply for certification via certify.sba.gov

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/hubzone-program — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked