Minority Business Development
900 East Broad Street
City Hall, 16
th
Floor, Room 1603
Richmond, VA 23219
Office: (804) 646-5947
Fax: (804) 646-0136
www.richmondgov.com/MBD
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Emerging Small Business Certification Application
Revised 03/28/2015
Emer ging Small Business means a b usiness that has b een certified by t he Mino rity
Business Deve lop men t for a perio d of up to seven years, has an nual gros s receipt of
$500,0 00 o r less for each o f its t hree fiscal years preced ing application for such
cert ificat ion it enga ged p rim ari ly in th e co nst ructio n busin ess o r of $ 250, 000 o r less if
engaged primarily in a no n -co nst ructio n busine ss, has fewer than 10 full - time ,
perm anen t employ ees, is no t a subs idiary o f an other business and does n ot belon g t o
a group of b usine sses owned an d co n trolled by th e sam e individuals, has its princ ipa l
place of bu sines s entirely \w ithin th e b oundaries of the City o f R ichmond Enterprise
Zone, p ossesse s a City license , and pay s p ersonal property, real estate, and business
taxes to th e City of Richmon d.
HISPANIC /
LATINO
AMERICAN
HISPANIC /
LATINO
AMERICAN
HISPANIC
/LATINO
AMERICAN
CORPORATION
(State of INC.)
HAS YOUR COMPANY PREVIOUSLY
BEEN DEBARRED FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH
ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY? IF YES, EXPLAIN
GROSS RECEIPTS FOR PRIOR THREE FISCAL YEARS
Permanent
Employee
Full-Time Part-Time
Permanent
Employee
Full-Time Part-Time
Permanent
Employee
Full-Time Part-Time
BUSINESS LICENSE JURISDICTION : N/A
POSSES ALL STATE/CITY LICENSES TO LEGALLY
CONDUCT BUSINESS IN VA
YES NO
CONTRACTOR’S LICENSE :
A B C N/A
CURRENTLY INSURED
IF YES TO WHAT AMOUNT?
YES NO $
CURRENTLY BONDED
IF YES, TO WHAT AMOUNT?
YES NO $
TYPE OF CERTIFICATION (EXAMPLE: MBE, DBE, WBE, ETC.)
All f irm s listed in MBD dir ect ory have regist ered w ith the City of
Richm ond as a minor ity owned busin es s (MBE) or cert ified as an
Emerging Small Bu siness (ESB) . It sho uld be noted, that there
are M BE bu sinesses listed in this direct ory t hat are not
certifi ed. Ther efore, an y prime contra ctor/vend or des iring to
use a regi ster ed MBE firm that is not certified , must be aware,
that the register ed MBE firm ha s 180 days to get certif ied or
before the completion of the contract , which ever is less, or the
prime contract or/vendor r isk s not rec eiving credit t oward t he
minor ity part icip ation goal f or the said project.
CERTIFICATION SOURCE (EXAMPLE: VA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION, VA
DEPT. OF MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, US SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION)
YOUR SIGNATURE INDICATES THAT THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
Registration can be faxed, mailed or emailed to
Minority.Business.Development@richmondgov.com