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Small Business Resource Directory

Small Business Resources

The City of Austin Small Business Division offers a comprehensive directory of small business resources offered by local, state, and federal governments and non-profit agencies. Our goal for the City of Austin Small Business Resources Directory is to increase awareness and use of the programs that provide aid in the development of your business.

Organization Phone Number Description

Pitch competition for innovative Nonprofit organizations. 

Pitch competition to turn raw materials that are leaving local businesses into the new materials.  

800.733.8394

Pro bono legal service. Apply online. 

512.476.5550

Pro bono legal service.  Apply online. 

Professional organization representing the software, Internet, information technology, new media, semiconductor, hardware and telecommunications industries. 

Provides grants for all legitimate expenditures relating professional work and personal living, including medical expenses, for visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers.

Provides small business owners, their employees, and retirees access to innovative services, resources, and benefits. 

Provides substantial tax incentives for business that hire local residents, upgrade their equipment needs, and build or rehabilitate commercial property, in designated Renewal Communities and Empowerment Zones. 

Qualifying businesses can earn up to $1,800 in rebates to start, expand or improve recycling, composting or other zero waste programs. 

Real support for bluegrass professionals in times of emergency need.