The Black Business Network

Not another Black business directory. Black business infrastructure.

Find businesses. Find customers. Find suppliers. Find referrals. Find teaming partners. Find financial and professional resources.

You can’t control the economy. You can control how many options your business has.

Business Owners:  See What You Get →

636,450+Black-Owned Businesses in the network
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND YOUR BUSINESS

Your Business Is More Than a Listing.

BLKB2B connects Business Discovery, Business Relationships, Development Resources and Industry-Specific Tools into one integrated infrastructure.

  1. Find Opportunities BLKB2B identifies them. You choose which to pursue.
  2. Prepare to Compete The documents buyers ask for, built from your profile.
  3. Manage the Work Tools laid out the way your trade works.
  4. Build Relationships Each one can create your next opportunity.

One Network. Connected Tools. More Opportunities.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

Win more work. No fee on any sale.

BLKB2B identifies the opportunities and potential relationships. You choose which connections to make, show up with the documents buyers ask for, and turn interest into booked, paid work.

FIND AND REACH BUYERS

Yes · $ your pool first, then the network

Match

Post what you need: Customers, a Partner, a Referral, a Supplier or Workers. It goes to your own people first, then to matching businesses. They answer yes with a price, no, or pass it on; you pick.

Free on every plan
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Customers Suppliers Referrals Partners

Opportunities and Introductions

BLKB2B identifies the businesses you could Sell To, Buy From, Refer Work To, or Team Up With, from your industry and where you work. You choose which ones to connect with. Replying is always free.

Free to start More on paid plans
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SHOW UP READY

Capability Statement and One-Pagers

The page a buyer, prime contractor or procurement office asks for first, built from your profile. One-Pagers for Investors, Donors, Partners and Sales Prospects too.

Free on every plan
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$197one time

Business Plan

A complete written plan for your industry: what a lender, investor, grant maker or partner asks to see.

$197 one time, includes 3 revisions
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contract-ready

SOPs: Written Procedures

The standard operating procedures supplier programs, certifications and larger contracts look for, written for your industry.

Operations Department Free Complete Department Package $97
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TURN INTEREST INTO PAID WORK

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Your Booking Page

Customers pick a time from your listing and can pay a deposit through your own payment link. You confirm.

Customers can book you on every plan
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in the Shop and on the Map

Products and Services

List what you sell, with prices. Shoppers find it by searching for the thing, not your name, and ask you for a quote.

Free to start More on paid plans
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Quote Job Invoice repeat work paid to you

The Workplace Apps

Quotes, Jobs, Dispatch, Recurring Contracts, Inventory, Invoices and Reports, laid out the way your trade works. Our own versions of tools like Jobber, Housecall Pro, Calendly, QuickBooks invoicing and Sortly, built into your listing.

Included in Professional $10 or $20 a month on Basic and Premier One app, matched to your industry
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FOR YOUR INDUSTRY

Tools Built Around Your Business

Your industry decides which tools appear in your dashboard, so you see the ones your trade uses. A cleaning company gets Service Contracts, Routes and Visit Reports. A salon gets Booking. A carrier gets Loads and Dispatch.

Register your business free to see your opportunities, your connections and the tools for your industry.

customer's rate carrier's rate

Freight brokers: cover loads, keep the margin in view

Two prices on every load, offers to your approved carriers first, carrier files with their insurance, rate confirmations and invoices in your name, and lane history. You are the broker; BLKB2B is the software.

On the Professional plan. Needs your own broker number and bond on file.

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HOW IT CONNECTS · ONE CLEANING COMPANY

  1. Business Discovery A property manager finds a Black-Owned commercial cleaning company on BLKB2B.
  2. Business Relationships BLKB2B identifies potential Customers, Suppliers, Referral Partners and Teaming Partners for the company. The owner chooses which ones to connect with.
  3. Business Development The company prepares a Capability Statement, Business Plan and SOPs to pursue larger contracts.
  4. Business Operations With the tools for its industry, it manages Service Contracts, Routes, Visit Reports and Billing.
  5. Supply Chain Growth As it wins more work, it buys supplies, brings on Workers and builds more relationships in the network.

A new Customer can create demand for Suppliers. A Supplier can become a Referral Partner. One relationship can lead to a larger contract, new jobs or a new business. BLKB2B keeps those relationships, and the tools that support them, in one infrastructure.

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No fee on your sales. Ever.

Every sale is direct between the two businesses involved. BLKB2B does not take, hold or ask for a cut of any transaction.

Run a directory of Black-Owned Businesses?

We want to work with you. Add your list to BLKB2B at no charge, and earn a share of revenue as an affiliate.

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See What BLKB2B Has Identified for Your Business.

Register your business free to see your opportunities, your connections and the tools for your industry.

Some advanced tools and services need a paid plan. Compare Plans

RESEARCH AND DATA

Where Black-Owned Businesses are, industry by industry

We compare every business in our directory against the federal count of U.S. businesses, code by code, to show where the community is strong and where it is missing.

COVERAGE MAP · UPDATED OCTOBER 2026

1,012 industries, measured against the national count

636,925 businesses in our directory, set beside the Bureau of Labor Statistics count of U.S. private establishments. Find your industry and see whether Black-Owned Businesses hold their share.

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124
industries at their fair share
454
under a quarter of their share
34
with no listed business at all
None Thin Under Fair share Over

Directory counts are a snapshot of our listings, not a census of every Black-Owned Business. Method and sources are on the map page.

The Process

How BLKB2B Works

01

Discover

Find Black-Owned Businesses through the BLKB2B network.

02

Connect

Businesses and buyers connect through the platform.

03

Participate

Businesses list their company while referral partners introduce new businesses and buyers.

04

Grow

Build stronger connections across the Black Business Supply Chain.

For Consumers & Buyers

Looking for a Black-Owned Business? Start here.

Search by what you need and discover businesses across the BLKB2B network.

636,450+Black-Owned Businesses to discover
Black-Owned Business discovery
For Vendors

Your business deserves to be discovered.

Get your Black-Owned Business into a network built to help buyers discover the products, services, and suppliers they need.

  • Get discovered
  • List your business
  • Build visibility
  • Reach potential buyers
  • Participate in the network

For Vendors · What claiming gets you

Same listing. Two very different outcomes.

Buyers already see your business in search. The question is what they see next.

Unclaimed — as it is today
YOUR BUSINESS NAME LLC No owner yet
Plumbing Contractors · Dallas, TX
No description. No services listed. Address from public records.
Requests for quotes sent here are held until an owner claims the listing.
No dashboard. No potential customers, referrals or trade partners identified.
Claimed — after you take it
Your Business Name LLC ✓ Verified ownershipServes your area
Plumbing Contractors · Dallas, TX
Licensed and insured. Residential repairs, repipes and light commercial. Same-week scheduling across Dallas County; free estimates on jobs over $500.
Requests for quotes go straight to your inbox. Replying is free.
Dashboard, from day one: potential customers, referral sources and trade partners near you, identified for you.
Find and claim your business
Claiming is free, and stays freeNot listed? Add it in minutesNo middleman, no markup
For Affiliates

Turn your network into opportunity.

Know Black-Owned businesses that should be on BLKB2B? Become an affiliate, share your link, and earn when the businesses you refer pay for a plan or app.

You Refer
They Pay
You Earn

Earnings depend on participation and program terms. BLKB2B does not guarantee any specific income.

The Referral Opportunity

Send businesses our way. When a business you referred pays for a plan, an app or a package, you earn a share of it.

Introduce Black-Owned Businesses to the network
Help buyers find the businesses they are searching for
Help grow the Black Business Supply Chain
Resources

Build. Learn. Grow.

Free Business Guides

Practical resources designed to help entrepreneurs take the next step in building their businesses.

Get Listed & Verified

Claim an existing listing or add your business and build trust with buyers.

Global Expansion

Connecting Black businesses beyond borders.

BLKB2B is designed to create stronger connections between Black-Owned Businesses, buyers, and partners wherever opportunity exists.

A vision for international growth — connecting the diaspora and emerging markets into one unified Supply Network.

World map with golden connections linking Black businesses across the US, Africa, and the diaspora
The Network

A growing Black business ecosystem

636,450+

Black-Owned Businesses

1,027+

Free Business Guides

Figures reflect the current BLKB2B production directory. Additional statistics will be added as they are verified.

Black-centered. Open to everyone.

BLKB2B is built to strengthen Black business and Black economic infrastructure. Anyone can use the platform, buy from businesses, partner with businesses, or participate where applicable. The mission remains Black-centered.

Our promise: if the business exists in BLKB2B, we make it easy for you to find it using the words you naturally use. When we fail at that, we capture the failure and teach the system.

There is a place for you in the network.

Whether you're searching, selling, or referring — BLKB2B connects you to the Black Business Supply Chain.