The New York Small Business Development Center (NY SBDC) is a network of 22 campus-based centers and outreach offices across NY State. Our centers provide free business advising and free and low-cost training to startups, entrepreneurs, and small business owners with goals to grow and stay competitive in NY. The NY SBDC is part of America's SBDC, the association that represents America's nationwide network of Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs). We are administered by the State University of New York and funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the State of New York, and host campuses.

The New York SBDC network offers business advising sessions in the many languages listed below. To schedule an appointment, please complete the brief online appointment form and note language preference in the “nature of counseling” text box. Once submitted, you will be contacted to schedule an appointment. Appointments with a business advisor can be over the phone or virtual (i.e. video call).

• German
• Hebrew
• Korean
• Mandarin
• Russian
• Spanish

To get started with a Business Advisor, please fill out our online appointment form. You can also contact your local center by clicking their location below. For free and low-cost business training opportunities, check out our Business Training page.

Choose a center based on your county:

Select County Albany Allegany Bronx Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Kings Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau New York Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Queens Rensselaer Richmond Rockland Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben St. Lawrence Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates

View a full list of the locations and addresses of our centers, outreach and satellite offices (pdf).