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Black Owned Businesses Near Me: How to Find Them and Confirm Them
Four places to look, and how to tell a checked listing from a label anyone can claim.
Checked November 1, 2026 · The Newsroom
Black owned businesses near me is a search worth doing right, and the answer never sits on one list. Use these four places, in this order.
We are not short on businesses. The Census Bureau counted 200,900 Black-owned employer firms with 1.9 million employees and $69.8 billion in annual payroll, using data from 2023. That count covers firms with employees, and a firm counts as Black-owned at 51 percent ownership or more.
1. Start with ByBlack
ByBlack is a directory and certification built by the U.S. Black Chambers. You can search for businesses and for products. Its certification is the part that matters: a company has to show it is at least 51 percent Black-owned and operated, and ByBlack confirms it. In its own words, anyone can say they are Black-owned, but here they prove it.
2. Call your local Black chamber
The U.S. Black Chambers says its network runs to more than 145 chambers and business groups in 42 states. Find your local chamber here, then call and tell them what you need. A person who knows the local owners can do what a search box cannot.
3. Check Google Maps, and know what the label means
In 2020 Google added a Black-owned label for Search and Maps. It is open to U.S. owners with a verified Business Profile who identify as Black. The owner sets it, so treat it as a claim and not a certificate. Open the listing and read the reviews before you drive over.
4. Use the State's map
The Marketplace is the State's own map. It holds 50 businesses in the Las Vegas area that public sources name as Black-owned, and any Black-owned business can list itself, with each listing waiting for approval before it shows. Outside Las Vegas it is thin for now, so tell the businesses you trust to add themselves.
Searching by trade
The method is the same for a mechanic, an HVAC company, an electrician, a painter, a handyman or a tow truck. Search ByBlack and Google with the trade and your city, then ask the chamber who they would call. Before anyone works on your home or your car:
- Ask for their license number if your state licenses that trade, and look it up with the state.
- Get the price and the work in writing.
- Do not pay the whole bill before the work is done.
Finding one is only half of it
Spend there twice. Then leave a review, because a review is how the next person finds them.