Definition

Minority Owned Business
Enterprise (MBE)

An independent business which performs a commercially useful function and is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more minority persons of African American, Hispanic American, Asian-Pacific American, or Native American ethnicity.

Women Owned Business
Enterprise (WBE)

An independent business which performs a commercially useful function and is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more women.

Disabled Owned Business
Enterprise (DBE)

An independent business which performs a commercially useful function and is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more disabled individuals pursuant to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

Veteran/Disabled Veteran
Business Enterprise

(VDBE)

An independent business which performs a commercially useful function and is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more veterans/disabled veterans who have served in the active military and discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

Small Business
Enterprise (SBE)

An independent business which performs a commercially useful function, is not owned and controlled by individuals designated as minority, women, veterans, or physically-challenged, and where gross annual sales does not exceed $2,000,000.