About the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center
Each year, 3,000 small businesses in approximately 200 New Hampshire communities benefit from the advising and educational programs offered by the NH SBDC. Since 1984, we have helped more than 39,000 entrepreneurs representing 18,000 businesses.
NH SBDC's full-time certified business advisors provide one-on-one long-term management advising to small businesses. They are experienced business owners or managers, and have been certified through the New England SBDC Professional Development Program.
SBDC business advisors work with business owners at no cost to the client. The NH SBDC’s services are offered in regional offices and satellite locations. See Programs and Services.
Client companies come from all sectors and range in size from the individual seeking to start or acquire a business to small companies with several employees and manufacturing firms employing one hundred or more.
Businesses may be very early-stage, or have been in business many years. Over half of NH SBDC clients are already in business when they seek SBDC assistance.
Business owners come to us seeking advice on financing, improving operations, or bringing new products to market. Others want to know where to start in launching a new business or purchasing an existing one.
The NH SBDC offers specialized assistance for New Hampshire entrepreneurs in environmental management and sustainability through our Manchester office, and restaurant management through our Seacoast office.
Educational programs are offered around the state on topics such as Business Basics, QuickBooks, and health and safety issues. Free e-learning courses are also available at this website, 24 hours a day. Courses focus on management, marketing, money, and starting and financing a business in New Hampshire.
We also work with our public and private sector partners to create economic development programs that address business needs systematically throughout the state. Examples of these programs include supporting the development of a statewide science and technology plan and hosting an annual Speed Venture Summit™, to match companies with equity financiers.
NH SBDC is an outreach program of the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics, and a cooperative venture of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the State of New Hampshire (DRED), the University System of New Hampshire, and the private sector. A part of 64 SBDC programs nationwide, the NH SBDC was fully accredited in 2006 by the Association of Small Business Development Centers.
