Massachusetts state directories
Start with the official state directory. It lists firms Massachusetts has certified, and it is the source public buyers and prime contractors use to confirm a firm counts toward state and federally funded contract goals.
Massachusetts SDO Directory of Certified Businesses
The Supplier Diversity Office's public directory covers MBE, WBE, VBE, PBE, SDVOBE, DOBE, LGBTBE, SBE, DBE, ACDBE, and SBPP certifications, searchable by NAICS code, region, keyword, and radius from an address, with PDF and Excel export.
Open the directory ↗New England Business Growth Collective (formerly Greater New England MSDC)
The regional National Minority Supplier Development Council affiliate serving Massachusetts. Corporate buyers source certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) through its network.
New England Business Growth Collective (formerly … ↗Federal set-aside firms in Massachusetts
For federal contracts and subcontracting plans, search SAM.gov and filter by location and socioeconomic status: 8(a), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB), and HUBZone. These are separate from the state and council certifications above, and buyers count them differently.
Verify before you rely on a certification
A certificate on its own is not proof. Before you count a Massachusetts supplier toward a diverse spend goal or a subcontracting plan:
- Confirm the record is active, not expired, in the issuing directory above.
- Check the certification type matches what your program counts. MBE, DBE, WOSB, and CBE are not interchangeable.
- Keep a dated screenshot or export of the directory record for your compliance file.
More Massachusetts resources
- Massachusetts certification and contracting programs on SupplierDiversity.com.
- The national directories (NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, Disability:IN, NaVOBA) for suppliers certified outside Massachusetts.
- Every certifying body, what it certifies, and how to verify.