Minority-Owned Small Business
About Minority-Owned Businesses
To qualify as a small minority-owned business, at least 51 percent of your business must be owned, controlled, and operated by the minority owner. Per the National Minority Supplier Development Council, a person is considered to be a minority if their ethnicity is at least 25 percent African, Asian Pacific, Asian Subcontinent, Hispanic, Native Alaskan, Native American, or Native Hawaiian.
According to data from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Annual Business Survey, minority employer businesses numbered more than 17 million in 2018.
- Native Hawaiian-owned or South Pacific Islander-owned: 89,331
- Native American-owned: 341,064
- Asian-owned: 2,915,200
- African American-owned: 3,589,567
- Hispanic-owned: 10,630,319
Current Goals
The U.S. government currently has a five percent contracting goal for small disadvantaged businesses.
Let the Fisher Scientific Supplier Diversity program help you develop a workable plan to increase your laboratory spending with minority-owned businesses.
Become a Supplier Diversity Partner
If you are a small or diverse business, we can help you achieve your goals too. We offer training, order and logistics support, inventory management, and so much more. Find out what it takes to become eligible for our program.