GENERAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Resource	Description	Phone Number
Consumer Trade Organizations	Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) list of state and national organizations.	512-936-7600 or 800-538-1579
Better Business Bureau	Promotes and fosters the highest ethical relationship between businesses and the public through voluntary self-regulation, consumer and business education, and service excellence.	512-445-2911
Other Professional, Trade or Business Organizations	Search the Chamber's Membership Directory online under the Organizations category to find a member that specializes in your needs.	512-478-9383
Department of Small and Minority Business Resources (DSMBR)	The program, which is administered by the City Department of Small and Minority Business Resources (DSMBR), established procurement goals for the City departments that target minority- and women-owned business enterprises. To qualify as a Minority- or Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE), you must be certified by the Department of Small and Minority Business Resources as a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, joint venture or any other business entity that is owned, managed and operated by a minority or woman, and which performs a commercially useful function.	512-974-7600
Historically Underutilized Business	Encourage and effectively promote the utilization of Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs) by all state agencies, and report their utilization to the State legislature.	Click here for a list of Agency HUB coordinators phone numbers.