To obtain the HUBZone Certification for your business, a firm is required to be located within a HUBZone, and have at least 35% of the firm’s employees reside within a HUBZone.

In many instances, the SBA will qualify an entire county as HUBZone certified. In these cases, it is much easier for these firms to become and stay HUBZone Certified.

Here is a link to the HUBZone lookup map:

https://maps.certify.sba.gov/hubzone/map#center=39.828200,-98.579500&zoom=5

As you can see, there are many, many areas that are a part of HUBZone. As previously mentioned, and shown above in the county specific picture, there are a lot of counties that are entirely designated as HUBZone. Not pictured there are the HUBZone counties located in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, most of which have a super majority of qualifying counties.

If you think your firm may qualify for HUBZone, and you would like to find out more on how to obtain and/or leverage this certification once obtained, I always recommend contacting an industry expert such as ez8a or Advance 8a. Neither charge for an initial consultation.