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A national Black business directory developed by the U.S. Black Chambers, and with the support of American Express, the first national certification exclusively for Black-owned businesses.ByBlack is designed to provide Black entrepreneurs a way to reach new customers and get access to valuable business resources.

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American Express is committed to backing the success of Black and minority-owned businesses by providing access to funding, resources, and tools to help you further your growth.

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Your commitments support the use of the ByBlack Platform to find and spend dollars with Black-owned businesses across the nation. If your company is interested in supporting Black-owned business with ByBlack, contact us.

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What is ByBlack?

The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. and American Express are proud to present the newly enhanced ByBlack Platform. The platform is a national Black business directory developed by the U.S. Black Chambers (USBC). And now, with the support of American Express, it also includes the first national certification exclusively for Black-owned businesses. ByBlack is designed to provide Black entrepreneurs a way to reach new customers and get access to valuable business resources.

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American Express is providing resources and investment to the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. to enhance the ByBlack platform and launch the first national certification exclusively for Black-owned businesses. This certification is offered at no-cost. American Express is also using ByBlack to continue to expand its diversity-supplier commitment while also helping encourage other companies to do the same.

Why are the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. & American Express collaborating on ByBlack?

ByBlack is part of both the efforts of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. & American Express’ to support Black-owned businesses. American Express is committed to providing access to capital and financial education to at least 750,000 underrepresented-owned businesses in the U.S. by the end of 2025, as part of a $4 billion action plan to enhance diverse representation and promote equal opportunities for colleagues, customers and communities. To learn more about our efforts visit https://www.americanexpress.com/backingchange. To learn more about the USBC’s efforts to support Black-owned businesses visit https://www.usblackchambers.org or call (202) 463-8722.

What types of businesses join ByBlack?

ByBlack hosts an extensive national directory and sponsors the first national certification exclusively for Black-owned businesses. Any Black-owned business owner can create a business profile that becomes publicly searchable after our team verifies its information. To onboard your business to ByBlack’s directory, you may begin your application Navigate to “/signup”.here. Certification is available to eligible onboarded businesses — specifically those that specify at least 51% Black ownership and have been founded over a year ago.

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