Arizona Minority Business Enterprise Center
A Federally Funded Program by the Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
Locally operated by the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
255 East Osborn Road, Suite 202; Phoenix AZ 85304. Phone: 602-248-0007
The Arizona Minority Business Enterprise Center
(AMBEC)

  Funded by the: Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), U.S. Dept. of Commerce and locally operated by the AZ Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

FAST FACTS about MBDA


"The success or failure of minority-owned businesses will increasingly drive the success or failure of the overall U.S. economy." 

-Dr. Matthew J. Slaughter, Tuck Amos School of Business at Dartmouth.




The Arizona Minority Business Enterprise Center (AMBEC) provides strategic consulting and leverages its expanding network in the community to assist minority businesses in growing rapidly.

Between 2004-2007, we facilitated over $92 million in awarded transactions; helped almost 400 clients create approximately 395 jobs! Call us at 602-248-0007 to learn more.

Minority Business Facts:

In 2002, minorities owned almost 4.1 million firms that generated $694.1 billion in revenues, and employed about 4.1million workers.

At a Glance:
Minority-owned firms accounted for 6.8% of all U.S. firms in 1982;9.3% in 1987;12.5% in 1992, and grew to 14.6% in 1997.

MBEs in 2002:

 

Ownership
of Firms

Jobs
Created 

Hispanics

39.5%

30.8%

Asians

30%

48.8%

African Americans

27.1%

15.9%

American Indians

6.5%

6.6%

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