Firms Maintaining Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Certification in Austin, Texas

City of Austin's Certification Division administers the Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) Procurement Program. This dataset lists firms that held a Small Business Enterprise certification during a fiscal year, including those whose term ended. Data is provided by the Austin Small and Minority Business Resources via the City of Austin Open Data portal.

Use Cases

• Build a vendor contact directory using LEGAL_NAME, ALIAS, PRINCIPLE_CONTACT, EMAIL, and PHONE from 14 available columns.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of certified firms using STREET_1, STREET_2, CITY, STATE, and ZIP columns.
• Validate business certification status for procurement workflows by matching on VENDOR_CODE and LEGAL_NAME.

Strengths

• Includes 14 columns of business contact and location information, such as LEGAL_NAME, ALIAS, and full address fields.
• Data is actively maintained, with a last update timestamp of 2026-05-21 15:01:23.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

City of Austin Small and Minority Business Resources' Certification Division via datahub.austintexas.gov

Collection Method

Administrative records from the MBE/WBE Procurement Program certification process.

Time Range

Covers firms certified during a fiscal year; specific years not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 15:01:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Austin, Texas, United States.