Maryland Minority and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Certified Directory

Daily-updated directory of businesses certified by the Maryland Department of Transportation as Minority (MBE), Disadvantaged (DBE), Small Business (SBE), or Airport Concession Disadvantaged (ACDBE) Enterprises. It lists firms alphabetically and includes information on the specific products and services each firm is certified to provide. The data is maintained by the MDOT Office of Minority Business Enterprise for use on State and USDOT-assisted contracts.

Use Cases

• Identify certified MBE, DBE, SBE, or ACDBE firms by their listed products and services for contract solicitation.
• Analyze the distribution of certified business types (MBE/DBE/SBE/ACDBE) across the state of Maryland.
• Verify a firm's certification status and specific service capabilities as listed in the directory before contracting.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing current certification status.
• Managed by the authoritative state agency, the Maryland Department of Transportation.
• Includes specific product and service information for each certified firm.

Limitations

• Data quality and firm capability are not guaranteed, requiring independent verification by users.
• The dataset format is HTML, which is not structured for direct analysis and requires parsing.
• No quantitative metrics (row counts, column counts) are provided to assess scale.

Provenance

Source

Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Office of Minority Business Enterprise.

Collection Method

Hosted directory service maintained by the state agency.

Freshness

Daily

Geography

State of Maryland, USA.