City Guides · Verified
YOUR CITY.
BLACK-OWNED.
City-by-city guides to verified Black-owned businesses: stores, salons, brands, restaurants, and everything beyond. Hand-checked, never pay-to-play.
New York City, New York
New York City.
Harlem to Bed-Stuy to Queens: the city that built Black enterprise in America, still building.
32 verified · 10 local, 22 brands →
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles.
From Leimert Park to Long Beach, LA's Black-owned scene spans beauty, retail, and culture across the whole basin.
25 verified · 13 local, 12 brands →
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta.
The capital of Black commerce. From College Park to Chamblee, metro Atlanta runs deep with Black-owned retail, beauty, and business.
22 verified · 11 local, 11 brands →
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago.
From the South Side up, Chicago's Black-owned businesses carry a legacy that runs back through Black Wall Street eras of their own.
21 verified · 11 local, 10 brands →
Houston, Texas
Houston.
H-Town holds one of the largest concentrations of verified Black-owned beauty retail in the country.
19 verified · 12 local, 7 brands →
Washington, DC (DMV)
Washington, DC.
Chocolate City and the DMV: verified Black-owned businesses across the District, Maryland, and Northern Virginia.
13 verified · 7 local, 6 brands →
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore.
Charm City: family-run beauty supply, five-star Black-owned hospitality, and a business community that shows up for its own.
10 verified · 3 local, 7 brands →
Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas
Dallas–Fort Worth.
The Metroplex, from Oak Cliff to Frisco: Black-owned retail and beauty across North Texas.
9 verified · 9 local, 0 brands →
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit.
The city that defined Black entrepreneurship in the industrial age keeps setting the standard.
8 verified · 6 local, 2 brands →
San Francisco Bay Area, California
Bay Area.
Oakland and the East Bay carry the torch for Black-owned business in Northern California.
8 verified · 6 local, 2 brands →
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
Philly's Black-owned business tradition is generations old, and it's alive on every commercial corridor in the city.
7 verified · 6 local, 1 brands →
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte.
The Queen City's Black-owned business scene is one of the fastest growing in the South.
5 verified · 5 local, 0 brands →
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham.
Home of Ensley Beauty Supply since 1983 and a Black business legacy that predates the movement.
5 verified · 4 local, 1 brands →