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BLACK-OWNED
New York City.

Harlem to Bed-Stuy to Queens: the city that built Black enterprise in America, still building. Every listing below is verified Black-owned by hand: no pay-to-play, no self-reported labels.

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Stores

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Services

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Brands & Businesses

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Total Verified

Beyond Beauty

Eat, Stay & Explore

Retail Food & Beverage

Sorel

Jackie Summers

Jackie Summers's Brooklyn-made hibiscus liqueur, a spiced, Caribbean-rooted recipe he revived after

Retail Food & Beverage

Black Momma Vodka

Vanessa Braxton

Vanessa Braxton, the first African-American master distiller and blender in New York State, makes a

Restaurants

Red Rooster Harlem

Marcus Samuelsson

The restaurant that put Harlem on the fine dining map. Marcus Samuelsson built Red Rooster as a comm

Restaurants

Hav & Mar

Marcus Samuelsson

Samuelsson's Chelsea seafood restaurant blending Swedish and Ethiopian influences -- what he calls '

Restaurants

Kokomo Caribbean

Ria & Kevol Graham

Michelin Guide-recognized pan-Caribbean restaurant in Williamsburg redefining what Caribbean cooking

Restaurants

Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi

Kwame Onwuachi

Named the number one restaurant in New York City by the New York Times in 2024. Bronx-raised Chef Kw

Restaurants

Scarr's Pizza

Scarr Pimentel

Named the best pizza in New York City in 2025. Scarr Pimentel built his Lower East Side slice shop o

Restaurants

Harlem Hops

Harlem Hops

Manhattan's first 100% Black-owned craft beer bar. Harlem Hops rotates rare and independent brews al

Restaurants

La Cachette du Coin

Eva Volmar

Eva Volmar poured her life savings into transforming a raw space at 625 Rogers Avenue in Prospect Le

Travel & Hospitality

Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns

Monique Greenwood

Former Essence Editor-in-Chief Monique Greenwood left the magazine world to open Akwaaba Mansion in

Art & Design

Kehinde Wiley Studio

Kehinde Wiley

The first Black artist commissioned to paint an official U.S. Presidential portrait -- Barack Obama,

Art & Design

Derrick Adams Studio

Derrick Adams

Multidisciplinary artist represented by Gagosian whose paintings center Black joy, leisure, and the

Art & Design

Translation

Steve Stoute

Steve Stoute founded Translation to bridge culture and commerce -- creating Jay-Z's Made in America

Books & Publishing

The Lit. Bar

Noelle Santos

The only general-interest bookstore in the entire borough of the Bronx. Noelle Santos fought for yea

Fitness & Movement

Bfunk

Chris Samba

Chris Samba -- born in Guinea, raised in Harlem -- built Bfunk as an Afrobeats dance fitness experie

Finance & Wealth

Carver Federal Savings Bank

Founded by Harlem community

Founded in 1948 to serve Black and Latino New Yorkers who were systematically denied access to mains

Finance & Wealth

Harlem Capital

Henri Pierre-Jacques & Jarrid Tingle

Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle met at Harvard Business School and set out to change who gets

Finance & Wealth

Blaylock Van

Ronald Blaylock

The longest-operating Black-owned investment banking firm on Wall Street. Ronald Blaylock founded Bl

Retail Food & Beverage

Brooklyn Tea

Jamila & Alfonso Wright

Brooklyn's premier Black-owned tea brand, co-founded by Jamila and Alfonso Wright with a mission to

Home & Lifestyle

CRUXGG

Ghetto Gastro x Crux

Kitchen appliance brand born from the collaboration between Bronx culinary collective Ghetto Gastro

Retail Food & Beverage

Ghetto Gastro

Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao & Lester Walker

The Bronx collective that turned food into a political act. Ghetto Gastro has cooked for the MoMA, c

Retail Food & Beverage

Sol Cacao

Conrad Dao & Dominic Dao

Bronx-born bean-to-bar chocolate company using single-origin cacao from Trinidad, Ghana, and the Dom

Retail Food & Beverage

Cloudy Donut Co.

Derrick Faulcon & Zewiditu Ruffin

Derrick Faulcon spent 11 years incarcerated before opening Cloudy Donut Co. -- a 100% vegan, small-b

Grocery

Earnest Foods

Earnest Flowers

Organic and all-natural supermarket on Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens, stocking 40+ BIPOC-owne

Fashion

Diotima

Rachel Scott

Jamaican-born Rachel Scott's luxury label is built on centuries-old Jamaican crochet and macramé cra

Fashion

Who Decides War

Ev Bravado & Téla D'Amore

Denim-driven luxury streetwear from Everard Best and Téla D'Amore, known for expert distressing, han

Fashion

Christopher John Rogers

Christopher John Rogers

Color-saturated luxury ready-to-wear worn by Zendaya, Rihanna, and Michelle Obama. CFDA American Wom

Fashion

Denim Tears

Tremaine Emory

Tremaine Emory's storytelling streetwear is rooted in the African diaspora, famed for its cotton-wre

Fashion

Coco and Breezy

Corianna & Brianna Dotson

Twin sisters Corianna and Brianna Dotson design handcrafted sunglasses and optical frames worn by Be

Fashion

Vontélle Eyewear

Nancey Harris & Tracy Vontélle Green

Culturally-inspired eyewear designed with wider bridges and larger lenses for diverse face shapes. S

Fashion

Lola Ade

Pamela Adewoyin James

Nigerian-American attorney and GIA-trained diamond professional Pamela Adewoyin James builds respons

Retail Food & Beverage

Ubah Hot

Ubah Hassan

African-spice-forward, vegan hot sauces named for gemstones, from model and RHONY star Ubah Hassan.

Retail Food & Beverage

Brooklyn Brewed Sorrel

Nzinga Knight

Aged, non-alcoholic Caribbean sorrel drink and mixer based on the founder's father's recipe, sold ac

Retail Food & Beverage

PetPlate

Renaldo Webb

Renaldo Webb's fresh-cooked, human-grade dog food and treats, noted as the only Black-owned dog food

Home & Lifestyle

54kibo

Nana Quagraine

Nana Quagraine's luxury African home decor marketplace stocks handmade goods from 50+ designers acro

Tech & Media

Health in Her HUE

Ashlee Wisdom

Ashlee Wisdom's digital platform connects Black women and women of color with culturally competent h

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