Business Resources
Find federal, state and regional business resources below.
Federal Business Resources
- Business Readiness Assessment
- Census Business Builder
- Free Online SBA Training
- IRS Checklist for Starting a Business
- SBA Starting & Managing a Business
- SBA Leveraging Information and Networks to Access Capital (LINC)
- SCORE Business Planning & Financial Statements Template Gallery
- USDOL Employment Law Guide — Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay
- System for Award Management (SAM)
- Federal Procurement Data System
Regional Business Resources
Industry Resources
Research Resources
Contact us to learn how to access any of the databases listed below or to submit a business research request on your behalf.
- Missouri Census Viewer
- Export Market Research
- MSU Business Articles and Databases
- Springfield Library Databases
- SBDCNet
- Today's Delta Online Research Tool
State Business Resources
- Missouri Business Development Program
- Missouri Business Development Program Library
- MissouriBUYS - statewide eProcurement system
- Missouri Department of Revenue and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Online Business Registration
- Starting a New Business in Missouri
- Register Your Business in Missouri
- Free Online SBDC Training
- Missouri Business Portal
- Missouri Export Portal
- Missouri Innovation Center
- Missouri Secretary of State Starting a Business
- Missouri Partnership (Business Expansion & Relocation Information)
- Missouri Location One (Site Location Information)
- Missouri Business Incentives and Financing Programs
- Missouri Community Development Resources
- MOSourceLink
- MU Extension Agricultural Business Specialists
Manufacturing Resources
- Association for Manufacturing Technologies
- Association for Operations Management (APICS)
- Best Manufacturing Practices Center for Excellence
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
- Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA)
- Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
- Manufacturing.net
- Missouri Enterprise (NIST MEP for Missouri)
- National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
- ReliablePlant.com
- The National Council for Advanced Manufacturing
- Telecommunications Industry Association
- Tooling, Manufacturing & Technologies Association
- Tooling U-SME Manufacturing Training Online
- The International Trade Administration's Manufacturing and Services Unit