Helping Good Businesses Become Better
$438.9 MILLION 2018 TOTAL IMPACT TO NEBRASKA'S ECONOMY
Economic Impact
- 965 IN JOBS CREATED & SAVED
- 2,293 IN CLIENTS SERVED
- $20,874,381 IN INCREASED SALES
- $39,330,727 IN INVESTMENT BY BUSINESSES
- $128,706,278 IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
Our Mission
The Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) is committed to businesses operating in Nebraska. Our mission is to deliver guidance, support, objective management, technical, and procurement assistance. Our success is measured by business growth and viability.
Our Vision
Strengthening Nebraska businesses for a healthy economy and prosperous communities.
Overview
Established in 1977, Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) provides no cost, confidential, customized, professional business advice in all 93 Nebraska counties to entrepreneurs and existing businesses.Our program is a public-private partnership that leverages the resources of government, higher education, and the business community to assist Nebraska’s businesses to grow and be successful. Our 10 regional business assistance centers are hosted by the 4 Nebraska Regent institutions, and 2 Nebraska State College instituations all coordinated through the state center at University of Nebraska at Omaha. Each regional center encourages unique local efforts, region to region and community to community, to meet small business needs throughout the state.
NBDC programs include:
- Nebraska Small Business Development Center [link to SBDC About]
- Nebraska Procurement Technical Assistance Center [link to PTAC About]
- Nebraska Innovation & Technology Commercialization
- Professional Organization & Development [link to POD About]
Our programs are supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the U.S. Economic Development Administration, and other federal, state and private organizations.