Colorado Small Business Development Center

Provides statewide business development support in Colorado through advisory services, training, and proposal preparation support.

The Colorado Small Business Development Center is Colorado's statewide business-advising network. Established in 1987, it is nationally accredited, operates 14 service centers and more than 25 satellite locations, and serves businesses across all 64 counties with roughly 300 local experts.

The network works under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and sits within the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. Its core offer is free or low-cost advising, training, and cohort programming, with more than 150 programs spanning business formation, finance, marketing, operations, strategy, technology, and growth-stage support. TechSource is the only route in the record that carries direct grant funding, through Proposal Assistance Funding for SBIR and STTR proposal development.

Colorado SBDC is built for small businesses that need confidential advising, practical training, and a local point of entry into public support. Its public reporting also shows scale: 6,757 clients advised, 13,230 program attendees, 385 business starts, and 788 jobs created in the most recent annual report highlighted in the source material.