Kentucky Small Business Guide
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Starting a Business
If you are thinking of starting a small business, or already own a small business, several free counseling and training programs are available to help you get started and expand your operations. Services cover all aspects of starting and running a business, from getting loans and financing for starting or expanding to developing business plans and marketing strategies.
- Kentucky Small Business Development Center
Provides free start-up advice, training and counseling services to entrepreneurs and small businesses throughout the state. Supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). - U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) - Kentucky District Office
Offers business development counseling and training programs and information on SBA loan programs.
SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives Association) is a nonprofit organization and SBA resource partner dedicated to helping small business growth through free mentoring and business counseling and low-cost workshops. Contact your local SCORE for small business development programs in your area:
- Ashland - Ashland SCORE
- Bardstown - Bardstown SCORE
- Bowling Green - Bowling Green SCORE
- Elizabethtown - Elizabethtown SCORE
- Fort Mitchell - Northern Kentucky SCORE
- Hopkinsville - Pennyrile SCORE
- LaGrange - LaGrange SCORE
- Lexington - Lexington SCORE
- London - London SCORE
- Louisville - Louisville SCORE
- Owensboro - Owensboro SCORE
- Paducah - Paducah SCORE
- Pikeville - Pikeville SCORE
Doing Business in Kentucky
From getting a business license to filing your taxes, the following sites provides resources you need to start and manage a business in Kentucky.
- Kentucky Business Portal
Resources you need to start and operate a business in Kentucky, file your business taxes, get a business license and much more.
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