Seattle is a hotbed of exciting and successful restaurants and food businesses. This guide makes it easier to navigate through the rules and requirements you'll face as you start or grow your own food business in the welcoming, thriving city we call home!

Offers business loans and business technical assistance for new and existing businesses located within Rainier Valley. As a self-sustaining, community-controlled financial institution, preserves and strengthens cultural diversity and economic opportunity for Rainier Valley residents. Loans generally range from $25,000 to $500,000.

King's Dream Business Consulting's Community Capital Reinvestment Program (CCRP) is a free initiative funded by the Washington State Department of Commerce, for Black, Latine, and Tribal-owned small business owners in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. This program provides free customized business consulting and coaching services, to empower and help small businesses succeed in financial stability and autonomy

IRC's Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) is a national, non-profit financial institution that offers small-dollar consumer and business loans to New Americans and other credit-thin individuals. We provide practical loans at affordable rates that promote the upward economic mobility of our borrowers.

Growing Contigo is a bilingual (Spanish and English) business development consulting firm whose mission is to empower entrepreneurs and small business owners by connecting them to culturally relevant tools, resources, and support. They specialize in working with BIPOC communities, primarily Spanish-speaking and immigrant-owned businesses and entrepreneurs, as their team shares the same lived experiences that many of these businesses face in navigating language, geographic, and cultural barriers.