Small Business Center - 4th Floor

The Small Business Center strives to meet the needs of the entrepreneur by providing materials on how to plan, finance, organize, operate and market a small business. Considerable support for library materials relating to small business was provided over the years by grants from the Fuhrman Fund.

Collections and Services Available

• Staff and information services available at the Business, Science and Technology Center

• Business Databases

• Business and Start-up Resources

• Common Law Trademark Sources

• Entrepreneur start-up manuals

• Market Research Resources

• Plan Builder (Gale Business) - NEW! Grow, plan, and optimize a business/nonprofit. Utilize development tools and a step-by-step process to build a business plan. Click "Get Started" on that page to create your account.

• Restaurant business information

Helpful online resources:

• Office of Small Business - City and County of San Francisco

• Step by step guide to starting a business in San Francisco - City and County of San Francisco

• Starter guides for small businesses - City and County of San Francisco

• Find a grant for your small business - City and County of San Francisco

• Loans and borrowing money for your business - City and County of San Francisco

• California Business Search

• Guidestar - nonprofit information 

• San Francisco Fictitious Business Search

• San Francisco Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

• Small Business Administration, San Francisco

• San Francisco SCORE

• Renaissance Center