Survey of Business Owners (SBO)

Contact the Survey of Business Owners Staff

To contact the survey staff, please:

• Send email to csd.sbo@census.gov,
• Call 888.225.4022 or 301.763.3316 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, or
• Write to:
  U.S. Census Bureau
  Survey of Business Owners
  4600 Silver Hill Road Stop 6400
  Washington, DC 20233
  

Please do not send information about yourself or your company using unencrypted email.

The U.S. Census Bureau cannot ensure the confidentiality of such transmissions, and we are unable to respond to company-specific questions via email. If you are a survey respondent and would like to exchange secure, encrypted emails with the Census Bureau, please use the Business Help Site.

We cannot provide lists of companies.

Title 13 of the U.S. Code forbids the release of confidential information. Please see our Contacts and Directories page for non-Census sources of minority- and women-owned business directories.

We do not certify businesses as minority- or women-owned.

Please refer to the following sources for more information:

• National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (NMSDC) [pdf, 30K]
  Information on certification for minority-owned business by state.
  
  
• U.S. Small Business Administration
  
  
• Women's Business Enterprise National Council
  Provides information on becoming certified as a women's business enterprise.