Small Business Development Center

Serving Ontario and Wayne counties

The SBDC provides free services to help you and your business succeed.  Services include developing business and marketing plans, developing funding sources, preparing for e-commerce, assessing an invention’s viability, identifying avenues for exporting goods and services and complying with licensing and regulations. Since its start in 1987, the expert advisors of the Brockport/ Rochester SBDC have worked directly with over ten thousand businesses, helping them invest millions in the area's economy, and generate thousands of jobs.

We help our clients:

• understand the importance of a business plan
• discover sources of funding
• prepare for e-commerce
• identify avenues for exporting goods & services
• develop marketing plans
• assess an invention's viability
• comply with licensing & regulations

The NYS/SBDC is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration, administered by the State University of New York.

Regional Offices

Canandaigua Office

3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua, NY 14424
Phone: (585)395-8410
workforce@flcc.edu
Canandaigua Map/Directions

Rochester Office

55 Saint Paul St., Riverside Entrance, Rochester, NY 14604
Phone: (585)395-8410
Fax: (585)395-8674
sbdc@brockport.edu

Hours: 9 AM–5 PM
Rochester Map/Directions

Brockport Office

350 New Campus Dr., Morgan III, Rm 3205, Brockport, NY 14420
Phone: (585)395-8410
Fax: (585)395-8674
sbdc@brockport.edu

Hours: 9 AM–4:30 PM
Brockport Map/Directions

On the Web

If you or your business resides in New York, the SBDC can maneuver you around the obstacles to success.  For additional information visit the following online resources. 

• NY State Small Business Development Centers
• Ontario County Economic Development & Industrial Development Agency
• Wayne County Industrial Development Agency
• Yates County Industrial Development Agency
• Seneca County Industrial Development Agency
• Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board
• Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce
• Downtown Canandaigua
• Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce
• Yates County Chamber of Commerce
• Seneca County Chamber of Commerce
• Locate Finger Lakes