A minority or women owned private or public Business is at least 51 percent owned by a woman or women, a minority person or group who are United States citizens or permanent residents, and who also control and run the business.

Male or female Hispanic-Americans, African-Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans or any other members whom the U.S. Small Business Administration designates as disadvantaged/minority.

A business which has a principal office located within a HUBzone, which includes lands on federally recognized Indian reservations and is owned and controlled by one or more U.S. citizens. A Hubzone business has at least 35% of its employees that reside in a HUBzone. A HUBzone Owner is certified by the Small Business Administration as approved for the HUBzone Program.