The Kentucky
Business Finder: Helping Kentucky's Small Businesses Find Opportunity
If your business provides products or services from one or more
facilities located in Kentucky, you are eligible to register in the
Kentucky Business Finder.
The free online marketing tool provides a reliable way for
companies from around the globe to find information about Kentucky-based
suppliers. Users are able to search for potential suppliers by type of
business, product or service line, and even by county.
"I think the Kentucky Business Finder will be especially
popular with smaller businesses - those employing between 20 and 100 people -
and probably more so with rural businesses than with urban," said Gene Strong,
Secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development. "Larger businesses and
those in larger cities tend to have their supplier networks already
established."
Nearly 1,300 Kentucky businesses have registered in the new
database, and thousands more are expected to sign up as word gets out.
Companies wishing to submit their information in the database
may do so online at www.kentuckybusinessfinder.com or contact the
Cabinet's Small and Minority Business branch
for assistance. Company name, address, contact information, Internet address,
related web links, and other information will be required to register.
To aid in searches, registering businesses may describe their
product or service in keyword form or by using the standardized six-digit
industry codes established under the North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). There is also a section allowing the registrant to include up
to 500 words of free-form text to describe the products and services.
Businesses searching for a company with which to do business
will have a variety of options to find the type of business they need:
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by keywords that describe the product or service of the registered facility
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by the facility's capabilities
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by the NAICS codes
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by any special equipment/services/processes
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by special certifications or designations (for example, ISO 9000 or
minority-owned business)
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by county in which the facility is located.
Once the user receives the search results, the Kentucky
Business Finder creates an email notice to the selected companies to help
initiate the business connection.
Darlene Barber, contact person within the Small and Minority
Business Branch states, "By registering in the Kentucky Business Finder, small
businesses can take advantage of a free marketing service designed to help add
revenue to their bottom line. If you're a company searching for suppliers
or business partners, the user friendly service will help to initiate the
business contact. It's a win-win situation."
Kentucky Business Finder is not intended for use by individual
consumers, but rather, by businesses looking for suppliers and business
partners.
For more information, please visit
www.KentuckyBusinessFinder.com or contact Darlene Barber at
877-355-3822 (toll free) or via email at Darlene.Barber@ky.gov.
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