The Market · Certified Business Network

Certification that comes to you. Not a directory you dig through.

A certified-business network for every small and/or local business. Registry-grade certification, AI-native matchmaking, and live opportunity flow from the Exchange, so the right buyers and suppliers actually find each other.

18,400
Certified businesses
+22% YoY
2,300
Buyer members
Fortune 1000, gov & health
4,120
Matches made this quarter
$1.8B
Contract value flowed
trailing 12 months
9 days
Avg. to first match
not weeks

Certification

One credential. Every category.

Where the incumbent certifies minority-owned firms only, the Market recognizes all five — verified once, honored everywhere.

MBE
Minority-owned
WBE
Women-owned
VBE
Veteran-owned
LGBTBE
LGBTQ+-owned
DOBE
Disability-owned
Portable verified credential

Verified in days, not weeks — self-service, and recognized by every buyer on the network.

Certify once and carry a single portable badge. Renewals are automatic, status is live, and buyers see a green check the moment they meet you — no re-verification, no expired-cert surprises.

Self-serviceAuto-renewingCross-recognizedLive status
Verified
Meridian Data Group
MBE
ID · ABE-MBE-0187Valid → 2027

The Directory

Certified suppliers, ranked for you — not just listed.

Every profile is verified, capability-tagged, and scored against what you actually buy.

Search 18,400 certified businesses — capability, region, certification…

Meridian Data Group

Atlanta, GA
MBE
Data engineeringCloudAnalytics
98% on-time delivery
ABE read — Direct match for enterprise data-platform builds; two of your references sit on their panel.
6 in your network

Rivera Logistics Partners

El Paso, TX
WBEMBE
Freight3PLWarehousing
$40M freight under management
ABE read — Dual-certified and priced below your incumbent on southern-corridor lanes.
4 in your network

Ironclad Security

Norfolk, VA
VBE
CybersecuritySOCCompliance
SOC 2 Type II auditors
ABE read — Cleared team; strong fit for your regulated-data mandate.
3 in your network

Brightline Creative

Portland, OR
LGBTBE
BrandWebContent
120 product launches
ABE read — Portfolio overlaps your product surfaces; senior team, async-friendly.
5 in your network

Access Fabrication Co

Toledo, OH
DOBE
Precision machiningAssembly
ISO 9001 certified
ABE read — Capacity available this quarter; meets your onshore-sourcing target.
2 in your network

Nakamura Advisory

San Jose, CA
MBE
Management consultingGTM
45 active engagements
ABE read — Deep GTM bench; lighter on hands-on build than Meridian.
7 in your network

Summit Facilities Group

Denver, CO
WBE
FacilitiesJanitorialMRO
3.2M sq ft managed
ABE read — Regional density matches your Mountain-West footprint.
3 in your network

Delta Health Solutions

Chicago, IL
MBEWBE
Healthcare ITTelehealth
30 hospital deployments
ABE read — Dual-certified with deep healthcare-data overlap for your diversity mandate.
5 in your network

Vanguard Electrical

Phoenix, AZ
VBE
ElectricalSolarGrid
500+ commercial installs
ABE read — Bonded and available; strong for your Sun Belt facilities program.
2 in your network

Cobalt Talent Partners

Boston, MA
LGBTBEWBE
StaffingRPO
2,000 placements / yr
ABE read — Fills your hardest reqs fastest; two clients in common.
4 in your network

AI Matchmaking

Proactive, explainable matches — pushed to both sides.

No search box, no on-request report. The Market reads every live mandate against every certified supplier and explains why each pairing fits.

Buyer mandate
Atlas Financial
Live from the Exchange · 2h ago

Enterprise data-platform build partner

$1.2M · 6 months · onsite New York · certified supplier required

Ranked matches3 of 18,400 scored
Meridian Data Group
96%

Direct match on data-platform builds; two references on Atlas's vendor panel.

Delta Health Solutions
88%

Deep data overlap; dual certification satisfies the diversity mandate cleanly.

Nakamura Advisory
81%

Strong architecture + GTM; would sub-contract the hands-on build.

Two-sided by design — suppliers see the same in reverse: live mandates from the Exchange, ranked to their capabilities and delivered the moment they post.

Buyer members

The institutions doing the buying.

Atlas Financial
Northwind Labs
Lumen Health
Ironwood Capital
Veredge Systems
Cobalt & Rowe
Praxis Group
Halcyon Robotics
Live

Always-on diversity-spend dashboards for every buyer member

Always on — not a point-in-time report you have to request. Track diverse spend against goals as contracts flow through the Exchange.

$418M
+12%
Diverse spend, YTD
31%
+4 pts
Of addressable spend
1,240
+180
Certified suppliers engaged

Why the Market

Built to connect — not just to list.

Matchmaking

The Market · Proactive, ranked, explainable matches pushed to buyers and suppliers alike.

The status quo · Search a static directory, or request a match report and wait.

Inclusion

The Market · One network for all five diverse categories — minority, women, veteran, LGBTQ+, disability.

The status quo · Minority-owned businesses only.

Credential

The Market · Portable verified credential in days, self-service, cross-recognized by every buyer.

The status quo · Weeks-long certification and manual, per-program renewals.

Visibility

The Market · Always-on diversity-spend dashboards, wired to live contract flow.

The status quo · Point-in-time reports, generated on request.

Join the network that does the connecting.

Get verified as a certified supplier, or join as a buyer and let the Market bring the shortlist to you.

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