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A curated directory of Black artists worth supporting, designed to make it easy to discover and collect work from Black creatives.

Created by Morgan DeBaun, the founder of Blavity Inc. A focused companion to her broader work building platforms for the Black community.

The largest traveling marketplace for Black-owned businesses, featuring 100+ vendors, food, live music, and community activations across seven U.S. cities.

Founded by the Edwards Sisters, launched in Los Angeles in 2021. Now in LA, Dallas, Houston, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, and Charlotte. Featured in Forbes, Washington Post, and Essence.

A curated editorial platform and directory spotlighting Black-owned brands across beauty, wellness, fashion, and home, with seasonal directories connecting conscious consumers to vetted brands.

Founded by Charisse Cotton in Brooklyn. Focused on intentional curation over volume, highlighting brands worth knowing rather than listing everything.

A curated marketplace of over 174 Black-owned artisan brands across skincare, hair care, home, and wellness, carrying only non-toxic, sustainably made products.

Founded in 2017 by Dr. Kristian Edwards, a Yale and Johns Hopkins-trained public health expert. Every artisan is vetted against strict standards for ethical sourcing and clean ingredients.

The largest directory of Black-owned businesses in the United States, with over 110,000 listings, city guides for 100+ locations, and an online shop organized by category.

Built to drive traffic and revenue directly to Black-owned businesses, with the goal of narrowing the economic gap between Black-owned and non-Black businesses.

A searchable directory of Black-owned businesses across style, food, wellness, home, entertainment, and more, with direct links to shop each brand. Part of Evryday Blk, a free bi-monthly digital magazine covering Black culture and everyday life.

Created by Addie Rawr. The directory and magazine live side by side, so discovery and shopping happen in the same place as the content.

A marketplace app for shopping Black-owned businesses across fashion, beauty, food, home goods, and more, built like a single storefront for everything.

Built and run by one person, no vendor fees, no listing fees, so businesses keep everything they earn.

Formerly We Buy Black: a marketplace for everyday household, beauty, and grocery products from Black-owned businesses.

One of the longer-running platforms in this space, focused on replacing everyday purchases, not just occasional ones.

Official Black Wall Street: a curated marketplace connecting shoppers with Black-owned brands across fashion, beauty, home, and more.

Founded in 2015, named directly after the same Tulsa history this site is named after.

A curated Black buying guide spotlighting Black-owned businesses across fashion, streetwear, and more, built to make supporting them easy.

Founded and led by CEO Shauna Hailey, built around intentionally circulating the Black dollar to build long-term community wealth.

An online shop for discovering and buying from Black-owned brands across multiple product categories, built to make it simple to redirect spending.

Focused on making Black-owned products easy to find and purchase in one place, removing the friction between intention and action.

A location-based directory for finding and connecting with Black-owned businesses across the U.S., with verified listings, customer reviews, and search by category and city.

Built to make discovering local Black-owned businesses as easy as searching by zip code or city. Listings are verified for transparency, and business owners can list for $5 a month, keeping the barrier low.

NYC's first Black-owned market, operating since 2016 as both a marketplace experience and a sourcing pipeline connecting Black-owned brands with major retailers.

Vendors reportedly achieve their strongest sales at TheBOM compared to other markets. Built to launch, test, and grow Black-owned businesses, with a focus on women entrepreneurs.

One of the largest African American-operated banks in the country, publicly traded on NASDAQ, with seven branches across New York City neighborhoods.

Founded in 1948 in Harlem. Roughly 80 cents of every dollar deposited is reinvested into the communities it serves. CDFI certified with an "Outstanding" CRA rating.

The largest Black-owned financial institution in the country by assets, with over $1 billion and branches across 11 states.

Founded in 1972 in New Orleans. Over 2,000 people lined up in a parking lot to open accounts on day one. Grew by acquiring other Black-owned banks to keep them from closing.

The largest Black-owned bank in the country and the first Black-owned internet bank, offering FDIC-insured accounts with full online and mobile banking.

Founded in 1968 during the civil rights movement. Certified as a Community Development Financial Institution by the U.S. Treasury.

An investing platform built to make wealth-building accessible to those historically excluded from traditional financial systems, with curated learning playlists and easy-to-use tools.

Founded by Trevor Rozier-Byrd. SEC-registered investment adviser. Partners with HBCUs through Robert F. Smith's Student Freedom Initiative. Featured in The Atlantic, Fast Company, and Black Enterprise.

A digitally-enabled community bank serving customers in all 50 states through online and mobile banking, focused on borrowers overlooked by traditional institutions.

Founded in 1921 as Victory Savings Bank, making it over 100 years old. The first Black-owned bank in South Carolina.

A food delivery service dedicated exclusively to Black-owned restaurants, operating in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York City.

Founded in 2019 by brothers David and Aaron Cabello after noticing Black-owned restaurants were being overlooked on mainstream delivery apps. The largest Black-owned delivery service in the country. Featured in Fortune and Good Morning America.

A nonprofit directory of roughly 1,300 Black farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers across the U.S., connecting consumers directly to Black-owned farms.

Founded by Kaia Shivers, Ph.D. during COVID-19 in April 2020, starting as a list of 150 farmers to address food shortages. Now a 501(c)(3) focused on food access and farmland equity.

An app and directory for finding verified Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, and eateries nationwide, with city guides and events.

One of the most established names in this space, with a James Beard Foundation honor and hundreds of thousands of active users.

A media platform, networking app, and conference series for Black tech professionals, covering innovation, venture capital, startups, and career opportunities.

Part of Blavity, Inc. The AfroTech Connect app has over 45,000 professionals. Their annual conference is one of the largest gatherings of Black tech leaders in the country.

A scheduling automation platform used by over 20 million people across 230+ countries to book meetings, manage calendars, and streamline workflows.

Founded in 2013 by Tope Awotona, a Nigerian-American entrepreneur. One of the most widely used productivity tools in the world, and Black-owned from day one.

A membership-based bartering platform where Black entrepreneurs exchange services using Barter Bucks instead of cash, helping businesses get what they need without spending money.

Founded by Nicole Murphy. Open to U.S.-based Black entrepreneurs running product or service-based businesses. Think Fiverr or Upwork, but built on trade instead of transactions.

An entrepreneurship community app with networking, group discussions, job listings, events, and direct messaging built for Black entrepreneurs to connect, learn, and grow.

Positions itself as "The Ultimate Community for Black Entrepreneurs." Available on both App Store and Google Play. Designed around sharing experiences, seeking advice, and building meaningful business connections.

A database and network of Black agents, attorneys, managers, publicists, and financial advisors working behind the scenes in sports and entertainment.

Focused on increasing visibility and hiring for the professionals who negotiate the deals, not just the talent in front of the camera. Offers networking events, referrals, and diversity data.

The largest online network for HBCU students and alumni, with 1.5 million members. Features a job board, scholarship database, school profiles, career fairs, discussion forums, and an HBCU marketplace.

Based in Cincinnati, run by CEO Will Moss. 300,000+ monthly visitors. Hosts virtual hiring events with major employers and publishes HBCU Magazine. A career pipeline built around the HBCU experience.

A professional networking platform built as a sanctuary for authentic connection, prioritizing reciprocity over transactions, depth over volume, and character over credentials.

Founded by Arlene Byrd and Louis Byrd. Built as "the room we wished we had," a space where professionals can build real relationships without code-switching or navigating microaggressions.

A career platform with a mission to get 10,000 Black women hired, trained, or promoted into corporate roles, offering a job board, Slack community, salary database, hiring events, and 1:1 coaching.

Founded by Black women with recruiting backgrounds. Over $2M in reported income increases across their community. 300+ corporate partners including Amazon, Uber, and Condé Nast. Featured in Forbes and Essence.

A career coaching and recruitment platform helping Black professionals land high-paying roles in tech, with resume support, interview prep, and direct placement services.

Founded in Toronto by Jermaine Murray, known as "The Jobfather." Over 430 placements and a community of 10,000+ members. Featured in Forbes. Built on the conviction that Black professionals are overlooked for roles they are fully qualified for.

A nonprofit news organization producing in-depth national and local journalism on criminal justice, education, environmental justice, health, money, politics, and rural issues for Black communities. Free to read.

Co-founded by Lauren Williams (former editor-in-chief of Vox) and Akoto Ofori-Atta (former senior editor at Essence). Local newsrooms in Atlanta and Gary, Indiana, with plans to expand. Leadership from Vox, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and The Root.

A media and technology company reaching 100 million consumers monthly, with brands spanning tech, travel, entertainment, lifestyle, and career across AfroTech, Travel Noire, 21Ninety, Shadow and Act, and Home & Texture.

Founded in 2014 by Morgan DeBaun, Jonathan Jackson, Jeff Nelson, and Aaron Samuels. Backed by GV, Comcast Ventures, and others. Also runs Talent Infusion, a SaaS platform for diverse hiring pipelines.

A national positive news outlet covering business, health, community, and art, with all original reporting researched, written, and published by their own team.

Founded in 2017 by journalist Nyesha Stone in Milwaukee. Amazon partnership for a storytelling series. Goldman Sachs Black in Business program selectee. The Carvd N Stone Foundation has awarded over $30,000 in scholarships and taught 100 kids journalism skills.

A free digital lifestyle magazine covering style, wellness, food, entertainment, and community, released bi-monthly and centered on Black culture and everyday life.

Created by Addie Rawr. Free to subscribe, delivered by email every two months. Covers everything from wellness to entrepreneurship with a voice that feels specific, not broad.

A streaming service curating 900+ indie films, documentaries, animation, web series, and children's shows from North America, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe, focused on the global Black experience.

Founded by DeShuna Spencer, a former journalist who started the platform after noticing the connection between media images and implicit bias. Launched 2017 out of DC. Name comes from Swahili for "truth." Now in public and academic library collections.

A shoppable streaming network pairing Black-led content with Black-owned businesses. Viewers can purchase products directly while watching through "The BAG" shopping show. Free, ad-supported, 24-hour programming.

Founded by Folasadé Ogunmokun in DC. Available on Roku. The first interactive shopping streaming network focused on Black-led content, built to connect viewers with Black-owned businesses in real time.

A film review and rating platform built for the culture, with a dual scoring system: "The Kitchen" (verified critics of the culture) and "The Table" (community audience votes). When both agree, a film earns the Well Seasoned seal. Covers theaters, streaming, Tubi, stand-up, classics, and series. Also accepts submissions from independent Black filmmakers.

Built around the idea that Black audiences have always had their own relationship with film, one that mainstream critics consistently miss. The seal is earned, not given.

A travel platform and app that rates destinations for the Black travel experience, modeled on the original Negro Motorist Green Book.

Brings the spirit of the original Green Book into the present so Black travelers know what to expect before they go.

A travel platform inspiring Black travelers to explore the world, featuring city guides, cultural recommendations, community forums, and live events.

Part of Blavity Inc., built to make travel feel accessible and connected for Black explorers rather than an afterthought.

A community for Black women, girls, and nonbinary people built around art spaces: private gallery tours of exhibitions by Black artists, guided conversations about the work, and shared meals after. Most events are free.

Founded by Kaci Merriwether-Hawkins in Dallas in 2022 after moving to the city and wanting to connect with others through art. Now has 39 chapters across the U.S. and internationally, including London, Nairobi, Seoul, and Mexico City.

A social and marketplace app combining networking, chat, and e-commerce for the Black community. Users can share updates, build connections, and browse or list products.

Founded by Channing Bell, a product management professional with over a decade in tech. Seller subscriptions at $9.99/month. On both App Store and Google Play.

The first invite-only social platform founded and owned by Black women. Creator-first with live streaming, video sharing, gifting, subscriptions, and e-commerce. Users decide who gets in.

Detroit-based startup with 400,000+ prospective users waiting for access. Blockchain-backed creator ownership where creators keep the majority of earnings. Built to return platform power directly to users.

A nonprofit that mobilizes community members to visit and spend at Black-owned businesses together, turning collective intention into concentrated economic impact.

Founded by sisters Melissa Lewis and LaRhonda Stevenson, starting in the DMV. Mob activations consistently deliver a 20 to 25 percent increase in daily sales for participating businesses. Expanding nationally through a chapter network.

A social media platform with patent-pending Rate + React feedback that captures how intensely users feel about content, not just whether they engaged. Low-algorithm feeds and creator-first monetization.

Built in Detroit and launched in 2024. Designed to challenge what social media has become by prioritizing authentic engagement over noise and manipulation.

A social media app built around safety for Black, LGBTQ, and other marginalized communities, with culture-first feeds, Tea Parties (live video conversations), and a teacup-based engagement system.

Founded by former Twitter employees Alphonzo Terrell and Devaris Brown. 500,000+ downloads, $5M+ in funding, backed by Kerry Washington. Launched June 2023.

A social media platform with cross-posting to Bluesky and Mastodon, AI-generated thread summaries, customizable timelines, and audio chat rooms called Pods.

Founded by Christopher Bouzy, launched February 2023. Built to combat online harassment, hate speech, and misinformation. Raised ~$600K through community crowdfunding backed by 1,400+ members.

A private members club with co-working spaces, restaurants, and event venues designed to bring together entrepreneurs, creatives, executives, and artists.

Founded in DC, now in Atlanta, LA, and Washington. Built around intentional community, not just space. The vision has always been about who's in the room.

The largest online health platform for the Black community, with 35,000+ articles and videos, a free doctor search tool, and AI-powered patient preparation tools.

Founded in 2005 by Reginald Ware, who previously created Heart & Soul, the first national health magazine for Black women. Reaches 26 million people per month.

A searchable directory connecting patients with board-certified Black physicians and dentists nationwide, filterable by specialty and location.

Operated by DRDINAMD LLC. Built so patients can find providers who share their background without having to search across a dozen different platforms.

A digital platform connecting Black women and women of color with culturally competent healthcare providers, plus health content and community resources.

Founded in 2018 by Ashlee Wisdom after her own experience being dismissed by doctors during a fibroids diagnosis. HUE stands for "heard and understood experiences."

A digital health equity company offering accredited cultural competence training for healthcare providers, a patient-provider matching directory, and organizational health equity tools.

Founded in 2018 by Kimberly Wilson, JD, after being dismissed by four doctors during her own health crisis. Backed by Serena Williams' Serena Ventures and Female Founders Fund.

A Black history and culture education brand creating original content with independent Black writers, educators, and creatives across the U.S. and the diaspora. Over 400,000 followers across social media.

Part of Mr. Well-Travelled. Built on the premise that Black history is not a month or a single day, but an ongoing record that deserves year-round attention and original storytelling.