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Keep your money in the community and watch it come back to you. Every listing here is real, open, and checked, so when you support our own, you never get burned.
Taxes Made Easy LLC
Taxes Made Easy LLC, a Black-owned tax preparation in Cincinnati, OH. Claim this page to confirm details and add photos.
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Shop Black-owned brands that ship nationwide
No Black-owned store in your city? You don't need one. 160+ verified Black-owned brands, beauty, hair, fashion, food, home and more, that ship to all 50 states.
Black DJs, food reviewers, and creators
Booking an event or building your brand? Find verified Black DJs, food reviewers, photographers, videographers and event planners across 178 cities.
This isn't new. It's who we've always been.
Before anyone handed us anything, we built our own towns, our own banks, our own main streets. Supporting your own people isn't charity. It is how every strong community on earth was built, and it is how we build ours again.
Support our own
When you spend with us, you keep it in the family. Every purchase is a hand up for the next one of us.
Build generational wealth
A dollar that circles our community before it leaves is how wealth is built and passed down. Sharing is the strategy.
Self-sufficient, together
Self-reliant doesn't mean alone. It means we fund each other, so no one else gets to decide if we eat.
Real owners. Real joy. Really verified.
Checked every night
Our AI re-verifies every listing on a schedule, so you never drive to a closed door.
Licenses verified
Lawyers, plumbers, daycares and more, checked against the public state board.
Closed = removed
When a business closes, we take it down, and we publish the count. No other directory does.
Free for owners
Every Black-owned business gets listed free, forever. Verified in minutes, not months.
Not another directory.
Bigger than the real ones. Realer than the big ones. Here is the difference.
BlackOwnedCity
- ✓ Verified, never scraped
- ✓ Re-checked, and you can flag a closed listing in one tap
- ✓ Every category, not just food
- ✓ 178 cities, including the small towns everyone skips
- ✓ Find near you, or shop Black-owned online from anywhere
- ✓ Free for owners and shoppers. No app to download.
Most directories
- ✕ Scraped, full of dead listings
- ✕ Stale, with no way to flag closures
- ✕ Food only, or one narrow niche
- ✕ Big metros only
- ✕ Look up an address and leave
- ✕ Paywalls, or an app you have to download
Live in 179 cities, and growing on demand
Tap your state on the map. Don't see your city? Search it anyway, your search builds it.
What people ask us most.
What is BlackOwnedCity?
BlackOwnedCity is a free directory of Black-owned businesses across the United States. Verification runs in two steps. Step 1, Pre-Screened: the business came up in a Black-owned business search for its category and city, and we confirmed it is real and currently open. Step 2, Owner-Verified: the owner claims the listing and confirms ownership directly, and licensed trades get a state license check on top. Most listings are at step 1, which is a strong lead rather than a guarantee, so we label them that way. Anyone can report a listing that does not belong and we pull its badge immediately.
How do you verify that a business is Black-owned?
Step 1 is a Black-owned business search for each category and city, plus a check that the result is a real, currently-open business. That search ranks by relevance rather than filtering by ownership, so step 1 is a screen, not proof. Step 2 is the owner claiming the listing and confirming ownership, which is what earns the Owner-Verified badge. Businesses in licensed trades, such as lawyers, plumbers, and daycares, are additionally checked against the public state licensing board and earn the License-Verified badge.
Does it cost anything to list my business?
No. Listing is free forever for every Black-owned business, and it stays free. There is no paywall for shoppers either, and there is no app to download.
What happens when a business closes?
We remove it. Anyone can flag a closed listing in one tap, and we publish the count of listings we check each week so you can see the directory is actually being maintained.
What if my city is not listed yet?
Search for it anyway. Searches for cities we have not covered yet tell us where demand is, and those searches are what open new cities.
Can I shop Black-owned businesses online instead of near me?
Yes. Alongside local listings by city, we cover Black-owned brands that ship nationwide, so you can shop Black-owned from anywhere in the country.