The business is real and open.
Our AI surfaced this business through Google's Black-owned business search — where owners declare Black ownership on their own Google profile. We confirm it's a real, operating business, and re-check on a regular schedule — closed businesses get removed automatically.
The owner claimed it and proved control.
The owner claimed this listing and verified through their own Google Business Profile — something only the real owner can edit — or confirmed via the business's listed phone or email. No tax returns. No 45-day waits.
Their license is confirmed active.
For licensed professions — lawyers, doctors, dentists, therapists, electricians, plumbers, contractors and more — when the owner claims their page, we confirm their license is active against the public state board (and the national NPI registry for medical providers). Only businesses we've actually confirmed carry this badge.
What we are — and what we're not
We verify: the business is real, open, owner-declared Black-owned, and (where it applies) properly licensed. We are not a certification body — formal certification for government and corporate contracts is a different process offered by organizations like the U.S. Black Chambers. Our job is simpler: when you tap a listing, the business exists, it's open, and it is what it says it is.
Our promises
• Every listing shows when it was last checked — right on the card.
• Closed businesses get removed, and we publish the count.
• Featured listings are always labeled. Money never changes a verification badge.
• We never store your precise location — city-level only, and only if you share it.