Santa Fe's Economic Development Division works to cultivate a vibrant business community and to build a diverse and innovative economy that provides opportunities and prosperity.
Office for Business Growth: Provides local businesses individual consultation and connections to resources for growth. 505-955-6092 | OBG@santafenm.gov
Recruitment Portfolio: Recruits targeted growth companies, including television production, technology, and outdoor recreation businesses, to locate in Santa Fe.
Santa Fe Fiber: Improves access to and the speed, reliability and pricing of internet service in Santa Fe.
Entrepreneurship resources
Santa Fe Business Incubator, Inc. 505-424-1140 | sfbi.net SFBI is a non-profit that helps grow and develop emerging businesses. SFBI offers offices and light manufacturing space for rent in a professional business environment and convenient location. The Business Incubator program accelerates success through business training, access to financial networks, on-site technical assistance and a host of special services. Graduate companies move out and provide job opportunities in our community. SFBI houses all types of firms from service to high-tech research and development. Minority and w omen-owned businesses are encouraged to apply. SFBI is located at 3900 Paseo del Sol. Santa Fe, NM 87507
Santa Fe Small Business Development Center 505.428.1343 | nmsbdc.org The SBDC offers free, one on confidential counseling for existing and prospective small business owners. The mission of the SBDC is to strengthen the economy of New Mexico by providing direct assistance, entrepreneurial education and resource linkages to promote the retention and expansion of existing small businesses and the creation of new businesses. SBDC is located at 1950 Siringo Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507.
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) 505.988.6302 santafe.score.org Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico SCORE provides free business counseling and free business skills workshops for the local community at the downtown office and the Santa Fe Business Incubator. SCORE is a resource partner with the Small Business Administration (SBA). Score is located at 120 S. Federal Pl., Suite 307, Santa Fe, NM 87501.
Make Santa Fe 505-819-3502 | makesantafe.org | build@makesantafe.org A makerspace is a community work space where people can access tools, resources and workshops to create or repair anything they can dream of. Make Santa Fe provides access to both high-tech and traditional tools.
Start-up Santa Fe createsantafe.org Provides online access to entrepreneurial resources throughout New Mexico.
SFID webb@SFid.com New Mexico's first curriculum-based, investor-funded and ROI-focused accelerator program. It focuses on helping high-growth, scalable companies led by dynamic entrepreneurs who understand how to lead while accepting coaching.
Finance Programs
ACCION 505-243-8844 | accionnm.org | accion@accionnm.org A micro-lender dedicated to assisting established and emerging entrepreneurs who face barriers to obtaining business credit in New Mexico. ACCION offers loans from $200 to $300,000.
Collateral Support Participation Program 505-984-1454 | nmfa.net The New Mexico Finance authority administers this loan program for businesses, providing access to funding for equipment, land and working capital.
Enchantment Land Certified Development Company 505-843-9232 | eldcdc.com Helps small business owners receive business development loans for the purchase of commercial real estate, equipment and improvements.
The Load Fund 505-243-3196 | loanfund.org Provides loans, training and business consulting to entrepreneurs, business owners and nonprofit organizations unable to obtain financing through traditional sources. It offers micro-loans, small business loans, lines of credit and SBA 504 loans from $5,000 to $5000,000 with interest rates ranging from 8 to 10 percent.
WESST Santa Fe 505-474-6556 | wesst.org Provides free one-on-one consultations, webinars, workshops and small business loans; specializes in working with artisans, entrepreneurs, growing businesses and community-based nonprofit organizations.
Venture Acceleration Fund vafnm.org The VAF award is structured as a zero-interest loan, with repayment required only if a company is acquired, achieves certain revenue goals or leaves New Mexico within a certain time frame. The fund is administered by the Regional Development Corporation. Originally created to commercializr technologies development at Los Alamos National Laboratory, VAF now works with all types of businesses in every stage of development.
New Mexico Business Resources
Regional Development Corporation 505.820.1226 rdcnm.org The Regional Development Corporation (RDC) is federally designated by the Department of Energy as North Central New Mexico’s Community Reuse Organization (CRO). The RDC is a private, non-profit economic development corporation with a work plan leading to the development of an economically diverse regional development corporation withal work plan leading to the development of an economically diverse regional economy where thoughtful and cooperative planning results in an environment that nurtures business and entrepreneurial development. For this purpose, the RDC assists communities and industry in managing their economic development projects and initiatives. RDC is located at 706 Bond St., Espanola, NM 87532
NM Department of Workforce Solutions 505.827.7434 dws.state.nm.us.
Local business associations
Business Women of New Mexico and Santa Fe: 505-919-9698 | pbwnm.org New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry: 505-842-0644 | nmaci.org NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association: 505-345-6976 | naiopnm.org New Mexico Brewers Guild: 505-660-7423 | nmbeer.org New Mexico Distillers Guild:nmguild.distillery365.org New Mexico Hospitality Association: 505-506-8624 | newmexxicohospitality.org New Mexico Restaurant Association: 505-343-9848 | nmrestaurants.org New Mexico Technology Council:nmtechcouncil.org New Mexico Wine Growers Assocation: 575-649-8994 | nmwine.com Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association: 505-982-1774 | sfahba.com Santa Fe Downtown Merchants Association: 505-474-3806 | santafedowntown.org Santa Fe Gallery Association: 505-982-1648 | santafegalleryassociation.org UNM Bureau of Economic Research: 505-277-2216 | bber.unm.edu
Licenses and regulations
City of Santa Fe- City Hall 505.955.6651 santafenm.gov. Applications for a business license for the City of Santa Fe is $35.00 and are available at 200 Lincoln Ave., Rm. 112, Santa Fe, NM 87501.
Santa Fe County 505.986.6200 santafecounty.org. Applications for a business license in Santa Fe County are available at 120 Grant Ave., Santa Fe, NM 8750.
City Building Inspector 505.955.6646 santafenm.gov A certificate of occupancy can be obtained at 200 Lincoln Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87501
New Regulation and Licensing Department 505.476.4500 rld.state.nm.us Specific industries may require state licenses from this department.
Research Institutions
Los Alamos National Laboratory lanl.gov Serves the nation by applying world-changing science and tchnology to current and emerging national and global security challenges. Through partnerships across government agencies, laboratories, universities and industry, LANL delivers the best possible science and technology results for the national while making a positive impact on New Mexico communities and economy.
Santa Fe Institute 505-984-8800 santafe.edu A private, nonprofit, independent research and education center founded in 1984 for multidisciplinary collaborations in the physical, biological, computational and social sciences. Understanding of complex adaptive systems is critical to addressing key environmental, technological, biological, economic and political challenges. The institute is devoted to creating a new kind of scientific research community emphasizing multidisciplinary collaboration in pursuit of understanding the common themes that arise in natural, artificial and social systems.
National Center for Genome Resources 505-982-7840 | ncgr.org Since its inception in 1994, NCGR, a nonprofit, bioinformatics research center, has devoted itself to pursuing research in the scientific community and catalyzing collaborative projects that contribute to improvements in agriculture, health and quality of life.
