Small Business Development Centers
Local assistance for companies new to exporting


SBDCs: Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers
The Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) are the only statewide, nationally accredited program that provides high quality one-on-one consulting, training and information resources to empower new and existing businesses. The Pennsylvania SBDC provides consulting services and educational programs to entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their small business.
Small businesses in all 67 counties of Pennsylvania are served by a specific center in the Pennsylvania SBDC network determined by the county in which their business is located. See the list below to find the SBDC closest to you:
Bucknell University SBDC
Counties: Perry, Juniata, Snyder, Northumberland, Union, and Montour
Clarion University SBDC
Counties: Armstrong, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, and Venango
Duquesne University SBDC
Counties: Allegheny (shared with University of Pittsburgh SBDC), Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence
Gannon University SBDC
Counties: Erie, Crawford, Mercer, and Warren
Indiana University of Pennsylvania SBDC
Counties: Indiana
Kutztown University SBDC
Counties: Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lancaster, and Lebanon
Outreach Locations:
- Reading Office
- Harrisburg Office
- Lancaster Office
- York Office (Government Marketing Services Only)
- Exton Office (Government Marketing Services)
Lehigh University SBDC
Counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Upper Bucks and Northern Montgomery
- Government Marketing Services
Penn State SBDC
Counties: Centre, Clinton, Lycoming and Mifflin
Outreach Locations:
Saint Francis University SBDC
Counties: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, and Somerset
Saint Vincent College SBDC
Counties: Fayette and Westmoreland
Shippensburg University SBDC
Counties: Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and York
Temple University SBDC
Counties: Lower Bucks, Lower Montgomery, and Philadelphia (shared with Widener SBDC)
- Government Marketing Services
University of Pittsburgh SBDC
Counties: Allegheny (shared with Duquesne University SBDC), Greene and Washington
Outreach Locations:
The University of Scranton SBDC
Counties: Bradford, Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne & Wyoming
Widener University SBDC
Counties: Delaware, Philadelphia (shared with the Temple University SBDC)
- Government Marketing Services
Wilkes University SBDC
Counties: Luzerne, Carbon, Columbia, Schuylkill, and Sullivan