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Businesses opened with assistance from SBS
Help businesses start, operate, and expand in New York City. — Ensure that businesses and entrepreneurs have easy access to a variety of high quality support services.
This indicator grew steadily from 164 in FY22 to 232 in FY25. The FY26 figure is a preliminary, partial-year count, and SBS's own reporting shows these in-year figures are typically revised upward substantially as the year progresses -- for example, the agency's initial four-month count for FY25 was later revised from 63 up to 97 -- so the apparent FY26 dip likely partly reflects incomplete reporting rather than a full-year decline.
Researched July 16, 2026 — NYC Department of Small Business Services, Preliminary Fiscal 2026 Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above. The dashed marker projects a full-year estimate at the current year-to-date pace.
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| Fiscal year | Actual |
|---|---|
| FY22 | 164 sbs |
| FY23 | 184 sbs |
| FY24 | 218 sbs |
| FY25 | 232 sbs |
| FY26 (YTD) | 153 sbs |
| FY26 (projected) | ~204 sbs |
Why this is tracked
The Department of Small Business Services provides free courses, legal assistance, financing connections, and help navigating government requirements to small business owners across the five boroughs through its NYC Business Solutions centers. The goal is to lower the practical barriers, paperwork, permitting, access to capital, that can otherwise keep entrepreneurs from starting a business or force existing ones to close, particularly in neighborhoods with less access to traditional business support.
NYC SBS - Businesses, NYPL - NYC SBS Small Business Services
Source: Division of Business Services (DBS) — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: This indicator will count the number of unique businesses opened with the assistance of SBS programs.