Small Business Contact Directory

About this Directory

The Business Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh provides entrepreneurs with a comprehensive collection of resources on starting and growing a small business, including business plan preparation, advertising, marketing, tax issues, franchising, financing, business valuation and home-based and family-owned businesses.

SCORE, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, is a nonprofit association of retired business owners and executives who volunteer their time, knowledge, and experience to provide free and confidential counseling services to small and start-up businesses.

The Business Department and SCORE share a goal: to make information about business freely available to anyone who wants it. With this goal in mind, we have produced this directory. It contains the telephone numbers and web sites of those government units that have an impact upon small business and also those organizations that provide free information to entrepreneurs.

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Licenses, Permits, Regulations

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Other Local

• City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Building Inspection
  Call: 412-255-2175 -- Fax: 412-255-2974
• City of Pittsburgh - Licenses and Permits
  Call: 412-255-2626
• City of Pittsburgh - New Business Registrations
  Call: 412-255-2543 -- Fax: 412-255-8649
• City of Pittsburgh - Planning (includes Zoning)
  Call: 412-255-2200 -- Fax: 412-255-2838
• Allegheny County Health Dept. - Rules & Regulations
  Call: 412-687-2243 -- FAX: 412-578-8325
• Municipalities in Allegheny County

Pennsylvania

• Corporation Bureau - Business Registration
  Call: 888-659-9962
• Dept. of Labor and Industry; Click on downloadable forms.
  Call: 717-787-5279
• Liquor Control Board, Western Region
  Call: 412-380-2602 -- Fax: 412-380-2612
• Online Business Registration Interview (OBRI); Register with the Departments of State, Revenue and Labor & Industry.
• PA 100 Enterprise Registration Form; Register with the Departments of State and Revenue.
  Call: 717-787-1064
• PA Open for Business; Variety of business forms

United States

• Dept. of Labor - OSHA
  Call: 800-321-6742
• Dept. of Labor- Wage and Hour Division
  Call: 866-487-9243
• IRS EIN#
  Call: 800-829-4933
• US Citizenship/Immigration; Business Liaison (Click on Services and Benefits; click on Employer Information)
  Call: 800-357-2099 -- Fax: 202-272-1864

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Business and Market Information

• Better Business Bureau of Western PA
  Call: 412-456-2700 -- Fax: 412-456-2739
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Downtown & Business
  Call: 412-281-7141 -- Fax: 412-471-1724
• Chambers of Commerce
  
• PA Dept. of Labor and Industry - Center for Workforce Information and Analysis
  Call: 877-493-3282
• Pennsylvania State Data Center
  Call: 717-948-6336 -- Fax: 717-948-6754
• U.S. Census Bureau - Business Industry Data Center
  Call: 301-768-1305
• U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Call: 215-597-3282 -- Fax: 215-861-5720

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Taxes

Pittsburgh

• Business Tax Forms and Questions
  Call: 412-255-2582 -- Fax: 412-255-8649

Pennsylvania

• Business Tax Questions
  Call: 717-787-1064
• Forms Ordering
  Call: 888-PATAXES

Federal

• IRS Tax Forms
  Call: 800-829-3676
• IRS Tax Info for Business
  Call: 800-829-4933
• IRS Tax Info for Individuals; Account Status
  Call: 800-829-1040
• Social Security Administration
  Call: 800-772-1213

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Entrepreneurial Assistance

• SCORE Pittsburgh Chapter
  Call: 412-395-6560 x130 -- Fax: 412-395-6562
• Allegheny County Dept. of Economic Development
  Call: 412-350-1000 -- Fax: 412-642-2217
• Catalyst Connection (Manufacturers)
  Call: 412-687-2700
• CMU Center for Economic Development
  Call: 412-268-9880 -- Fax: 412-268-9828
• Governor's Action Team SW Regional Office
  Call: 412-565-2884 -- Fax: 512-565-2889
• Innovation Works
  Call: 412-681-1520 -- Fax: 412-681-2625
• PA Dept of Community and Economic Development Center for Entrepreneurial Assistance
  Call: 800-280-3801 - Fax: 717-787-4088
• Penn State PENN-TAP (tech assistance)
  Call: 814-865-0427 -- Fax: 814-865-3589
• Pittsburgh Regional Alliance Business Resource Center
  Call: 877-392-1300 -- Fax 412-392-1010
• Pittsburgh Technology Council
  Call: 412-687-2700 -- Fax: 412-687-5232
• Regional Industrial Development Corp.
  Call: 412-471-3939 -- Fax: 412-471-1740
• SBA Pittsburgh District Office
  Call: 412-395--6560 Fax: 412-395-6562
• Small Business Development Centers
  • Duquesne University Chrysler Corp. SBDC
    Call: 412-396-6233 -- Fax: 412-396-5884
  • Indiana University SBDC
    Call: 724-357-7915 -- Fax: 724-357-5985
  • Saint Vincent College SBDC
    Call 724-537-4572 -- Fax: 724-537-0919lf
  • University of Pittsburgh SBDC
    Call: 412-648-1542 -- Fax: 412-648-1636
• SMC Business Councils
  Call 412-371-1500 -- Fax: 412-371-0460
• Riverside Business Resource Center
  Call: 412-322-3523 -- Fax: 412-322-3513

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Financing Sources

• Community Loan Fund of SW PA Inc.
  Call: 412-201-2450 -- Fax: 412-201-2451
• Innovation Works
  Call: 412-681-1520 -- Fax: 412-681-2625
• Northside Community Development Fund
  Call: 412-322-0290 -- Fax: 412-322-1447
• PA Dept. of Community and Economic Development - Funding & Program Finder
  Call: 717-787-6245 -- Fax: 717-772-2890
• SBA Pittsburgh District Office
  Call: 412-395--6560 Fax: 412-395-6562
• Team PA Foundation
  Call: 717-233-1375
• Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh
  Call 412-255-6669 -- Fax: 412-255-6617

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Export Assistance

• Duquesne University Chrysler Corp. SBDC Export Trade Development Program
  Call: 412-396-6233 -- Fax: 412-396-5884
• PA Dept. of Community and Economic Development, Center for Trade Development
  Call: 717-787-7190 -- Fax: 717-772-2890
• SWPA Commission Team PA Export Network
  Call: 412-391-5590 -- Fax: 412-391-9160
• U.S. Dept. of Commerce Export Portal
  Call: 800-872-8723
• U.S. Commercial Service Export Assistance Center
  Call: 412-644-2800 -- Fax: 412-644-2803

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Minorities and Women

• African American Chamber of Commerce of Western PA
  Call: 412-392-0610 -- Fax: 412-392-0612
• Allegheny County Office of Minority, Women, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
  Call: 412-350-4309 -- Fax: 412-350-4915
• City of Pittsburgh Equal Opportunity Review Commission
  Call: 412-255-8804 -- Fax: 412-255-4794
• PA Dept. of Community and Economic Development, Center for Entrepreneurial Assistance, Advocates
  Call: 800-280-3801 -- Fax: 717-787-4088
• PA Dept. of General Services BMWBO, Western Region (Click on Doing Business)
  Call: 412-442-5872 -- Fax: 412-442-5873
• PA Minority Business Development Authority
  Call: 717-787-9147
• PA Minority Business Enterprise Center (Philadelphia)
  Call: 866-231-991 -- Fax: 215-895-4001
• PennDOT Bureau of Equal Opportunity (click on organization)
  Call: 800-468-4201 -- Fax: 717-772-4026
• Pittsburgh Metro Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  Call: 412-291-3367
• SBA Online Women's Business Center
  Call: 202-205-6773
• Seton Hill University National Eduation Center for Women in Business
  Call: 724-830-4625 - Fax: 724-834-7131
• Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh - Minority & Women's Business Enterprise (MWBE)
  Call: 412-255-6669 -- Fax: 412-255-6542

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Accounting or Legal Assistance

• Allegheny County Bar Association
  Call: 412-261-6161 -- Fax: 412-261-3622
• Pennyslvania Bar Association
  Call: 800-932-0311 -- Fax: 717-238-4134
• Allegheny County Law Library
  Call: 412-350-5353 -- Fax: 412-350-5889
• Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), Pittsburgh Chapter
  Call: 412-261-6966 -- Fax: 412-391-2033
• Pennsylvania Society of Public Accountants (PSPA), Western PA Chapter
  Call: 412-487-1009 -- Fax: 412-487-9456

Last updated Wednesday September 16 2009.