Small-business grants index
Updated (US Central). Recomputed at every build.
Open opportunities that explicitly list small businesses as eligible applicants, grouped by recorded owner tags and the site’s industry classifications.
- Open small-business grants
- 774
- Change from Oct 18
- Not available
- Open grants one week earlier
- Not available
No comparable snapshot was recorded for October 18, 2026. Weekly changes will appear when a matching snapshot from seven days earlier exists. Missing history is not a zero.
By recorded owner group
Counts reflect explicit owner-group tags. Untagged grants are listed separately and are not assumed to target any group.
| Owner group | Open now | One week ago | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| No owner group recorded | 766 | Not available | Not available |
| Women-owned businesses | 4 | Not available | Not available |
| Minority-owned businesses | 3 | Not available | Not available |
| Young entrepreneurs | 2 | Not available | Not available |
| Black-owned businesses | 1 | Not available | Not available |
| Hispanic- and Latino-owned businesses | 1 | Not available | Not available |
| Immigrant-owned businesses | 1 | Not available | Not available |
| LGBTQ+-owned businesses | 1 | Not available | Not available |
| Veteran-owned businesses | 1 | Not available | Not available |
| Disabled business owners | 0 | Not available | Not available |
| Rural businesses | 0 | Not available | Not available |
By industry
Counts use the same conservative category and keyword rules as the industry browse pages. Unclassified programs are listed separately.
| Industry | Open now | One week ago | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not classified by industry | 697 | Not available | Not available |
| Farms and agriculture | 27 | Not available | Not available |
| Retail and storefronts | 17 | Not available | Not available |
| Artists and creatives | 8 | Not available | Not available |
| Child care | 7 | Not available | Not available |
| Manufacturing | 6 | Not available | Not available |
| Tourism and hospitality | 6 | Not available | Not available |
| Nonprofits in education | 4 | Not available | Not available |
| Restaurants and food | 4 | Not available | Not available |
| Technology and software | 4 | Not available | Not available |
| Construction and trades | 2 | Not available | Not available |
| Health care practices | 0 | Not available | Not available |
Methodology
The index counts records marked open, with no deadline or a deadline today or later, whose recorded audience includes small-business. Forecasts, closed opportunities, and records tagged only “for-profit” are excluded. Each record counts once in the headline, including cash-awarding competitions and accelerators recorded in the directory.
Owner counts use explicit ownerTypes tags. A grant may target several groups. These counts are not all grants that a member of a group could apply for; general programs may also accept those applicants. No owner restrictions are inferred from missing tags.
Industry counts use the existing industry browse rules applied to recorded categories, titles, descriptions and audiences. Research mechanisms, including SBIR/STTR, are not assigned to an industry by these conservative discovery rules; they can still count in the index total. “Nonprofits in education” counts only records explicitly listing both small-business and nonprofit audiences. Industry matching is not a determination of an individual applicant’s eligibility.
The pipeline stores one snapshot per US Central date, replacing that day’s counts on subsequent builds and retaining 90 days. Week-over-week change compares today with exactly seven calendar days earlier under the same methodology version. Missing dates or incompatible versions display “Not available”; historical values are never reconstructed from current records.
Changes reflect deadlines, newly recorded listings, corrected data and changes in coverage. The index measures this directory, not the total US grant market. Overlapping owner and industry groups must not be added together.
Cite this
GrantCalendar. “Small-business grants index.” Data as of October 25, 2026 (US Central).
https://grantcalendar.com/reports/small-business-grants-index/
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