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Business Development

Welcome to Ocean County’s Division of Business Development

The world’s largest market is at your fingertips, and the Ocean County Division of Business Development invites you to explore this website and use it as your navigator.With the assistance of our Board of Commissioners our mission is to ensure economic health in Ocean County by educating, informing, and working together with businesses, the residents, the community as a whole in each of our 33 municipalities to empower economic growth, strength, and success.

Business and Employment Resources

Ocean County Health Department  

Department of Consumer Affairs | Ocean County Government

NJ Small Business Help

Ocean County Small Business Development (SBAD) Center

NJ Economic Development Authority

NJ State Information

Small Business Improvement Grant

Build Back Better Regional Challenge

NJ Business Action Center Brochure

NJ Department of Labor

Return and Earn: An Incentive Program for Workers and Employers

OCVTS | Career Academies

Ocean County Vocational Technical School – Career Tech NJ

Small Business Lease Grant – NJEDA

Film and Digital Media Tax Credit Program – NJEDA

Young Workers: Get your working papers   Young Workers (nj.gov)  

 

New Jersey Small Business Manual Now Available!

 

The NJ Business Action Center recently published a Small Business Manual, a valuable and easy-to-navigate resource for business owners and entrepreneurs. This publication covers topics such as establishing a business, filing taxes and annual reports, applying for licenses, exporting, and creating business plans. It can serve as a resource for patrons as well as librarians answering business reference questions.

 

https://www.nj.gov/state/bac/small-business-manual/