Every buyer defines “small business” its own way. We don’t replace their definitions. We give you an independent verification that your business meets the one you need.
Pre-qualification takes less than 3 minutes. Most applications take about 20 to 25 minutes once your documents are ready, because your documents do the typing.
You qualify on facts we can verify from your documents: size, independence, and good standing. No question that decides eligibility asks about the owner’s race, ethnicity, or gender.
A few quick questions tell you right away whether you should apply. Under 3 minutes.
Just your name, email, phone, and the partner organization you’re applying through, if any. About 1 minute.
We read your tax returns, payroll records, and state certificate, and fill in your business details for you.
Check what we found and fix anything that’s wrong. Some profile questions are already answered from your documents.
A real person reviews your file and makes the decision: within 2 weeks if you already hold a certification, or within 4 weeks if you don’t, once we have all your documents.
Every corporation, state, county, city, institution of learning, hospital, and public agency defines “small business” its own way, with its own tests for size, revenue, location, independence, and good standing. We don’t create, replace, or rank those definitions. We check your business against the one that matters to you and provide an independent, third-party verification that your business meets that buyer’s definition. ISB Verified is designed for businesses that are small and independently owned under the buyer’s standard they need to meet.
At the start, you tell us which buyer or jurisdiction you want to do business with. Then a real person, not an automated system, reviews your file and makes the decision.
Annual fees range from $150 to $1,050. Your application fee is determined and shown before you submit your application.
Expedited review, with a decision within 1 week once we have all your documents, is available for an additional $250.
You’ll get a decision within 2 weeks if you already hold a recognized certification, or within 4 weeks if you don’t. The clock starts once we have all your documents. With expedited review, the decision comes within 1 week.
Federal tax returns, a certificate of good standing, formation and ownership records, an affiliate disclosure, a payroll report, and recent financial statements. You’ll see the full list before you start.
A secure document-reading service reads each document and fills in your application. You review everything it found before you submit, and a real person checks it against your documents before any decision.
Edit it on the review screen. The person reviewing your file sees both what the document says and the change you made, so nothing gets lost.
Handwritten or very faint documents sometimes can’t be read. When that happens, you type those details instead.
Only the ISB Verified team. To fill in your application, your documents are read by a secure document-reading service that does not use them to train AI and deletes them within 30 days. Buyers and partner organizations never see your documents, tax returns, or answers.
You’ll see which requirements are not met. You can complete a pre-qualification any time.
You’ll get a clear explanation of what your current verification issue is.
No. It verifies that your business meets small business classification standards. It is not an ownership-based or identity-based certification.
Anyone with your letter’s QR code or verification ID can confirm on our website at any time that it is valid, along with the standard applied and its valid-through date.
One year. You renew each year with your latest tax return and updated information.
Approved businesses are listed in a private directory that only invited buyers and partner organizations can see. You can turn your listing off at any time.
Send us an email at followup@isbverified.com with your verification ID so we can start a conversation to update your file.