Emerging Local Business Enterprise (ELBE)

  • Must have its principal place of business within the corporate limits of the City of Cincinnati (“Cincinnati").
  • Has had no more than five (5) full-time employees at any point.
  • Average annual gross revenues over the life of the business of less than $250,000.
  • Owners are actively involved in the day-to-day management and control of the business.
  • Owners cannot be owners or principals of another entity that does not meet the definition of an ELBE.
  • Business cannot be owned in whole or in part by another business that does not meet the definition of an ELBE.
  • Has been in existence less than five (5) years.