The SBTDC offers these specialized market development services:

Business Research Services
The SBTDC's Business and Research staff performs a wide range of services for clients, counselors, and the organization as a whole. Our research provides current information on various topics that are both specific to individual businesses and also more generally address the economic climate.

Government Procurement
The purpose of the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) is to generate employment and to improve the general economic condition of North Carolina by assisting North Carolina businesses—including disadvantaged, veteran, and woman-owned businesses—in obtaining and performing under federal, state, and local government contracts. We provide procurement technical assistance by offering counseling on selling your products and/or services to the government.

International Business Development
The SBTDC's International Business Development (IBD) program provides service to those companies needing assistance with export financing, either pre-export (export working capital) or post-export financing (getting paid for a shipment and/or helping the overseas buyer find financing to purchase a product). 

Boating Industry Services
Boating Industry Services provides the following confidential assistance:
-Business Planning
-Marketing
-Regulatory
-Sales to government agencies
-International sales

Technology Commercialization & SBIR
Technology specialists provide businesses with one-to-one counseling to assist in the commercialization of innovative technologies. They also provide counseling to manufacturing companies in developing the competencies necessary to become and remain competitive.

Please call (252) 737-1385 for more information about Specialized Market Development Services.