--- title: How Are Women, Low-income, and Minority Owned Businesses Fairing? description: At first glance the SBIR funding rates for woman, HUBZone* (our shorthand for companies located in low-income areas), and minority founders looks pretty grim with funding rates in the low single digits. image: https://www.fedscout.com/hubfs/Female+worker.001.jpeg --- [![](https://www.fedscout.com/hubfs/Website%20Sep.%202020/logo.svg)](https://www.fedscout.com/) ![](https://www.fedscout.com/hubfs/menu-24px.svg) - [Features](https://www.fedscout.com/features) - [Pricing](https://www.fedscout.com/pricing) - [Resources](https://www.fedscout.com/resources) - [GovCon Glossary](https://academy.fedscout.com/courses/glossary/) - [Podcast](https://www.fedscout.com/undiluted) - [Academy](https://academy.fedscout.com/) - [Blog](https://www.fedscout.com/blog) - [Login](https://app.fedscout.com/auth/sign-in) - [Sign Up](https://app.fedscout.com/auth/sign-up) - [Book a Demo](https://meetings.hubspot.com/geoff96) # Blog Welcome to the FedScout blog. Our articles provide analysis, thoughts, and perspectives on the federal market and how to be successful in it. **Find** and **Track** Your RFPs ### Search Blog This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ### Recent Posts [![New call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7500325/747b4521-46a0-4957-950a-924a96dc1440.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7500325/747b4521-46a0-4957-950a-924a96dc1440) [![New call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7500325/5b249851-488d-4abb-83ca-12a8e97327fe.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7500325/5b249851-488d-4abb-83ca-12a8e97327fe) ![](https://www.fedscout.com/hubfs/Female+worker.001.jpeg) Apr 26, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## How Are Women, Low-income, and Minority Owned Businesses Fairing? **Time to read:** 1 min **Things aren’t looking great…** At first glance the SBIR funding rates for woman, HUBZone\* (our shorthand for companies located in low-income areas), and minority founders looks pretty grim with funding rates in the low single digits **Getting below the headline…** After talking to reps from the funding teams it sounds like the percent of applications from woman, HUBZone, and minority owned businesses is also extremely low so the chances of winning if you are a woman, HUBZone, or minority founder are actually pretty good **Where the truth lies…** Sadly we don’t have access to data on the companies that applied and lost so we don’t know the truth, but we thought this could help prospective SBIR applicants make an informed decision   [![New call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7500325/b1099610-430d-484a-8ec7-da708fe9fdf4.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7500325/b1099610-430d-484a-8ec7-da708fe9fdf4)   ![Federal Foundry webpage (R&D).004.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4fe3e628010c68aff19365/1588776721698-AED5JKXME7EPTTB9L39X/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kPlr9Ym4zUUJM-fNNDInQbcUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKc40Pv4rQZDt1m_JW_WoQHZjwNE-bcEpgnuOfgksFHJU-2MXXNIwgziIa0fA0YSFoN/Federal+Foundry+webpage+%28R%26D%29.004.jpeg?format=2500w) ![Federal Foundry webpage (R&D).005.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4fe3e628010c68aff19365/1588776738782-N3VS410TY0KM7M0SKRWT/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kEbWtCkwWVB4eML42mVT6vAUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcCq35BSoBqQvMMs5neu7QKiORILlsGZm5QltGWKFak9gfAWFn98-_dwT_LduGTTFC/Federal+Foundry+webpage+%28R%26D%29.005.jpeg?format=2500w) ![HUBZone chart R&D.001.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4fe3e628010c68aff19365/1588776758949-EYXGGIBVKO9DNXOL3WGC/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kPuUa-0aLb36XiMAt-t7wywUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcnqJuhaOXpeMY4NJcn7u4tVkQ7UMUEH8hpO59qtUc4oP6heY-QQHZg85PHQpFb0Ab/HUBZone+chart+R%26D.001.jpeg?format=2500w) \*PS for the nit-pickers out there we know that there’s more to HUBZone than being located in a low-income area so if you want a full program discussion see [HERE](https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/hubzone-program) And the latest HUBZone map is [HERE](https://maps.certify.sba.gov/hubzone/map#center=39.828200,-98.579500&zoom=5)   [![New call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7500325/5b59fffd-17fa-4ea1-ba76-580c5e69835b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7500325/5b59fffd-17fa-4ea1-ba76-580c5e69835b) ![FedScout logo](https://www.fedscout.com/hubfs/Website%20Sep.%202020/logo.svg) Don’t miss out on the newest GovCon resources. 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