Beaver Street Enterprise Center

Powerful partners

We partner with a number of organizations to offer guidance and inspiration to our clients to help them succeed. Partners include:


Florida Small Business Development Center

Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida is the only statewide provider of entrepreneurial and business development services and plays a vital role in Florida’s economic development by assisting entrepreneurs in every stage of the business life cycle. Since 1976, FSBDCs have assisted hundreds of thousands of emerging and growing businesses by providing the professional expertise, tools, and information necessary to make sound business decisions in a complex and ever-changing marketplace. In addition to the FSBDC’s core service offerings of consulting provided at no-cost, training, and business research, the Florida SBDC Network also provides a comprehensive toolkit of specialized services for qualifying businesses looking to accelerate market growth, including: Growth Acceleration, International Trade, Government Contracting, and Business Continuation.

SCORE Jacksonville SBA


SCORE Jacksonville SBA is a volunteer organization that provides free counseling and advice to small businesses located in Northeast Florida. The Jacksonville chapter has about 50 business mentors with deep experience in a wide range of businesses and industries. SCORE provides support to business owners in several ways, including:

  • Free confidential mentoring for startups and existing businesses
  • Workshops to help entrepreneurs start and run a successful business,
  • Advice on how to get a business loan, and
  • Assistance with putting together a successful business plan.


Jacksonville Women's Business Center


The Jacksonville Women’s Business Center is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the JAX Chamber Foundation, advances the success of women entrepreneurs at every stage of business development. Programs are designed for the woman entrepreneur who is operating an established business located in one of the seven counties in Northeast Florida: Duval, Baker, Clay, Nassau, Flagler, St. Johns or Putnam.

Women business owners and entrepreneurs seek out the Jacksonville Women’s Business Center to explore the possibilities of starting a business, find answers to operational and management issues and to connect with a knowledge bank of business experts. The services and programs presented by the JWBC are offered at no cost or low-cost (with a few limited partial scholarships) to clients.



We also have a number of generous corporate partners who support our work, including OE&S Office Environments and Services, Firehouse Subs, All About Blinds, and Sleiman Enterprises, and we receive state support through Lutheran Services of Florida. Beaver Street Enterprise Center is an initiative of FreshMinistries, Inc. Our board of directors is listed here.

Contact us

1225 W. Beaver Street
Jacksonville, FL 32204
1-904-265-4700
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday

What’s new

BSEC supports black entrepreneurship

Mincy Pollock, Pollock Group & Florida Assurance Group, LLC More than 75 percent of the companies and organizations at Beaver Street … [Read More...]

Beaver Street Enterprise Center announces partnership with Brenau University

Jacksonville, FL: October 10, 2018 – Beaver Street Enterprise Center is proud to announce a new partnership with The Brenau University … [Read More...]

Space to thrive

Lease rates range from $200 a month to $2,747 for a suite of offices totaling 2,800 square feet. Tenants have access to a spacious board room, event hall, conference rooms, break rooms and copy center for no additional common-area fees, and benefit from extensive training opportunities and mentoring to help their businesses succeed.

A record of success

Since 2003, the Beaver Street Enterprise Center has helped launch more than 100 new businesses, created more than 2000 new jobs, generated more than $300 million in economic impact, earned acclaim as Business Incubator of the Year by the National Business Incubator Association in 2010, and produced companies that are included on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 500 fastest growing businesses in America.

Contact us

1225 W. Beaver Street
Jacksonville, FL 32204
1-904-265-4700
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
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