Register Your Business

Registering your local business provides several benefits for you and your business:

Free marketing — this directory is used by City of Madison agencies in selecting vendors to purchase from, and may also be accessed by the general public.
Responses to formal solicitations by the City will be given preference points if the responder is registered as a Local Business. For Request for Quotations and Request for Bids, there is a 1% preference given: if a local vendor submits a bid within 1% of the lowest non-local bidder, the purchase is awarded to the local vendor. For Request for Proposals, a bonus of 5% is added to the total score for all registered local vendors.

Local Qualification

To be identified as a local business, you must have a physical address within Dane County and meet at least two of the three following criteria. Please note that these criteria apply to the entire company, not just the local branch.

Percent of employees working at local facilities *

Minimum of 50% to be considered local.

Percent of ownership vested in local residents *

Minimum of 50% to be considered local.

Percent of business sourcing within the local area *

Minimum of 15% to be considered local. Sourcing includes the local acquisition of supplies and raw materials, or support services like contract employees, accounting, advertising, banking, printing, etc.

Business Information

Business Name *

Business Address

To be identified as a local business, you must have a Dane County business address.

Street Address *

Unit

City *

State *

ZIP code *

Business Contact Information

Phone *

Website

Contact Information

This will not be displayed on the website. It will only be used to contact you with questions about your business.

Name *