To be eligible for WBE certification, your business needs to be:
- 51% owned, controlled, and actively managed by one or more women.
A sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, LLC, or joint ventures.
Currently performing a useful business function (i.e. has customers other than the State of Wisconsin).
No ownership or control changes and formed longer than the year prior to application.
If held in trust, you must have a woman or women as the owner, beneficiary, and trustee of the trust.
There is a $150 fee for WBE certification applications.