Diverse-Owned Businesses in Spokane to Support in 2026

A commercial diving company, a sheet metal and HVAC fabricator in the Valley, an electrical contractor doing solar, a printer that has been here for generations, a bridal studio doing couture alterations, a barbershop that opened in 2011, and a company making a patented pulley sock that helps people dress themselves. Spokane's record on this directory leans toward firms that build, service and supply, which is what happens when the source is a state certification register.

Every business named here links to its profile, where each ownership tag shows the source it came from. For the whole set, filter the Spokane hub.

Quick answer

1. For electrical and solar work, Spokane Electric.
2. For sheet metal and HVAC, TRM Services in Spokane Valley.
3. For civil engineering and architecture, True Edge Engineering and Womer & Associates.
4. For printing and signage, Lawton Printing and KB Markings.
5. For a haircut, Smoov Cutz Barber Shop or Black London's.
6. For a wedding gown, Nina Cherie Couture.
7. For your children's doctor, Centennial Pediatrics of Spokane.
8. The Spokane hub carries all 42 listings across 11 categories.

Who builds, and who keeps the building running?

Spokane Electric does electrical and solar for homes and businesses. TRM Services fabricates commercial and industrial sheet metal and installs HVAC. I-90 Express Finishing powder coats and sandblasts. H.E. Solutions in Liberty Lake works on building energy. CAMTEK integrates fire and security systems for industrial processes, and Applied Industrial Systems in Deer Park supplies chilled water systems.

On the design and documentation side, True Edge Engineering does civil engineering, Womer & Associates is an engineering and architectural firm, Integrated Spec Solutions writes the specifications architects build from, SILVER BLUEMOON delivers engineering, procurement and commissioning across North America, and Design Source has done interior design here for decades.

Two that are harder to find anywhere: Associated Underwater Services is a commercial diving outfit working from Spokane into Seattle and northern California, and Movher moves houses, offices and pianos.

Health and the people side

Centennial Pediatrics of Spokane takes children and young adults. Asdrubal I. Lopez, DC practices chiropractic and sports medicine at Summit Chiropractic in Spokane Valley. Innerlight Wellness in Liberty Lake offers therapy, telehealth, nutritional psychiatry and group programs. Townsend Medical Services does center of excellence evaluations for autism spectrum disorder, and L.E.A.P.S. and Beyond works with children on communication and development. One Body One Mind Massage Therapy handles the massage table.

For employers, Occupational Health Solutions reduces workplace risk and recordables, and Pinnacle Investigations in Spokane Valley has run pre-employment screening for more than 38 years.

Marketing, print and grants

Lawton Printing is the commercial print shop. KB Markings does road markings and line striping. MAKER AND MADE is a full-service creative agency, Thinking Cap Communications & Design does strategic communications, branding and association management, KR Creative Strategies in Medical Lake specializes in agriculture, conservation and history clients, and S2M Enterprises works in media. SpokeAnna writes grants across the Pacific Northwest, which is the listing a nonprofit here should note.

On the advisory side, We Are Kaizen is a vendor-neutral technology advisor, U-PC Wholesale supplies technology at wholesale, Milepost 42 and Freedom Consulting work with small business owners, Measure Meant works on resilience for businesses and cities, and OH Associates Consulting in Medical Lake works on organizational change.

For the books: RW Bookkeeping & Notary in Spokane Valley keeps them, and LeBlanc Insurance Group is an independent agency in the city.

Hair, beauty and the gown

Smoov Cutz Barber Shop has cut in Spokane since June 2011, and Black London's runs a barbershop and grooming lounge. WrightWay Beauty Supply stocks extensions, wigs and braiding hair, which is a real gap-filler in this market. Nina Cherie Couture is an intimate bridal studio doing couture gowns, restyling and alterations.

To take home, Booey's Gourmet makes barbecue and finishing sauces, and BEEDLEBUG in Nine Mile Falls makes a patented pulley sock designed to make dressing easier for seniors, children and anyone else who needs it.

What certified means here

Most listings in this metro are marked certified rather than publicly listed. The source is the Washington State Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises register: WBE for a women's business enterprise, MBE for a minority business enterprise. Twenty-nine firms here hold WBE certification and seven hold MBE.

If you are buying on behalf of a public agency or a general contractor with participation goals, that is the point: the state has already checked the paperwork. If you are shopping as a person, it explains why this list has more engineers than restaurants.

What the record does not cover yet

There are 42 published listings: 25 in Spokane, 11 in Spokane Valley, two each in Liberty Lake and Medical Lake, and one each in Nine Mile Falls and Deer Park. Cheney, Airway Heights, Mead, Millwood, Colbert, Newman Lake, Otis Orchards, Rockford and the smaller towns have none yet.

The consumer side is the gap. There are two food listings, three beauty listings and one wedding business against 11 professional services firms. That is a fact about a certification register, not about Spokane. If you run a restaurant, a shop, a salon or a clinic here, a free listing puts you in a record that currently has room for you.

Common mistakes

• Expecting a storefront. Most of this list sells to other businesses and public agencies. Call or email rather than turning up.
• Assuming certification means endorsement. A state certification confirms who owns a firm. It says nothing about price or quality, and neither does this directory.
• Missing Spokane Valley. More than a quarter of these firms are in the Valley or the smaller towns rather than the city.
• Reading WBE and MBE as the same thing. They are separate certifications, and a listing shows which it holds.

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