Minority-Owned Businesses in Worcester to Support in 2026

Two salsa and bachata schools within a few streets of each other, a Jamaican kitchen, a pizza and fried chicken counter, an electrician, an IT and cybersecurity practice, a commercial printer, an architecture studio and an immigration attorney. Sixty-three of the 116 businesses in the Worcester record carry a minority-owned tag, and they run from a Friday night out to the firm that renovates your building.

Every business named here links to its profile, where each ownership tag shows the source it came from. For everything in the metro, filter the Worcester hub.

Quick answer

1. Eat Jamaican at One Love Ma Maebelle's Cafe, or West African at The Jollof District.
2. Get pizza and fried chicken in one order at Kokoriko's.
3. Learn to dance at Tumbao Latin Dance or Raices Latin Dance.
4. Call Steven Price Electrician for the wiring and Domitek for the network.
5. Print with Printing Depot and shoot with Wright Photo Studios.
6. Buy or service the car at Sonias Auto Sales and Jc Auto Center.
7. Get legal help from Moreno Law Office on immigration or Mahanaim Law on employment.
8. The Worcester hub carries all 116 listings, and minority-owned businesses in Worcester filters to these.

Where should I eat, drink and dance?

One Love Ma Maebelle's Cafe cooks Jamaican in the city and The Jollof District takes its name from the dish worth arguing about. Kokoriko's Pizza Fried Chicken puts two comfort menus in one small room, and Gold Coast Catering has catered multicultural events across Central Massachusetts for years. Mozelle's Sweet Shoppe and Bri's Sweet Treats handle the sweet end, Alicia's Spice Co. blends the spices, Zion Tropical Market stocks African and Caribbean groceries, and Santiagos Liquors is the family-run bottle shop.

Then there are the two dance schools. Tumbao Latin Dance teaches salsa, and Raices Latin Dance runs group classes in salsa, bachata, cha cha and pachanga. A city that supports two of them has a scene, not a class.

Who do I hire for the house or the building?

Steven Price Electrician does the wiring. Home Exterior Specialists handles siding, windows and roofs, and Fisher Contracting Corporation does demolition, interior renovation, abatement and site remediation. Puroclean Certified Restoration Services in Auburn restores after water and fire. Acropolis Design Consultants draws residential and commercial work.

Cleaning and moving: Tms Cleaning Services and Divas Cleaning cover homes and offices, and Capital Cleaning does workplaces.

For the car, Jc Auto Center services and Sonias Auto Sales sells.

Health, care and counseling

Home care is the deepest cluster here: Century Homecare, Abby Homecare Solutions, Divinetouch Home Health Care, Omama Services, Top Aid Healthcare, Around The Clock Home Healthcare in Shrewsbury and Accessible Home Health Care Of Central Massachusetts in Auburn all provide in-home support.

The Counseling And Assessment Clinic Of Worcester offers therapy, counseling and assessment in Worcester and Fitchburg. Optimal Wellness Solutions and Abide Intergrative Services work on integrative health, Positively Suzanne counsels on the everyday, and Doudoukare helps families find personalized pregnancy care. Darbeybiz and Patience Noah Insurance write the life cover behind all of it.

Technology, print and the back office

Domitek provides IT support and cybersecurity for businesses in and around the city, and Avco Consulting has consulted in IT for more than 20 years. Galvipro works with ventures on growth, Soxcessful manages retail, and Culture Redesigned works with organizations under leadership strain. Divine Growth Coaching coaches across Worcester, Springfield, Boston and the Pioneer Valley.

Printing Depot is the commercial print shop. Wright Photo Studios does commercial and headshot photography, Doiron Digital in Templeton makes short-form video, Xr Productions produces, and Be Creative Decor and Nv Creations in Charlton design the event. Franco Logistics Services dispatches for small fleets with bilingual support.

For money and property: Elvey Financial Services, Brightway Insurance, The Collins Isaac Agency and Edward Jones Financial Advisor Hamilton Soriano, plus Frances Alvarez Palace Realty, which also runs a real estate school, and Maverick Development Company, which acquires and renovates. Worcester Latino Dollars For Scholars is a nonprofit funding scholarships in the Latino community.

For hair and skin, Unity Hair Studios and Shi-Shi's Lounge run the chairs. Studio Blue Jay makes games, and Keep Ryzin Entertainment programs music in small rooms.

What the record does not cover yet

Sixty-three of the 116 published Worcester listings carry a minority-owned tag, and 40 of those also carry a women-owned tag. Fifty-eight are in Worcester itself, with the rest in Shrewsbury, Auburn, Charlton, Templeton and the surrounding towns.

The thin ends are technology, with one listing, and events, with one. There is no dentist and no accountant under this tag, though the wider Worcester record has both. That is a gap in the record rather than a description of the city. Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner and Webster have none yet, and a free listing is how that changes.

Common mistakes

• Reading Minority-owned as a specific claim. It is the broad category the City of Worcester's directory records. Where a business made a narrower claim, such as immigrant-owned, the listing carries that tag too.
• Assuming a home care agency is medical. Most of the care businesses here are non-medical in-home support, and each listing says what it provides.
• Skipping the trades and the technology. An electrician, a restoration firm, an architecture studio and a cybersecurity practice are all on this list.
• Expecting one neighborhood. These businesses are spread across the city and out into the county towns.

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