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State contracting programs, state by state

Federal set-asides are only half of it. Most states run their own veteran business certification and their own preference — a percentage added to your bid, a utilization goal, an award window, sometimes nothing at all. The figures differ sharply and are widely misreported.

Alabamanone AlaskaAVP Arizonanone ArkansasMBE CaliforniaDVBE ColoradoSDVOSB Connecticutnone DelawareVOBE / SDVOBE District of ColumbiaCBE / VOB FloridaCVBE Georgiaveteran-owned / small veteran-owned Hawaiinone Idahonone IllinoisVBP IndianaIVOSB IowaTSB KansasDVOB KentuckySDVOSB LouisianaLaVetBiz Maine—MarylandVSBE MassachusettsVBE / SDVOBE MichiganSDVOB MinnesotaVOSB Mississippi—MissouriSDVE / HDVE Montana—NebraskaResident disabled veteran preference NevadaPreference for a local business owned and operated by a veteran with a service-connected disability New Hampshire—New JerseyVOB / DVOB New MexicoRVB New YorkSDVOB North Carolina—North Dakota—OhioVFBE OklahomaDVBE Act OregonVBE PennsylvaniaVBE Rhode IslandVBE South Carolina—South Dakota—TennesseeSDVBE TexasVetHUB Utah—Vermont—VirginiaSDV WashingtonVOB West VirginiaVeteran preference under § 5A-3-37 WisconsinDVB Wyoming—

All fifty states and the District of Columbia. Every figure is checked against that state’s own statute or procurement rule. Verified October 24, 2026.

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