Your dues impact your community

Aside from the immediate benefits of accreditation available to your business, your dues make BBB services to the public possible, helping people nearly 250 million times every year.

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Community outreach

Through our Speakers Bureau program, attending community events, and local media appearances, BBB is able to engage the community by providing education about the resources available to them including BBB Scam Tracker, free consumer services, and the importance of checking with BBB first before making a purchasing decision.

In 2023, in partnership with the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and SBDC, BBB launched its first of many cohorts available to Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs to learn more about starting and growing their businesses. These free courses cover financial management, risk management, loan readiness, access to capital, business continuity and more. More cohorts in both English and Spanish are planned for 2024. Be sure to read the BBB Trust Tribune or visit BBB.org to stay informed about upcoming events.

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BBB Business Profiles

BBB has marketplace data and maintains free reports on more than 5.3 million businesses across North America.

By both highlighting our trustworthy Accredited Business and maintaining our large database, we’re able to provide these free profiles containing information about a company’s accreditation status, rating, reviews, complaints, advertising practices, and government actions. By checking BBB Business Profiles first, consumers and businesses are empowered to find businesses they can trust.

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Dispute resolution

Our local BBB handles almost 90,000 disputes each year for businesses located in our service area, whether the business is a BBB Accredited Business or not.

This service is free to consumers and businesses alike and saves business owners from regulatory or court involvement as well as helping to save costs for their internal customer experience departments.

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Awareness

Your BBB remains dedicated to keeping the community safe. Through our scam studies released quarterly and BBB Scam Tracker, we protect the public by educating consumers and businesses about prominent scams through local media appearances, BBB.org, and by sharing scam information with regulatory agencies.

Please visit BBB.org/scamstudies and BBB.org/scamtracker for more information.

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Investigations

For over 110 years, BBB has remained the only organization holding businesses to a higher standard. In 2022, BBBs conducted more than 5,000 investigations into substandard marketplace behavior.

BBB remains committed to holding businesses accountable and equipping consumers with this information for free before making a buying decision.