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# Norfolk VA Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses Pulse: 2026 statistics from 551 public records

**The most common classification is DBE: 124 of 551 records (22.5%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: Norfolk Open Data — Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses (393b-ph9i)).**

Data as of 2026-11-03 · Compiled by Zalwin from Norfolk Open Data — Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses (393b-ph9i) Copy citation

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## Key findings

- Zalwin's Norfolk VA Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses Pulse dataset holds 551 Norfolk VA Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses Pulse records dated 2024-10-15 to 2026-12-21 (as of 2026-11-03; source: Norfolk Open Data — Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses (393b-ph9i)). [#](#finding-1)
- The most common classification is DBE: 124 of 551 records (22.5%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: Norfolk Open Data — Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses (393b-ph9i)). [#](#finding-2)
- 134 of 551 records (24.3%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-03 (source: Norfolk Open Data — Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses (393b-ph9i)). [#](#finding-3)
- In Virginia, the leading classification is DBE with 124 of 551 records (22.5%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: Norfolk Open Data — Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses (393b-ph9i)). [#](#finding-4)

## Norfolk VA Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses Pulse records by state

| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 551 | 100.0% |

## Norfolk VA Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses Pulse records by classification

| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| DBE | 124 | 22.5% |
| Micro; Minority Owned; Small; Women Owned | 92 | 16.7% |
| Small | 74 | 13.4% |
| Micro; Small | 49 | 8.9% |
| Micro; Minority Owned; Small | 47 | 8.5% |
| Minority Owned; Small; Women Owned | 34 | 6.2% |
| Micro; Small; Women Owned | 31 | 5.6% |
| Small; Women Owned | 18 | 3.3% |
| Minority Owned; Small | 18 | 3.3% |
| DBE; Micro; Minority Owned; Small | 5 | 0.9% |
| Micro; Minority Owned; Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned; Small | 4 | 0.7% |
| DBE; Minority Owned; Small | 4 | 0.7% |
| DBE; Micro; Small; Women Owned | 4 | 0.7% |
| fsd; Micro; Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned; Small | 3 | 0.5% |
| edw; Micro; Minority Owned; Small; Women Owned | 3 | 0.5% |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 551 public records dated 2024-10-15 to 2026-12-21; illustrative samples excluded.

- Source: Norfolk Open Data — Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses (393b-ph9i). Refreshed automatically about every 24 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-03.

- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated min metric / volume.

- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.

### Cite this study

Zalwin Research, "Norfolk VA Norfolk SWaM Certified Businesses Pulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-03), https://zalwin.com/research/vanorfolkswamcertifiedbupulse

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