Market Expansion Grant
Market Expansion Grant supports Wyoming businesses with trade shows, marketing campaigns, and other efforts to reach new out-of-state markets, overcome entry barriers, and generate measurable sales.
Funder: Wyoming Business Council
Due Dates: July 1, 2026 (applications opened) | 30 days before activity (application deadline) | June 30, 2027 (last eligible activity date)
Funding Amounts: 75% of approved expenses, up to $4,000 per grant; up to two grants per company per fiscal year
Summary: Helps Wyoming businesses cover costs of reaching new markets outside the state and generating measurable sales.
Key Information: Applicants must have a physical Wyoming presence, more than 50% of employees in Wyoming, and annual revenue under $5 million.
Description
The Wyoming Business Council’s Market Expansion Grant reimburses private, Wyoming-based for-profit businesses for approved activities that help them enter new markets outside Wyoming. It is intended to reduce the cost barriers that might otherwise prevent a business from pursuing an expansion opportunity. Supported activities can include trade shows, domestic trade missions, targeted marketing campaigns, federal contracting match-making events, and other market development efforts. Local market expansion activities do not qualify.
The program focuses on opportunities to reach customers beyond Wyoming, generate measurable sales, and fulfill resulting orders. Applicants should identify the new market they intend to enter and explain how the grant will help them overcome a specific barrier to entering it. Companies pursuing international export markets are directed to the Council’s separate STEP program.
