Strickler & Prieto, a diverse supplier, is certified as a bona fide Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the Central & Southwest Minority Business Council and as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) by the State of Texas.


A HUB is defined as a business formed for the purpose of making a profit in which at least 51 percent of the business is owned, operated, and controlled by one or more:

• Black Americans - includes all persons having origins of Black racial groups of Africa;
• Hispanic Americans - includes all person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South America, or other Spanish/Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race;
• Asian Pacific Americans - includes persons whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Territories of the Pacific, or the Northern Marianas; and Subcontinent Asian Americans which includes persons who origins are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, or Nepal;
• Native Americans - includes persons who are American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, or Native Hawaiians; and
• American Women - includes women of any ethnicity, except those specified above;

who are economically disadvantaged and who have been historically underutilized because of their identification as members of these groups. Eligible entities must have their principal place of business and permanent business office located in Texas where the majority HUB owner(s) makes the decisions, controls the daily operations of the organization, and participates in the business. The qualifying owners must be residents of the State of Texas.