Canyonwick Finance, a small-business funding broker in New Braunfels, TX, lists free help for Comal County owners here: the South-West Texas Border SBDC Network, the SBA San Antonio District Office, Texas state business pages and the City of New Braunfels website. Canyonwick is not affiliated with any of them, and their help costs nothing.
Not affiliated, and that is the point
Canyonwick Finance is not affiliated with the SBA, the SBDC network, the City of New Braunfels, Comal County or any chamber or economic development group. We list them because their advice is free and independent of any funding offer, which makes them a good check on anyone selling you funding, including us.
South-West Texas Border SBDC Network
Small Business Development Centers offer free one-on-one advising on business plans, cash flow projections and preparing for a loan application, as part of the SBA-funded SBDC program. In this part of Texas, centers belong to the South-West Texas Border SBDC Network, which is hosted by the University of Texas at San Antonio. Its website is txsbdc.org.
Owners around New Braunfels often search for the San Antonio SBDC or the UT San Antonio SBDC; both point to this regional network. Use its center finder to confirm which office serves a Comal County address.
SBA San Antonio District Office
New Braunfels falls within the territory of the SBA's San Antonio District Office, whose page is sba.gov/district/san-antonio. District offices point owners to SBA-backed loan programs, the lenders that take part in them, and free counseling partners. Canyonwick Finance does not arrange SBA-backed loans; the district office is the place to start if that is what you want.
Texas state starting points
- Texas Secretary of State, Business Services (sos.state.tx.us): entity records and business filings. Lending partners may look up a Texas entity here.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/permit): the state's sales tax permit pages.
Which filings or permits apply to your business is a question for the agency, your accountant or your attorney. We do not give that advice.
The City of New Braunfels, TX and Comal County, TX
The City of New Braunfels website is newbraunfels.gov. It is the starting point for city business questions, including planning, zoning and building permits for a storefront or office inside city limits. Our premises checklist lists the questions to ask before a lease or build-out.
Chamber and economic development
Owners in the area often search for the New Braunfels chamber of commerce and for New Braunfels, Texas economic development. Both are useful for introductions, local events and site information, but we could not confirm their official pages from our sources, so we do not link to them here.
Getting the most from a free adviser
An adviser's hour goes further when you arrive with the basics. Bring the last two years of business tax returns or profit and loss statements, three to six months of business bank statements, a list of current debts and their payments, and a one-paragraph description of what you want the money to do.
- Ask for help turning that description into a cash flow projection for the next twelve months.
- Ask which funding types fit the purpose, and which do not.
- Ask what a lender would likely question in your numbers, and fix those points first.
Owners who later talk to a broker or lender with that preparation in hand tend to have shorter, clearer conversations, whatever the outcome.
Grants
Canyonwick Finance runs no grant program, and we do not chase grants for clients. Grants for ordinary small businesses are uncommon; an SBDC adviser or the SBA district office can tell you whether any program fits your situation.
Local figures worth using in a plan
Advisers and lending partners both respond well to a plan grounded in real numbers. Useful Comal County figures from public sources:
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer establishments | 4,951 | County Business Patterns 2023 |
| Under-five-employee share | 55.8% | County Business Patterns 2023 |
| Paid employees | 65,657 | County Business Patterns 2023 |
| Businesses with no paid employees | 21,852 | Nonemployer Statistics 2024 |
| Self-employed share of employed residents | 12.9% (+/- 1.2) | ACS 2020-2024 |
| New housing units authorized | 1,726 | Building Permits Survey 2025 |
The employer and nonemployer counts come from different programs and years, so cite them separately. New Braunfels itself spans Comal County and Guadalupe County, so city-level figures are on our New Braunfels, TX page.
When you are ready to compare funding
After an adviser has helped with the plan, the six-way funding comparison shows which option fits the purpose, and the term loan page covers longer projects such as a build-out. Other Canyonwick guides are collected on the resources page.
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