Our local independent businesses provide much more than just good prices:

Better Service
Local owners and employees really know their businesses and their customers — and can offer you more personalized service and relevant advice.

Superior Quality
Many locally owned independents provide higher-quality products and services to you than the average national chain business.

Unique Choices
Independent local businesses bring their own creativity to their businesses — offering selections you won’t find elsewhere.

Real Commitment
As residents and fellow St. Louisans, local independent business owners have a genuine vested interest in your community's schools, our local environment, and other qualities of life.

Local Character
Local independents help create the many distinctive neighborhoods St. Louis is known for. Buying from your locals helps preserve the St. Louis area's unique culture and prevents it from becoming just another generic Anytown.

 

 

Our metro-area local independents are always just a click away.

Our members are local independents who’ve taken a stand to help spread the word about locals, by joining the BUILD St. Louis business alliance. Please patronize their businesses – and refer friends and family to them, as well.  
 

Accounting Design & Marketing Legal Services
Architectural Services Education Medical Services
Artisan Crafts Energy & Environment Music Stores
Automotive Entertainment Nonprofits
Bakeries Financial Services Office Supplies
Beauty & Hair Care Fine Arts Performing Arts
Bookstores Florists & Nurseries Pets' Needs
Breweries & Wineries Food & Produce Pharmacies
Business Development Gifts & Jewelry Printers
Cafés & Coffee Health & Well-Being Publications
Catering & Events Home Furnishings Pubs & Restaurants
Clothing Home Improvement Real Estate
Computers Housing Resources Sporting Goods
Construction Internet Services Telecommunications

+ symbols indicate BUILD St. Louis' founding member businesses.
Inactive index links are some of the categories still under development.

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Energy & Environment
Click on web addresses to visit members' sites.

EarthWays Center | EarthWaysCenter.org
314 577 0220 | 3617 Grandel Square in the Grand Center district (63108) Map
EarthWays promotes sustainability through environmental education and improving the built environment. We are a division of the Missouri Botanical Garden, specializing in topics of energy efficiency, renewable energy, recycling and waste reduction, green home-building, native plants, and more. We provide options to conserve resources at home, school, and the workplace.

Energy Solutions | EnergySolutions-Stl.com
314 644 2629 | Post Office Box 300354
An energy-efficiency consulting firm serving institutional clients. From an initial audit through design and implementation, we will guide you through an energy savings program that meets your desired rate of return on investment.

Home Eco | Home-Eco.com
314 351 2000 | 4611 Macklind Ave in the Southampton neighborhood (63109) Map
Home Eco is a green general store and showroom for environmentally friendly products for home and garden. We offer a range of renewable, sustainable, reused, and recyclable products from cleaning supplies to renewable energy solutions. Products include natural linoleum; bamboo and cork flooring; bioplastic kitchen and trash bags; recycling bins; sustainable fibers by the yard and in ready-to-wear; soy candles; and renewable energy products.

Slow Food | SlowFoodSTL.org
Please visit our website for upcoming events and contact information
We’re a nonprofit, eco-gastronomic, member-supported organization founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions, and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes, and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. The Slow Food St. Louis convivium is a lively group, actively working to support the Slow Food philosophy and mission in and around the St. Louis area. Visit our website for upcoming events!

St. Louis Earth Day | StLouisEarthDay.org
314 616 7354 | Please visit our website for more information
St. Louis Earth Day makes every day earth day! We cultivate environmental stewardship and engage individuals, governments, businesses, schools, and the nonprofit sector in celebration, education, and action – to support a healthy and sustainable future. Our programs include the annual Earth Day Symposium and award-winning event-greening program, Recycling on the Go. Our signature event, the St. Louis Earth Day Festival, is the 4th Sunday of April in Forest Park on the Muny Grounds. E-mail us at info@stlouisearthday.org.

St. Louis Green | StLouisGreen.com
314 822 1792 | 143 Timbercrest Rd in Kirkwood (63112) Map
Your online source for everything green in the St. Louis area! StLouisGreen.com includes a listing of local companies and products; a calendar of green-related events and activities in the St. Louis area; and a Jobs and Opportunities page which lists job openings with green businesses.

Recycling for Businesses

Pedro's Planet | PedrosPlanet.com
314 423 3898 | 11649 Lilburn Park Rd in West County (63146) Map
We offer office supplies, office waste paper recycling, and out-of-this-world customer service for the environmentally conscious business. Why? Because good planets are hard to find!

St. Louis Teachers' Recycle Center | SLTRC.com
Visit us in the ArtSpace at Crestwood Court (former Crestwood Plaza mall)
636 227 7095 | Recycle Center: 108 Crestwood Court (63126) Map
636 227 7095 | “Play Your Art Out” SLTRC Studio: 920 Crestwood Court Map
Or at UMSL, under the Library on the South Campus
636 227 7095 | 8001 Natural Bridge Rd (63121) Map
We are a nonprofit offering businesses an alternative to landfilling reusable resources. Teachers, parents, artists, and youth group organizers can visit us and select from a variety of materials that encourages us to “Think Outside the Dumpster.” Watch for “Van Go” – bringing a van full of creative materials and workshops directly to you!

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