Hub Zones is a certification referring to the Historically Underutilized Business Zone Program that helps small business located in distressed areas gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities.
 
To qualify for the HUBZone program, your business must:
Be a small business according to SBA size standards
Be at least 51% owned and controlled by U.S. citizens, a Community Development Corporation, an agricultural cooperative, an Alaska Native corporation, a Native Hawaiian organization, or an Indian tribe
Have its principal office located in a HUBZone
Have at least 35% of its employees living in a HUBZone