Trade Associations and Organizations

Definition of a trade association - a trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association or sector association, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry to promote common  interests.

Type in a simple Google search using your business type or industry.  For example: "trade associations and fashion industry" yields several current and relevant results.

• Entrepreneurs' Organization Network
  EO is a membership organization designed to help business owners from around the world on their path to greater business and personal fulfillment.
• National Association of Manufacturers
• NAM is a large industrial trade association, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all fifty states.
• National Business Association
  The National Business Association (NBA) is a not for profit association, specifically designed and actively managed to assist the self-employed and Small Business Community in achieving their professional goals.
• National Federation of Independent Business
  More than 600,000 small and independent businesses are represented by this large organization. NFIB's is on lobbying efforts at the local, state and federal level; but it also disseminates educational information on free enterprise, entrepreneurship and small business issues.
• National Small Business Association
  Founded in 1937, the NSBA is a membership-based association of business owners that presents small business's point of view to all levels of government and Congress.