This is a list of notable

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s in the United States.

National

Advertising, business, marketing

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* AMC Institute *

American Advertising Federation The American Advertising Federation (AAF), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is the oldest national advertising trade association in the United States. The AAF also has 15 district operations, each located in and representing a different region o ...

American Association of Advertising Agencies The American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's) is a U.S. trade association for advertising agencies. founded in 1917. It serves over 700+ member agencies across 1,300 offices, which control more than 85% of total U.S. advertising spend. ...

American Independent Business Alliance The American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) is a non-profit organization that represents the interests of local independent businesses, helps communities develop strong local economies through nurturing local entrepreneurs, and promotes citi ...

American Marketing Association The American Marketing Association (AMA) is a professional association for marketing professionals with 30,000 members as of 2012. It has 76 professional chapters and 250 collegiate chapters across the United States. The AMA was formed in from th ...

Association for Convention Operations Management Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

*Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives *

Association of National Advertisers The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) represents the marketing community in the United States. Its headquarters is in New York City and it has another office in Washington, D.C. ANA's membership includes over 600 companies with 25,000 b ...

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Commercial Real Estate Women Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network is a professional association for women in the real estate profession. There are various chapters of CREW throughout the United States which create programming focused on business networking, social and ...

Community Associations Institute The Community Associations Institute (CAI) is an international trade association and special interest group headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 60 chapters in the United States that asserts that it provides "education and r ...

* Compete America *

Council of American Survey Research Organizations The Insights Association, formed by the merger of the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) and the Marketing Research Association (MRA) in January 2017, with more than 325 member companies and their 32,000 employees, all of w ...

Graphic Arts Technical Foundation Graphic Arts Technical Foundation is a nonprofit, scientific, technical, and educational organization which promotes the technological advancement of the printing industry worldwide. The Foundation fulfills its missions through its five divisio ...

Institute for Supply Management Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is the oldest, and the largest, supply management association in the world. Founded in 1915, the U.S.-based not-for-profit educational association serves professionals and organizations with a keen interest ...

International Council of Shopping Centers The International Council of Shopping Centers, doing business as ICSC, is the global trade association of what it calls the "Marketplaces Industry" (i.e., shopping centers, shopping malls, and all other retail real estate). Founded in 1957, it fe ...

International Intellectual Property Alliance The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), formed in 1984, is a private sector coalition of seven trade associations representing U.S. companies that produce copyright-protected material, including computer software, films, televisio ...

Marketing Research Association The Marketing Research Association (MRA) was a 501(c)(6) non-profit, membership trade association, incorporated in New York state. Members were companies that specialized in, or had departments that specialized in, market research, consumer opi ...

Million Dollar Round Table The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is a trade association formed in 1927 to help Insurance brokers and financial advisors establish best business practices and develop ethical and effective ways to increase client interest in financial product ...

National Association of Real Estate Brokers The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) was established on July 29, 1947, making it the oldest minority business association in the Americas. NAREB was created by African American real estate professionals as an alternative space fo ...

National Association of Realtors The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is an American trade association for those who work in the real estate industry. It has over 1.4 million members, making it one of the biggest trade associations in the USA including NAR's institutes, so ...

Outdoor Advertising Association of America The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) is a trade association representing all out of home (OOH) media formats in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. ...

Produce Marketing Association The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) is a global trade association whose 2200 members represent the full supply chain of the produce and mass-market floral industry, from seed producer to supermarket A supermarket is a self-service shop o ...

Promotion Marketing Association {{coord, 40, 44, 19, N, 73, 59, 14, W, type:landmark_region:US-NY, display=title The Promotion Marketing Association (PMA) is an advocacy group and trade association for the promotion and integrated marketing sector. The PMA is headquartered ...

Public Relations Society of America The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is a nonprofit trade association for public relations professionals. It was founded in 1947 by combining the American Council on Public Relations and the National Association of Public Relations Coun ...

United States Chamber of Commerce The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is the largest lobbying group in the United States, representing over three million businesses and organizations. The group was founded in April 1912 out of local chambers of commerce at the urging ...

Agriculture

* American Ambulance Association *

American Animal Hospital Association The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) is a non-profit organization for companion animal veterinary hospitals. Established in 1933, the association is the only accrediting body for small animal hospitals in the U.S. and Canada. The asso ...

American Christmas Tree Association The American Christmas Tree Association is an American, non-profit organization and industry trade group that represents those involved in the artificial Christmas tree industry.Walsh, Bryan (November 26, 2008)"O Christmas Tree" ''Time''. Retrieved ...

American Corn Growers Association The American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) is a commodity and advocacy association founded in 1987 which represents the interests of corn (maize) producers in the United States, where corn is used for human and animal food and to produce ethan ...

American Equestrian Trade Association The American Equestrian Trade Association (AETA) is a not-for-profit (501-C6) trade organization founded in 2007. Association membership consists of 370 organizations involved with manufacturing, distribution and retailing of products for horses an ...

American Hereford Association The American Hereford Association is an organization in the USA that promotes Hereford cattle. It was founded in 1883 and operated out of the home of Charles Gudgel in Independence, Missouri. In 1899, it hosted the Hereford Association Cattle Sho ...

* American Horse Council * Corn Refiners Association *

CropLife International CropLife International is an international trade association of agrochemical companies founded in 2001. It was previously known as ''Global Crop Protection Federation'' and started out as ''International Group of National Associations of Manufactur ...

Farm Foundation Farm Foundation is an organization set up as a trust in 1933 by Alexander Legge, with the goal of improving the economics of agriculture in the United States. It is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. Henry C. Taylor was the first manage director. Toda ...

Grocery Manufacturers Association The Consumer Brands Association (CBA), formerly the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), is a United States-wide trade association for manufacturers of consumer packaged goods (CPG). The CBA represents companies that manufacture food, bever ...

Hemp Industries Association The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) is a non-profit trade group representing hemp companies, researchers and supporters in the United States and Canada. The group petitions for fair and equal treatment of industrial hemp. Since 1994, the HIA has ...

Clothing, apparel, footwear, fashion

* American Apparel & Footwear Association *

Fashion Originators' Guild of America ''Fashion Originators' Guild of America v. FTC'', 312 U.S. 457 (1941), is a 1941 decision of the United States Supreme Court sustaining an order of the Federal Trade Commission against a boycott agreement (concerted refusal to deal) among manufact ...

Council of Fashion Designers of America The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA), founded in 1962 by publicist Eleanor Lambert, and headquartered in Manhattan, is a not-for-profit trade association comprising a membership of over 450 American fashion and accessory des ...

Energy

Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), formed in 2008 by a merger of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) and the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA), is a North American trade association of ...

American Gas Association The American Gas Association (AGA) is an American trade organization founded in 1918 representing and advocating on behalf of local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States. History The American Gas Association forme ...

American Petroleum Institute The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largest U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry. It claims to represent nearly 600 corporations involved in production, refinement, distribution, and many other aspects of the pet ...

* American Public Gas Association *

American Public Power Association The American Public Power Association (APPA) is the service organization for approximately 2,000 U.S community-owned electric utilities that serve more than 49 million Americans. APPA was created in September 1940 to represent the common intere ...

* American Wind Energy Association *

Atomic Industrial Forum The Atomic Industrial Forum (AIF) was an industrial policy organization for the commercial development of nuclear power and energy. History 1950s The Atomic Industrial Forum history dates to Autumn 1952, when it was being first organized: In re ...

Edison Electric Institute The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is an association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Its members provide electricity for 220 million Americans, operate in 50 states and the District of Columbia, and directly employ ...

Geothermal Energy Association The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) was a U.S. trade organization composed of U.S. companies who support the expanded use of geothermal energy and are developing geothermal resources worldwide for electrical power generation and direct-heat us ...

International Renewable Energy Alliance International Renewable Energy Alliance (REN Alliance) is a formal partnership entered into on 4 June 2004 by five non-profit international renewable energy organisations: * International Hydropower Association (IHA), * International Solar Energ ...

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) represents the interests of over 900 electric cooperatives in the United States. Cooperatives are not-for-profit and are owned by their membership. Founded in 1942, NRECA unites the coun ...

Pellet Fuels Institute Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) is a North American trade organization that represents manufacturers, retailers and distributors of wood pellet fuel supplies and appliances. The PFI was formed in 1985 as the Fiber Fuels Institute. Headquartered in ...

Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA; pronounced 'Smack'-'Nah') is an international trade association with more than 4,500 contributing contractor members in 103 chapters throughout the United States, Can ...

Solar Energy Industries Association The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), established in 1974, is the national non-profit trade association of the solar-energy industry in the United States. In 2019, the group reported at least 1,000 member companies. SEIA is a 501(c ...

United States Energy Association The United States Energy Association (USEA) is an association of public and private energy-related organizations, corporations, nonprofits, educational institutions, think tanks and government agencies. USEA works with the U. S. Department of Ene ...

Entertainment and leisure

American Amusement Machine Association An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are presented as primarily games of skill and include arcade ...

American Pyrotechnics Association The American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) is an American trade association of companies engaged in the consumer fireworks industry. History The American Pyrotechnics Association was established by a group of seven fireworks manufacturing compan ...

American Society of Travel Agents American Society of Travel Advisors (abbreviated as ASTA) is a trade association which was formed to represent and defend the business and regulatory public policy interests of travel intermediaries, including travel agencies (including tradition ...

Archery Trade Association The Archery Trade Association (ATA), is the trade group representing manufacturers, retailers, distributors, sales representatives and others working in the archery and bowhunting industry. The ATA has served its members since 1953. It is dedicate ...

Asian American Hotel Owners Association The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) is a trade association that represents hotel owners. As of 2022, AAHOA has approximately 20,000 members who own about 60% of the hotels in the United States. AAHOA provides service and support for ...

The Broadway League The Broadway League, formerly the League of American Theatres and Producers and League of New York Theatres and Producers, is the national trade association for the Broadway theatre industry based in New York, New York. Its members include thea ...

Diving Equipment and Marketing Association Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA, formerly the Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association), is an international organization dedicated to the promotion and growth of the recreational scuba diving Recreational diving or sport ...

(DEMA) *

Entertainment Software Association The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the trade association of the video game industry in the United States. It was formed in April 1994 as the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) and renamed on July 21, 2003. It is based in ...

Fantasy Sports Trade Association The Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association (FSGA), formerly the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, is a Middleton, Wisconsin-based trade group representing the fantasy sports and gaming industries. In 2019, the FSTA changed its name to the Fantasy S ...

Game Manufacturers Association The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is a non-profit trade association based in Columbus, Ohio, dedicated to the advancement of the non-electronic social games Industry (economics), industry – Board/Tabletop Games, Miniatures Games, Card G ...

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

Hotel Technology Next Generation Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) is a global non-profit trade association serving hotel companies and technology providers. History The Hospitality Technology Next Generation was founded in 2002 under the name Hotel Technology Ne ...

International Art Materials Trade Association The International Art Materials Trade Association (NAMTA), also known as the National Art Materials Trade Association is an international nonprofit corporation based out of Huntersville, North Carolina. It is the largest organization in the world ...

International Association of Travel Agents Network The International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) is a Miami-based trade association in the United States representing the interests of its member companies (airlines) and the U.S. travel distribution network (travel agencies). It is an ind ...

* International Festivals and Events Association *

International Inbound Travel Association The International Inbound Travel Association, formerly known as the Receptive Services Association of America, is a 501(c)6 trade association of major North American–based receptive tour operator companies and suppliers (hotels, restaurants, attra ...

Professional Lighting and Sound Association The Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA) is a trade association headquartered in Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Its membership is made up of companies involved with the events and entertainments technology sector. History PLASA w ...

Recreational Software Advisory Council The Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) was an independent, non-profit organization founded in the U.S. in 1994 by the Software Publishers Association as well as six other industry leaders in response to video game controversy and threats ...

Financial, insurance

* ACA International *

American Bankers Association The American Bankers Association (ABA) is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association for the U.S. banking industry, founded in 1875. They lobby for banks of all sizes and charters, including community banks, regional and money center banks, sav ...

* American Council of Life Insurers *

American Credit Union Mortgage Association The American Credit Union Mortgage Association (ACUMA) is a U.S. trade organization for credit unions that are involved in the origination and securitization of real estate loans. ACUMA hosts industry conferences, provides testimony and media comme ...

* American Financial Services Association *

America's Health Insurance Plans AHIP (formerly America's Health Insurance Plans) is an American political advocacy and trade association of health insurance companies that offer coverage through the employer-provided, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, and individual ...

Bank Policy Institute The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) is an American financial services lobbying and advocacy organization, based in Washington, D.C. The Bank Policy Institute was formed in July 2018 by the merger of two older lobbying groups, the Financial Services ...

Consumer Bankers Association The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) is a U.S. trade organization representing financial institutions offering retail lending products and services. It was originally founded in 1919 as the National Morris Plan Bankers Association and changed i ...

Credit Union National Association The Credit Union National Association, commonly known as CUNA (pronounced "Cue-Nuh"), is a national trade association for both state- and federally chartered credit unions located in the United States. CUNA provides member credit unions with tr ...

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is a private American corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization (SRO) that regulates member brokerage firms and exchange markets. FINRA is the successor to the National Associati ...

Financial Services Forum The Financial Services Forum is an American, non-partisan economic policy and advocacy organization whose members are the chief executive officers of the eight largest and most diversified financial institutions headquartered in the United States ...

Financial Services Roundtable The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) is an American financial services lobbying and advocacy organization, based in Washington, D.C. The Bank Policy Institute was formed in July 2018 by the merger of two older lobbying groups, the Financial Services ...

Futures Industry Association The Futures Industry Association (FIA) is a trade association in the United States composed of futures commission merchants. A futures commission merchant is analogous to a broker; they are entities that accept orders and payment for commodity fu ...

Independent Community Bankers of America The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) is the primary trade group for small U.S. banks. It represents approximately 5,000 small and mid-sized financial institutions that are commonly known as "community banks." The ICBA hosts conventio ...

International Securities Lending Association The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) is an industry association representing the common interests of securities lending and financing market participants across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Its geographically diverse membersh ...

Mortgage Bankers Association The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is the United States national association representing all facets of the real estate finance industry. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., MBA represents over 2,200 member companies. MBA’s membership base in ...

Organization for International Investment Based in Washington, D.C., the Global Business Alliance (GBA) formerly known as the Organization for International Investment (OFII) is a trade association representing the interests of US subsidiaries of overseas corporations. OFII advocates for n ...

Regional Bond Dealers Association The Regional Bond Dealers Association (RBDA) is the predominant U.S. trade association focused on representing regional and middle-market securities firms active in the fixed income markets. The RBDA is headquartered in Washington, DC, USA. For ...

Risk and Insurance Management Society The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) is a professional association dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management. It was founded in 1950, and is headquartered in Manhattan. It publishes the industry-focused ''Risk Man ...

* SWACHA (Southwestern Automated Clearing House Association)

Food

American Beverage Association The American Beverage Association (ABA) is a government lobbying group that represents the beverage industry in the United States. Its members include producers and bottlers of soft drinks, such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, bottled water, and other ...

American Beverage Institute The American Beverage Institute is a trade group based in Washington, D.C. that lobbies on alcoholic drink related issues on behalf of the restaurant industry. It describes itself as "dedicated to protecting the on-premises dining experience - whic ...

American Frozen Food Institute The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) is a national trade association for the frozen food industry in the United States of America, USA. AFFI conducts research, lobbying, and marketing efforts to promote frozen food. The association was founde ...

American Meat Institute The American Meat Institute (AMI) was the oldest and largest trade association representing the U.S. meat and poultry industry. In 2015, it was merged into the North American Meat Institute (NAMI). Overview Founded in 1906 in Chicago as the Amer ...

* American Mushroom Institute *

American Pie Council The American Pie Council (APC) is an organization committed to "preserving America's pie heritage and promoting America's love affair with pies." As America's only purely pie-focused national organization, the APC combines aspects of a Club (organi ...

Beer Institute Beer Institute is a national trade association, headquartered in Washington, D.C. representing companies which produce and import beer sold in the United States. Beer Institute was organized in 1986 from the United States Brewers' Association The ...

* Bread Bakers Guild of America *

Brewers Association The Brewers Association (BA) is an American trade group of over 5,400 brewers, breweries in planning, suppliers, distributors, craft beer retailers, and individuals particularly concerned with the promotion of craft beer and homebrewing. Two of ...

Council for Responsible Nutrition The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is a Washington D.C.-based trade association and lobbying group representing ingredient suppliers and manufacturers in the dietary supplement industry. CRN's current president and CEO is Steve M. Miste ...

Distilled Spirits Council of the United States The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) is a national trade association representing producers and marketers of distilled spirits sold in the United States. DISCUS was formed in 1973 by the merger of three organizations (the B ...

Food Products Association The Food Products Association (formerly the National Food Processors Association or NFPA) was the principal U.S. scientific and technical trade association representing the food processing industry until 2007. FPA was headquartered in Washington, ...

International Association of Operative Millers International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) is an international organization founded in 1896 which promotes the advancement of education and training opportunities in the grain milling industries. The group was formerly known as the Assoc ...

International Bottled Water Association The International Bottled Water Association, or IBWA, is a trade association of companies in the bottled water industry. It promotes bottled water through events such as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. The association fights attempts to ba ...

International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association ThInternational Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA)is a nonprofit trade association, founded in 1964. Focused in the dairy, deli, and bakery industries, they promote growth through the exchange of ideas, inspiration, and information. They’ve ...

International Foodservice Distributors Association The International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) is a trade association serving the foodservice distribution industry. Its members include foodservice distributors, foodservice manufacturers, and foodservice buying groups. Their larg ...

Juice Products Association The Juice Products Association (JPA) is an industry trade group 501(c) organization, 501(c)(6) organization representing the juice processing industry in the United States. The association claims a membership of "over 130 regular and associate mem ...

* Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates *

Specialty Coffee Association of America The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), founded in 1982, was a non-profit trade organization for the specialty coffee industry. With members located in more than 40 countries, SCAA represented different segments of the specialty coffee ...

Specialty Wine Retailers Association The Specialty Wine Retailers Association (SWRA) is a group representing the wine retail industry who work for the free movement of wine across state lines, whose stated goal is that any adult consumer in any state should be allowed to legally purcha ...

* U.S. Poultry & Egg Association *

United States Brewers' Association The United States Brewers' Association was a trade organization that existed from 1862 to 1986. Founding The impetus for its founding was provided by the institution of federal taxation during the American Civil War. A group of New York brewers, al ...

Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. (WSWA) is the industry trade group representing wine and spirits wholesalers in the United States. WSWA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in and has 360 member companies in all 50 ...

Construction

American Institute of Constructors The American Institute of Constructors (AIC), is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) non-governmental professional association founded in 1971. Individuals involved in the AIC are typically found in the construction management Industry. The AIC offers t ...

American Subcontractors Association Founded in 1966, the American Subcontractors Association, Inc., is an IRS section 501(c)(6) non-profit, national, membership trade association of construction specialty trade contractors, suppliers, and service providers in the United States and Ca ...

Associated Builders and Contractors Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national U.S. trade association representing the non-union construction industry. ABC is an association of 69 chapters with more than 22,000 commercial contractors and construction-related firms am ...

Associated General Contractors of America The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is a trade association in the United States construction industry,About us
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IAPMO The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) coordinates the development and adaptation of plumbing, mechanical, swimming pool and solar energy codes to meet the specific needs of individual jurisdictions both in the ...

(International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials) *

Independent Electrical Contractors The Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc. (IEC) is a national trade association in the United States for merit shop electrical and systems contractors. IEC has about 3,500 member companies in about 52 chapters throughout the country. Education ...

Mason Contractors Association of America The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) is a trade association in the United States of America representing mason contractors. Activities MCAA promotes building codes and standards for mason contractors and designers such as the A ...

Metal Construction Association The Metal Construction Association (MCA) is an industry organization in the US that was formed in 1984 with a focus on expanding the use of metal in construction through marketing, education and selective action on public policies that affect metal ...

National Association of Construction Auditors
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National Association of Home Builders The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is one of the largest trade associations in the United States, representing the interests of home builders, developers, contractors, and associated businesses. NAHB is headquartered in Washington, D ...

National Roofing Contractors Association The National Roofing Contractors Association is one of the US construction industry's trade associations and a voice in the roofing industry for information, education, technology, and advocacy. Founded in 1886, the NRCA is a nonprofit associati ...

Pipe Line Contractors Association The Pipe Line Contractors Association (PICA) is a petroleum industry trade group created in 1948 to handle labor relations in the pipeline construction industry. PICA negotiates labor contracts with the trade unions representing the four crafts inv ...

Industry

The Aluminum Association The Aluminum Association is an Apex body for catering all needs of Aluminum and Aluminum products. The Aluminum Association is a trade association for the aluminum production, fabrication and recycling industries, and their suppliers. The Associ ...

American Bar Association The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. Founded in 1878, the ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of acad ...

American Bearing Manufacturers Association The American Bearing Manufacturers Association is an industry trade group that deals with all aspects of bearing (mechanical), bearing technology. It was founded in 1917 as an informal group of Manufacturing, manufacturers with the purpose of ai ...

American Chemistry Council American Chemistry Council (ACC), formerly known as the Manufacturing Chemists' Association (at its founding in 1872) and then as the Chemical Manufacturers' Association (from 1978 until 2000), is an industry trade association for American chemic ...

* American Cleaning Institute *

American Composites Manufacturers Association The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) is the world's largest trade association serving the composites industry. Its mission is to provide education and information to the composites industry, lobby for the composites industry, an ...

American Forest & Paper Association The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) is the national trade association of the paper and wood products industry. AF&PA was formed on January 1, 1993, by the merger of the National Forest Product Association and the American Paper Ins ...

American Gear Manufacturers Association The American Gear Manufacturers Association or AGMA is the trade group of companies involved in gears, couplings and related power transmission components and equipment. AGMA was founded in 1916; as of December 30, 2016, there were 456 member c ...

American Hardware Manufacturers Association The American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA), founded in 1901, was a trade association headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, serving U.S. manufacturers who produced goods in the "hardlines" industry, including the product categories of h ...

American Home Furnishings Alliance The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA), formerly the American Furniture Manufacturers Association, is an industry trade group which represents manufacturers and importers of home furnishings in the United States. It is based in High Point, ...

American Iron and Steel Institute The American Iron and Steel Institute is an association of North American steel producers. With its predecessor organizations, is one of the oldest trade associations in the United States, dating back to 1855. It assumed its present form in 190 ...

American National Standards Institute The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organi ...

American Plastics Council The American Plastics Council (APC) is a defunct trade association for the U.S. plastics industry. Through a variety of outreach efforts, APC works to promote the benefits of plastics and the plastics industry. APC comprises 22 of the leading resin ...

* American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute *

American Water Works Association American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international non-profit, scientific and educational association founded to improve water quality and supply. Established in 1881, it is a lobbying organization representing a membership (as of 2012) o ...

American Welding Society The American Welding Society (AWS) was founded in 1919 as a non-profit organization to advance the science, technology and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes, including brazing, soldering and thermal spraying. Headqu ...

ASHRAE The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE ) is an American professional association seeking to advance heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems design and constructio ...

(American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) *

Associated Equipment Distributors Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) is an international trade association representing over 800 industrial equipment companies that rent and sell equipment used in construction, mining, energy, agriculture and other industrial applications. The ...

Associated Locksmiths of America ALOA Security Professionals Association (ALOA, formerly known as the Associated Locksmiths of America) is an American trade organization for locksmiths and other physical security professionals. The organization represents more than 6,000 locksmi ...

Association for Manufacturing Technology The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) is a trade association based in McLean, Virginia, in the United States. It was founded as the National Machine Tool Builders' Association (NMTBA) in 1902. It represents and promotes the interests ...

Association for Materials Protection and Performance The Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP), is a professional association focused on the protection of assets and performance of materials. AMPP was created when NACE International and SSPC the Society for Protective Coatin ...

* Battery Council International *

Bearing Specialists Association Bearing Specialists Association (BSA) is an industry trade group of distributors of bearings. It is based in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and is managed by CM Services, an association management company An association management company, or AMC, prov ...

* Can Manufacturers Institute *

Closure & Container Manufacturers Association The Closure & Container Manufacturers Association (CCMA) is a United States trade association of manufacturers who produce closures and containers. Only manufacturers of plastic containers are represented in the association, although this may c ...

Compressed Air and Gas Institute Compressed Air and Gas Institute or CAGI is the industry association located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It was founded in 1915. CAGI represents manufacturers of compressed air system equipment, including air compressor An air compressor is a pn ...

Cordage Institute The Cordage Institute, founded in 1920, is an international trade association of fiber rope manufacturers, their suppliers, and affiliated end-user organizations. The purpose of the group is to create technical standards related the safe use of ...

Crane Manufacturers Association of America The Crane Manufacturers Association of America, Inc. (CMAA) is an independent Industry trade group, trade association in the United States. It is affiliated with the United States Division of Material Handling Industry. The voluntary association w ...

Energy and Minerals Business Council The Energy and Minerals Business Council is a global business forum of mining and energy corporations formed in 2006 with an inaugural meeting at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne Hotel, in Melbourne, Australia on 18 November and 19 November 2006. The me ...

Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association The Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA) is a trade body for fire protection providers, based in Cleveland, Ohio. History Founded in 1930, the Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association is an international, non-profit trade association ...

Glass Packaging Institute The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is the North American trade association for the glass container industry, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Through GPI, glass container manufacturers advocate job preservation and industry standards, and pr ...

* Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association *

Household & Commercial Products Association The Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA), formerly known as the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA), is an industry trade association for chemical products companies, based in Washington, D.C. History The association was ...

Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers The Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers (IBR, I=B=R), in the United States, is currently incorporated into the ''Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA)''. The merger of GAMA and IBR occurred on April 18, 2004. Under the IBR na ...

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is a United States-based private, non-profit trade association representing more than 1,300 private and public for-profit companies – ranging from small, family-owned businesses to multi-nationa ...

International Association of Elevator Consultants The International Association of Elevator Consultants, formerly National Association of Vertical Transportation Professionals, is an association of elevator consultants. The group states that it was formed to share information and ideas, network, an ...

International Association of Plastics Distributors The International Association of Plastics Distributors (or IAPD) is a trade association representing plastics distributors and manufacturers of engineering materials and semi-finished stock shapes, such as sheet, rod, tube, film, resin, pipe, va ...

International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) is an inter-warehouse organization. Founded in 1891, IARW was created when a group of conventional (non-refrigerated) warehouse owners began sharing knowledge about storing perishabl ...

International Card Manufacturers Association The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) is a non-profit organization which represents companies and other organizations which manufacture, personalize and supply plastic cards. It is based in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. The ICM ...

International Council on Mining and Metals ICMM was founded in 2001, as a CEO-led leadership organization, to improve sustainable development performance in the mining and metals industry. Sustainable Development In late 1998 a small group of mining industry CEOs came together to quest ...

International Electrical Testing Association The International Electrical Testing Association (NETA), formerly the National Electrical Testing Association, is a trade association dedicated to improving electrical testing standards in the United States and sharing those standards internation ...

International Housewares Association The International Housewares Association is a not-for-profit, full-service trade organization that has been promoting the sales and marketing of housewares since 1938. The association has more than 1,600 member companies from more than 40 countrie ...

International Imaging Industry Association The International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) was created by a merger of the Photographic and Imaging Manufacturers Association (PIMA) and the Digital Imaging Group in 2001. It was a common forum for the industrial imaging industry. It ...

Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JPMA) is a national trade organization that represents the juvenile industry defined as from prenatal to preschool. JPMA represents companies in the United States, Canada, and Mexico who manufa ...

Legal Marketing Association
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Metal Building Manufacturers Association The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) was founded in 1956 and promotes the design and construction of metal building systems in the low-rise, non-residential building marketplace. A non-profit trade organization, MBMA's headquarters ...

Mineral Information Institute The Mineral Information Institute (MII) is an American educational institute dedicated to teaching schoolchildren about minerals and mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually fr ...

National Defense Industrial Association The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is a trade association for the United States government and defense industrial base. It is an 501(c)3 educational organization. Its headquarters are in Arlington, Virginia. NDIA was established ...

National Electrical Manufacturers Association The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) is the largest trade association of electrical equipment manufacturers in the United States. Founded in 1926, it advocates for the industry, and publishes standards for electrical product ...

National Retail Federation The National Retail Federation (NRF) is the world's largest retail trade association. Its members include department stores, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, and independent retailers, chain restaurants, grocery stores, and multi-level ma ...

Plumbing Manufacturers International Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI) is an industry association for manufacturers of plumbing products. Its members make 90% of the plumbing products sold in North America. Its headquarters is in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Role The asso ...

Precision Machined Products Association The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) is an international trade association which exists to represent the interests of the precision machined products Product may refer to: Business * Product (business), an item that serves as a so ...

Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League The Professional Electrical Apparatus Reconditioning League or PEARL is an international professional organization and standards group based in Denver, Colorado. PEARL is focused on developing ethical business practices and technical standards rel ...

Professional Photographers of America Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is a nonprofit trade association of professional photographers. As of August 2022, PPA has 34,000 members. History 19th century The association began in December 1868 as the National Photographic Ass ...

Resilient Floor Covering Institute The Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) is a U.S. industry trade group representing manufacturers of resilient flooring, primarily made of vinyl Vinyl may refer to: Chemistry * Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer * V ...

Retail Industry Leaders Association Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and t ...

Security Industry Association The Security Industry Association (SIA), based in Silver Spring, Maryland, is a U.S. trade association, founded in 1769, representing global security solutions providers. The organization today represents over 1,200 firms and organizations in t ...

Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates, is an international trade association that represents the interests of the batch, custom and specialty chemical industry. According to the organization’s charter, SOCMA's stated mission is ...

TAPPI TAPPI is a registered not-for-profit, international Non-Governmental Organization of about 14,000 member engineers, scientists, managers, academics and others involved in the areas of pulp, and paper. In addition to pulp and paper, the TAPPI membe ...

(Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry)

IT, communications and electronics

American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council The American Council for Technology (ACT) and Industry Advisory Council (IAC) is a Non-profit organization, non-profit public-private partnership dedicated to improving government through the application of information technology. ACT-IAC provides a ...

Chamber of Progress The Chamber of Progress is an American trade group that represents technology companies on issues such as Competition law, antitrust law, moderation system, content moderation, and self-driving cars. The group describes itself as a progressive pol ...

CompTIA The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is an American non-profit trade association that issues professional certifications for the information technology (IT) industry. It is considered one of the IT industry's top trade associ ...

(Computing Technology Industry Association) *

Consumer Technology Association The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is a standard and trade organization representing 1,376 consumer technology companies in the United States. CTA works to influence public policy, holds events such as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES ...

* CTIA (– The Wireless Association) *

Electronic Industries Alliance The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA; until 1997 Electronic Industries Association) was an American standards and trade organization composed as an alliance of trade associations for electronics manufacturers in the United States. They devel ...

Federation of Internet Solution Providers of the Americas The Federation of Internet Solution Providers of the Americas (FISPA) is an association of Internet service providers. FISPA was established in 1996 under the name Florida Internet Solution Providers Association. After expanding beyond the bounds ...

International Informix Users Group The International Informix Users Group (IIUG) is a non-profit organization whose goals are to provide support and education for users of Informix products and technology. Membership to IIUG has always been free. IIUG counted over 28,000 members in ...

International Interactive Communications Society International Interactive Communications Society (IICS) is a professional trade association for companies and individuals involved in interactive media. The organization traces its roots to the days of interactive laser disc production in the San ...

Fiber Optic Sensing Association The Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA) is a nonprofit industry association that promotes fiber-optic sensing technology. It was founded in April 2017 in Washington, D.C. and has a membership of 21 companies and universities. Background and ...

International Webmasters Association {{Other uses, IWA (disambiguation) The International Webmasters Association (IWA), a non-profit professional association for web professionals, provides training courses and certification. IWA reportedly has 100 official chapters representing over ...

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association is an independent semiconductor engineering trade organization and standardization body headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. JEDEC has over 300 members, including some of the w ...

* National Wireless Independent Dealer Association *

Open Mashup Alliance The Open Mashup Alliance (OMA) is a non-profit consortium that promotes the adoption of mashup solutions in the enterprise through the evolution of enterprise mashup standards like EMML. The initial members of the OMA include some large technolo ...

Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) is the national trade organization representing the consumer satellite (direct broadcast satellite) industry in the United States, including the two largest service providers, DirecTV ...

* SD Association *

Society for Information Management Society for Information Management (SIM) is a professional organization of over 5,000 senior information technology (IT) executives, chief information officers, prominent academicians, selected consultants, and others. History The idea of SIM ...

Storage Networking Industry Association The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a registered 501(c)(6) non-profit trade association incorporated in December 1997. SNIA has more than 185 unique members, 2,000 active contributing members and over 50,000 IT end users and sto ...

TechAmerica TechAmerica is a United States technology trade association. It was formed from the merger of AeA (formerly known as the America Electronics Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Government Electronics & Information Techno ...

Trusted Computing Group The Trusted Computing Group is a group formed in 2003 as the successor to the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance which was previously formed in 1999 to implement Trusted Computing concepts across personal computers. Members include Intel, AMD, I ...

United States Telecom Association The United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) is an organization that represents telecommunications-related businesses based in the United States. As a trade association, it represent the converged interests of the country's telecommunications ...

Media

Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) is a trade association based in Sherman Oaks, California, that represents over 350 American television and film production companies in collective bargaining negotiations with entert ...

American Association of Independent Music The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) is a trade association that represents independent record labels in the United States, founded in 2005. A2IM is headquartered in New York City, with chapters located in Nashville, Chicago, North ...

American Booksellers Association The American Booksellers Association (ABA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1900 that promotes independent bookstores in the United States. ABA's core members are key participants in their communities' local economy and culture, and t ...

American Publishers Association American Publishers Association (APA) was created in 1901 to maintain the price of copyright books in the American market. In 1913, the New York Supreme court ruled in favor of R. H Macy's & Co. vs American Publishers Association, saying Macy's ...

American Society of Magazine Editors The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is an industry trade group for magazine journalists and editors of magazines published in the United States. ASME includes the editorial leaders of most major consumer magazine in print and digital ex ...

Association for International Broadcasting The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental trade association that represents international television and radio broadcasters and online broadcasters, founded in 1993. It is governed by an Executive Com ...

Association of American Publishers The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is the national trade association of the American book publishing industry. AAP lobbies for book, journal, and education publishers in the United States. AAP members include most of the major commercia ...

Association of Comics Magazine Publishers The Association of Comics Magazine Publishers (ACMP) was an American industry trade group formed in the late 1940s to regulate the content of comic books in the face of public criticism during that time. It was a precursor to the Comics Magazine A ...

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is an international trade association of non-profit publishers created in 1972. It is the largest association of scholarly and professional publishers in the world, with nearl ...

Book Industry Study Group The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) is a U.S. trade association for policy, technical standards and research related to books and similar products. The mission of BISG is to simplify logistics for publishers, manufacturers, suppliers, whol ...

Community Broadcasters Association The Community Broadcasters Association (CBA) was a trade organization representing low-power broadcasting interests, including LPTV and Class A television stations, in the United States of America. It ceased operations in 2009. History Key issues ...

Evangelical Press Association The Evangelical Press Association is a professional association serving the Christian periodical publishing industry, including magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and content-rich websites. Its members produce some 200 periodical titles with a co ...

Free Speech Coalition The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) is a non-profit industry trade group, trade association of the pornography and Sex industry, adult entertainment industry in the United States. Founded in 1991, it opposes the passage and enforcement of obscenity l ...

* IABM (International Association for Broadcast & Media Technology Suppliers) *

Independent Book Publishers Association The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) is a not-for-profit membership organization serving the independent publishing community through advocacy and education. With nearly 3,000 members, IBPA is the largest publishing Publishing is ...

Independent Film & Television Alliance The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) is the trade association that represents companies that finance, produce and license independent film and television programming worldwide. The association is headquartered in Los Angeles, but has ...

* Inland Press Association *

International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers, known for short by the initials for the last part of its name, STM, is an international trade association organised and run for the benefit of scholarly, scientific, tec ...

Motion Picture Association of America The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix. Founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distribu ...

MPA – the Association of Magazine Media MPA – The Association of Magazine Media is a nonprofit trade association for the magazine media industry. MPA was formerly known as Magazine Publishers Association until 2010. MPA is the industry trade association for multi-platform magazine med ...

National Association of Broadcasters The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is a trade association and lobby group representing the interests of commercial and non-commercial over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States. The NAB represents more than ...

* Print Services & Distribution Association *

Printing Industries of America Printing Industries of America was a nonprofit trade association which advocates for the United States printing industry. It was the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, representing more than 6,500 member companies and an industry w ...

Producers Guild of America The Producers Guild of America (PGA) is a 501(c)(6) trade association representing television producers, film producers and New media, New Media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership includes over 8,000 members of the producing esta ...

Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ...

Screen Actors Guild The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to m ...

Medicine, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and environment

* AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) *

AdvaMed AdvaMed, or the Advanced Medical Technology Association, is an American medical device trade association, based in Washington, D.C. It is the largest medical device association in the world with U.S. and international members who are medical tech ...

American Herbal Products Association The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is a trade association for the herbal products industry, founded in 1982 and based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Members of AHPA are domestic and foreign companies doing business as growers, processors ...

* American Hospital Association *

American Medical Association The American Medical Association (AMA) is a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students. Founded in 1847, it is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Membership was approximately 240,000 in 2016. The AMA's state ...

American Pet Products Association The American Pet Products Association (APPA) is a not-for-profit industry association founded in 1958 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The APPA represents more than 1,000 pet product manufacturers, importers of pet products, and suppl ...

American Pharmacists Association The American Pharmacists Association (APhA, previously known as the American Pharmaceutical Association), founded in 1852, is the first-established professional society of pharmacists in the United States. The association consists of more th ...

* Bio Process Systems Alliance *

Biotechnology Innovation Organization The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is the largest advocacy association in the world representing the biotechnology industry. It was founded in 1993 as the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and changed its name to the Biotechnology ...

Care Continuum Alliance The Care Continuum Alliance (formerly DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance) is an industry trade group of corporations and individuals that "promotes the role of population health improvement in raising the quality of care, improving health outcomes ...

Catholic Health Association of the United States The Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), formerly the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada, is a Catholic professional association comprising more than 600 hospitals and 1,400 long-term care and other hea ...

Congress of Chiropractic State Associations Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) is a nonprofit organization formed with the mission of promoting a more unified profession for chiropractors. The organization hosts an annual conference which serves as a platform for the leade ...

Federation of American Hospitals The Federation of American Hospitals is a trade association for tax-paying hospitals in the United States. It is based in Washington D.C. As of 2009 it was headed by Charles N. Kahn III, "Chip" Kahn. See also *List of industry trade groups in the ...

International Solid Waste Association The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) is a non-governmental, independent and non-profit association by statutes and follows the mission statement to promote and develop professional waste management worldwide as a contribution to sus ...

National Committee for Quality Assurance The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States that works to improve health care quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and ...

* Pharmaceutical care management association *

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA, pronounced ), formerly known as the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, is a trade group representing companies in the pharmaceutical industry in the United States. Founded in 195 ...

* The Vision Council

Tobacco, alcohol, law, politics, gambling and firearms

American Association of Political Consultants The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) is the trade group for the political consulting profession in the United States. Founded in 1969, it is the world's largest organization of political consultants, public affairs professio ...

American Association of Professional Landmen The American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) is a professional organization in the United States that unites approximately 18,000 landmen and land-related persons in North America through professional development and service. AAPL's mi ...

American Land Title Association The American Land Title Association (ALTA), founded in 1907, is the national trade association representing more than 6,400 title insurance companies, title and settlement agents, independent abstracters, title searchers and real estate attorneys ...

Council on State Taxation The Council on State Taxation (COST) is a state tax organization representing business taxpayers. It has been noted by one prominent tax policy expert as the “most influential nongovernmental organization in the state tax policy arena.” COST ...

* International Stability Operations Association *

National Shooting Sports Foundation The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is an American national trade association for the firearms industry that is based in Newtown, Connecticut. Formed in 1961, the organization has more than 8,000 members: firearms manufacturers, distri ...

Tobacco Institute The Tobacco Institute, Inc. was a United States tobacco industry trade group, founded in 1958 by the American tobacco industry. It was dissolved in 1998 as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.The Tobacco Institute's headquarters were ke ...

Transport and logistics

Aerospace Industries Association The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is an American trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, space systems, aircraft engines, missiles, material, and related c ...

Airports Council International Airports Council International (ACI) is an organization of airport authorities aimed at unifying industry practices for airport standards. Established in 1991, its headquarters (ACI World) are based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and its members ...

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers The Auto Alliance (AAM) is a defunct trade group of automobile manufacturers that operated in the United States. It was the leading advocacy group for the auto industry, representing 77% of all car and light truck sales in the United States. The ...

American Association of Port Authorities The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) is a trade association founded in 1912 that represents 150 port authorities in the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Headquartered in Wa ...

American Bus Association The American Bus Association (ABA) is a trade association for motorcoach operators and tour companies in the United States and Canada. Its membership consists of about 1,000 companies that operate buses or bus-based tours, about 2,800 organizati ...

American Moving & Storage Association The American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA) was the non-profit trade association representing members of the professional moving industry based primarily in the United States. Its approximately 4,000 members consisted of van lines, their agent ...

American Public Transportation Association The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is a nonprofit group of approximately 1,500 public and private sector member organizations that promotes and advocates for the interests of the public transportation industry in the United S ...

American Railway Association The American Railway Association (ARA) was an industry trade group representing railroads in the United States. The organization had its inception in meetings of General Managers and ranking railroad operating officials known as Time Table Conventi ...

* American Road and Transportation Builders Association *

American Trucking Associations The American Trucking Associations (ATA), founded in 1933, is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the United States through a federation ...

American Waterways Operators The American Waterways Operators, is the national trade association for the U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry. For more than 60 years AWO has promoted the contribution of the domestic waterways transportation industry to the U.S. economy. A ...

Association of American Railroads The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is an industry trade group representing primarily the major freight Rail transport, railroads of North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States). Amtrak and some regional Commuter rail in North Am ...

* AutoCare Association *

Automobile Manufacturers Association The Automobile Manufacturers Association was a trade group of automobile manufacturers which operated under various names in the United States from 1911 to 1999. A different group called the Automobile Manufacturers' Association was active in the ...

Automotive Industry Action Group The Automotive Industry Action Group'' (AIAG) is a not-for-profit association founded in 1982 and based in Southfield, Michigan. It was originally created to develop recommendations and a framework for the improvement of quality in the North Amer ...

Commercial Spaceflight Federation The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is a private spaceflight industry group, incorporated as an industry association for the purposes of establishing ever higher levels of safety for the commercial human spaceflight industry, sharing best pract ...

Driving Schools Association of the Americas The Driving School Association of the Americas (DSAA) is a trade association for driving school owners, founded in 1973. Overview The DSAA represents 8,000 businesses in the USA, that are engaged in driver's education including 6,000 professional ...

Modification and Replacement Parts Association The Modification and Replacement Parts Association is the Washington, D.C.-based trade association that represents manufacturers of government-approved after market aircraft parts. These aircraft parts are often known as PMA parts, from the acron ...

Motorcycle Industry Council The Motorcycle Industry Council, or MIC, is a not-for-profit, national trade association representing manufacturers and distributors of motorcycles, scooters, motorcycle/ATV parts and accessories and members of allied trades in the United States ...

National Automobile Dealers Association The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is an American trade organization representing nearly 16,500 franchised new car and truck dealerships, both domestic and foreign. Established in 1917, the organization is based in Tysons Corner, V ...

National Motor Freight Traffic Association The National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) is a nonprofit membership organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Its members are motor carriers operating in interstate, intrastate and foreign commerce. The associat ...

Personal Watercraft Industry Association {{more citations needed, date=December 2021 The Personal Watercraft Industry Association (PWIA) is an American association of personal watercraft (PWC) manufacturers. It is an affiliate of the larger National Marine Manufacturers Association, an ...

Railway Tie Association The Railway Tie Association (RTA) is a trade association in the railroad and rail transit industry. The purpose of the RTA is to promote the economical and environmentally sound use of wood crossties. The RTA is involved in research into crossti ...

SEMA Sama ( tr, Sema, Persian, Urdu and ar, سَمَاع - ''samā‘un'') is a Sufi ceremony performed as part of the meditation and prayer practice dhikr. Sama means "listening", while dhikr means "remembrance".During, J., and R. Sellheim. "Sama ...

(Specialty Equipment Market Association)

State and local

Media

Alabama Broadcasters Association The Alabama Broadcasters Association (ABA) represents radio and television broadcasters across the U.S. state of Alabama. It is affiliated with the National Association of Broadcasters. Every year the organization presents the ABBY (Alabama's ...

California Newspaper Publishers Association California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

Georgia Association of Broadcasters The Georgia Association of Broadcasters represents radio and television broadcasters across the U.S. state of Georgia. It is affiliated with the National Association of Broadcasters. See also * List of radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state) * ...

Kansas Association of Broadcasters The Kansas Association of Broadcasters is a group supporting broadcasters in Kansas, United States, primarily through lobbying and coordination. History The Kansas Association of Broadcasters began in 1951 as the Kansas Association of Radio Broa ...

Massachusetts Broadcasters Association The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association (MBA) is a trade association for radio and television broadcast stations in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It was founded in 1954. The association represents nearly 200 radio and television stations thr ...

Michigan Association of Broadcasters The Michigan Association of Broadcasters represents radio and television broadcasters across the U.S. state of Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern ...

Minnesota Public Television Association The Minnesota Public Television Association (MPTA), also commonly known as Minnesota Public Television, is a not-for-profit trade organization of public television stations in the state of Minnesota that operates an interconnecting statewide educa ...

Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, commonly referred to as PAB, represents radio and television broadcasters across the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is affiliated with the National Association of Broadcasters The National Ass ...

Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association is a trade group serving newspapers in Pennsylvania. The PNA seeks to "advance the business interests of Pennsylvania news media companies" and protect the "free and independent press." It represents Pennsylva ...

Other

Austin Independent Business Alliance Austin Independent Business Alliance (AIBA) is an organization of independent business, independent, locally owned firms in Austin, Texas and is composed of over 300 member businesses. It was started in 2002 by several local businesses and citizens ...

California Avocado Commission The California Avocado Commission is an agricultural marketing organization and trade association serving avocado producers in the American state of California. Avocado production in California Avocados, native to Central and South America, ha ...

* California Building Industry Association *

Georgia Hospital Association The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) is a non-profit trade association of more than 150 hospital and health system members. GHA was established in 1929 and provides education, research and risk management services to its members. It also repres ...

Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States Western Energy Alliance (WEA) is a regional and nonprofit, membership-based organization. It is a trade association that focuses on energy and public land issues in the thirteen-state Intermountain West of the United States. WEA's foundation wa ...

International Business Council of Florida The International Business Council of Florida (also known as IBCF) is a membership-based public not-for-profit organization of businesses and organizations engaged in, or in support of international trade. IBCF was founded in South Florida in 1999; ...

* Massachusetts Bar Association *

Ohio Credit Union System The Ohio Credit Union System is an Ohio-based United States, American trade association for credit unions. The Ohio Credit Union System is composed of the Ohio Credit Union League (a credit union league), the Ohio Credit Union Foundation (a non-prof ...

Pacific Maritime Association The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California that represents employers of the shipping industry on the Pacific coast.Robert Wright. "US supply chains face lengthy turmoil despite port dea ...

Southern United States Trade Association The Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA) is one of four non-profit State Regional Trade Groups (SRTG) that help small U.S. companies build global businesses. This is achieved through various programs designed to educate companies on e ...

Tavern League of Wisconsin The Tavern League of Wisconsin (TLW) is a trade association of alcoholic beverage retailers in the state of Wisconsin. The League was created in 1935, two years after the end of Prohibition, and today has 5,000 members. The League is headquartered ...

Tech Council of Maryland The Tech Council of Maryland (TCM) is a technology trade association for companies with operations in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. TCM has two divisions: The Tech Alliance, which serves the advanced technology industry, and MdBio, whi ...

Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Inc., is an organization established in 1877 by forty Texas cattlemen for the purpose of combating unbridled livestock theft. The association headquarters is located in Fort Worth. History The T ...

Western States Petroleum Association Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) is a non-profit trade association that represents companies that account for the bulk of petroleum exploration, production, refining, transportation and marketing in the six western states of Arizona, C ...

Wyoming Stock Growers Association The Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) is an American cattle organization started in 1872 among Wyoming cattle ranchers to standardize and organize the cattle industry but quickly grew into a political force that has been called "the de facto ...

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