List of industry trade groups in the United States

There are many industry trade group
Industry trade group
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...

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ACA International
ACA International
ACA International is the largest trade group representing collection agencies, creditors, debt buyers, collection attorneys and debt collection industry service providers. The organization was founded in 1939 as the American Collectors Association and changed its name to ACA International in 2001...
Acute Long Term Hospital Association
Advertising Research Foundation
Advertising Research Foundation
The Advertising Research Foundation is a nonprofit industry association for creating, aggregating, synthesizing and sharing knowledge in the fields of advertising and media. It was founded in 1936 by the Association of National Advertisers and the American Association of Advertising Agencies...
Aerospace Industries Association
Air Conditioning Contractors of America
Air Conditioning Contractors of America
The Air Conditioning Contractors of America is the largest HVAC contractor organization in the USA. Its headquarters is at 2800 Shirlington Road, Suite 300 • Arlington, VA 22206.-See also:**SMACNA*ASHRAE*ACCA-GH...
Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute
Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute
The Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute , formed by a merger of the American Refrigerant Institute and the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association , is a North American trade association of manufacturers of air conditioning, heating, and commercial refrigeration equipment...
Airports Council International
Airports Council International
Airports Council International is the association of the world’s airports. It is a non profit organization, whose prime purpose is to advance the interests of airports and to promote professional excellence in airport management and operations...
Alabama Broadcasters Association
Alabama Broadcasters Association
The Alabama Broadcasters Association, commonly referred to as 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 Awards. The organization also has a...
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is a trade group of automobile manufacturers that operate in the United States. Their mission is to "represent the common interests of its members and provide a forum to enable them to advance public policies that meet consumer and societal needs for clean,...
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is a trade association based in Encino, California that represents over 350 American film production companies and studios in negotiations with entertainment industry trade unions in collective bargaining...
The Aluminum Association
The Aluminum Association
The Aluminum Association is a trade association for the aluminum production, fabrication and recycling industries, and their suppliers. The Association is a 501 non-profit organization based in Arlington, Virginia, United States. The Aluminum Association is a trade association for the aluminum...
American Advertising Federation
American Advertising Federation
The American Advertising Federation , headquartered in Washington, D.C., is the oldest national advertising trade association, representing 50,000 professionals in the advertising industry. The AAF has a national network of 200 ad clubs located in ad communities across the United States...
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  Ad 2 is a division of the American Advertising Federation , the country's largest advertising advocacy group. Ad 2 provides young advertising, marketing and communication professionals the contacts, education and leadership opportunities they need to become tomorrow's industry leaders.Ad 2 has...
American Animal Hospital Association
American Animal Hospital Association
The American Animal Hospital Association is a non-profit organization for companion animal veterinarians. It was established in 1933. The association develops benchmarks of excellence, business practice standards, publications and educational programs...
American Ambulance Association
American Ambulance Association
The American Ambulance Association, also known as the AAA, is a trade association for the EMS industry.Founded in 1979, their website states their mission is:...
American Amusement Machine Association
American Amusement Machine Association
The American Amusement Machine Association governs all amusement machines in North America including video arcade games since 1988. It is considered to be an advocate before the United States Government and the United States Congress dealing with issues about video games...
American Apparel and Footwear Association
American Apparel and Footwear Association
The American Apparel and Footwear Association is an American industry trade group representing hundreds of apparel, footwear, and sewn products companies and their suppliers. The AAFA was formed in August 2000 through the merger of the American Apparel Manufacturers Association and Footwear...
American Architectural Manufacturers Association
American Association of Independent Music
American Association of Independent Music
The American Association of Independent Music, or A2IM, is a not-for-profit trade organization serving the Independent music community as a unified voice representing a sector that comprises over 30% of the music industry's market share in the United States...
American Association of Advertising Agencies
American Association of Advertising Agencies
The 4A's is an American advertising agency trade association.Founded in 1917, their website states that 4A's membership "produces approximately 80 percent of the total advertising volume placed by agencies nationwide." The association issues annual awards for the best agencies, in different...
AABB
AABB
The AABB is a United States-based professional body and standards organization that was founded in 1947 as the American Association of Blood Banks. The organization is now international with members in 80 countries and has taken on a broader scope to include all of transfusion medicine as well as...

, formerly the American Association of Blood Banks
American Association of Political Consultants
American Association of Political Consultants
The American Association of Political Consultants 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 professionals and communications specialists...
American Association of Port Authorities
American Association of Port Authorities
The American Association of Port Authorities ' is a trade association, founded in 1912, that represents over 150 port authority organizations throughout the Western Hemisphere....
American Bankers Association
American Bankers Association
The American Bankers Association is an industry trade group and professional association representing the United States' banking industry...
American Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
American Bearing Manufacturers Association
American Beverage Association
American Beverage Association
American Beverage Association is a trade organization that represents the beverage industry in the United States. Its members include producers and bottlers of soft drinks, bottled water, and other non-alcoholic beverages....
American Beverage Institute
American Beverage Institute
The American Beverage Institute is a restaurant industry trade group which opposes the use of anti-drunk-driving checkpoints and other measures whose proponents claim reduce the incidence of drunk driving. They are actively involved in public relations campaigns supporting various interests of the...
American Booksellers Association
American Booksellers Association
The American Booksellers Association is a non-profit industryassociation founded in 1900 that promotes independent bookstores in the United States and Canada. The ABA and its members support freedom of speech, literacy, and programs that encourage reading...
American Bus Association
American Bus Association
The American Bus Association, or 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 organizations representing the travel and tourism industry,...
American Chemistry Council
American Chemistry Council
The American Chemistry Council , formerly known as the Manufacturing Chemists' Association and then as the Chemical Manufacturers' Association , is an industry trade association for American chemical companies, based in Washington, D.C.-Activities:The mission of the American Chemistry Council is...
American Christmas Tree Association
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. The president of the group is Thomas Harman, who is also the president and CEO of Balsam Hill, a seller of artificial...
American Composites Manufacturers Association
American Composites Manufacturers Association
The American Composites Manufacturers Association 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, and develop and expand markets for composite...
American Corn Growers Association
American Corn Growers Association
The American Corn Growers Association is a commodity and advocacy association founded in 1987 which represents the interests of corn producers in the United States, where corn is used for human and animal food and to produce ethanol...
American Council of Life Insurers
American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council
American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council is a non-profit public-private partnership dedicated to improving government through the application of information technology...
American Credit Union Mortgage Association
American Equestrian Trade Association
American Equestrian Trade Association
-Organization Overview:The American Equestrian Trade Association is a not-for-profit trade organization founded in 2007. Association membership consists of 370 organizations involved with manufacturing, distribution and retailing of products for horses and riders.The association sponsors...
American Financial Services Association
American Financial Services Association
American Financial Services Association is a trade association for the U.S. consumer credit industry headquartered in Washington, D.C.. AFSA’s 350 members include consumer and commercial finance companies, vehicle finance/leasing companies, mortgage lenders, credit card issuers, industrial banks...
American Forest & Paper Association
American Forest & Paper Association
The American Forest & Paper Association is the national trade association of the forest products industry, representing manufacturers of approximately 80 percent of the U.S...
American Frozen Food Institute
American Frozen Food Institute
American Frozen Food Institute is a trade association and lobbying group based in McLean, Virginia for manufacturers and distributors of frozen food...
American Gas Association
American Gas Association
The American Gas Association , founded in 1918, is an American trade organization representing natural gas supply companies and others with an interest in the manufacturing of gas appliances as well as the production of gas...
American Gear Manufacturers Association
American Gear Manufacturers Association
The American Gear Manufacturers Association or AGMA is the trade group of companies in manufacturing gears and gearing. AGMA was founded in 1916; there are currently about 400 AGMA member companies....
American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA)
American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA)
The American Hardware Manufacturers Association , founded in 1901, is a trade association headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, serving U.S...
American Herbal Products Association
American Herbal Products Association
The American Herbal Products Association is a trade association for the herbal products industry. Members of AHPA are domestic and foreign companies doing business as growers, processors, manufacturers and marketers of herbs and herbal products. AHPA was founded in 1982 and is based in Silver...
American Hereford Association
American Hereford Association
The American Hereford Association is a trade organization that promotes Hereford cattle.It was founded in 1883 and operated out of the home of Charles Gudgel in Independence, Missouri....
American Home Furnishings Alliance
American Home Furnishings Alliance
The American Home Furnishings Alliance , 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, North Carolina...
American Horse Council
American Horse Council
The American Horse Council is a trade organization in Washington, DC representing the horse industry. It lobbies before Congress and Federal agencies for the interests of the horse industry, and serves as a unified voice for the horse industry....
American Hospital Association
American Hospital Association
The American Hospital Association is an organization that promotes the quality provision of health care by hospitals and health care networks through such efforts as promoting effective public policy and providing information related to health care and health administration to health care...
American Independent Business Alliance
American Independent Business Alliance
The American Independent Business Alliance 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 citizen engagement in local economic development...
American Institute of Constructors
American Institute of Constructors
The ' , is a not-for-profit 501 trade organization founded in 1969 for the advancement of professionalism and ethics in the Construction industry....
American Iron and Steel Institute
American Iron and Steel Institute
The American Iron and Steel Institute is an association of North American steel producers. Its predecessor organizations date back to 1855 making it one of the oldest trade associations in the United States. AISI assumed its present form in 1908, with Elbert H...
American Land Title Association
American Land Title Association
The American Land Title Association or ALTA, is a national trade association representing the interests of the abstract of title and title insurance industries...
American Meat Institute
American Meat Institute
The American Meat Institute is the oldest and largest trade association representing the U.S. meat and poultry industry.-Information:Originally founded in 1906 in Chicago as the American Meat Packers Association, the American Meat Institute is a trade association that provides leadership to...
American Medical Association
American Medical Association
The American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States.-Scope and operations:...
American Medical Group Association
American Medical Group Association
The American Medical Group Association is a national trade association representing medical groups and other organized systems of health care, including some of the nation’s largest integrated healthcare delivery systems...
American Moving & Storage Association
American Moving & Storage Association
The American Moving & Storage Association is the non-profit trade association representing members of the professional moving industry based primarily in the United States...
American Mushroom Institute
American National Standards Institute
American National Standards Institute
The American National Standards Institute 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 organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international...
American Pet Products Manufacturers Association
American Pet Products Manufacturers Association
The American Pet Products Association ' was founded in 1958 and was incorporated as a not for profit corporation in Greenwich . APPMA is a not-for-profit trade association made up of over 1000 pet product manufacturers, their representatives, importers and livestock suppliers...
American Petroleum Institute
American Petroleum Institute
The American Petroleum Institute, commonly referred to as API, is the largest U.S trade association for the oil and natural gas industry...
American Pharmacists Association
American Pharmacists Association
The American Pharmacists Association , founded in 1852, is the first-established professional society of pharmacists within the United States....
American Pie Council
American Pie Council
The American Pie Council is an organization committed to "preserving America's pie heritage and promotes America's love affair with the food". The Council offers both personal and commercial memberships that allow participants to have discussions and swap recipes with fellow pie lovers.National...
American Plastics Council
American Plastics Council
The American Plastics Council is a major 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 manufacturers, plus one affiliated trade association...
American Public Gas Association
American Public Gas Association
The American Public Gas Association is a nonprofit trade organization representing America's publicly owned natural gas local distribution companies . APGA represents the interests of public gas before Congress, federal agencies and other energy-related stakeholders by developing regulatory and...
American Public Power Association
American Public Power Association
The American Public Power Association is the service organization for the more than 2,000 U.S. community-owned electric utilities that serve more than 46 million Americans....
American Public Transportation Association
American Public Transportation Association
The American Public Transportation Association is a non-profit organization which serves as an advocate for the advancement of public transportation programs and initiatives in the United States. Since its founding in 1882, APTA has educated the public about the benefits of public transportation...
American Publishers Association
American Publishers Association
American Publishers Association was created in 1901 to maintain the price of copyright books in the American market. After a lawsuit in 1913, the American Publishers Association was disbanded....
American Pyrotechnics Association
American Pyrotechnics Association
The American Pyrotechnics Association is an advocacy group that aims to get consumer fireworks legalized across the United States and educate citizens on the safe use of fireworks....
American Railway Association
American Railway Association
The American Railway Association 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 Conventions, the first of which was held on October 1, 1872, at...
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Established in 1902, the Washington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association advocates strong investment in transportation infrastructure to meet public demand for a safe and efficient business transportation network....
American Society of Business Publication Editors
American Society of Business Publication Editors
The American Society of Business Publication Editors is a nonprofit trade association in the United States that represents editors and writers who work for trade or association publications....
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers is an international technical society for all individuals and organizations interested in heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration...
American Society of Home Inspectors
American Society of Home Inspectors
The American Society of Home Inspectors is a not-for-profit professional society for home inspectors throughout North America. Founded in 1976, ASHI is generally recognized as the leading professional organization in the home inspection profession...
American Society of Magazine Editors
American Society of Magazine Editors
The American Society of Magazine Editors is an industry trade group for editors of magazines published in the United States. The group advocates on behalf of member organizations with respect to First Amendment issues, and serves as a networking hub for editors and other industry employees...
American Society of Travel Agents
American Society of Travel Agents
The American Society of Travel Agents is a business improvement organization which represents and defends the business and regulatory public policy interests of travel intermediaries including travel agencies and tour providers The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) is a business...
American Subcontractors Association
American Subcontractors Association
Founded in 1966, the American Subcontractors Association, Inc., is an IRS section 501 non-profit, national, membership trade association of construction specialty trade contractors, suppliers, and service providers in the United States and Canada...
American Trucking Associations
American Trucking Associations
The American Trucking Associations , founded in 1933, is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations, ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering...
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute
The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute is a not-for-profit trade association based in the United States that is dedicated to the advancement of the modern watch industry, from which it receives a significant portion of its funding. While the AWCI is an American organization, it also has...
American Waterways Operators
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. AWO acts as the principal advocate for the U.S....
American Water Works Association
American Water Works Association
American Water Works Association was established as an international non-profit professional organization dedicated to the improvement of water quality and supply. Founded in 1881, it claims a membership of around 56,000 members worldwide as of 2010.AWWA has become the largest organization of...
American Welding Society
American Welding Society
The American Welding Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the science, technology, and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes, including brazing, soldering, and thermal spraying...
American Wind Energy Association
American Wind Energy Association
Formed in 1974, the American Wind Energy Association is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade association representing wind power project developers, equipment suppliers, service providers, parts manufacturers, utilities, researchers, and others involved in the wind industry.With over 2,500...
America's Health Insurance Plans
Archery Trade Association
Archery Trade Association
The Archery Trade Association, formerly known as the Archery Manufacturer and Merchant's Organization, is a non-profit trade organization for the promotion of archery and bowhunting through sale of equipment, projects in archery education, the standardization of equipment measures, and the...
Asian American Hotel Owners Association
Asian American Hotel Owners Association
The Asian American Hotel Owners Association is a trade organization that represents Asian American hotel owners in the hospitality industry. Created in 1989, AAHOA is now one of the industry's fastest-growing organizations...
Associated General Contractors
Associated General Contractors
The Associated General Contractors of America is a membership organization dedicated to furthering the ever-changing agenda of commercial construction contractors, improving job site safety, expanding the use of cutting edge technologies and techniques and strengthening the dialogue between...
Association for Convention Operations Management
Association for Convention Operations Management
The Association for Convention Operations Management is a non-profit professional organization for advancing the practice of convention services management in the meetings industry....
Association for Information and Image Management
Association for Information and Image Management
The Association for Information and Image Management or AIIM is a non-profit organization that provides education, research, and best practices for document management and enterprise content management...
Association for International Broadcasting
Association for International Broadcasting
The Association for International Broadcasting - AIB - is the industry association that represents and supports international television and radio broadcasters....
Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers 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, claiming "more than 360 members in 36 countries". It was granted in...
Association for Manufacturing Technology
Association for Manufacturing Technology
The Association for Manufacturing Technology is a trade association based in McLean, Virginia in the United States founded as the National Machine Tool Builders Association in 1902...
Association of American Publishers
Association of American Publishers
The Association of American Publishers is the national trade association of the American book publishing industry. AAP has more than 300 members, including most of the major commercial publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly...
Association of American Railroads
Association of American Railroads
The Association of American Railroads is an industry trade group representing primarily the major freight railroads of North America . Amtrak and some regional commuter railroads are also members...
Association of Booksellers for Children
Association of Comics Magazine Publishers
Association of Comics Magazine Publishers
The Association of Comics Magazine Publishers was an American industry trade group formed in May 1947 and publicly announced on July 1, 1948, to regulate the content of comic books in the face of public criticism during this time...
Association of National Advertisers
Association of National Advertisers
The Association of National Advertisers is a representative body for the marketing community in the United States of America. ANA’s membership includes over 400 companies with 9,000 brands that collectively spend over one hundred billion dollars in marketing communications and advertising....
Atomic Industrial Forum
Atomic Industrial Forum
The Atomic Industrial Forum was an American industrial policy organization for the commercial development of nuclear energy.Its history dates to Autumn 1952, when it was being first organized:...
Austin Independent Business Alliance
Austin Independent Business Alliance
Austin Independent Business Alliance is an organization of 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 as a way to help independent businesses compete successfully against corporate...
Automobile Manufacturers 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....
Automotive Industry Action Group
Automotive Industry Action Group
Automotive Industry Action Group, also known as AIAG, is a not-for profit association based in Southfield, Michigan originally created to develop recommendations and a framework for the improvement of quality in the North American Automotive Industry....
Awards and Recognition Association
Awards and Recognition Association
The Awards and Recognition Association, commonly referred to as ARA, is a trade association whose membership consists of retailers and suppliers of awards, trophies, plaques or components of those items...
Battery Council International
Battery Council International
The Battery Council International ' is a trade association of manufacturers of original-equipment and after-market automobile batteries and other lead-acid batteries...
Bearing Specialists Association
Bearing Specialists Association
Bearing Specialists Association 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....
Bio Process Systems Alliance
Bio Process Systems Alliance
The Bio Process Systems Alliance is a biopharmaceutical industry trade group of suppliers of single use components and single use systems for manufacturing processes. It was created in 2006 through an alliance of 26 suppliers....
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Biotechnology Industry Organization is an industry lobby group founded 1993 in Washington, D.C. Carl B. Feldbaum was the president until he retired in 2004, and was succeeded by James C. Greenwood.-External links:* *...
Book Industry Study Group
Bread Bakers Guild of America
Bread Bakers Guild of America
The Bread Bakers Guild of America is a non-profit alliance of professional bakers, farmers, millers, suppliers, educators, students, home bakers, technical experts, bakery owners, and managers...
Brewers Association
Brewers Association
The Brewers Association is an American trade group of over 1,000 brewers, particularly concerned with the promotion of craft beer and homebrewing....
Broadway League
Bromine Science and Environmental Forum
Bromine Science and Environmental Forum
The Bromine Science and Environmental Forum is a trade association of companies in the brominated flame retardant industry.Its members are:* Albemarle Corporation* Chemtura* ICL Industrial Products* Tosoh Corporation...
Building Commissioning Association
Building Commissioning Association
The Building Commissioning Association is a non-profit trade association for individuals and companies interested in building commissioning...
Building Service Contractors Association International
California Avocado Commission
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:...
California Building Industry Association
California Building Industry Association
The California Building Industry Association is a state trade association in the United States. Headquartered in Sacramento, CA, the CBIA's mission is to advocate on behalf of the housing and the building industry....
California Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
The California Newspaper Publishers Association is a nonprofit trade association founded in 1888 that represents the daily and weekly newspapers of California. Its diverse membership consists of over 500 newspapers that elect 35 individuals to its governing board of directors...
Can Manufacturers Institute
Can Manufacturers Institute
The Can Manufacturers Institute is a trade association of United States manufacturers and suppliers of metal cans.The Can Manufacturers Institute was chartered in 1938...
Catholic Health Association of the United States
Catholic Health Association of the United States
The Catholic Health Association of the United States was founded in 1915 as the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada. The association has offices in Washington, D.C. and St. Louis, Missouri....
Center for Audit Quality
Center for Audit Quality
The Center for Audit Quality is an autonomous public policy organization dedicated to enhancing investor confidence and public trust in the global capital markets...
Christian Game Developers Foundation
Closure & Container Manufacturers Association
Closure & Container Manufacturers Association
The Closure & Container Manufacturers Association is a trade association of manufacturers who produce closures and containers. Only manufacturers of plastic containers are represented in the association, although this may change in time.-Purpose:...
Coin Laundry Association
Coin Laundry Association
Established in 1960, the Coin Laundry Association is a not-for-profit trade organization. Its mission is to provide education and service to entrepreneurs in the coin laundry industry, protect their business interests and promote public awareness of the industry’s exemplary services.Today, there...
Commercial Real Estate Women
Commercial Real Estate Women
Commercial Real Estate Women Network is a North American business networking organization dedicated to the advancement of women in commercial real estate...
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
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 practices and expertise, and promoting the growth of the...
Community Associations Institute
Community Associations Institute
The Community Associations Institute is an influential trade association and special interest group, dominated by lawyers and property managers, that petitions for legislative beneficence for its members....
Community Broadcasters Association
Community Broadcasters Association
The Community Broadcasters Association was a trade organization representing low-power broadcasting interests, including LPTV and Class A television stations, in the United States of America...
Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)
CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association , a non-profit trade association, was created in 1982 as the Association of Better Computer Dealers, Inc. by representatives of five microcomputer dealerships...
Compete America
Compete America
Compete America, The Alliance for a Competitive Workforce, is a coalition representing corporations, universities, research institutions and trade associations that advocates for reform of U.S...
Compressed Air and Gas Institute
Compressed Air and Gas Institute
Compressed Air and Gas Institute or CAGI is an industry association located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1915. CAGI is representing manufacturers of compressed air system equipment, including air compressors, blowers, pneumatic tools and air and gas drying and filtration equipment.Among...
Congress of Chiropractic State Associations
Congress of Chiropractic State Associations
Congress of Chiropractic State Associations is a not-for-profit organization formed with the mission of promoting a more unified profession for chiropractors. The organization consists of state chiropractic associations....
Consumer Bankers Association
Consumer Bankers Association
The Consumer Bankers Association is a U.S. trade organization representing financial institutions offering retail lending products and services such as automobile financing, credit and debit cards, home equity lending, residential mortgages, small business loans, and student loans...
Consumer Electronics Association
Consumer Electronics Association
The Consumer Electronics Association is a standards and trade organization for the consumer electronics industry in the United States. The Consumer Electronics Association is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $173 billion U.S...
Cordage Institute
Cordage Institute
The Cordage Institute, founded in 1920, is an international trade association of fiber rope manufacturers, their suppliers, and affiliated end-user organizations...
Council On State Taxation
Council On State Taxation
The Council on State Taxation is a state tax organization representing business taxpayers, noted by one prominent tax policy expert as the “most influential nongovernmental organization in the state tax policy arena.” COST is a non-profit trade association based in Washington, D.C. consisting of...
Council of American Survey Research Organizations
Council of American Survey Research Organizations
The Council of American Survey Research Organizations 325+member companies and their 32,000 employees, all of whom are afforded membership benefits, represent nearly $8 billion in global annual revenue—about 85% of the U.S. research industry and 30% of the global research industry...
Craft & Hobby Association
Crane Manufacturers Association of America
Crane Manufacturers Association of America
The Crane Manufacturers Association of America is an independent trade association in the United States. It is affiliated with the United States Division of Material Handling Industry. The voluntary association of CMAA members has existed since 1955. Member companies represent industry leaders in...
Credit Union National Association
Credit Union National Association
The Credit Union National Association, commonly known as CUNA , is a national trade association for both state- and federally-chartered credit unions located in the United States. CUNA provides member credit unions with trade association services, such as lobbying, professional development, and...
CropLife America
CropLife International
CropLife International
CropLife International is an international federation of agricultural biotechnology companies. It was previously known as Global Crop Protection Federation and International Group of National Associations of Manufacturers of Agrochemical Products....
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States is a national trade association representing producers and marketers of distilled spirits sold in the United States...
DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance
DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance
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 and reducing preventable health care costs for individuals with chronic conditions and those at...
Dude Ranchers Association
Dude Ranchers Association
The Dude Ranchers Association was founded in Cody, Wyoming in 1926.In the 1920’s as the railroads expanded dude ranches appeared across the west and the southwest. In 1926 Ernest Miller of Elkhorn Ranch in Montana and Max Goodsill of the Northern Pacific Railway recognized an opportunity for a...
Edison Electric Institute
Edison Electric Institute
The Edison Electric Institute is the association of United States shareholder-owned electric power companies. Its members serve 95 percent of the ultimate customers in the shareholder-owned segment of the industry, and represent approximately 70 percent of the U.S. electric power industry...
Electronic Industries Alliance
Electronic Industries Alliance
The Electronic Industries Alliance was a standards and trade organization composed as an alliance of trade associations for electronics manufacturers in the United States. They developed standards to ensure the equipment of different manufacturers was compatible and interchangeable...
Energy and Minerals Business Council
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...
Entertainment Services and Technology Association
Entertainment Services and Technology Association
The Entertainment Services and Technology Association is a live entertainment industry organization. From their website:"ESTA is a non-profit trade association representing the entertainment technology industry dedicated to a core mission of Building the Business of Show Business...
Entertainment Software Association
Entertainment Software Association
The Entertainment Software Association 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 and renamed on July 16, 2003...
Evangelical Press Association
Evangelical Press Association
The Evangelical Press Association is a professional association serving the Christian periodical publishing industry. Its members produce some 300 periodical titles with a combined circulation of over 20 million. EPA is a religious and educational non-profit corporation under the laws of the state...
Fantasy Sports Trade Association
Fantasy Sports Trade Association
The Fantasy Sports Trade Association is the largest and oldest trade group representing the fantasy sports industry with over 120 members, including Matt ranging from small startups to large media corporations...
Farm Foundation
Farm Foundation
Farm Foundation is a U.S. nonprofit organization that provides non-partisan policy research and forums relating to agribusiness. Its headquarters are in Oak Brook, Illinois....
Fashion Originators' Guild of America
Fashion Originators' Guild of America
The Fashion Originators' Guild of America was an organization created by the U.S. fashion industry in 1933 to try to prevent the copying of clothing designs...
Federation of American Hospitals
Federation of American Hospitals
The Federation of American Hospitals is a trade association for investor-owned hospitals in the United States. It is based in Washington D.C. It is currently headed by "Chip" Kahn.-See also:*List of industry trade groups in the United States...
Federation of Internet Solution Providers of the Americas
Federation of Internet Solution Providers of the Americas
The Federation of Internet Solution Providers of the Americas 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 of Florida, the organization was renamed the Federation of...
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
In the United States, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, is a private corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization . FINRA is the successor to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ...
Financial Services Forum
Financial Services Forum
The Financial Services Forum is a non-partisan financial and economic policy organization comprising the CEOs of 20 of the largest and most diversified financial services institutions doing business in the United States...
Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
-History:Founded in 1930, The Fire Equipment Manufacturers’ Association or FEMA is an international, non-profit trade association dedicated to manufacturing commercial fire protection equipment to serve as the first line of defense against fire in its early stages...
Fluid Power Distributors Association
Food and Beverage Association of America
Food and Beverage Association of America
The Food and Beverage Association of America is a not for profit, philanthropic, trade organization for executives of the food and beverage industries of the New York metropolitan area.-History:...
Food Products Association
Food Products Association
The Food Products Association or FPA was the principal scientific and technical U.S. trade association representing the food products industry...
Futures Industry Association
Futures Industry Association
The Futures Industry Association 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 futures for execution on a futures exchange...
Game Manufacturers Association
Game Manufacturers Association
The Game Manufacturers Association is a non-profit trade association based in Columbus, Ohio, dedicated to the advancement of the non-electronic social games industry - Board/Tabletop Games, Miniatures Games, Card Games, Collectable/Tradeable Card Games, Role-Playing Games, and Live-Action Role...
Georgia Association of Broadcasters
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....
Georgia Hospital Association
Georgia Hospital Association
The Georgia Hospital Association is a non-profit trade association of 174 hospital and health system members. GHA was established in 1929 and provides education, research and risk management services to its members. It also represents and advocates health policy issues benefiting Georgia's...
Geothermal Energy Association
Geothermal Energy Association
Geothermal Energy Association is 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 uses...
Glass Packaging Institute
Glass Packaging Institute
The Glass Packaging Institute is a trade association for the U.S. glass container industry. Headquartered in Washington, DC, GPI lobbies on behalf of its members, while providing them with technical, promotional and public relations support...
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America was originally founded in 1926 when 60 superintendents met at the Sylvania Country Club in Toledo, Ohio to form the National Association of Greenkeepers of America ....
Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
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....
Grocery Manufacturers Association
Grocery Manufacturers Association
The Grocery Manufacturers Association is a trade association based in Washington, D.C..Since 1908, GMA has been representing the world's largest branded food, beverage and consumer product companies...
HARDI
HARDI
For High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging see Diffusion MRI: HARDI and Q-BallHARDI, or Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International, is a not for profit association whose focus is to promote the business interests of wholesale air-conditioning, heating, and refrigeration...

(Heating, Air conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International)
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association is a U.S. trade organization that represents hearth appliance manufacturers, designers and retailers....
Hemp Industries Association
Hemp Industries Association
The Hemp Industries Association is a non-profit trade group representing hemp companies, researchers and supporters in the USA and Canada. The group petitions for fair and equal treatment of industrial hemp...
Hosiery Association
Hosiery Association
The Hosiery Association is an American trade organization representing hosiery manufacturers, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hosiery Association was founded in 1905 as the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers...
Hotel Technology Next Generation
Hotel Technology Next Generation
Hotel Technology Next Generation, commonly referred to as HTNG, is a global, non-profit trade association serving hotel companies and technology providers. It was founded in 2002 and is governed by a board of directors consisting of senior technology executives from hotel companies...
Independent Business Alliance
Independent Business Alliance
The term Independent Business Alliance refers to local affiliates of the American Independent Business Alliance . According to AMIBA's website, "An IBA is a coalition of locally-owned independent businesses, citizens and community organizations united to support home town businesses in a community...
Independent Book Publishers Association
Independent Community Bankers of America
Independent Community Bankers of America
The Independent Community Bankers of America 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 conventions, publishes the monthly magazine ICBA Independent...
Independent Electrical Contractors
Independent Electrical Contractors
The Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc. is a national trade association for merit shop electrical and systems contractors. IEC’s mission is to develop and foster a stronger economy through the level of quality and services its members provide to the industry.IEC believes that drawing from the...
Independent Film & Television Alliance
Independent Film & Television Alliance
The Independent Film & Television Alliance 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 a worldwide membership and scope of services and advocacy....
Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States
Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States
The Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States is a regional, non-profit trade association that focuses on energy and public lands issues in the thirteen-state Intermountain West of the United States...
Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association
Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association
The Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association is an Arlington County, Virginia-based trade association for sellers of office supplies and furniture...
Information Technology Association of America
Information Technology Association of America
The Information Technology Association of America is a leading industry trade group for information technology companies. The Association's membership contains most all of the world's major ICT firms and accounts for over 90% of ICT goods and services sold in North America.Former Under Secretary...
Inland Press Association
Inland Press Association
The Inland Press Association, founded in 1885, is a 125-year-old United States-based not-for-profit organization owned by its member newspapers and operated by a volunteer board. Inland has over 1,200 daily and weekly newspaper members in all 50 states, Canada and Bermuda...
Institute for Supply Management
Institute for Supply Management
Founded in 1915, the Institute for Supply Management is the first supply management institute in the world.ISM is a not-for-profit educational association that serves professionals and organizations with an interest in supply management in more than 80 countries...
Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers
Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers
The Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers is currently incorporated into the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association . The merger of GAMA and IBR occurred on April 18, 2004. Under the IBR name, GAMA continues to offer regular classes on hydronic heat installation in the Northeastern...
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries is a private, non-profit trade association representing nearly 1,500 private and public for-profit companies – ranging from small, family-owned businesses to multi-national corporations -- operating at more than 6,000 facilities in the United States and...
International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers
International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers
The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers is a non-profit trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of products and services to the broadcasting and electronic media industries. The Association's aim is to identify and promote the interests of its members, and...
International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
The International Association of Certified Home Inspectors is a U.S.-based, non-profit professional association for home inspectors...
International Association of Elevator Consultants
International Association of Elevator Consultants
The International Association of Elevator Consultants, formerly National Association of Vertical Transportation Professionals, is an association of elevator consultants...
International Association of Operative Millers
International Association of Operative Millers
International Association of Operative Millers 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 Association of Operative Millers...
International Association of Plastics Distributors
International Association of Plastics Distributors
The International Association of Plastics Distributors , founded in 1956, 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, valves and fittings. Such materials are used in...
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials
International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses
International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses
The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses came into existence in 1891 when a number of conventional warehouse men took on the demands of storing perishable food and soon realized the increased challenge and complexity of operating temperature controlled storage facilities.IARW's...
International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers
International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers is an international trade association organised and run for the benefit of scholarly, scientific, technical, medical and professional publishers...
International Association of Travel Agents Network
International Association of Travel Agents Network
International Airlines Travel Agent Network is an industry association in the USA designed to represent the interests of their member companies....
International Bottled Water Association
International Bottled Water Association
The International Bottled Water Association, or IBWA, founded in 1958, is a trade association of companies in the bottled water industry....
International Business Council of Florida
International Business Council of Florida
The International Business Council of Florida is a membership-based public not-for-profit organization of businesses and organizations engaged in, or in support of international trade...
International Card Manufacturers Association
International Card Manufacturers Association
The International Card Maunfacturers Association is a non-profit organization which represents companies and other organizations which manufacture, personalize and supply plastic cards...
International Council of Shopping Centers
International Council of Shopping Centers
Founded in 1957, the International Council of Shopping Centers is the global trade association of the shopping center industry. Its 60,000 members in the U.S., Canada and more than 80 other countries include shopping center owners, developers, managers, marketing specialists, investors, lenders,...
International Council on Mining and Metals
International Council on Mining and Metals
The International Council on Mining and Metals is composed of 18 mining companies. The council was formed in October 2001 to comply with the mission set forth in the Global Mining Initiative. Criticism of lack of oversight in industrial mining operations from environmental and social groups...
International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA)
International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA)
The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association is a nonprofit trade association providing education, training, and marketing resources for food retailers, manufacturers, brokers, distributors, and other interested professionals. IDDBA's membership includes over 1450 companies...
International Electrical Testing Association
International Electrical Testing Association
The International Electrical Testing Association establishes standards; publishes specifications; accredits independent, third-party, electrical testing companies; certifies test technicians; and promotes the services of association members...
International Festivals and Events Association
International Festivals and Events Association
The International Festivals and Events Association is a not-for-profit association for producers, suppliers and managers of festivals and events, which range from small county and municipal events to large-scale parades that can have attendances in the hundreds of thousands...
International Foodservice Distributors Association
International Foodservice Distributors Association
The International Foodservice Distributors Association is a trade association serving the foodservice distribution industry. Its members include manufacturers, distributors, and buying groups who service the foodservice industry. Their largest membership base is from North America but they...
International Imaging Industry Association
International Imaging Industry Association
The International Imaging Industry Association was created by a merger of the PIMA and the Digital Imaging Group in 2001. It is a common forum for the industrial imaging industry....
International Intellectual Property Alliance
International Intellectual Property Alliance
The International Intellectual Property Alliance , formed in 1984, is a private sector coalition of seven trade associations representing U.S...
International Interactive Communications Society
International Interactive Communications Society
International Interactive Communications Society is a professional trade association for companies and individuals involved in interactive media. This organization traces its early roots to the days of interactive laser disc production in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1980s...
International Informix Users Group
International Informix Users Group
The International Informix Users Group is a not-for-profit organization whose goals are to provide support and education for users of Informix products and technology.The IIUG mission statement says:...
International Peace Operations Association
International Peace Operations Association
The International Stability Operations Association , formerly known as the International Peace Operations Association , is a 501 non-profit trade association. Founded in April 2001, IPOA was created to support the private military industry and is based in Washington, D.C....
International Renewable Energy Alliance
International Renewable Energy Alliance
International Renewable Energy Alliance is a formal partnership entered into on 4 June 2004 by four non-profit international organisations:* International Hydropower Association ,* International Solar Energy Society ,...
International Sealing Distribution Association
International Securities Lending Association
International Securities Lending Association
The International Securities Lending Association is an independent trade association established in 1989 to represent the interests of the securities lending industry...
International Sign Association
International Sign Association
The International Sign Association is a 2,600 member organization of manufacturers, users and suppliers of on-premise signs and sign products from all 50 U.S. states and an additional 54 countries. ISA exists to support, promote and improve the sign industry, which sustains the nation’s retail...
International Solid Waste Association
International Solid Waste Association
The International Solid Waste Association 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 sustainable development.ISWA's objective is the worldwide...
International Webmasters Association
International Webmasters Association
International Webmasters Association , a non-profit professional association for web professionals, provides training courses and certification.IWA reportedly has 100 official chapters representing over 22,000 individual members in 106 countries...
Investment Company Institute
Investment Company Institute
The Investment Company Institute is the national association of U.S. investment companies. ICI encourages adherence to high ethical standards, promotes public understanding of funds and investing, and advances the interests of investment funds and their shareholders, directors, and advisers.As of...
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association
JEDEC
The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, formerly known as the Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council , is an independent semiconductor engineering trade organization and standardization body...
Juice Products Association
Juice Products Association
The Juice Products Association is an industry trade group representing the juice processing industry in the United States. The Association claims a membership of "over 130 Regular and Associate member organizations, representing juice and fruit processing companies and support industries...
Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association
Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association
The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, Inc. is a national trade organization that represents the juvenile industry defined as from prenatal to preshcool...
Kansas Association of Broadcasters
Kansas Association of Broadcasters
The Kansas Association of Broadcasters is a group supporting broadcasters in Kansas, United States, primarily through lobbying and coordination.-Mission:...
Life Insurance Settlement Association
Life Insurance Settlement Association
The Life Insurance Settlement Association is a non-profit trade organization based in Orlando, Florida. It is the largest association of viatical and life settlement companies in the world, consisting of 150 members spanning five countries....
Marketing Research Association
Marketing Research Association
Founded in 1957, the Marketing Research Association, Inc. is one of the largest trade associations of market research and polling professionals. MRA has more than 3,000 members worldwide, representing all segments of the research industry...
Mason Contractors Association of America
Mason Contractors Association of America
The Mason Contractors Association of America is an organization in the United States of America that helps mason contractors.The Mason Contractors Association of America has a full time staff in Washington, D.C. representing the interests of MCAA members...
Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
The Massachusetts Bar Association is a voluntary, non-profit bar association in Massachusetts with a headquarters on West Street in Boston's Downtown Crossing. The MBA also has a Western Massachusetts office....
Massachusetts Broadcasters Association
Massachusetts Broadcasters Association
The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association is a trade association for radio and television broadcast stations in the U.S. state of Massachusetts...
Metal Building Manufacturers Association
Metal Building Manufacturers Association
The Metal Building Manufacturers Association 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 is in Cleveland, Ohio...
Metal Construction Association
Metal Construction Association
The Metal Construction Association was formed in 1984 with a focus on one key strategy - to grow the use of metal in construction through marketing, education, and selective action on public policies that affect metal’s use in building projects....
Michigan Association of Broadcasters
Michigan Association of Broadcasters
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters represents radio and television broadcasters across the U.S. state of Michigan. It gives out yearly awards to both of these categories, including "Lifetime Achievement", "Hall of Fame", and "Broadcast Excellence Awards."...
Million Dollar Round Table
Million dollar round table
The Million Dollar Round Table, abbreviated MDRT is a professional trade association formed in 1927 to help insurance salespeople and financial advisors establish best business practices and develop ethical and effective ways to increase client interest in financial products, specifically risk...
Mineral Information Institute
Mineral Information Institute
The Mineral Information Institute is an American educational institute dedicated to teaching schoolchildren about minerals and mining from the perspective of the mining industry. It sometimes influences the choice of textbooks., and it states that its web site and other resources are linked to or...
Minnesota Public Television Association
Mobile Marketing Association
Mobile marketing association
The Mobile Marketing Association is a global non-profit trade association established to foster growth of mobile marketing. The MMA's stated goals are to clear obstacles to market development, establish mobile media [guidelines and best practices] for sustainable growth, and evangelize the use of...
Modification and Replacement Parts Association
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 acronym for Parts Manufacturer Approval...
Mortgage Bankers Association
Mortgage Bankers Association
The Mortgage Bankers Association is the United States national association representing all facets of the real estate finance industry. Headquartered in Washington, DC, MBA represents over 3,000 member companies nationwide in an industry that employs approximately 350,000 people...
Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. , originally the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America , was founded in 1922 and is designed to advance the business interests of its members...
Motorcycle Industry Council
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, located in Irvine, California...
NAHAD (The Association for Hose & Accessories Distribution)
National Advertising Review Council
National Advertising Review Council
The National Advertising Review Council is the American advertising industry's self-regulatory body. NARC was established in 1971 by the American Advertising Federation , the American Association of Advertising Agencies , the Association of National Advertisers and the Council of Better Business...
National Agri-Marketing Association
National Agri-Marketing Association
The National Agri-Marketing Association ' is a non-profit organization of more than 3,500 professional and student members, serving the food and fiber industry. NAMA provides access to solutions and opportunities in agribusiness....
National Air Transportation Association
National Air Transportation Association
The National Air Transportation Association , the voice of aviation business, is the public policy group representing the interests of aviation businesses before Congress, federal agencies and state governments. NATA's 2,000 member companies own, operate and service aircraft...
National Algae Association
National Algae Association
The National Algae Association is a United States trade organization for renewable energy companies and researchers involved in the production and distribution of biofuels made from algae....
National Apartment Association
National Apartment Association
The National Apartment Association is a non-profit trade association ofapartment communities, owners and suppliers.These member companies are also part of NAA with their membership at the local level...
National Association for the Self-Employed
National Association for the Self-Employed
The National Association for the Self-Employed, based in Washington, D.C., is a trade association that provides day-to-day support for micro-businesses, including direct access to experts, benefits, and consolidated buying power that is traditionally only available to large corporations. The...
National Association for the Specialty Food Trade
National Association for the Specialty Food Trade
The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade is a not-for-profit business trade association established in 1952 to foster trade, commerce and interest in the specialty food industry in the USA...
National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders
National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders
The National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders is a U.S. trade organization representing financial institutions that provide financing and investing to low- and moderate-income communities...
National Association of Broadcasters
National Association of Broadcasters
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association, workers union, and lobby group representing the interests of for-profit, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States...
National Association of College Broadcasters
National Association of College Broadcasters
The National Association of College Broadcasters , was founded in 1988 by students at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Jumpstarted by a $300,000 grant from the now-defunct CBS Foundation, thanks to connections through the father of co-founder Doug Liman, NACB became the first trade...
National Association of Convenience Stores
National Association of Convenience Stores
NACS is an international trade association representing the convenience and fuel retailing industry.-Background:NACS was founded August 14, 1961, as the National Association of Convenience Stores. It is an international trade association representing more than 2,100 retail and 1,500 supplier...
National Association of Counties
National Association of Counties
The National Association of Counties is an organization that represents county governments in the United States.The National Association of Counties is the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States. Founded in 1935, NACo provides essential services to the...
National Association of Credit Management
National Association of Electrical Distributors
National Association of Electrical Distributors
The National Association of Electrical Distributors is the trade association for the electrical equipment distribution industry. NAED is a 5016 non-profit organization dedicated to serving and protecting the electrical distribution channel....
National Association of Federal Credit Unions
National Association of Federal Credit Unions
The National Association of Federal Credit Unions is a U.S. trade organization representing the nation's federal credit unions. The NAFCU hosts conferences, publishes original research on issues relating to the credit union industry, and provides testimony before the United States Congress on...
National Association of Government Contractors
National Association of Government Contractors
The National Association of Government Contractors is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade association for business owners engaged or interested in contracts with government, universities and private corporations. NAGC was founded in 1957 and claims a membership base in excess of 120,000.-...
National Association of Health Underwriters
National Association of Health Underwriters
The National Association of Health Underwriters is a non-profit professional association organized to promote the common business interests of those engaged in the sale of health insurance services and to advance public knowledge for the need and benefit of health insurance products and...
National Association of Home Builders
National Association of Home Builders
The National Association of Home Builders is one of the largest trade associations in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, DC, NAHB's mission is "to enhance the climate for housing and the building industry...
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is an Internal Revenue Code Section 501 non-profit organization which seeks to organize the regulatory and supervisory efforts of the various state insurance commissioners from around the United States. The NAIC was formed in 1871. Its current...
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Manufacturers
The National Association of Manufacturers is an advocacy group headquartered in Washington, D.C. with 10 additional offices across the country...
National Association of Minority Auto Dealers
National Association of Minority Auto Dealers
The National Association of Minority Auto Dealers, or NAMAD, was developed to assist in promoting minority auto dealers in the United States....
National Association of Mortgage Brokers
National Association of Mortgage Brokers
The National Association of Mortgage Brokers, or NAMB is self-described as the "only national trade association representing the mortgage broker industry in the United States." It has a membership of 27.000 members and was founded in 1973...
National Association of Professional Organizers
National Association of Professional Organizers
The National Association of Professional Organizers, , , known as The Organizing Authority, is the premier United States association dedicated to the field of organizing...
National Association of Presort Mailers
National Association of Presort Mailers
The National Association of Presort Mailers is a US trade group which represents major mailers and third-party presorted mailing firms....
National Association of Realtors
National Association of Realtors
The National Association of Realtors , whose members are known as Realtors, is North America's largest trade association. representing over 1.2 million members , including NAR's institutes, societies, and councils, involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries...

(claims the title of largest trade group in the United States http://www.realtor.org/press_room/news_releases/2005/06conventioninneworleans)
National Association of Recording Merchandisers
National Association of Recording Merchandisers
The National Association of Recording Merchandisers is a United States not-for-profit trade association based in Marlton, New Jersey that serves music retailing businesses in lobbying and trade promotion...
National Association of Securities Dealers
National Association of Sewer Service Companies
National Association of Sewer Service Companies
The National Association of Sewer Service Companies or NASSCO is a North American trade organization, established in 1976 to "improve the success rate of everyone involved in the pipeline rehabilitation industry through education, technical resources, and industry advocacy"...
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors is an American national trade association based in Alexandria, VA. The stated purpose of the organization is to assist with the communications needs and interests of local governments, and those who advise local governments.The...

(NATOA)
National Association of Theatre Owners
National Association of Theatre Owners
The National Association of Theatre Owners is a trade organization based in the United States whose members are the owners of movie theaters. Most major theater chains are members, as are many independent theatre operators; collectively, they account for the operation of over 26,000 motion...
National Association of Truck Stop Owners
National Association of Truck Stop Owners
The National Association of Truck Stop Operators is a Washington-based trade association of 1200 members belonging to the travel plaza and truck stop industries...
National Association of Wheat Growers
National Association of Wheat Growers
The National Association of Wheat Growers is an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. that supports the collective interests of wheat farmers in the United States....
National Auctioneers Association
National Auctioneers Association
The National Auctioneers Association , founded in 1949, is a advocacy group representing auctioneers, auction businesses and related companies that seeks to promote the auction method of marketing and the practice of auctioneering in the United States...
National Automatic Merchandising Association
National Automatic Merchandising Association
The National Automatic Merchandising Association, or NAMA, is the American national trade association of the food and refreshment vending, coffee service and foodservice management industries. Public relations is an important part of its mandate....
National Automobile Dealers Association
National Automobile Dealers Association
The National Automobile Dealers Association, founded in 1917, represents nearly 17,000 new-car and truck dealers, both domestic and international, with about 37,500 separate franchises...
National Bankers Association
National Bankers Association
The National Bankers Association is a U.S. trade organization representing the nation’s minority- and women-owned financial institutions. The organization hosts conferences and works with both government agencies and the private sector to help strengthen and expand the commercial viability of this...
National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA)
National Biodiesel Board
National Biodiesel Board
The National Biodiesel Board is a commercial trade association representing the biodiesel industry as the unifying and coordinating body for research and development in the United States. Its mission is to advance the interests of members by creating sustainable biodiesel industry growth. NBB...
National Bison Association
National Bison Association
The National Bison Association is a "non-profit association of producers, processors and marketers" of bison. It was formed in 1995 through a merger of two other organizations, the American Bison Association and the National Buffalo Association. Its nearly 1,500 members come from all 50 US states...
National Black Farmers Association
National black farmers association
The National Black Farmers Association is a non-profit organization representing African American farmers and their families in the United States. As an association, it serves tens of thousands of members nationwide...
National Building Trades Council
National Building Trades Council
The National Building Trades Council was an American federation of labor unions in the construction industry. It was active from 1897 to 1903....
National Bulk Vendors Association
National Bulk Vendors Association
The National Bulk Vendors Association is a nonprofit trade association of bulk vendors, founded in 1950. The NBVA lobbies for legislation that will help bulk vendors; for instance, NBVA worked through the Coin Coalition to support the United States dollar coin....
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable TV industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation’s cable households and more than 200 cable program networks, as well as equipment suppliers and providers...
National Cannabis Industry Association
National Cannabis Industry Association
The National Cannabis Industry Association is an American non-profit organization based in the District of Columbia. Its mission is to lobby the United States Congress to remove federal laws prohibiting medical marijuana and the legalization of marijuana...
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
National Cattlemen's Beef Association or NCBA, an advocacy group for beef producers in the United States, reports that it works "to increase profit opportunities for cattle and beef producers by enhancing the business climate and building consumer demand."The NCBA operates the Cattle Industry...
National Chicken Council
National Chicken Council
The National Chicken Council , based in Washington, D.C., is the non-profit trade association representing the interests of the United States chicken industry to the United States Congress and United States federal agencies....
National Chimney Sweep Guild
National chimney sweep guild
The National Chimney Sweep Guild is a non-profit trade association for chimney sweeps and chimney and venting manufacturers in the United States and Canada. Based in Plainfield, Indiana, it has approximately 1,100 member companies...
National Christmas Tree Association
National Christmas Tree Association
The National Christmas Tree Association is a professional organization in the United States of over 5,100 "Christmas tree professionals" in various capacities. The group focuses its work into three areas: promotion and research, federal representation , and professional education...
National Coalition for Quality Diagnostic Imaging Services
National Coalition for Quality Diagnostic Imaging Services
The National Coalition for Quality Diagnostic Imaging Services was established in 1997, as a trade association for the diagnostic imaging industry in the United States.NCQDIS has three primary objectives:...
National Confectioners Association
National Confectioners Association
Founded in 1884 in Chicago by representatives of 69 confectionery manufacturing firms, the National Confectioners Association is one of the oldest trade associations in the world. It is currently based in Washington, DC....
National Cooperative Grocers Association
National Cooperative Grocers Association
The National Cooperative Grocers Association is a marketing service cooperative of cooperative grocery stores founded in 1999 in the United States. NCGA's membership includes 114 independent food cooperatives operating more than 145 stores in 32 states with combined annual sales of nearly $1.2...
National Defense Industrial Association
National Defense Industrial Association
The National Defense Industrial Association is an association for the United States government and the defense industry. Based in Arlington, Virginia, NDIA was established in 1919 as a result of the inability of the defense industry to scale up the war effort during World War I...
National Electric Light Association
National Electric Light Association
The National Electric Light Association was a national United States trade association including the operators of central power generation stations and interested individuals. Founded in 1885 by G. S. Bowen Terry and Charles A. Brown, it represented the interests of various private companies...
National Electronic Distributors Association
National Electronic Distributors Association
The National Electronic Distributors Association, or NEDA, is a trade association in the United States of manufacturers and distributors.The association cooperates in standardization of names for components, such as batteries. NEDA is often cited by American manufacturers, along with ANSI, for...
National Electrical Contractors Association
National Electrical Contractors Association
The National Electrical Contractors Association, or NECA, is a trade association in the United States that represents the $130 billion/year electrical contracting industry. NECA supports the businesses that bring power, light, and communication technology to buildings and communities...
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
is the association of electrical and medical imaging equipment manufacturers. Founded in 1926 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., its approximately manufacture products used in the generation, transmission, distribution, control, and end use of electricity. These products are used in utility,...
National Energy Marketers Association
National Energy Marketers Association
National Energy Marketers Association is a trade association based in Washington, DC that represents wholesale and retail marketers of natural gas, electricity, as well as energy and financial related products....
National Exchange Carrier Association
National Exchange Carrier Association
The National Exchange Carrier Association is a not-for-profit association created in 1984 by telecommunications companies to administer the fees that long distance companies pay to access local telephone networks...
National Fire Protection Association
National Fire Protection Association
The National Fire Protection Association is a United States trade association that creates and maintains private, copywrited, standards and codes for usage and adoption by local governments...
National Fisheries Institute
National Fisheries Institute
The National Fisheries Institute is the United States industry trade group representing the seafood industry. It is a member of the International Coalition of Fisheries Associations . Its member companies consist of all levels of business involved in seafood, from fishing vessel operators to...
National Fluid Power Association
National Fluid Power Association
The National Fluid Power Association is a 5016 trade association founded in 1955. Members include more than 315 manufacturers of fluid power systems and components, fluid power distributors, suppliers to the fluid power industry, educators and researchers...
National Futures Association
National Futures Association
The National Futures Association is an independent self-regulatory organization and watchdog of the commodities and futures industry in the United States. The NFA oversees and protects investors from fraudulent commodities and futures activities. The NFA also provides mediation and arbitration...
National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association
National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association
The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association is a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania trade association that promotes the sales and consumption of frozen & refrigerated foods. NFRA was founded in 1945 as The National Wholesale Frozen Food Distributors, and took its current name in 2001 as...
National Glass Association
National Glass Association
The National Glass Association is the largest trade association for the auto glass, architectural glass, and window and door markets. The NGA was founded in 1948, and currently has close to 3,000 member companies...
National Hay Association
National Hay Association
The National Hay Association was formed in the United States in 1895, with membership made up of producers, dealers, brokers and representatives of related industry dedicated to the development and maintenance of quality hay and improved marketing practices....
National Hydrogen Association
National Hydrogen Association
From 1989 to 2010, the National Hydrogen Association was a nonprofit organization focused on advancing the development of hydrogen technologies and their utilization in industrial, commercial, and consumer applications and promote the role of hydrogen in the energy field.The NHA was a member-based...
National Hydropower Association
National Hydropower Association
The National Hydropower Association represents the interests of the U.S. hydropower industry, which includes all forms of water energy—conventional, hydrokinetic, tidal and ocean....
National Kitchen & Bath Association
National Kitchen & Bath Association
The National Kitchen & Bath Association is an international non-profit trade association for kitchen and bath professionals with over 36,000 members across North America. The NKBA provides resources for consumers and industry professionals and promotes professionalism and ethical business practices...
National Meat Association
National Meat Association
National Meat Association is a non-profit, industry trade association headquartered in Oakland, California. NMA was formed by the merger of Pacific Coast Meat Association, itself formed in 1948, and Western States Meat Packers Association which had launched in 1946 in San Francisco, California...
National Motor Freight Traffic Association
National Motor Freight Traffic Association
The National Motor Freight Traffic Association is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, and is dedicated to advancing the interests of its members. It consists of 950 freight carriers...
National Music Publishers Association
National Music Publishers Association
The National Music Publishers Association is the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. The NMPA’s mandate is to protect and advance the interests of music publishers and songwriters in matters relating to the domestic and global protection of...
National Mining Association
National Mining Association
The National Mining Association , is a trade organization that lists itself as the voice of the mining industry in Washington, D.C. NMA was formed in 1995, and has more than 325 corporate members.-History:...
National Newspaper Publishers Association
National Nutritional Foods Association
National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association
National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association
The National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association is the trade association for shops that fabricate ornamental and miscellaneous metalwork. Founded in 1958, the association is headquartered in McDonough, Georgia and has over 1,000 members throughout the U.S...
National Pasta Association
National Pasta Association
The National Pasta Association is a trade association of professionals in the United States pasta industry. The NPA originally formed as The National Association of Macaroni and Noodle Manufacturers of America in 1904, making it one of the oldest trade associations in the United States.-History:A...
National Pest Management Association
National Pest Management Association
The National Pest Management Association , a non-profit organization with more than 5,000 members, was established in 1933 to support the professional pest control industry. The headquarters are Fairfax, Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC....
National Private Truck Council
National Private Truck Council
National Private Truck Council is a national trade association in the United States which represents private motor carrier fleets. These corporate or "private" truck fleets are operated by manufacturers, distributors, processors, and retailers to meet their inbound and outbound transportation needs...
National Propane Gas Association
National Propane Gas Association
The National Propane Gas Association is a U.S. trade organization representing the 3,500 companies in the propane industry. NPGA provides training standards for energy industry professionals, and it has compiled studies safety incidents relating to the transportation, distribution and usage of...
National Pest Management Association
National Pest Management Association
The National Pest Management Association , a non-profit organization with more than 5,000 members, was established in 1933 to support the professional pest control industry. The headquarters are Fairfax, Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC....
National Restaurant Association
National Restaurant Association
thumb|National Restaurant Association logoThe National Restaurant Association is a restaurant industry business association in the United States, representing more than 380,000 restaurant locations. It also operates the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation...
National Retail Foundation
National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association
National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association
The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association is a U.S. trade organization for financial institutions involved in the origination and securitization of reverse mortgages...
National Roofing Contractors Association
National Roofing Contractors Association
The National Roofing Contractors Association , established in 1886, is one of the construction industry's oldest trade associations in the United States....
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is the organization that represents over 900 electric cooperatives in the United States. Independent electric utilities are not-for-profit and are owned by their members...
National Rural Water Association
National Rural Water Association
The National Rural Water Association, with its affiliated state rural water associations, is the largest water and wastewater utility membership organization in the United States of America. The NRWA is a professional organization that supports rural and small water utilities throughout the nation...
National Safeman's Organization
National Safeman's Organization
The National Safeman's Organization is one of North America's largest organizations of safe and vault technicians. It provides technical training at periodic "Penetration Parties" and offers three levels of certification:...
National School Supply and Equipment Association
National School Supply and Equipment Association
The National School Supply and Equipment Association is a not-for-profit international trade organization serving the school market, based in the United States. Founded in 1916, NSSEA promotes an open market for quality educational products and services that are produced and delivered by...
National Sheriffs' Association
National Sheriffs' Association
The National Sheriffs' Association is a U.S. trade association dedicated to raising the level of professionalism among U.S. sheriffs, their deputies and others in the fields of criminal justice and public safety. Since its founding in 1940, NSA has been the one voice of the nation's sheriffs in...
National Shooting Sports Foundation
National Shooting Sports Foundation
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, is a non-profit trade association for the shooting, hunting and firearms industry. Based in Newtown, Connecticut in the United States, NSSF's membership includes manufacturers, distributors, retailers, sportsmen's organizations and media.NSSF manages...
National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants
National Solid Wastes Management Association
National Sporting Goods Association
National Sporting Goods Association
History The National Sporting Goods Association has worked on behalf of retailers and dealers since the association’s founders fought an unjust tax on sporting goods in 1927...
National Subcontractors Alliance
National Turkey Federation
National Turkey Federation
The National Turkey Federation is the non-profit national trade association based in Washington, D.C. representing the turkey industry and its allies and affiliates. NTF advocates for all segments of the turkey industry, providing services and conducting activities which increase demand for its...
National Textile Association
National Textile Association
The National Textile Association is the United States's oldest and largest association of fabric-forming companies. NTA members knit and weave fabric in the U.S.; supply fibers, yarns to the fabric-forming industry; or supply other materials or services to the American textile industry.- History...
National Venture Capital Association
National Venture Capital Association
The National Venture Capital Association is the leading trade association representing the venture capital industry in the U.S. The NVCA represents the venture industry in public policy debates in Washington, DC, and promotes high professional standards, professional development, and interaction...
Natural Products Association
Nevada Broadcasters Association
Nevada Broadcasters Association
The Nevada Broadcasters Association is a trade association for radio and television broadcast stations in the U.S. state of Nevada.It seeks to educate consumers about the impending change to digital television broadcasting in Nevada and the rest of the United States...
Newspaper Association of America
Newspaper Association of America
The Newspaper Association of America is a trade association representing approximately 2000 newspapers in the United States and Canada. Member newspapers represented by the NAA include large daily papers, non-daily and small-market publications, as well as digital and multiplatform...
Newspaper National Network
New York Center for Independent Publishing
New York Center for Independent Publishing
The New York Center for Independent Publishing is located on New York's "Literary Row" at 20 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan. Formerly the Small Press Center, the Center was founded by Whitney North Seymour, Jr. in 1984...
North American Association of Consulting Wetland Scientists
North American Meat Processors Association
North American Meat Processors Association
The North American Meat Processors Association is an industry group for meat processors, packers, and distributors. It is a nonprofit, membership-based group with significant presence in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. Its Executive Director is Phil Kimball...
North Pacific Longliners Association
North Pacific Longliners Association
The North Pacific Longliners Association is a trade group that represents the largest longliners....
NPES
NPES
NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies is a trade association based in the United States representing more than 400 companies that manufacture and distribute equipment, systems, software, and supplies used in printing, publishing and converting.-...

(formerly National Printing Equipment Association)
Nuclear Energy Institute
Nuclear Energy Institute
The Nuclear Energy Institute is a nuclear industry lobbying group in the United States.- Synopsis :According to its website, the NEI "develops policy on key legislative and regulatory issues affecting the industry. NEI then serves as a unified industry voice before the U.S...
Ohio Credit Union System
Ohio Credit Union System
The Ohio Credit Union System is an Ohio-based American trade association for credit unions. The Ohio Credit Union System is composed of the Ohio Credit Union League , the Ohio Credit Union Foundation , OCULPAC , and OCUL Services Corp., a service & solutions supplier for credit unions...
Open Mashup Alliance
Open Mashup Alliance
The Open Mashup Alliance is a non-profit consortium that promotes the adoption of mashup solutions in the enterprise through the evolution of enterprise mashup standards like EMML. Enterprise mashup usage is expected to grow tenfold in the next five years...
Organization for International Investment
Organization for International Investment
Based in Washington, D.C., the Organization for International Investment is a trade association representing the interests of US subsidiaries of overseas corporations...
Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Outdoor Advertising Association of America
The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is a trade association representing the outdoor advertising industry in the United States. Founded in 1891, the OAAA is dedicated to promoting, protecting and advancing outdoor advertising interests in the U.S...
Outdoor Industry Association
Outdoor Industry Association
is the trade association for companies in the active outdoor recreation business. OIA provides trade services for over 4,000 manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, sales representatives and retailers in the outdoor industry, primarily in the United States....
Pacific Maritime Association
Pacific Maritime Association
The Pacific Maritime Association represents shipping companies and terminal operators. In a 2002 dispute with a longshoremen's union, 10,500 dockworkers were locked out because of an alleged slowdown. The president and C.E.O. of the Pacific maritime association is Jim McKenna....
Pellet Fuels Institute
Pellet Fuels Institute
Pellet Fuels Institute is a U.S. trade organization that represents manufacturers, retailers and distributors of wood pellet fuel supplies and appliances....
Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
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. Every year the organization holds a convention where its main attraction,...
Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association is a trade group serving newspapers in Pennsylvania. The PNA seeks to "advance the interests of Pennsylvania newspapers" and protect the "free and independent press." It represents the newspaper industry in governmental affairs and provides public educational...
Personal Watercraft Industry Association
Personal Watercraft Industry Association
The Personal Watercraft Industry Association is an American association of personal watercraft manufacturers. It is an affiliate of the larger National Marine Manufacturers Association, and was founded in 1987....
Pipe Line Contractors Association
Pipe Line Contractors Association
The Pipe Line Contractors Association is a petroleum industry trade group created in 1948 to handle labor relations in the pipeline construction industry...
Pharmaceutical care management association
Pharmaceutical care management association
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association , is the American national trade association representing pharmacy benefit managers. According to the association's mission statement, PCMA advocates on behalf of its member companies, which claim to improve affordability of prescription drugs and...
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America , founded in 1958, is a trade group representing the pharmaceutical research and biopharmaceutical companies in the United States. PhRMA's stated mission is advocacy for public policies that encourage the discovery of new medicines for patients...
Plumbing Manufacturers Institute
Plumbing Manufacturers Institute
Formerly The Plumbing Manufacturers Institute, The Plumbing Manufacturers International is the international trade association of plumbing products manufacturers...
Printing Industries of America
Printing Industries of America
Printing Industries of America is a nonprofit trade association which advocates for the United States printing industry.It is the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, representing more than 10,000 member companies and an industry with more than $174.4 billion in revenue and 1 million...
Print Services & Distribution Association
Print Services & Distribution Association
The Print Services & Distribution Association is an international trade association for the print distribution industry. Its members include some print distributors, print resellers, agencies, printers and suppliers.- History :...
Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League
Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League
The Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League or PEARL is an international professional organization and standards group based in Denver, Colorado...
Professional Photographers of America
Professional Photographers of America
This organization was formed in April 1880 as the Photographers Association of America, Inc., by members of the Chicago Photographic Association and the National Photographic Association. The name was changed to Professional Photographers of America, Inc. , in 1958 to distinguish the association...
Produce Marketing Association
Produce Marketing Association
The Produce Marketing Association 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 or foodservice outlet. It was founded in 1949. Mike O'Brien of Schnucks Markets in St. Louis, MO is...
Producers Guild of America
Producers Guild of America
Producers Guild of America is a trade organization representing television producers, film producers and New Media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership includes over 4,700 members of the producing establishment worldwide...
Programmers Guild
Programmers Guild
The Programmers Guild is an American non-profit corporation that advocates against corporate outsourcing, the H1-B visa program and related topics. The Guild was founded in 1998 by John Miano, a New Jersey programmer. The current president is Kim Berry, a Sacramento based activist on outsourcing...
Promotion Marketing Association, Inc.
Promotion Marketing Association, Inc.
The Promotion Marketing Association is an advocacy group and trade association for the promotion and integrated marketing sector. It seeks to "be the voice of the promotion industry, recognized and relied upon as the primary resource of promotion education, information and interaction for...
Receptive Services Association of America
Receptive Services Association of America
The Receptive Services Association of American is a 5016 trade association of major North American based receptive tour operator companies and suppliers ....
Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
Recreational Software Advisory Council
Recreational Software Advisory Council
The Recreational Software Advisory Council was an independent, non-profit organization founded in the USA in 1994 by the Software Publishers Association as well as six other industry leaders in response to video game controversy and threats of government regulation.The goal of the council was to...
Regional Bond Dealers Association
Regional Bond Dealers Association
The Regional Bond Dealers Association 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.- Formation :...
Resilient Floor Covering Institute
Resilient Floor Covering Institute
The Resilient Floor Covering Institute is a U.S. industry trade group representing manufacturers of resilient flooring, primarily made of vinyl. It is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland....
Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates
Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates
The Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates is a trade association that serves retailers' cooperatives in the supermarket industry...
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Retail Industry Leaders Association
The Retail Industry Leaders Association is American trade association headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. RILA promotes consumer choice and economic freedom through public policy and industry operational excellence...
Risk and Insurance Management Society
Risk and Insurance Management Society
The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. is a professional association for risk management professionals dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management. Founded in 1950, RIMS represents more than 3,500 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable and governmental entities. The Society...
SAFE-BioPharma Association
Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association
Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association
The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association is the national trade organization representing the consumer satellite industry in the United States, including the two largest service providers, DirecTV and DISH Network, manufacturers, installers, and distributors of satellite...
Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
SD Card Association
SD Card Association
The SD Card Association develops and publishes technical standards for SD Card technology, and promotes the use of the technology. SD Cards are compact data storage devices used to store digital files, such as picture files recorded by digital cameras. The association was founded on 28 January...
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is a leading securities industry trade group representing securities firms, banks, and asset management companies in the U.S. and Hong Kong. SIFMA was formed on November 1, 2006, from the merger of The Bond Market Association and the...
Security Hardware Distributors Association
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association
The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association is an international association of HVAC contractors. Its headquarters is at 4201 Lafayette Center Drive Chantilly, Virginia 20151-1209, and it has about 2,000 members and 98 chapters in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and...
Soap and Detergent Association
Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates
Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates
SOCMA, the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates, is an international trade association that represents the interests of the batch chemical industry...
Solar Energy Industries Association
Solar Energy Industries Association
Established in 1974, the Solar Energy Industries Association® is the national nonprofit trade association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Through advocacy and education, SEIA is working to build a strong solar industry to power America...
Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA)
Specialty Coffee Association of America
Specialty Coffee Association of America
The Specialty Coffee Association of America is a civilian trade organization for the specialty coffees industry, founded in 1982. The SCAA seeks to set standards for growing, roasting, and brewing premium coffees. Members of the SCAA include coffee retailers, roasters, producers, exporters and...
Specialty Wine Retailers Association
Specialty Wine Retailers Association
The Specialty Wine Retailers Association 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 purchase and have shipped to them any wine from any retailer...
Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association
Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association
The Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association is a trade association of the retailers, manufacturers and marketers of the sporting goods industry. The SGMA was founded in 1906 in New York, and is currently based in Washington, D.C. Currently, the SGMA represents over 1,000 manufacturers, retailers...
SWACHA
SWACHA
SWACHA, the Electronic Payments Resource, is a regional trade association with the mission of providing education, training, representation and knowledge regarding electronic payments and payments system risks to its approximately 1,100 members across the Southwest, United States...

electronic payments
Tavern League of Wisconsin
Tavern League of Wisconsin
The Tavern League of Wisconsin 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 boasts 5000 members...
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI
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...

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Tech Council of Maryland
Tech Council of Maryland
The Tech Council of Maryland 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, which serves the Maryland biotech industry.-Member...
Tennessee Concrete Association
Tennessee Concrete Association
The Tennessee Concrete Association – TCA – was formed in 1986 with the primary purpose of promoting the increased use of ready mixed concrete ready-mix concrete in Tennessee. Today, the TCA has 50 ready mix concrete producer member companies representing approximately 85% of the annual ready mix...
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association was created in 1877, when 40 Texas cattlemen joined together out of their common interest to end unbridled livestock theft and formed what was to become Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association....
Tobacco Institute
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.-Founding:...
Trade Show Exhibitors Association
Trade Show Exhibitors Association
The Trade Show Exhibitors Association is a US-based non-profit organization created to promote the development of the trade show industry and the expertise of professionals in exhibit and event marketing...
Transportation Marketing & Communications Association
Transportation Marketing & Communications Association
The Transportation Marketing & Communications Association is the only current association serving transportation marketing, sales, and communications pros in all modes and market segments of the North American transportation industry....
Trusted Computing Group
Trusted Computing Group
The Trusted Computing Group , successor to the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance , is an initiative started by AMD, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft to implement Trusted Computing...
United States Brewers' Association
United States Brewers' Association
The United States Brewers' Association was a trade organization that existed from 1862 to 1986.The impetus for its founding was provided by the institution of federal taxation during the American Civil War...
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
The United States Chamber of Commerce is an American lobbying group representing the interests of many businesses and trade associations. It is not an agency of the United States government....
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is an American industry trade group located in Tucker, Georgia that "represents its poultry and egg members through research, education, communications and promotion."...
United States Telecom Association
United States Telecom Association
The United States Telecom Association , founded in 1897, is the trade association for broadband service providers and their suppliers. The Association represents the broadband industry before the United States Congress, the United States federal courts, and the White House.-External links:* * *...
Utilities Telecom Council
Vision Council of America
Western States Petroleum Association
Western States Petroleum Association
Western States Petroleum Association 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, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington...
Western States Roofing Contractors Association
Western States Roofing Contractors Association
The Western States Roofing Contractors Association is a trade association serving the roofing industry of the Western United States. Founded in 1974, WSRCA also hosts the annual Western Roofing Expo. The WSRCA supports the roofing industry and its members by providing access to trade publications,...
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. 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 1943 and has 360 member companies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia...
Wyoming Stock Growers Association
Wyoming Stock Growers Association
The Wyoming Stock Growers Association is a historic American cattle organization created in 1873. The Association was started 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 territorial...
Yacht Brokers Association of America
Yerba Mate Association of the Americas
Yerba Mate Association of the Americas
The Yerba Mate Association of the Americas is an association of scientists, companies, consumers, and others with an interest in yerba maté and mate, a beverage that is brewed from it...

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