business association
Commercial member organization
A business association is an organization of companies or professionals in the same industry who join together to advance shared interests.
Such groups lobby for favorable regulations, set industry standards, and provide networking opportunities: The restaurant business association opposed the new health codes.
Also called a trade association.
- worker cooperativeFirm owned by its labor force
- chamber of commerceOrganization representing local businesses
- credit unionMember-owned financial cooperative
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- trade unionWorkers' collective for negotiations
guild · board of directors · board meeting · corporation · joint venture · lobbying group · networking event · trade show · consortium · cooperative · federation · holding company · advisory board · peer group · cartel · franchise · ethics commission · arbitration panel
business associationsole proprietorship
Unincorporated individual-owned business
business associationcharitable organization
Nonprofit for public benefit
nonprofit organization · philanthropic foundation · government agency · humanitarian group · volunteer organization
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