Smallbusiness.com Directory: Small Business Advocacy Associations & Programs Associations and programs encouraging the development of small businesses and entrepreneurship or focused on small business public policy, political, regulatory or legal matters. (This is one of several Smallbusiness.com Directories, special pages with links to online resources for small business owners and employees.) For more information about adding to this list, please scroll to the bottom of the page.
Small Business Advocacy Associations & Programs
- America's Best Companies - Association dedicated to helping local businesses and preserving the future of small business.
- American Small Business Alliance - non-profit education and advocacy organization for small businesses.
- American Small Businesses Association - News, resources, mission statement and member benefit information.
- International Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises (IFoSME) - Organization dedicated to the promotion and support of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) worldwide.
- National Association for the Self-Employed - Provides news,legislative advocacy and membership benefits such as health insurance, discounted business supplies and scholarships.
- National Business Association - Non-profit organization supporting and educating the small business community.
- National Business Incubation Association - Business incubators help emerging growth companies survive and grow during the start-up period when they are most vulnerable. With approximately 800 members worldwide, NBIA is the largest membership organization of its kind.
- National Congress of Inventor Organizations - Resource for inventors and entrepreneurs. Inventor Online magazine, free consultations, patent search online, links to patent office and other government resources, free how-to information on how to keep proper records, important warning information about invention scams.
- National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) - The largest advocacy organization representing small and independent businesses in the United States.
- National Small Business Association (NSBA) - PAC for small business.
- National Women's Business Council - Advisory panel to the President and Congress on economic issues important to women business owners.
- Service Corps Of Retired Executives - A nonprofit association dedicated to encouraging the formation, growth, and success of small business nationwide through counseling and mentor programs.
- Small Business Survival Committee - Small business advocacy organization fighting for policies and legislation critical to the growth and survival of small business.
- SOHO Org - Nonprofit membership association dedicated to serving the needs of the growing small office - home office market.
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce - A business federation representing companies, business associations, state and local chambers in the U.S., and American Chambers of Commerce abroad.
- Young Americas Business Trust - Site for young entrepreneurs, purpose of the Trust is to develop business skills in young people in the Americas.
