Of which trade associations is the company a member?

Smaller or privately-owned companies depend heavily on trade associations for help in looking after and promoting their industry's interests. Consequently, these associations are a wealth of information as they collect a great deal of information on their member companies. This information is usually made available via association websites and publications since marketing is an important role of these groups.

Using the directories of associations suggested below, you can identify the trade associations that the company may be a member of and obtain company contact information through these organizations. (Do note that some of the information put out by associations may be restricted to their members only).

Encyclopedia of Associations
(McGraw Desk; *R-AS8 .E53)
This Gale Research, Inc. publication contains information on ~87,000 associations across the globe, including contact information and their publications.

National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States.
(McGraw Desk; *R-HD2425 .D53)
Alphabetically-arranged directory of ~76,000 trade & professional associations, including labor unions. Can look up names in the Indexed by acronym, by subject, and by geography, among other things.

Directory of Associations Online
(Gateway to Associations Online)
http://www.asaecenter.org/Directories/AssociationSearch.cfm?navItemNumber=16581
This website directory service is provided by the American Society of Association Executives. The Gateway can be searched by keyword that the Association name contains or by the business category/keyword provided in a drop-down menu.