List of employer associations explained

This is a list of employer associations and other business organizations.

Albania

• Konfindustria (Konfederata e Industrive te Shqiperise)

Austria

• Federation of Austrian Industry (Vereinigung der Österreichischen Industrie (VÖI))

Australia

• Master Plumbers and Gasfitters Association of Western Australia (Union of Employers)
• Australian Aluminium Council
• Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Australian Dental Industry Association
• Australian Federation of Employers and Industries (AFEI)
• Australian Gift & Homewares Association
• Australian Industry Group
• Australian Uranium Association
• Business Council of Australia
• Business Software Association of Australia
• Cotton Australia
• Insulation Council of Australia and New Zealand
• The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
• Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Federal Chamber of Automotive Industry
• Master Grocers Australia

Belgium

• Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB)

Brazil

• National Industry Confederation (CNI)

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Industrial Association
• Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria
• Union for Private Economic Enterprise

Canada

• Canadian Iron Founders' Association^[1]

Croatia

• Croatian Employers' Association

Czech Republic

• Industrial Union of the Czech Republic

Colombia

• National Employers Association of Colombia (ANDI - Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia)

Cyprus

• Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation

Denmark

• Confederation of Danish Industries (Dansk Industry)

Estonia

• Estonian Business Association

Finland

• Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK)

Fiji

• Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation (FCEF)

France

• Fédération nationale des transporteurs routiers
• General Confederation of small and middle size enterprises of France (CGPME)
• Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF)

Georgia

• Georgian Employers Association (GEA) (საქართველოს დამსაქმებელთა ასოციაცია)

Germany

• Confederation of Industry of Germany (BDI)
• Confederation of Unions of Employers of Germany (BDA)

Greece

• Federation of Greek Industries (Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Βιομηχανιών (ΣΕΒ))

Hong Kong

• Employers' Federation of Hong Kong

Hungary

• Hungarian Confederation of Employers' Organizations (CEHIC)
• Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (Munkaadók és Gyáriparosok Országos Szövetsége (MGYOSZ))

Iceland

• Confederation of Icelandic Employers

Indonesia

• Indonesian Employers Association

Italy

• Confederation of Italian Industry (CONFINDUSTRIA)
• Association of Small Businesses (Associazione Piccole e Medie - API)
• Confederation of Agricultural Businesses (CONFAGRICOLTURA)

Ireland

• Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC)

Jamaica

• Jamaica Employers' Federation

Japan

• (JCCI)
  • Japan Association of Corporate Executives
• Japan Business Federation (and regional associations including Tokyo Employer's Association et al.)
• Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
• British Chamber of Commerce in Japan
• Japan Entrepreneurs & Presidents Association

Kenya

• Federation of Kenya Employers

Latvia

• Latvian Confederation of Industrialists

Mauritius

• Mauritius Employers' Federation

Mexico

• Coparmex (Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana)

Morocco

• Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM)

The Netherlands

• VNO-NCW (Verbond van Nederlandse Ondernemingen, Nederlands Christelijk Werkgeversverbond)

New Zealand

• BusinessNZ

Norway

• Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO)
• Enterprise Federation of Norway (Hovedorganisasjonen Virke)
• Norwegian Federation of Craft Enterprises (NHO Håndverk)

Poland

• Association of Industry, Commerce and Finance of Poland
• Chamber of Economy of the Republic of Poland

Portugal

• Portuguese Association of Industry

Romania

• Concordia Employers' Confederation - Romanian member of BusinessEurope
• National Confederation of Romanian Employers "General Union of Romanian Industrialists" UGIR-1903 - Founded 1903

Singapore

• Singapore National Employers Federation

Slovakia

• National Union of Employers
• Federation of Employers Associations of Slovakia

Slovenia

• Slovenian employers Association

South Korea

• Federation of Korean Industries (FKI)

Spain

• Employers Confederation of Spain
• Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain (CEOE)
• The National Federation of Self-Employed workers and small entrepreneurs Associations in Spain (ATA Federation)

Sweden

• Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
• Swedish Agency for Government Employers

Switzerland

1) National organisations

• economiesuisse
• Union patronale suisse (Schweizerisches Arbeitgsbegerverband)
• Union suisse des arts et métiers (Schweizericher Gewerbeverband)
• Swissmem (machine industry)

2) Regional organisations

• Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève
• Fédération patronale vaudoise
• Gewerbeverband Basel-Stadt
• Kantonaler Gewerbeverband Zürich

Tunisia

• Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (created in 1947)
• Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (created in 1949)
• Confederation of Tunisian Citizen Enterprises (created in 2011)

United Kingdom

• Building and Engineering Services Association^[2] (BESA)
• Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
• Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)^[3]
• Federation of Small Businesses
• Institute of Directors (IoD)
• London Councils
• National Farmers' Union
• NHS Confederation
• Universities and Colleges Employers Association(UCEA)

See also: Regional employers organisations.

United States

• Associated Builders and Contractors
• Better Business Bureau
• California Employers Association
• Chicago Building Contractors' Council^[4]
• Citizens' Alliance
• Illinois Coal Operators' Association^[5]
• Lake Carriers' Association
• Mine Owners' Association
• National Association of Manufacturers
• Stove Founders' National Defense Association^[6]
• United States Chamber of Commerce

Venezuela

• Fedecamaras
• Consecomercio
• Fedenagas

International

• • International Organisation of Employers Mobile Payment Services Association
• World Shipping Council

Europe

• Confederation of European Business (BUSINESSEUROPE)
• Federation of International Employers (FedEE)

See also

• List of labor unions
• List of reference tables for more lists in the field of business

Notes and References

1. F.W. Hilbert, "Employers' Associations in the United States," in Jacob H. Hollander and George E. Barnett (eds.), Studies in American Trade Unionism. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1912; pg. 195.
2. News: Public List of Employers Associations. UK Government. 2016-01-25.
3. Web site: Public List of Employers Associations. UK Government. 2024-08-10.
4. Hilbert, "Employers' Associations in the United States," pg. 191.
5. Hilbert, "Employers' Associations in the United States," pg. 193.
6. Hilbert, "Employers' Associations in the United States," pg. 194.