A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community. Local businesses are members, and they elect a board of directors or executive council to set policy for the chamber. The board or council then hires a President, CEO, or Executive Director, plus staffing appropriate to size, to run the organization.
The former headquarters of Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, the oldest chamber of commerce in the United States, established in 1768 in British America during the colonial era
The Dublin Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1783
An 1894 illustration of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce in Toledo, Ohio
The Turku City Chamber of Commerce (next to a local restaurant) along the Puolalankatu street in Turku, Finland
Royal Barcelona Board of Trade
The Royal Barcelona Board of Trade or Chamber of Commerce was the leading institution for regulating, representing and promoting Catalan commercial and industrial activity in the 18th and 19th century with jurisdiction over the whole Principality of Catalonia. It was created in Barcelona in 1758 and replaced in 1847 by the Provincial Board of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce.
Detail of a painting by Emili Casals y Camps "Visit by King Fernando VII to the Llotja en 1827" (Museum of the History of Barcelona, MUHBA), an allegory of the various schools founded by the Board of Trade
The Llotja de Mar 1842, the seat of the Board of Trade
