• 1,400+ trade professionals
• 109 domestic offices
• 128 commercial offices located in U.S. Embassies and Consulates in more than 75 countries
• 800-USA-TRADE call center
• Advocacy Center

What we do

• Support U.S. businesses with customized solutions, and a joint European approach

How we do it

• Trade Counseling
• Market Intelligence
• Business Matchmaking
• Advocacy and Commercial Diplomacy
• Trade Promotion Programs

Click here for the website: The U.S. Commercial Service

The Czech Franchise Association (ČAF) is a non-profit, professional organization associating at the national level franchising providers – franchisors and specialists dealing with franchising issues, lawyers and advisors. The Association was established in 1993 and its mission is to inform non-professional and professional public about the fundamentals and significance of franchising and about successful representatives of this form of business. We cooperate with professional and specialised unions in the Czech Republic and other franchise unions in Europe. The Czech Franchise Association is a member of the European Franchise Federation and the World Franchise Council.

CAF has 60 members at present. Members of the Czech Franchise Association are big, well-known, international systems as for example Yves Rocher, RE/MAX, NATURHOUSE, McDonald´s, and national franchise systems for example CrossCafe, Ambiente, OXALIS, Vytopna, Svět zdraví, Solodoor, Potrefena Husa or international partnership of layers, tax advisors and auditors Noerr or Kocian Solc Balastik.
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Camera Europeana de Comert Industrie si Franciza este unul dintre cele mai importante forumuri de reprezentare a oamenilor de afaceri europeni. Exponenta a economiei libere de piata, Camera Europeana de Comert Industrie si Franciza a contribuit activ la dezvoltarea mediului de afaceri si, implicit, a Romaniei. Una dintre cele mai mari provocari ale zilelor noastre o reprezinta mentinerea competitivitatii economice, iar eforturile CECIF vizeaza, in principal, sustinerea intreprinderilor de toate dimensiunile și din toate sectoarele, prin oferirea de oportunitati si informatii, acces la idei noi si inovare, expertiza si suport. CECIF consulta si sustine includerea opiniilor mediului de afaceri în dezbaterile aflate pe agenda publica si promoveaza opiniile, necesitatile si dezideratele comunitatii de afaceri in elaborarea si implementarea politicilor publice.
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Acquire a crisis-proof franchise licence... and give your life a new perspective
We don't "talk" you into a franchise licence. Together we find out which franchise concept could suit you. Not every person's type is suitable for acquiring a franchise. Many prefer the supposed safe haven of employment (high need for security). Others are creative and don't like to get involved in a standardised system with rigid process flows (high willingness to take risks). The ideal franchisee or master franchisee moves between these two extremes. On the one hand, he must think and act entrepreneurially (willingness to take risks), on the other hand, he must implement the specifications of a tested system (security). The system helps to avoid mistakes that an individual would inevitably make when setting up his own business.

Click here for the website: Master Franchise Germany

The Frankfurt Business Development Agency is your competent contact for location matters and questions of economic development in Frankfurt am Main.
We are an independent pilot for all questions from start-ups and founders. For companies, we offer customised information about Frankfurt's economic structure and its key industries. With the help of the industry meetings and networks we initiate, we put you in touch with other companies, associations, communities and consultants.
As a 100% subsidiary of the city, we act as an intermediary between business and politics and take your needs to the political committees. We pursue our goal of creating growth and jobs through active company consulting and cluster-related settlement strategies. We also make recommendations on economic and location policy measures and develop proposals to secure Frankfurt's economic future.
As an advisory and service centre for Frankfurt companies, foreign investors and start-ups, the Economic Development Department continues to provide support in the necessary steps up to opening a business in the location. Regardless of company size and industry, the Economic Development Agency offers quick access to information, institutions and contacts and provides support for smooth market access.

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In order to enable founders and start-ups from all sectors to set up a company quickly and without red tape, firma.de combines individual advice with a digital one-stop shop for all services before, during and after the start-up. As a central point of contact, firma.de supports all administrative work processes outside of the core business: whether company formation, accounting, payroll, tax and legal advice or trademark registration - entrepreneurs book the right package online and at transparent prices.

Click here for the website: firma.de

FRANCHISE 4.X has been helping franchise systems in the phases of development, growth and digital transformation since 2018.

Together with the head and founder Timo Marschall, a franchise expert with over 15 years of experience, they set new standards in the implementation of innovative concepts. measurable results based on (real-time) data.

Whether business model development, financing, system building, franchisee acquisition, recruiting, online marketing or the digitalization of system processes - here franchisors will find the “one-stop shop” for all topics that guarantee long-term economic success.

Click here for the website: Franchise 4.X

FranchiseBusiness.ch is the Swiss platform for franchise and license systems active in Switzerland. Here companies from Switzerland and abroad can use profile presentations to raise their awareness and profile their image. Master and multi-unit franchisees as well as individual franchisees can also be searched for and addressed directly.

Click here for the website: Bellone Franchise Consulting

Cutting-edge business reports with photo galleries and lots of moving image content, readable on all devices, are the right offer for the information needs of today's media users.
LEADERSNET.AT is Austria's largest business infotainment portal and will soon register more than 1 million unique clients per year. Since 02.02.2022 there is an own Germany Edition - LEADERSNET.DE. Secure early bird prices now that will no longer be available at a later date. Current reach figures for LEADERSNET DEUTSCHLAND (as of 01.08.2022): 100,000 unique clients per month, 1 million page impressions per month, 6,000 newsletter recipients per day. We currently expect a 10% increase in reach per month. TARGET GROUP: 90% of our readers are in executive positions - more than 50% of them in top management. Your advertising on LEADERSNET.DE is optimised for all devices. Do you want to reach the entire DACH region with your advertising? If you wish, we can also place your advertisement in the entire LEADERSNET advertising network (RON - Run on Network).

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The Start-up Week is a nationwide campaign week organised by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. Hundreds of partners (including companies, schools, universities, chambers, associations, start-up initiatives, ministries, financial institutions) support the week by organising events. Start-up Week Germany is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which aims to promote entrepreneurial thinking and action worldwide, especially among young people.

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The Franchise Business Community is the interest group and purchasing association of all franchise systems in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. For over 25 years, it has accompanied and supported franchisees and system headquarters free of charge in all areas outside their core competencies, in order to increase their profitability, company growth and earning power.
Through the community, entrepreneurs and management benefit from know-how and information transfer between the systems, trusting business contacts, individual and franchise-specific solutions, attractive purchasing conditions, outstanding service and ever new impulses for the future.
Together with certified service providers, suppliers and technical experts, the community of interest develops exclusive added value, purchasing advantages, framework agreements and innovative solution concepts around the topics of system expansion, financing, marketing, point of sale, employees, operating supplies and vehicle fleet.

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We, as Güvenilir Ürün Platformu ( Reliable Product Platform), are a civil initiative that established for inform the public about products and services which may affect consumer health.Our association is supported by nearly 40 NGO members, more than 3500 individual members, chambers of commerce, universities, academics and institutions. Our mail goal is contribute product safety and sustainability.

Click here for the website: Güvenilir Ürün Platformu