A chamber of commerce is an organization of businessmen that promotes local commercial interests. An association of businesspersons and merchants for the promotion of commercial interests in the community. chambers of commerce a group of business people in a particular town or area, working together to improve trade. or commercial association Any of various voluntary organizations of business firms, public officials, professional people, and public-spirited citizens whose primary interest is in publicizing, promoting, and developing commercial and industrial opportunities in their local area, and usually also community schools, streets, housing, and public works. The International Chamber of Commerce (founded 1920) acts as the voice of the business community in the international field and runs a court of arbitration for settling commercial disputes. National chambers of commerce exist in most industrialized, free-enterprise countries. The first to use the name was founded in Paris in 1601; the first U.S. chamber of commerce was that of the state of New York, founded in 1768
An organization of business people designed to advance the interests of its members There are three levels: national, state and local