{{More citations needed|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox organization | name = Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce | logo = SeattleChamberLogo.png | type = | founded = 1882 | founder = | location = Seattle, Washington | origins = | key_people = Joe Nguyen, President & CEO | region_served = Seattle Area | focus = Business federation | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_employees = | website = {{URL|https://www.seattlechamber.com/|seattlechamber.com}} | footnotes = }} thumb|Former headquarters of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, built 1924
The '''Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce''' is a private, membership-based organization that represents economic development and the economic interests of its corporate members in the metro region of Seattle, Washington, United States. Its members include most of the largest companies based in Seattle or have a significant presence there.
The organization was founded on April 17, 1882, by 26 businessmen looking to capture a lucrative mail route to Alaska.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.seattlechamber.com/AboutUs/History/The1880s.aspx | title = EVENTS FROM THE 1880S | accessdate = 2013-07-09 | publisher = Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce}}</ref> It was known as the '''Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce''' until its current name was adopted in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2011/09/16/greater-seattle-chamber-of-commerce.html | title = Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce changes name | publisher = Puget Sound Business Journal | date=2011-09-19 | accessdate=2016-08-15 }}</ref>
Since December 2025, the president and CEO of the Chamber has been Joe Nguyen, a former state senator and director of the Washington State Department of Commerce.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schlosser |first=Kurt |date=December 29, 2025 |title=Joe Nguyen named Seattle Chamber president and CEO after leaving Washington state Commerce role |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2025/joe-nguyen-named-seattle-chamber-president-and-ceo-after-leaving-washington-state-commerce-role/ |work=GeekWire |accessdate=March 4, 2026}}</ref>
== See also == * Pioneer Square totem pole * Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce * Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
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== External links == * {{official website|https://www.seattlechamber.com}}
===Archives=== * [http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view?docId=SeattleChamberofCommerce0206.xml Seattle Chamber of Commerce Records.] 1929. 7 items. * [http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view?docId=SeattleChamberofCommerceArmyPostCommittee4631.xml Seattle Chamber of Commerce Army Post Committee Records.] 1896-1897. 1 volume.
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