Burk & Associates

What Burk & Associates does

Burk & Associates, Inc. is a privately held association management firm headquartered at 950 Herndon Parkway, Suite 450, Herndon, Virginia, founded in 1990 and operating with 11-50 employees. The company functions as an outsourced business office for scientific associations and societies, delivering four integrated service modules: Executive Business Services (society headquarters operations, strategic planning, non-profit and corporate filings, certification program management, chapter and section management, government relations, publishing, election management), Financial Management (CFO services, budgeting, reporting, compliance, contract and grant support, comprehensive accounting), Meetings Management (venue research, scheduling, exhibit services, registration, contract negotiation, materials publishing), and Database Management (membership rolls, dues and remittance processing, mailings and broadcasts, trend analysis). Underlying delivery is staff-driven managed services rather than a self-service software platform; no proprietary technology, public API, or AI capabilities are documented.

Name

Burk & Associates

Legal name

Burk & Associates, Inc.

Website

https://burkinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Burk & Associates is a privately held Herndon, Virginia-based association management firm providing outsourced business-office services — including executive operations, financial management, meetings, and database administration — to approximately eleven scientific associations and societies across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Association Management Services

NAICS

Office Administrative Services (5611), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

Keywords

• Association management services
• Event planning services
• Membership management
• Financial management services
• Nonprofit business office

Headquarters

HQ city

Mclean

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Association Management Services: Comprehensive association management services including executive business services, financial management, meetings management, and database management. Services are contracted based on client needs ranging from minimal support to full business office operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Burk & Associates operates as a full-service business office for scientific associations and societies, providing comprehensive association management including executive operations, financial management, meetings and event planning, and membership database administration. Services range from minimally managed support (e.g., onsite meeting registration) to fully outsourced association management covering dues, membership, accounting, and corporate filings.

Product overview

Burk & Associates offers a unified suite of comprehensive association management services designed to serve as a complete business office for scientific associations and societies. The offering is structured as four integrated service modules: Executive Business Services (providing society headquarters operations, strategic planning, filings, and publishing), Financial Management (handling accounting, budgeting, compliance, and CFO functions), Meetings Management (covering event planning, registration, venue selection, and exhibit services), and Database Management (maintaining membership records, processing renewals, and handling communications). These modules work together to provide full-service association management from membership handling to annual meeting execution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Business Services

Named customers11 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA)coreOthersBurk & Associates manages the American Association of Biological Anthropists, a professional organization for physical anthropologists with over 1,700 international members. Services include annual meeting coordination and association management.
• American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)coreOthersBurk & Associates partners with AIBS, the national scientific organization promoting use of science to inform decision-making that advances biology for the benefit of science and society.
• Health Physics SocietycoreOthersBurk & Associates manages the Health Physics Society, a scientific organization of professionals specializing in radiation safety, promoting excellence in the science and practice of radiation safety.
• National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML)coreOthersBurk & Associates provides management services to NAML, which seeks to provide a forum for the resolution of problems common to non-profit marine laboratories in the United States.
• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)coreOthersBurk & Associates manages SICB, which has a mission to further research, education and public awareness in the areas of organismal, functional and evolutionary biology.
• Society for Risk AnalysiscoreOthersBurk & Associates partners with the Society for Risk Analysis, a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, scholarly, international society providing an open forum for risk analysis professionals.
• The Crustacean SocietycoreOthersBurk & Associates manages The Crustacean Society, an international academic society for carcinologists with approximately 400 international members.
• SESHA EHS for High TechnologycoreOthersBurk & Associates provides association management to SESHA, the premier Environmental, Safety & Health association serving high technology and associated industries.
• American Society for PhotobiologycoreOthersBurk & Associates serves the American Society for Photobiology, an organization promoting the photobiological sciences.
• International Congress of Vertebrate MorphologycoreOthersBurk & Associates provides management services to the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology.
• Natural Science Collections AlliancecoreOthersBurk & Associates manages the Natural Science Collections Alliance, supporting natural science collections across the United States.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• SmithBucklin: The largest U.S. association management company, serving hundreds of trade and professional societies across many verticals. Comparable to Burk as a direct AMC competitor but operating at vastly greater scale and vertical breadth.
• Amplity Health (formerly known as management-services AMCs): Large-scale provider of medical and scientific association management and meeting services. Adjacent incumbent offering significant overlap with Burk's scientific-society service suite.

Direct peers

• Kellen Company: Multi-vertical AMC providing full-service association management, meetings, and government relations. Highly comparable business model to Burk across the same core service modules (HQ, finance, meetings, membership).
• Association Headquarters (AHI): Full-service AMC serving medical, scientific, and professional societies with executive management, meetings, finance, and membership services — a near-identical offering to Burk at similar mid-market scale.
• Virtual, Inc. AMC specializing in technology and standards-association management. Comparable to Burk's specialized niche play, though focused on technology/standards orgs rather than biological sciences.
• Association Management Center (AMC): AMC offering outsourced management for healthcare, professional, and scientific associations. Operates the same four-pillar service model (executive, finance, meetings, membership) as Burk.
• Talley Management Group: AMC serving medical and professional specialty societies with full-service management. Closely mirrors Burk's mix of meeting planning, society HQ operations, and membership administration.
• Executive Management Services (EMS): Mid-sized AMC serving healthcare and scientific associations with executive, finance, and meeting management services. Comparable scope and client type to Burk.
• Association Resource Center (ARC): Smaller specialized AMC serving professional and trade associations. Comparable in scale to Burk with similar association HQ, finance, and meeting management offerings.

Regional players

• TMA Direct / The Management Association: Regional AMC focused on professional and trade association management. Comparable service model to Burk at smaller scale, useful as a smaller-size comparable for the Burk platform.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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