Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce

What Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce does

The Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce is a private non-profit membership-based association headquartered at 1255 Liberty St., Franklin, PA 16323, serving businesses, professionals, non-profits, government entities, and visitors in Venango County, Pennsylvania. The Chamber generates revenue almost entirely through annual membership dues structured into tiered categories: General Business ($200), Professional ($225), Associate ($100), Financial Institution ($250), Non-Profit ($150), with Industrial/Manufacturing, Government, and Seasonal tiers at undisclosed pricing. Its service portfolio comprises an online searchable member directory, an events calendar with multi-calendar sync (Google/iCal/Yahoo), a job board with 37 active listings from local employers including UPMC Northwest, Lake Tool, and First United National Bank, and a member-to-member deals marketplace. The Chamber also organizes Applefest, an annual signature community festival scheduled for October 2-4, 2026.

The underlying technology is the third-party ChamberMaster membership management platform provided by GrowthZone, which powers the Chamber's website, member directory, events calendar, job postings, and member deals functionality. The Chamber does not develop proprietary technology; its competitive proposition rests on community standing, network convening, and event organization rather than on technology differentiation. Distribution is digital and self-serve via the Chamber's website (franklinareachamber.org), with no evidence of mobile applications, API offerings, or AI/ML capabilities. The go-to-market is membership-application driven, targeting local SMBs and institutions rather than enterprise sales.

The customer base is broadly horizontal across local business types — healthcare, manufacturing, food service, education, banking, and government — with no single industry dominating. Marketing channels are conventional: website content, email newsletter, events calendar, business directory, member spotlights, hot deals, and the job postings board. No funding rounds, M&A, partnerships beyond the GrowthZone platform vendor, or leadership changes are disclosed in the source data.

Name

Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce

Legal name

Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce

Website

https://franklinareachamber.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit membership association serving local businesses, professionals, non-profits, and government entities in Venango County, Pennsylvania, generating revenue through tiered annual dues ($100-$250) and operating a directory, events calendar, job board, and the annual Applefest festival.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklin

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: The Chamber generates revenue through annual membership dues from local businesses, organizations, and government entities at various tier levels.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce is a private non-profit membership association that sells tiered annual memberships to local businesses, organizations, and government entities in Venango County, Pennsylvania. Its core deliverables include business directory listings, a community events calendar, a job postings board, member-to-member deal promotions, and the organization of the annual Applefest community festival.

Product overview

The Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce operates a unified member engagement platform built on ChamberMaster/GrowthZone membership management software. The platform comprises a member business directory, events calendar with multi-calendar sync capabilities, job board with 37+ local employment listings, and member-to-member deal marketplace. The Chamber also organizes the annual Applefest event and offers tiered membership packages ranging from $100 to $250 annually for businesses, professionals, and non-profit organizations in the Franklin, PA area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Applefest: Annual festival organized by the Chamber held in October featuring vendors, entertainment, and community activities

Products and services

• Member Directory Online searchable directory of Chamber member businesses organized by category, enabling community members and visitors to find local businesses by industry and location.
• Events Calendar Comprehensive calendar platform listing community events including concerts, workshops, blood drives, festivals, and educational classes; supports calendar sync with Google Calendar, iCal, and Yahoo Calendar.
• Job Board Employment listing platform connecting local job seekers with member businesses across healthcare, manufacturing, food service, education, and government categories.
• Member-to-Member Deals Discount and special offer platform exclusive to Chamber members, enabling business-to-business promotional deals within the member community.
• Applefest Annual signature community festival held October 2, 3 & 4, featuring local vendors, entertainment, and family activities.
• Chamber Membership Tiers Tiered annual memberships including General Business ($200), Professional ($225), Associate ($100), Financial Institution ($250), and Non-Profit Organization ($150).

Named customers10 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GrowthZonecoreTechnology or IntegrationGrowthZone provides the membership management software platform (ChamberMaster) that powers the Chamber's website, member directory, event calendar, job postings, and member deals functionality.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• SCORE: National nonprofit supporting small business through mentoring, workshops, and resources. Comparable in mission (small-business enablement, education) but adjacent rather than directly competitive.
• Small Business Development Center (SBDC): SBA-affiliated nonprofit resource partner providing advising and training to small businesses; a functionally adjacent organization serving many of the same Franklin-area SMBs from a different funding model.

Direct peers

• Warren County Chamber of Commerce: Chamber of Commerce covering Warren County, PA, a neighboring rural county to Venango. Operates a similar member-directory, event-calendar, and tiered-membership model for a comparable small-market employer base.
• Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce: Nearby Crawford County, PA chamber serving a similarly sized small town. Direct comparable in membership tiers, event programming, and local economic-development scope.
• Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce: Small-town western Pennsylvania chamber with an analogous membership dues structure and community-festival programming, serving a comparable employer mix including manufacturing and healthcare.
• Meadville Chamber of Commerce: Chamber serving Meadville, PA — comparable northwestern Pennsylvania small-city chamber with analogous member dues structure, festival programming, and directory model.
• Oil City Chamber of Commerce: Chamber of Commerce serving Oil City in Venango County, PA — the same county as Franklin. Operates with a near-identical small-rural-Pennsylvania chamber model: member directory, events, local business promotion.

Broad incumbents

• PA Chamber of Business and Industry: Statewide Pennsylvania business association offering the same broad chamber functions (advocacy, networking, member services) at scale; relevant incumbent for benchmarking pricing and service mix.
• Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership: Larger regional chamber in northwestern Pennsylvania providing overlapping business-advocacy, workforce-development, and event services at a broader geography than Franklin, but with similar Chamber-of-Commerce fundamentals.

Regional players

• Venango County Economic Development Authority: Local-government-affiliated economic-development body for Venango County, overlapping with the Chamber on workforce and business-retention programs for the same Franklin/Venango service area.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FranklinPAEvents
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/franklin-area-chamber-of-commerce

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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