Belhaven Community Chamber of Commerce

What Belhaven Community Chamber of Commerce does

The Belhaven Community Chamber of Commerce (legally known as the Belhaven Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, doing business as "Visit Belhaven, NC") is an independent nonprofit business association founded in 1882, headquartered at 265 E. Water Street, Suite 101, Belhaven, North Carolina. It represents hundreds of member companies and a regional workforce of approximately 120,000 across Belhaven and Beaufort County, and positions itself as the largest and most diverse business association in the region. Its stated mission is to promote the city and region by supporting local business and developing tourism.

The Chamber's core offerings include a searchable online Member Directory (hosted via ChamberMaster), a weekly newsletter that also functions as a member advertising platform, a relocation package for prospective residents, an event calendar (including the Belhaven Trout Fest as a flagship event), a Visitor Guide (print and digital), and business resources covering permits, signage, building codes, and utilities. It operates multi-channel social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, and supports member verticals spanning retail, hospitality, food and beverage, construction, financial services, arts and culture, and fitness.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring membership dues from local businesses (subscription/recurring model), supplemented by event sponsorship and tourism-promotion activity. The organization is governed by a board of directors (Mark Gnagy, President; Bob Watson, Treasurer; plus board members) and led day-to-day by Executive Director Carol Roop, operating with a 1–10 person staff. There is no disclosed revenue, no parent company, no funding history, and no M&A or restructuring activity on record.

Name

Belhaven Community Chamber of Commerce

Legal name

Belhaven Beaufort Chamber of Commerce

Website

https://visitbelhavennc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1882

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Belhaven Community Chamber of Commerce is an 1882-founded nonprofit business association in Belhaven, North Carolina, representing hundreds of local member companies through a member directory, weekly newsletter, relocation services, events, and tourism promotion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chamber of Commerce / Business Association

NAICS

Convention and Visitors Bureaus (561591)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Travel & Services Membership Clubs (Ancillary Services-Led) (CRAEADAK)

Keywords

• Chamber of commerce
• Business association
• Tourism promotion
• Community networking
• Member directory

Headquarters

HQ city

Belhaven

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. Chamber Membership: The Chamber operates as a membership-based business association, generating revenue through membership fees from local businesses in the Belhaven-Beaufort region.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Belhaven Community Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit business association that promotes tourism and supports local businesses in the Belhaven-Beaufort region. It operates as a membership-based organization offering a member directory, weekly newsletters, business resources, an event calendar, and relocation assistance. Its fundamental activity is convening and promoting hundreds of local member companies and developing tourism for the waterfront community.

Product overview

The Belhaven Beaufort Chamber of Commerce operates as a regional business association and tourism promotion organization founded in 1882. The Chamber's primary offerings include a Member Directory connecting hundreds of companies in the region, business resources for entrepreneurs, weekly newsletters, event calendars, and relocation assistance services. The Member Directory showcases local member businesses across categories including retail (Southern Tuck boutique), hospitality (River Forest Manor wedding venue), food & beverage (ICW Brewery), construction (Down East Preservation), financial services (Adams & Associates), arts & culture (Arts of the Pamlico), and fitness (Balance in Motion). The Chamber also supports local tourism through visitor guides, event promotion, and information about local marinas, dining, and accommodations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Regional workforce represented: approximately 120,000

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Visit Pensacola: Destination marketing organization for Pensacola, FL. A scaled-up example of the tourism-promotion function Belhaven's Chamber performs, useful as a benchmark for the destination marketing motion.
• Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce: A larger North Carolina chamber combining business advocacy with destination promotion for a tourism-heavy region. Provides a comparable model for how a chamber can scale tourism and member services together.
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: National federation of chambers of commerce. The umbrella industry body that Belhaven's Chamber is affiliated with by category, providing policy advocacy, training, and member benefits at a national scale.
• Visit NC: State-level tourism promotion authority for North Carolina. Sets the broader destination marketing context in which the Belhaven Chamber operates and provides a key channel for collaborative tourism promotion.

Direct peers

• Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce (Visit Outer Banks): Tourism-focused chamber serving the Outer Banks of North Carolina. A direct functional peer in destination promotion, member directory, and event programming for a coastal North Carolina community.
• Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce: Regional chamber of commerce in eastern North Carolina offering business advocacy, networking, and tourism/community promotion. Similar in governance model and SMB focus to the Belhaven Chamber.
• New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce: Chamber of commerce for New Bern, NC, a coastal town with a historic waterfront and tourism economy. Comparable in function (membership directory, tourism promotion, events) and operating geography (eastern North Carolina).
• Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce: Chamber for the Wilmington, NC region, a coastal tourism hub. Comparable in mission (business advocacy + tourism promotion) but operates at a larger scale, providing a regional benchmark for what Belhaven could grow into.
• Washington-Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce: A neighboring chamber of commerce serving Washington, NC, also in Beaufort County. Operates with a similar small-town, tourism-and-business-support mission and overlaps geographically with the Belhaven Chamber's catchment.

Others

• Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE): Professional association for chamber of commerce executives and staff. Provides training, certification, and peer benchmarking that the Belhaven Chamber's Executive Director and board can leverage to professionalize operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCw-Ho4eSpAJYy_nTinTV4eg
• Facebookfacebook.com/BelhavenChamberofCommerce
• Instagraminstagram.com/belhaven_chamber
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/belhaven-community-chamber-of-commerce-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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