North Texas District Export Council

Name

North Texas District Export Council

Legal name

North Texas District Export Council

Website

https://northtexasdec.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Event Registration Fees: Revenue generated from paid events including lunch meetings ($25), annual conferences, and the Global Business Forum ($400-$450 delegate fee, $950 exhibitor fee).
2. Sponsorships: Corporate sponsorships for events such as the 2024 Global Business Forum, with sponsors like APIWORX and NADEC.
3. Donations: The organization accepts donations through HubSpot payment processing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NTDEC is a nonprofit volunteer organization that promotes export growth in North Texas through education and collaboration. It delivers export training seminars, trade promotion events, expert speaker forums, legislative outreach, networking events, and university-level teaching. Its members are International Trade Professionals appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and work closely with the U.S. Commercial Service's North Texas Export Assistance Center to counsel businesses on exporting.

Product overview

North Texas District Export Council is a non-profit 501(c)(6) volunteer organization that provides export training, trade promotion events, expert speaker forums, legislative outreach, and networking opportunities. It does not offer a software product, platform, or SaaS offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Export Training Seminars

Quantifiable outcome

• Dallas ranked as 6th largest export market in U.S. with $43.2 billion in merchandise exports (2021)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• U.S. Commercial Service - Dallas-Fort WorthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose partnership with U.S. Commercial Service's Dallas-Fort Worth office. NTDEC members are appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and contribute leadership and international trade expertise to complement the Commercial Service's export promotion efforts. This includes counseling businesses on exporting and conducting trade education and community outreach.
• North Texas U.S. Export Assistance Center (USEAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNTDEC works with the North Texas USEAC and U.S. Commercial Service to accomplish its goals of promoting export growth in North Texas through education and collaboration.
• National Association of District Export Councils (NADEC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNTDEC is affiliated with NADEC, which represents 60+ District Export Councils across the U.S. NADEC organizes the annual NADEC Annual Export Conference and provides resources and recognition for DECs.
• U.S. Department of CommercecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal affiliation with U.S. Department of Commerce. DEC members are nominated and approved by the Department of Commerce and serve at the pleasure of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Part of America's earliest modern-day public-private partnerships.
• University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) College of BusinesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint collaboration on Trade DNA @ UTA program - three-session educational program with student team competition involving China, Colombia, El Salvador, Japan, and Vietnam teams. NTDEC members share career experiences in global trade with student participants.
• U.S. Commercial Service DFW OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Trade Specialist Frantz Eyssallenne from US Commercial Service DFW office provided presentation on aspects US companies should know when doing business in France at NTDEC 'Taste of France' event.
• World Trade Center Dallas/Fort WorthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Texas Export Resource providing international business resources, trade missions, and networking events for exporters.
• Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as Texas Export Resource providing export credit insurance, working capital guarantees, and loan guarantees for exporters.
• Small Business Administration (SBA) - Office of International TrademinorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as Texas Export Resource providing export financing, counseling, and training for small businesses.
• DFW International AirportminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThomas Lyon, Senior Vice President of Airport Development, spoke at 2024 Global Business Forum about DFW's $5 billion expansion including Terminal F, new air cargo facilities, and infrastructure improvements. DFW offered tours of Air Cargo and Integrated Operations Center.
• BNSF RailwayminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPaul Hirsch, AVP Mexico Business Unit at BNSF Railway, presented on innovations in global supply chains at the 2024 Global Business Forum.
• City of GrapevineminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvided free bus service for Mainstreet Grapevine event during 2024 Global Business Forum for attendees to explore shops and dining venues.
• International Trade Center - University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as Texas Export Resource providing export training, market research, and consulting services.
• Texas Association of Business (TAB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as Texas Export Resource providing advocacy, networking, and resources for exporters.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• World Trade Center Dallas/Fort Worth: WTC DFW is listed as a Texas Export Resource and current NTDEC partner; both organizations serve overlapping DFW-based SMEs with international business resources, trade missions, and networking events, making them directly comparable regional trade-promotion bodies.
• Dallas Regional Chamber: The Dallas Regional Chamber is a DFW-based business membership organization advocating for regional economic growth including international trade; it overlaps with NTDEC's mission of supporting DFW exporters and competes for the same corporate sponsor pool.
• National Association of District Export Councils (NADEC): NADEC is the umbrella national association representing 60+ District Export Councils including NTDEC; it organizes the annual NADEC Annual Export Conference, provides resources and recognition for DECs, and awarded NTDEC 'District Export Council of the Year' in 2021. It is the closest structural peer and the parent network that NTDEC operates within.

Others

• Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank): EXIM is a listed Texas Export Resource partner of NTDEC providing export credit insurance, working capital guarantees, and loan guarantees; while EXIM is a financing institution rather than an educational organization, both bodies are part of the federal export-promotion ecosystem that NTDEC directs SMEs to.
• U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) - Office of International Trade: SBA's Office of International Trade is listed as a Texas Export Resource partner of NTDEC providing export financing, counseling, and training for small businesses; both serve overlapping SME audiences seeking to begin or expand export operations.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Commercial Service (International Trade Administration): The U.S. Commercial Service is NTDEC's core federal partner within the U.S. Department of Commerce; both organizations provide export counseling, market research, and trade promotion support to U.S. companies, but the Commercial Service operates nationally across 100+ USEACs while NTDEC supplements it regionally.
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the largest national business advocacy organization with international trade programming; while it operates at vastly greater scale and broader scope than NTDEC, both share a mission of advancing U.S. business competitiveness globally.

Regional players

• Greater Houston Partnership: The Greater Houston Partnership is the Houston region's primary business chamber and operates one of the other Texas-area District Export Council networks; it is comparable to NTDEC as a regional business-promotion body focused on a different major Texas metro.
• International Trade Center - University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA): UTSA's International Trade Center is a listed Texas Export Resource providing export training, market research, and consulting services; it is a sibling organization to NTDEC serving the San Antonio region and a comparable academic-affiliated trade-promotion body.
• Texas Association of Business (TAB): TAB is listed as a Texas Export Resource providing advocacy, networking, and resources for Texas exporters; it operates at a broader state level (vs. NTDEC's regional focus) and represents a comparable business association with overlapping exporter-services programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/north-texas-district-export-council
• Xx.com/ntdec
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles30 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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