AmCham New Zealand

Name

AmCham New Zealand

Legal name

American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand Inc

Website

https://www.amcham.co.nz/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AmCham New Zealand is a not-for-profit chamber of commerce, founded in 1965, that promotes two-way trade, investment, tourism, and education links between the United States and New Zealand through membership services, events, and advocacy for US Fortune 500 companies, NZ corporates, and SMEs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Association / Chamber of Commerce Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Partner, Channel & Alliance Summits (THAHAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Trade association
• Chamber of commerce
• Business networking
• Membership services
• Bilateral trade advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees from three tiers: Corporate ($1,132.75 NZD), Rest ($517.50 NZD for outside Auckland/Wellington/overseas), and Sustaining ($3,662.50 NZD for larger corporates). Individual and Student membership available by email request.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AmCham New Zealand is a not-for-profit business membership organization that promotes trade, investment, tourism, and education links between the United States and New Zealand. It delivers tiered annual memberships (Corporate, Rest, Sustaining), a year-round events programme for face-to-face business networking, policy advocacy to NZ and US governments, and information resources on immigration, taxation, trade, and legal matters.

Product overview

AmCham New Zealand (American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand Inc.) is a not-for-profit business membership organization that promotes trade, investment, tourism, and education links between the United States and New Zealand. Rather than offering a technology product or platform, AmCham provides membership services including networking events, advocacy, business referrals, and informational resources. The organization offers three membership tiers (Corporate, Rest, Sustaining) and operates various committees including Women's Chapter, NextGen Committee, Healthcare Committee, and Invest USA Committee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Women's Chapter: A forum dedicated to supporting and promoting the interests of women doing business in US and New Zealand.
• NextGen Committee
• Invest USA Committee
• Healthcare Committee
• Legacy, Diversity & Inclusion Committee

Products and services

• Corporate Membership
• Rest Membership
• Sustaining Membership
• AmCham Events Programme
• AmCham-DHL Express Success & Innovation Awards
• Policy Advocacy and Government Liaison

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• United States Chamber of CommercecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 January 1970AmCham New Zealand accepted as organization member on January 30, 1970. Through this membership, AmCham has liaison relationships with all Chambers in the United States and 116 AmCham offices in 103 countries abroad.
• AmChams of Asia Pacific (AAP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1968Formed in 1968 as Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC). AAP consists of 29 member AmChams in 23 economies representing 50,000+ executives and 10,000+ businesses. AAP manages trade volumes exceeding US$400 billion and direct investments of nearly US$300 billion.
• New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks closely with NZTE to host inbound business missions and publicise overseas trade events. NZTE offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Washington DC support AmCham activities.
• U.S. Commercial ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks with US Commercial Service to host inbound business missions. US Commercial Service offices in New Zealand provide export assistance and trade facilitation.
• U.S. Embassy in WellingtonmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS Government Organisation in New Zealand with which AmCham works on bilateral trade and investment issues.
• NZ US CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated organisation in New Zealand working on NZ-US bilateral relations and trade promotion.
• NZ-US CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated organisation strengthening NZ-US relations, previously with Board member representation from AmCham.
• Canada New Zealand Business Association IncminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExecutive Committee member of Canada New Zealand Business Association Inc since 1988.
• New Zealand Robotics Charitable TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChairman and Trustee of New Zealand Robotics Charitable Trust since 2008.
• SelectUSAmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoordinates recruitment of NZ companies to attend SelectUSA Investment Summit. Committee members include US Commercial Service specialists. Lee Brayman, Deputy Regional Senior Commercial Officer represents the initiative.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AmCham Australia: Australian affiliate of the American Chamber of Commerce network and the closest geographic AmCham peer. Directly comparable bilateral US trade and investment chamber serving a similar Five Eyes economy, with analogous membership tiers, events programming, and US Chamber affiliation.
• AmCham Singapore: American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and fellow AAP/APCAC member. Operates a comparable corporate-membership chamber model serving multinationals engaged in US–Asia trade, with similar tiered dues and a heavy events programming emphasis.
• American Chamber of Commerce in Japan: One of the largest AmChams in Asia-Pacific and an AAP member. Provides a directly comparable US bilateral chamber model for trade, investment, and policy advocacy, with a similar membership-fee revenue structure and large multinational member base.
• American Chamber of Commerce in Korea: AmCham Korea is a fellow regional AmCham with a comparable membership-driven, events-led model promoting bilateral US-Korea commercial ties, and is part of the same AAP network.
• AmCham China: The American Chamber of Commerce in China is one of the largest AmChams globally and a direct peer in the bilateral US trade and investment chamber space, with a Fortune 500-heavy membership and AAP affiliation.
• AmCham Hong Kong: American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong operates a directly comparable bilateral chamber model for US commercial engagement, sharing the events-led, membership-funded approach.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: AmCham NZ is an organizational member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce since 1970. The U.S. Chamber is the broad incumbent in the US business association space and shares the policy advocacy and member-services DNA, operating at much larger scale.
• New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE): NZ's government economic development agency that works directly with AmCham on inbound business missions and trade events. Overlaps AmCham's trade and investment facilitation mandate but as a government-backed, fully funded incumbent rather than a membership-based chamber.

Others

• AmChams of Asia Pacific (AAP): The regional council of 29 AmChams in 23 economies (formerly APCAC). AmCham NZ is a strategic member; AAP is not a direct peer but an ecosystem/network organization whose relevance to AmCham NZ is the trade volume and FDI flow (US$400B / US$300B) it represents.
• NZ US Council: An associated New Zealand organization working on NZ-US bilateral relations and trade promotion. Historically had overlapping board representation with AmCham NZ, addressing an adjacent but not directly competitive mandate focused on policy dialogue rather than commercial membership services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/amchamnz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/american-chamber-of-commerce-in-new-zealand-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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