Trusted Business Partners

What Trusted Business Partners does

Trusted Business Partners (TBP) is a privately-held, for-profit business networking organization founded in 2007 and headquartered in Sun City, California. The company operates a regional chapter-based model across Southern California, with active chapters in Canyon Lake, Wildomar, Corona, Murrieta (two chapters including a Commercial & Contractors vertical group), Temecula, Huntington Beach, and Lake Elsinore. Members are small business owners and independent professionals who pay recurring membership dues to participate in weekly in-person meetings where they exchange referrals, share leads, and build trust-based business relationships. The organization enforces exclusivity by limiting each chapter to one member per professional category.

TBP's product surface centers on weekly chapter meetings, a structured referral program, an online member directory, quarterly networking breakfasts, Lunch N Learn educational sessions, member spotlight features, and social events. Selected chapters offer hybrid attendance combining in-person and virtual participation. The underlying technology stack is intentionally lightweight: membership management, event registration, and the member portal run on Wild Apricot membership software, while WebVillage Marketing provides website development and digital marketing support. No mobile application, proprietary AI tooling, or API platform is disclosed.

TBP generates revenue through recurring membership fees from individual professionals and small business owners. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and prospective members are invited to attend a meeting for free before committing. The organization is privately held, with no disclosed venture capital or private equity backing, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Its primary distribution channel is the local chapter network itself, supplemented by an active social media presence on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube.

Name

Trusted Business Partners

Legal name

Trusted Business Partners

Website

https://trustedbusiness.partners

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Trusted Business Partners is a privately-held business networking organization founded in 2007 that operates multiple weekly chapter meetings across Southern California, serving small business owners and independent professionals who pay recurring membership dues to exchange referrals and build trust-based business relationships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Networking Services

NAICS

Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (81399)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Affinity, Membership & Association Referral Programs (FSAEAMAL)

Keywords

• Business networking services
• Referral networking groups
• Professional networking chapters
• Local business associations
• Membership-based networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Sun City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: TBP generates revenue through membership fees from professionals and small business owners who join the networking organization. The organization maintains exclusivity by allowing only one business per profession in each networking group.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Trusted Business Partners operates a membership-based local business networking organization that runs weekly in-person chapter meetings across Southern California. Members, who are small business owners and professionals, pay recurring membership fees to participate in chapters structured so that only one business per profession is represented, enabling structured referral exchange, an online member directory, networking events, and educational Lunch N Learn sessions.

Product overview

Trusted Business Partners is a business networking organization that provides a referral-based professional networking platform. The organization operates through local chapters that hold weekly meetings where members exchange business leads and referrals. The core service includes access to a member directory, networking events, educational programs, and a structured referral system designed to generate qualified business leads among members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TBP Chapter Meetings Weekly in-person networking meetings held at local venues across Southern California where members exchange referrals, share business opportunities, and build professional relationships. Each chapter is structured to include only one business per profession to maximize referral flow.
• Hybrid Chapter Format Hybrid chapter options that combine in-person meetings with virtual participation, allowing members who cannot attend physically to join remotely.
• TBP Member Directory An online directory listing TBP members and their business information, allowing professionals and consumers to find and connect with trusted service providers across chapters.
• TBP Referral Program A structured system where members actively exchange qualified business leads and referrals with one another to support mutual business growth within and across chapters.
• TBP Networking Events Quarterly business networking breakfasts, social events, mixers, and community gatherings that facilitate relationship building among members and the broader local business community.
• TBP Lunch N Learn Educational sessions featuring guest speakers and industry experts who present on business-related topics for member development and professional education.

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Wild ApricotcoreTechnology or IntegrationWild Apricot provides the membership software platform powering TBP's operations. This includes member management, event registration, chapter coordination, and the member login system. TBP's website and member portal are powered by Wild Apricot.
• WebVillage MarketingcoreTechnology or IntegrationWebVillage Marketing developed and maintains the TBP website. They are also featured as a corporate member and provide ongoing digital marketing support and website maintenance services for the organization.
• Various Local Venues (Restaurants, Coffee Shops)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTBP partners with local restaurants, coffee shops, and venues (Starbucks, STACKED, and various restaurants) as chapter meeting locations. These partnerships enable TBP to hold weekly meetings in accessible locations across Southern California communities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Referral Institute: Referral Institute teaches referral-based business development and runs its own networking-style programs. It overlaps with TBP's referral-culture positioning but is more training-focused than chapter-based.
• Alignable: Alignable is a digital SMB networking and referral platform serving small business owners across the U.S. It targets a similar SMB networking and lead-generation use case as TBP but via an online model rather than in-person chapters.
• 1Voice Networking: 1Voice Networking operates structured business referral groups with weekly meetings and category exclusivity, directly comparable to TBP's chapter format, though smaller in scale.

Direct peers

• LeTip International: LeTip is a long-established membership-based business networking organization with local chapters, exclusivity per category, and weekly referral-passing meetings — closely matching TBP's core format and value proposition.
• BNI (Business Network International): BNI is the global gold standard for structured business referral networking organizations, operating through local chapters with weekly meetings, exclusivity rules (one profession per chapter), and a similar member-exchanging-referrals model. It is the most direct comparable to TBP and dwarfs it in scale.

Others

• SCORE: SCORE is a nonprofit network providing mentorship and networking for small business owners. It serves a similar SMB audience but is volunteer-driven and free, making it adjacent rather than directly competitive.
• Meetup: Meetup enables local professional and business groups to organize in-person and virtual meetups. It is an enabling platform for the same type of community-led professional engagement that TBP organizes, though it does not provide referral-structure or exclusivity rules.

Broad incumbents

• Chamber of Commerce (local chapters): Local chambers serve the same SMB and professional audience with networking events, member directories, and referral opportunities. They are a broader, more established incumbent alternative rather than a focused referral-network operator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCcMuQsnse3CXeBdIhL41qBQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/TrustedBusinessPartners
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trusted-business-partners-tbp-networking-inc-
• Instagraminstagram.com/trustedbusiness.partners

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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