Holmes County Chamber Of Commerce

What Holmes County Chamber Of Commerce does

Holmes County Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit business membership organization headquartered in Millersburg, Ohio, serving the Holmes County business community. It operates as a combined Chamber of Commerce and county Tourism Bureau, functioning as the official destination marketing organization for Ohio Amish Country. Core activities include member services, business advocacy, community programming, and promotion of the county as a visitor destination.

The organization's product surface consists of a member directory, a job board, and a suite of member programs including Safety Council, Leadership Holmes, an HR Council, a Young Professionals group, and Member-to-Member discounts. Its visitor-facing products center on an annual visitor guide (approximately 400,000 copies distributed per year), the visitamishcountry.com destination portal, and broader destination marketing that supports an estimated 500,000 annual visitors to member businesses. The underlying technology is conventional: a website, a directory platform, and standard event/advertising operations; no proprietary or AI-driven systems are evidenced.

Revenue mechanics are typical of a small-county combined Chamber + DMO: membership dues, event and program fees, advertising sales (print visitor guide and digital directory), and tourism-related funding tied to visitor traffic. There is no equity funding, no venture exposure, and no disclosed financial statements; the organization operates from a single Millersburg office and reinvests surplus into member services and destination promotion.

Name

Holmes County Chamber Of Commerce

Legal name

Holmes County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau

Website

https://holmescountychamber.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Holmes County Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit, combined Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau based in Millersburg, Ohio. It serves local businesses through membership programs, a directory, and a job board, and promotes Ohio Amish Country to roughly 500,000 annual visitors via 400,000 distributed visitor guides.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Millersburg

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues provide revenue from local businesses. Memberships run calendar year January through December with no pro-rating or refunds.
2. Chamber Events: Revenue from event fees for membership meetings, networking events, safety council meetings, HR council meetings, annual clay shoot, golf outing, awards dinner, and Business After Hours events.
3. Tourism Advertising: Tourism businesses receive listing on Chamber website and visitamishcountry.com, advertising opportunities in publications, tourism consumer shows, and promotional materials distribution to potential tourists.
4. Advertisement Opportunities: Paid advertising placements including advertisements in the annual Map & Visitor's Guide, website listings on www.visitamishcountry.com and www.holmescountychamber.com.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Holmes County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau is a non-profit membership organization that provides business networking, referrals, advocacy, and promotional services to local businesses in Holmes County, Ohio. It also administers the Tourism Bureau, promoting Ohio Amish Country through the visitamishcountry.com website and distribution of 400,000 annual Visitors' Guides.

Product overview

Holmes County Chamber of Commerce operates as a membership-based business organization providing a portfolio of services including membership benefits, tourism promotion, member directory, events programming, and job board services. The organization is not a technology product but a regional Chamber of Commerce supporting economic development in Holmes County, Ohio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• visitamishcountry.com: Tourism website promoting Ohio Amish Country destinations and attractions

Products and services

• Chamber Membership Benefits Program
• Tourism Bureau Services
• Online Member Directory
• Events Programming
• Job Board / Live Here & Work Here
• Specialized Council & Leadership Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 500,000 annual visitors to Ohio Amish Country
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

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

• Holmes County Economic Development Council (HCEDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Chamber works closely with HCEDC which has a mission to improve quality of life for Holmes County citizens by supporting strategic business growth and investment to create living wage jobs. HCEDC provides assistance to business owners expanding operations or relocating to Holmes County.
• Killbuck Savings Bank Co.flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFeatured as Member Spotlight, Killbuck Savings Bank has been a Chamber member since founding in 1900. The bank operates 12 full-service branches across the region and represents the type of community banking anchor the Chamber supports.
• Ohio Secretary of StateminorOthersReference partner for business registration procedures. The Chamber directs new businesses to the Ohio Secretary of State's office for registration information and procedures.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Experience Columbus: Ohio's largest metropolitan destination marketing organization operating at a much broader scale than Holmes County's Tourism Bureau, but pursuing the same core function of promoting a regional destination to visitors and supporting member businesses.
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: National umbrella chamber-of-commerce organization providing advocacy, member services, and policy representation; serves as the broad incumbent in the same membership-organization category as Holmes County Chamber.
• Greater Akron Chamber: Large regional chamber serving the greater Akron, Ohio area with advocacy, networking, and economic-development services; comparable in mission and structure to Holmes County but operating at significantly larger scale and geography.

Direct peers

• Coshocton County Chamber of Commerce: Nearby rural Ohio county chamber promoting heritage tourism (Roscoe Village) and serving a comparable small-town business base with a similar mix of membership dues, events, and tourism promotion.
• Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce: Neighboring Ohio county chamber that serves a similar mix of local businesses and promotes an Amish-adjacent tourism region (Sandy Valley), making its structure, revenue model, and member benefits directly comparable to Holmes County.
• Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau: Wayne County (Wooster, OH) chamber and CVB that overlaps with Holmes County's tourism geography and shares a banking-anchor member (Killbuck Savings Bank operates branches there), making it directly comparable in scope and member composition.

Regional players

• Knox County Chamber of Commerce: Adjacent Ohio county chamber serving Mt. Vernon and surrounding communities with a similar small-business member base and regional economic-development remit.
• Visit Loudounville (Mohican Region): Regional tourism bureau in north-central Ohio that markets a heritage/outdoor tourism area with printed visitor guides and a destination website, structurally similar to Holmes County's Tourism Bureau function.

Others

• Destination Marketing Association International (Destinations International): Global trade association for destination marketing organizations (DMOs); serves as the industry body and standards-setter for the kind of tourism-bureau function the Holmes County Tourism Bureau performs.
• Ohio Travel Association: State-level industry association representing Ohio's travel and tourism ecosystem; not a direct competitor but a peer network/association comparable to the trade-body function the Holmes County Chamber fills locally.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ohamishcountry
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCiIqpgaaxazIz4yrmd1-7Zg
• Facebookfacebook.com/HolmesCountyChamberOfCommerce
• Instagraminstagram.com/holmescountychamber
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/holmes-county-chamber-of-commerce-and-tourism-bureau

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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