Idaho Retailers Association

What Idaho Retailers Association does

Idaho Retailers Association (IRA), founded in 1960 and headquartered at 816 W. Bannock St., Suite 105, Boise, Idaho, is a private nonprofit trade association operating as the primary advocacy body for retailers in the State of Idaho. The association recruits and serves members through direct enrollment, legislative engagement, and industry events, with membership categories split into Food Retailers, General Retailers, Allied Members (service providers, suppliers, wholesalers), and the Idaho Retail Pharmacy Council. Named members include Walmart, Target, Albertsons, Broulim's, and Best Buy, alongside independent retailers across Idaho's 22,246 retail establishments.

IRA monetizes primarily through recurring annual membership dues structured by gross sales and store count (e.g., $175-$300 per store at the low end, scaling to $300 base plus per-million add-ons), allied memberships at $1,000, and pharmacy council dues of $150-$2,000 depending on chain or independent status. A secondary revenue stream is the long-running Coupon Redemption Service, a fee-based transaction processing offering in operation for over 30 years. Additional value is delivered through Government Affairs and legislative representation, annual events such as the Legislative Reception, and the affiliated Idaho Retail Action Council (IRAC) political action committee.

The organization is led by President/CEO Pam Eaton since January 2001, operates with a small staff (1-10 employees), and maintains formal partnerships with major national retail bodies including the National Retail Federation, National Grocers Association, and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. IRA holds seats on more than a dozen Idaho state agency and private-sector committees, providing regulatory and legislative influence it cites as involvement in roughly one-third of legislation introduced during sessions.

Name

Idaho Retailers Association

Legal name

Idaho Retailers Association, Inc.

Website

https://idahoretailers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Idaho Retailers Association is a nonprofit trade association founded in 1960 that advocates on behalf of Idaho retailers, offering tiered membership, government affairs representation, and member services to food retailers, general retailers, allied businesses, and pharmacies statewide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boise

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 from retailers (food, general), allied members (service providers, manufacturers, suppliers), and pharmacy council members. Dues are structured based on gross annual sales and store count, providing recurring subscription revenue.
2. Coupon Redemption Service: Fee-based service providing coupon processing and redemption assistance to retailers for over 30 years. Provides single-source solution for coupon redemption needs with competitive rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Idaho Retailers Association (IRA) is a nonprofit trade association that represents Idaho retailers through legislative advocacy, government affairs, and member business services. It sells tiered membership programs (Food Retailer, General Retailer, Allied Members, and Idaho Retail Pharmacy Council), provides political representation at state and federal levels, regulatory compliance support, and a fee-based coupon redemption processing service. The association serves as the unified voice of the retail industry in Idaho, with membership spanning the largest national chains to the smallest independent retailers.

Product overview

Idaho Retailers Association (IRA) operates as a single unified membership organization offering advocacy and member services rather than a technology product platform. The core offering is membership providing political representation, legislative advocacy, and industry news. The association includes specialized divisions: the Idaho Retail Pharmacy Council (IRPC) for pharmacy-specific advocacy, and the Idaho Retail Action Council (IRAC) as its political action committee. Additional services include a Coupon Redemption Service, Government Affairs representation, and annual events. Membership tiers include Allied, Food Retailer, and General Retailer categories with tiered annual dues based on sales volume.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Idaho Retail Action Council (IRAC): The political action committee of the Idaho Retailers Association that helps elect pro-retail state legislators.

Quantifiable outcome

• 210,486 jobs supported by retail in Idaho (1 in 4 Idaho jobs)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Retail FederationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership providing dual membership with NRF at no additional cost for independent Idaho-based retail members. NRF is the world's largest retail trade association.
• Retail Industry Leaders AssociationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an IRA Partner organization for retail industry collaboration and advocacy alignment.
• National Association of Chain Drug StorescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerParticipates in the Idaho Retail Pharmacy Council alongside NACDS, representing chain and independent pharmacies on pharmacy-specific legislative issues.
• Food Marketing Industry (FMI)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an IRA Partner organization representing food marketing and grocery industry interests.
• National Grocers AssociationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosts the Day in Washington Supermarket Industry Fly-In event; NGA Show events promoted through IRA calendar.
• Grocery Manufacturers AssociationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an IRA Partner organization for the food and consumer goods industry.
• National Association of Convenience StoresminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an IRA Partner organization representing convenience store retail interests.
• International Council of Shopping CentersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an IRA Partner organization for shopping center industry collaboration.
• Idaho State CapitolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue for legislative events including Pharmacy Day at the Capitol & Health Fair and Annual Legislative Reception. Primary venue for IRA's legislative advocacy efforts.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Oregon Retail Council: State retail trade association serving Oregon. Adjacent state-level peer with the same advocacy, government affairs, and member-services model as IRA, comparable in scope and target member base.
• Washington Retail Association: State retail trade association in Washington. IRA's President/CEO Pam Eaton previously led the Washington Retail Association, making it the most direct functional peer — same membership-based state-level retail advocacy model, same tiered dues structure, and same customer segments.
• California Retailers Association: State-level retail trade association in California. Operates the same membership-dues, tiered-pricing, state-government-affairs model as IRA, making it a direct comparable peer for membership-based retail advocacy at the state level.
• Utah Retail Merchants Association: State retail trade association in Utah. Direct comparable peer along the same membership-dues, state-legislative-advocacy model, serving a similar mix of small independents and large chains in a neighboring state.

Broad incumbents

• National Retail Federation: The world's largest retail trade association, providing federal advocacy, research, and industry events. IRA partners with NRF to offer dual membership to its members, making NRF the broad parent-tier counterpart to IRA's state-level operations.
• National Grocers Association: National trade association for the independent grocery industry. NRA co-hosts the Day in Washington Supermarket Industry Fly-In with IRA, making it a direct counterpart for grocery-supermarket advocacy and the same target member profile as IRA's Food Retailer segment.
• National Association of Chain Drug Stores: National trade association for chain pharmacies. Co-participates with IRA in the Idaho Retail Pharmacy Council, providing the national counterpart for the pharmacy-specific advocacy IRA delivers in Idaho via its IRPC subsidiary.
• Food Marketing Institute: National trade association representing food retailers and wholesalers. Listed as an IRA Partner organization, FMI serves a similar food-retail advocacy membership function at the national level, directly comparable to IRA's Food Retailer member category.
• Retail Industry Leaders Association: Trade association for large retail companies. IRA Partner organization representing the largest chains (e.g., Walmart, Target) that also sit on IRA's member roster, providing a parallel national advocacy function for the same enterprise segment.
• National Association of Convenience Stores: National trade association for the convenience store industry. IRA Partner organization that represents the same convenience store sub-segment that IRA's Food Retailer membership serves, providing parallel advocacy at the federal level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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