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Sales Management Association

A professional association for sales leaders and the people who manage sales forces, advancing the discipline of sales management through research, benchmarking, conferences, and professional development

6named by SMA
191named by peers

Peer societies

Five societies Sales Management Association is read alongside.

SAMA

Strategic Account Management Association

A professional community advancing the discipline of strategic and key account management, offering…

20 companies named

HSMAI

Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International

The professional organization for hospitality sales, marketing, and revenue optimization professionals…

ACMP

Association of Change Management Professionals

The professional association for change management practitioners, working to establish change management as a…

93 companies named

W

WorldatWork

The professional home and credentialing authority for the total rewards discipline, where compensation…

79 companies named

NCMA

National Contract Management Association

The professional association for contract, acquisition, and procurement management, advancing the field…

5 companies named

Who backs SMA

Every company Sales Management Association names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.

CompanySupport as publishedAlso named by
MicrosoftCorporate partnerAACC ACS AHA APWG A +3
AkeronCorporate partnerW
InnovyneCorporate partnerW
AXIOM Sales KineticsCorporate partnerOnly Sales Management Association, so far
Ignite SellingCorporate partnerOnly Sales Management Association, so far
LanshoreCorporate partnerOnly Sales Management Association, so far
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026

Sales Management Association Underwriters. Read September 27, 2026. Undated current 'Underwriters' logo strip on the homepage; names from logo alt text. Academic partners not read.

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Who backs Sales Management Association's peers, but not Sales Management Association

Companies named publicly by at least one of Sales Management Association's five peer societies, and not found in Sales Management Association's reviewed public records.

CompanySAMAACMPWNCMAPeers
GallagherProfessionalNamed2 of 4
Liberty Mutual InsuranceProfessionalNamed2 of 4
ZSResearch PartnersNamed2 of 4
3NickelsNamed1 of 4
A Sales Growth CompanyNamed1 of 4
A-2 Norge ASProfessional1 of 4
AchieversNamed1 of 4
Addition WealthNamed1 of 4
AffirmityNamed1 of 4
Akamai TechnologiesProfessional1 of 4
ALDI U.S.Professional1 of 4
Alexander GroupNamed1 of 4
AmazonProfessional1 of 4
AnaplanNamed1 of 4
AonNamed1 of 4
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)Professional1 of 4
ArganoNamed1 of 4
ArpedioGlobal Technology Partners1 of 4
Auto-Owners Insurance CompanyProfessional1 of 4
Automatic Data ProcessingProfessional1 of 4
AvaapProfessional1 of 4
Avante HealthNamed1 of 4
AwardcoNamed1 of 4
Baker TillyProfessional1 of 4
Bank of AmericaNamed1 of 4
Basic CapitalNamed1 of 4
Baudville BrandsNamed1 of 4
BenepassNamed1 of 4
beqomNamed1 of 4
BerryDunnProfessional1 of 4
BettercompNamed1 of 4
Blackhawk NetworkNamed1 of 4
Blue Horizons GroupNamed1 of 4
BonfyreNamed1 of 4
Burns McDonnellDiamond1 of 4
Cadmus GroupExecutive1 of 4
Canary BenefitsNamed1 of 4
CandorIQNamed1 of 4
CanidiumNamed1 of 4
CaptivateIQNamed1 of 4
Caterpillar IncProfessional1 of 4
CenterPoint EnergyProfessional1 of 4
Centric ConsultingProfessional1 of 4
CGIExecutive1 of 4
Charles SchwabProfessional1 of 4
CHG HealthcareProfessional1 of 4
Clayton HomesProfessional1 of 4
Columbia Sportswear CompanyProfessional1 of 4
Comp Technologies LTDANamed1 of 4
Compartamos Servicios SA de CVProfessional1 of 4
CompBldrNamed1 of 4
CompportNamed1 of 4
CompToolNamed1 of 4
ComputershareNamed1 of 4
congruity-logoNamed1 of 4
Conner Partners IncProfessional1 of 4
ConvergintProfessional1 of 4
Corporate VisionsTraining Partners1 of 4
COUNTRY FinancialProfessional1 of 4
CSG Government Solutions, IncProfessional1 of 4
CulpepperNamed1 of 4
Cushman & WakefieldProfessional1 of 4
DCI ConsultingNamed1 of 4
DecusoftNamed1 of 4
DeloitteNamed1 of 4
Desjardins GroupProfessional1 of 4
DiscoverExecutive1 of 4
Dix & EatonExecutive1 of 4
Dominion EnergyProfessional1 of 4
Edward JonesDiamond1 of 4
Edwards LifesciencesProfessional1 of 4
EisnerAmperProfessional1 of 4
Elite RewardsNamed1 of 4
EmeraProfessional1 of 4
EmpsightNamed1 of 4
Equity MethodsNamed1 of 4
ERI Economic Research InstituteNamed1 of 4
Erie Insurance GroupProfessional1 of 4
Ernst YoungNamed1 of 4
Estate Resolution TechnologiesNamed1 of 4
Etsy Cover PhotoNamed1 of 4
Eversource EnergyExecutive1 of 4
EverstageNamed1 of 4
ExelonCorpDiamond1 of 4
Fidelity InvestmentsProfessional1 of 4
Florida Power & LightProfessional1 of 4
FluentExecutive1 of 4
Focus Consulting Services bvbaProfessional1 of 4
Forma AINamed1 of 4
Freeman-logoNamed1 of 4
Full-Circle AftercareNamed1 of 4
FW CookNamed1 of 4
Genomic LifeNamed1 of 4
GM FinancialProfessional1 of 4
GMS Global Mobility SolutionsNamed1 of 4
Golub CapitalProfessional1 of 4
GovdashBronze1 of 4
Grant Thornton AdvisorsNamed1 of 4
GreatpointHRNamed1 of 4
HealtheeNamed1 of 4
Healthtech ConsultantsProfessional1 of 4
herronpalmerNamed1 of 4
HRSoftNamed1 of 4
HyperEquityNamed1 of 4
IcertisGold1 of 4
IMPAXTraining Partners1 of 4
IncentivateNamed1 of 4
Innovative Rx StrategiesNamed1 of 4
InspirusNamed1 of 4
International Thought Leader NetworkNamed1 of 4
ISIExhibitor1 of 4
J.R. Simplot Co.Professional1 of 4
JDXpertNamed1 of 4
JLLProfessional1 of 4
KinderCare Learning CompanyNamed1 of 4
Kotter, Inc.Executive1 of 4
KrogerNamed1 of 4
LaMarshExecutive1 of 4
Learning Care GroupNamed1 of 4
Levels.fyiNamed1 of 4
LINEN CloudNamed1 of 4
LittlerNamed1 of 4
Lockheed MartinExhibitor1 of 4
M&T BankDiamond1 of 4
Marathon PetroleumProfessional1 of 4
Mariner InnovationsProfessional1 of 4
Merck & Co., Inc.Professional1 of 4
Mercuri InternationalTraining Partners1 of 4
Miyagi SolutionsExecutive1 of 4
MNPProfessional1 of 4
Mondelez International Global HeadquartersProfessional1 of 4
Mural_WordmarkNamed1 of 4
NavigateExecutive1 of 4
NiSourceDiamond1 of 4
Northwestern MutualProfessional1 of 4
One Main FinancialProfessional1 of 4
OpensymmetryNamed1 of 4
OracleNamed1 of 4
OratiumLogoNamed1 of 4
Pacific LifeProfessional1 of 4
PcubedProfessional1 of 4
PepsiCoProfessional1 of 4
Percipio Consulting GroupProfessional1 of 4
perfluence-logoNamed1 of 4
Performance Methods, Inc.Training Partners1 of 4
PerformioNamed1 of 4
Pivot ConsultingProfessional1 of 4
PrimeMeridianGroupNamed1 of 4
Primera Engineers, Ltd.Executive1 of 4
ProClipse ConsultingProfessional1 of 4
Promutuel AssuranceProfessional1 of 4
ProsciProfessional1 of 4
Puget Sound EnergyProfessional1 of 4
QobraNamed1 of 4
Quota PathNamed1 of 4
Reed Smith LLPProfessional1 of 4
Reinsurance Group of AmericaProfessional1 of 4
RocheProfessional1 of 4
RocketProfessional1 of 4
RSM LLPProfessional1 of 4
SalesDrive TechnologiesNamed1 of 4
SalesGlobeNamed1 of 4
SAPNamed1 of 4
SAS InstituteProfessional1 of 4
SimatreeProfessional1 of 4
Slalom LLCProfessional1 of 4
Solve Consulting, Inc.Executive1 of 4
Southern CompanyProfessional1 of 4
Standard Insurance CompanyProfessional1 of 4
State Farm InsuranceProfessional1 of 4
SuncorpProfessional1 of 4
TechnoMileExhibitor1 of 4
Texas Mutual InsuranceProfessional1 of 4
The Chapman GroupTraining Partners1 of 4
The Hanover Insurance GroupProfessional1 of 4
The Summit GroupTraining Partners1 of 4
The Timken CompanyProfessional1 of 4
Think! Inc.Training Partners1 of 4
TJXProfessional1 of 4
UKGExecutive1 of 4
USAAProfessional1 of 4
ValkreTraining Partners1 of 4
Vantage PartnersTraining Partners1 of 4
VariablNamed1 of 4
VaricentNamed1 of 4
VertivProfessional1 of 4
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue ShieldProfessional1 of 4
WhetstoneTraining Partners1 of 4
woh-wellbeingcollectiveNamed1 of 4
WorkcentiveNamed1 of 4
XactlyNamed1 of 4

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The outside view

A professional association for sales leaders and the people who manage sales forces, advancing the discipline of sales management through research, benchmarking, conferences, and professional development

  • Consensus
  • Build
  • Inward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Guild

Where mastery is the price of belonging.

The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.

Also reads toward The Republic and The Village.

Strengths

→Deep loyalty and a strong sense of belonging.
→Standards and credentials carry real weight.
→Expertise and trusted credential in the field.

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