Northeastern Retail Lumber Association

Eastern Building Material Dealers Association (EBMDA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1892 to represent independent building material dealers and their associates in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. EBMDA was established to foster, protect, and promote the welfare and best interest of its members. Who ar... e your members? The company's members are independent or employee-owned retail lumber and building material dealers. Annual sales of these organizations vary between $1,000,000 to more than $100,000,000. Who are associate members? The company's associate members are the company's suppliers of building materials or businesses that supply services to the company's dealers and support the company's industry. If I join EBMDA will I be a member of a national association? Yes. EBMDA is one of 20 federated regional associations that form the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA). Membership in NLBMDA is included in EBMDA dues. What do I get for my paid membership in EBMDA? Member services include education, retirement services, business insurance, monitoring of state and federal legislation critical to members, networking opportunities for peer-to-peer discussion of business problems and solutions and a wide variety of products and services offered by endorsed vendors. You are entitled to participate in all the discounted services EBMDA provides and to attend any social function or board meeting sponsored by the association. You receive the bi-monthly newsletter and access to all members and staff. You not only become a member of Eastern Building Materials Dealers Association but also become a member of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association and have access to all national programs.Read More