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National Automobile Dealers Association 8400 Westpark Drive McLean, VA 22102 (703) 821-7000 or (800) 252-6232 nadainfo@nada.org |
The National Automobile Dealers Association, founded in 1917, represents more than 17,000 new car and truck dealers, both domestic and import, with more than 37,500 separate franchises. Today, more than 91 percent of U.S. new-vehicle dealers are NADA members. New-car dealers employ about 1 million people in the United States.
NADA membership is open to any new-automobile or new-truck dealership holding a new automobile or truck sales and service franchise.
NADA:
- Represents all dealers - domestic and import franchises - on Capitol Hill, federal agencies, media, and general public;
- Provides counsel on legal and regulatory matters;
- Represents dealers interests with automobile and truck manufacturers;
- Develops research data on the retail automobile industry;
- Offers extensive training programs to improve dealership business operations, sales and service practices via NADA University;
- Operates a charitable foundation that distributes funds donated by dealers and friends to emergency/medical and educational organizations and private-sector colleges and universities; and
- Offers employee benefit plans through its retirement services group, NADART.