Kansas City, Mo. — The joint membership of the North American Equipment Dealers Assn. (NAEDA) and the Northeast Equipment Dealers Assn. (NEDA) have voted overwhelmingly in favor of moving forward with a merger of these two associations. It is anticipated that the merger will be consummated in October 2024.

The last few years have seen a number of mergers in the dealer association space. In 2022, NAEDA was formed through the merger of the Equipment Dealers Assn., Midwest-SouthEastern Equipment Dealers Assn., the United Equipment Dealers Assn. and the Western Equipment Dealers Assn. (WEDA). 

Other notable association mergers included:

  • 2014: SouthWestern Equipment Dealers Assn. and Canada West Equipment Dealers Assn. merged to form WEDA
  • 2015: Mid-America Equipment Retailers Assn. and the Ohio-Michigan Equipment Dealers Assn. merged to form United Equipment Dealers Assn. 
  • 2015: Pacific Northwest Hardware & Implement Assn. merged with WEDA
  • 2018: Deep South Equipment Dealers Assn. and Southern Equipment Dealers Assn. merged to form Deep Southern Equipment Dealers Assn. 

Last month, the Canadian Equipment Dealers Assn. voted to merge with Associated Equipment Distributors (AED). In June 2023, the board of directors for the Far West Equipment Dealers Assn. (FWEDA), ratified a membership vote approving its merger with AED.

The vote by the members of each organization was overwhelmingly in favor of this merger. “We appreciate the high level of support from our members,” NAEDA Chairman Brad Hershey who also serves on the NEDA Board of Directors. NEDA Board Chairman Bryan Messick echoed Hershey’s comments and stated, “Now that our members have ratified the merger resolutions, we will be implementing our transition plan and consolidating our resources – giving our members all the benefits NAEDA offers and continuing to provide strong state and local support for equipment dealers in the Northeast nine-state region.”

NAEDA will continue to represent dealers on important industry issues, including those involving manufacturer relations, and by providing federal government affairs services in Ottawa and Washington, D.C.  Following the completion of the merger, NAEDA will also expand its state and local governmental affairs support to cover 41 states in the US, as well as in nine Canadian provinces.

The North American Equipment Dealers Assn. will continue to work with all regional equipment dealer associations in North America effectively representing agricultural, construction, industrial, forestry, outdoor power, lawn and garden and/or turf equipment dealers.

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