OLD FASHIONED, OUT-OF-TOUCH, AND EVENTUALLY OBSOLETE I was a member here for one year in 2010, and decided not to renew my membership. They have no sense of being a business community, and instead are just about traditional sales and cocktail party networking at brick-and-mortar businesses. Many of the members are dismissive, and even outright hostile, to online social networking and new media, instead relying on doing annoying mailings and automatically subscribing you to their email lists. The Facebook page is just a sales tool and does nothing engaging with members, along with it's LinkedIn Page (which isn't even run by the Chamber, but they use it to promote themselves to attract new members.) They're entirely built around signing up members and selling advertising to those members, and did nothing for me in terms of attracting new business. The Chamber President is willfully ignorant about social media, online video, and anything that isn't beyond doing print newsletters or mixers at member buildings. Most members in the Chamber are really either self-centered or apathetic. They're not about sharing, only selling. Numerous times I had people come up to me at events and say they really wanted to do business with me, when all they wanted was to get me on their mailing lists and sell me stuff, without even caring who I was or what I did. They operate with a very old-fashioned mentality of traditional marketing, which today is considered to be both highly annoying and ineffective. Really, how bad do you think it must be that out of their declared 700+ members, not a single one of them bothers to give even their own Chamber a public review, like I have here??? Unless you're a very old-fashioned person with a chiefly brick-and-mortar business that does everything around one-way advertising and physical products or services that are location based, I would advise you to steer clear of signing up with this Chamber. Even if your goal is to hire some local businesses, you can easily get better reviews of businesses online than at a local Chamber of Commerce. read more

The single best Chamber around, period! Incredible staff, fantastic programs and great networking opportunities. I know many many people who have built their businesses through networking at the chamber. Single largest attended meeting in the area by far. Completely ignore the rantings of the reviewer below. Just look at his picture. He didn't get it. Attend a First Friday networking meeting and judge for yourself. read more

I have been a member of the Chamber since July of 2016 and my company has already seen a 10-fold return on investment. The Chamber has been helpful in getting connected to other local businesses, and my company has continued to grow our reach. There are many great events and opportunities to meet new people. Most importantly, I have learned how to bring leads to other businesses. People do business with people they like, know, and trust. Today my company is liked, known, and trusted! read more

The Northbrook Chamber of Commerce is an amazing organization that offers local business people opportunities to network and promote their business to other members of the community. Like any other networking organization your experience is a direct reflection of how you treat and interact with other members. Over the past ten years I have personally received and given 1000's of business leads and received both great service and pricing from other chamber members which has saved me way more than the cost of my affiliation. Additionally, over the past six months I can directly attribute over $200,000.00 worth of business from other chamber members. The chamber also works to support local business and also participates in charitable endeavors including the local YMCA and meal packing events to stock local food pantries. If you are an active member of the local business community this chamber is a no brainier! read more

The Chamber is very useful to our business. We have only been members for two months and the membership had paid for itself many times over. The First Friday meetings are a ton of fun and everyone is extremely warm and inviting. It's great to associate with other local small business owners. I recommend joining the Chamber to anyone who wants to develop their business and have fun doing it! read more