About Us

The National School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA) is the leading trade organization for the educational products marketplace. NSSEA puts the collective experience of the most successful school industry businesses in the world at your fingertips. Over 1,100 companies of all sizes that produce and deliver every type of product you find in an education environment are represented by NSSEA. Founded in 1916, NSSEA promotes an open market for quality educational products and services that are produced and delivered by professional suppliers and dealers. Read the bylaws.

Membership Composition

• Suppliers of educational items — manufacturers, publishers, importers, and wholesalers — who market to consumers through a network of distributors
  
• Distributors of educational items to consumers — retail stores, catalogs, mail order, online, and direct sales
  
• Service providers — consultants, mail list brokers, trade publishers, printers, catalog producers, inventory/POS systems, OEM, retail fixture manufacturers, and online service providers
  
• Independent Sales Reps – representing product lines for two or more suppliers of educational items

Mission

NSSEA’s Mission: To serve the educational products marketplace by providing high quality tradeshows that increase the productivity of the channel; networking opportunities to build relationships with trading partners; and market information and training on which to make solid business decisions.