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The Asian American Business Roundtable (AABR) was established in 1989 to help Asian and other minority-owned businesses access federal procurement, expand their market base with the Federal Government as well as the commercial sector by providing information that is accurate and timely to enable them to make informed decisions beneficial to their companies. The U.S. population is becoming more multiracial.

 

There are 22 million people who claim to be Asian Americans on the 2000 census. Minority businesses face tougher times in the years ahead. The dollar value of prime contracts owned by minorities declined by 33% in 2000. In addition, these companies declined to their lowest level since 1993.  

 

Asian-owned businesses increased nationwide by 30% to 913,000 from 1992 to 1997. Their problem is exacerbated by their immense diversity.  Their numbers could have been higher but many fell by the wayside for their inability to survive the highly competitive American market.  

 

AABR's vision is that of an America that is the realization of an achievable dream as a “Land of Opportunity,” unfettered by the problems of racism, skin color, national origin and/or socioeconomic status.

Our Mission

Our mission is to help Asian-Americans and/or Pacific Americans and other American minority-owned companies expand their market with the Federal government as well as the commercial sector by providing information that is accurate and timely  to enable them to make informed decisions beneficial to their companies.

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Organization Information

AABR is an institutional member of ALLIANCE, a coalition of national trade organizations and business associations dedicated to preserving and expanding minority business awareness and access to contrasting and other business development opportunities and resources. The ALLIANCE (Summit) member organizations and associations are representatives of the major constituencies that comprise the minority business community and meets monthly in Washington D.C. Summit meetings are attended by the senior executive of each organization/association or its Washington representative, thus assuring that the views of the members are fully aired and that the process of consensus-building on issues is addressed in a timely fashion.

Focusing on policy and government issues affecting minority business programs at the federal level, the Summit engages in information gathering, meeting with key federal officials and other minority business stakeholders, synthesis and analysis of issues, and the development of positions, approaches and strategies to address the issue. When there is a consensus on an issue affecting minority business, the Summit speaks as one voice on that issue. When there is no consensus, the Summit takes no position, but the individual organizations are free to express and promulgate their positions on the issue in question.

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National Presence

AABR has representatives in 10 regions encompassing the whole of the United States.

	Region I - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
	Region II - New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Island.
	Region III - Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia.
	Region IV - Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
	Region V - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
	Region VI - New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana.
	Region VII - Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.
	Region VIII - Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.
	Region IX - California, Nevada, and Arizona.
	Region X - Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam.