In 2018 the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic celebrates the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first Czech Industrialists’ Association. The Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, the largest representative of employers in the Czech Republic, is the last in a series of confederations which follows up on it.

The Czech Confederation of Industrialists was established few months before the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak Republic, in June 1918. In its activities continued other industrial associations, such as the Central Confederation of Czechoslovak Industrialists or the Central Confederation of Czechoslovak Industry, and since 1990 it is the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic.

The Confederation of Industry is the premier business lobbying organization in the Czech Republic providing a voice for employers at a national and international level. It is a voluntary, non-political and non-governmental body which is acting as the most important employers’ organizations in the Czech Republic.

The main mission is to promote the conditions in which businesses of all sizes and sectors in the Czech Republic can flourish and stay competitive. The Confederation of Industry is an umbrella for 33 associations (so called collective members) together with 141 direct members. The total number of all members is reaching 11 000.