Association of the Self-employed – Bavarian Trade Association

The Bund der Selbständigen Bayern (BDS Bayern) is a Bavarian trade association that has represented the interests of the self-employed Mittelstand since 1874. It describes itself as party-neutral, cross-sectoral and independent, operating in Europe, Germany, Bavaria and locally. With around 14,000 member companies and over 300 local associations, it provides legal assistance, know-how transfer and cooperation-network offers, and runs a BDS Azubi-Akademie at over 30 locations.

The Bund der Selbständigen Bayern traces its origins to the founding of the Verband Bayerischer Gewerbevereine in Nuremberg in 1874, the predecessor of today's association. After World War I, in December 1919, the Verband Bayerischer Gewerbevereine merged with the Bayerischer Handwerkerbund (founded 1883) and the Bayerischer Handwerker- und Gewerbebund to form the Bayerischer Gewerbebund. In 1934 the Bayerischer Gewerbebund was dissolved. After World War II, local trade associations were founded again from 1948, including in Munich where the Allgemeiner Gewerbeverein was revived. In 1951, members of the Allgemeiner Gewerbeverein München founded the Deutscher Gewerbeverband e.V. as a nationwide association, then based in Munich. Five years later, in 1956, together with other trade and...

Party-neutral, cross-sectoral and independent trade association for the self-employed Mittelstand in Bavaria.

Product categories. Legal assistance for members · Know-how transfer · Cooperation network offers · BDS Azubi-Akademie

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2. 2Über uns - Gewerbeverband BDS in Bayernbds-bayern.de
3. 3Geschichte des BDS Bayern: Ein Rückblick auf die Entwicklungbds-bayern.de
4. 4Association of the Self-employed – Bavarian Trade Associationwikidata.org