Comparison · 14 material differences
Seattle Executives Association vs The Clubhouse
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Verified September 2026
Networking organization
Verified September 2026 Seattle Executives Association
Owners, principals and decision makers of established Greater Seattle businesses, one per business category
Private club
The Clubhouse
The company describes itself as "the smarter alternative to a London office for fast growing SMEs and global organisations" and says it was "created by business leaders for…
What the records say
- Role or title: Seattle Executives Association: The applicant must be a business owner, principal or decision maker for the company; The Clubhouse: No published role or title.
- Geographic restriction: Seattle Executives Association: Greater Seattle area; The Clubhouse: No published geographic restriction.
- Annual dues: Seattle Executives Association: Not publicly disclosed. The association does not publish dues; prospective members are told to call the office.; The Clubhouse: Prices are published per month and exclude VAT; annual cost depends on the tier and contract length chosen..
Side by side
| Seattle Executives Association | The Clubhouse | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Networking organization | Private club |
| Founded | 1917 (Founded in 1917 by a group of Seattle businessmen who shared information about ships arriving in port and referred clients to one another, per the association's own history.) | 2012 (Founded in 2012 by Amanda Hamilton, with the first site at 8 St James's Square. The company's own pages do not state a founding year.) |
| Headquarters | Seattle, United States | London, United Kingdom |
| Geographic footprint | Greater Seattle area; weekly luncheons at the Washington Athletic Club and at member locations | Three London locations: St James's (8 St James's Square), Mayfair (50 Grosvenor Hill) and Holborn Circus (20 St Andrew Street). Members also get access to IWG portfolio locations worldwide. |
| Members | 130as of September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed. The Evening Standard reported more than 800 individual members and 250 corporate clients in March 2016; that figure predates the 2019 administration and change of ownership. |
| Chapters | A single-city association with no chapters. It is a member of the International Executives Association (IEA), a network of comparable city associations, and is listed as the Seattle chapter in IEA directories. | 3 |
| Primary audience | Owners, principals and decision makers of established Greater Seattle businesses, one per business category | The company describes itself as "the smarter alternative to a London office for fast growing SMEs and global organisations" and says it was "created by business leaders for business leaders" |
| Typical member | Members are business owners, principals or company decision makers whose firms have traded for at least two years. The membership is deliberately spread across business categories rather than concentrated in one sector; open categories advertised in 2026 included appliance sales and service, residential cleaning, collision repair, distillery, fine dining, limousine service, office equipment and supplies, record storage and shredding, title and escrow, television station, replacement windows and winery. | Business owners, executives and professionals who need a central London base for meetings and work between them, plus corporate accounts. The company names Deloitte, Amazon, Sky, Samsung, Santander and Tesla among its members. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | The applicant must be a business owner, principal or decision maker for the companyverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published role or title |
| Geographic restriction | Greater Seattle areaverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published geographic restriction |
| Invitation required | Sometimes | No |
| Sponsor required | Not documented | No |
| Application process | A prospective member calls the association office to find out whether an opening exists in their business category. If there is one, they are invited to attend a luncheon meeting and decide whether the group fits. Admission depends on the classification being open and on meeting the owner or decision-maker test and the two-year trading requirement. | Prospective members choose a tier and contract length and enquire through a web form or by telephone. There is no published application form, committee stage, sponsor requirement or interview. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed as an acceptance rate. In practice the binding constraint is category exclusivity: if a competitor already holds the classification, the applicant cannot join regardless of merit. | Not publicly disclosed; no vetting process is described |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed. The association does not publish dues; prospective members are told to call the office.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Prices are published per month and exclude VAT; annual cost depends on the tier and contract length chosen. |
| Monthly dues | No dues figures appear anywhere on the association's public site. | £190–225 a monthExecutive Member (a London base five days per month): £190 plus VAT on a 24-month term, £200 plus VAT on 12 months, £225 plus VAT month-to-monthverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | No joining fee is stated on the memberships pageverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Membership term | Not documented | Month-to-month, 12-month or 24-month contracts, priced differently |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Weekly luncheon meetings on Wednesdays, with a 50 percent minimum attendance requirement | Daily access according to tier; the company runs a news and events programme for members |
| Peer forums | Weekly full-group luncheon plus one-to-one member meetings; no confidential facilitated peer forum is published | Not documented |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | At least half of the weekly Wednesday luncheons, per the association's published attendance requirement | Tiers are defined by usage: five days a month (Executive), ten days a month (Club) or unlimited (House) |
| Organized as | Event-focused | Clubhouse premises |
| Confidential peer forums | No | No |
| Local chapters | No | Yes |
| Virtual membership | No | Yes |
| Online community | Partial | Not documented |
| Member directory | Yes | Not documented |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Partial | No |
| Leadership development | No | No |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | Partial |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | Not documented | No |
| Next-generation programming | No | No |
| Investment discussions | No | No |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | No | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | Medium |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Low |
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