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Entrepreneurs' Organization membership requirements

Every criterion Entrepreneurs' Organization publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it — plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

Read a requirement as the organization's published floor, not as a promise. A revenue test may have alternative versions for different business types, chapters can set stricter local tests, and invitation-only bodies publish criteria that describe members rather than admit them.

Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Minimum ownership stake	Must be the owner, founder or majority stakeholder of the business		Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum company revenue	US$1,000,000 in revenue in the most recent fiscal year	Standard test.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum capital raised	Venture-backed alternative: at least US$2,000,000 privately raised, or US$5,000,000 publicly raised	Applies instead of the revenue test for venture-backed companies; requires a minimum of 10 employees.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum employees	Minimum 10 employees (venture-backed route only)	Attached to the funding-based qualification, not to the revenue route.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗

How admission works

Application process

Applications go to a local chapter, which reviews the candidate against the eligibility criteria and then schedules an interview to discuss their interest in EO. Accepted members go through onboarding within three months, including orientation, Forum training and placement into a Forum.

Invitation required

Sponsor required

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed

Membership term

Annual renewal; global dues prorated by fiscal month on joining

Primary audience

Owners, founders and majority stakeholders of companies with at least US$1 million of annual revenue.

Typical member

Members are business owners rather than hired executives, and must hold controlling or majority ownership. EO states its member companies' median annual revenue is US$4 million, so the typical member runs a company well above the US$1 million entry threshold but far below YPO-scale businesses.

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If not: alternatives to Entrepreneurs' Organization — Hampton, YPO, Women Presidents Organization, REF.

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

Entrepreneurs' Organization, Entrepreneurs' Organization. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
About EO — Chapters, Entrepreneurs' Organization. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
EO Chapters: Join Our Global Entrepreneur Network, Entrepreneurs' Organization. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Entrepreneur Groups Near You, Entrepreneurs' Organization. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Three New EO Chapters in North and South Asia, Entrepreneurs' Organization, March 2026. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Membership Eligibility Procedures (August 2024), Entrepreneurs' Organization, August 2024. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
Why Join — Apply for Membership, Entrepreneurs' Organization. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 3
Entrepreneurs' Organization, Wikipedia. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.