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Vistage · Requirements

Vistage membership requirements

Every criterion Vistage publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it — plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.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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CriterionPublished requirementNoteProvenance
Minimum company revenue US$5,000,000+ in annual revenue for core CEO membership Vistage frames this as the profile it serves rather than a hard rule; other programmes exist for smaller businesses and non-CEO executives. Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗
Role or title CEO, founder or owner for core membership; separate tracks for C-level (non-CEO), executive VP and vice-president/division-head roles Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion Members are selected by a Vistage Chair Vistage states "Our Chairs carefully select members"; there is no published committee process. Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗

How admission works

Application process
Prospective members complete an application form and are then contacted by a local Vistage Chair, who interviews them and decides whether to place them in a group. There is no published central admissions committee.
Invitation required
No
Sponsor required
No
Selectivity
Not publicly disclosed
Membership term
— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify
Primary audience
CEOs, business owners and senior executives of companies with US$5 million or more in annual revenue.
Typical member
Members are decision-makers at small and mid-sized private companies. Vistage frames its core member as generating "$5M+ in annual revenue" and facing the operational complexity that comes with that scale; separate programmes exist for non-CEO executives and emerging leaders.

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If not: alternatives to Vistage — C12, YPO, The Alternative Board, Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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

Sources

  1. Vistage — CEO Coaching & Peer Advisory, Vistage Worldwide. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
  2. About Vistage, Vistage Worldwide. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
  3. Vistage Partners with Gridiron Capital, Vistage Worldwide, January 2022. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
  4. Vistage Membership, Vistage Worldwide. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
  5. Providence Agrees to Sell Vistage to Gridiron Capital, Providence Equity Partners, January 2022. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8
  6. The Vistage Story, Brightspace (Vistage practice). Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8
  7. Vistage Cost in 2026: Real Membership Fees and Tiers, Leaders Adapt, January 2026. 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.