FM Associations

This is a list of national and international associations. Some of these associations have local or regional chapters and there are other associations that operate locally or regionally and cover all types of facilities.

Some associations have their own annual conferences, produce magazines for their members and provide reference material and resources for members and non-members.

Where the association has provided information, it has been included below.

  • ABRAFAC – Associacao Brasiliera De Facilities (Brazil) www.abrafac.org.br
  • AFE – Association for Facilities Engineering (US) www.afe.org For facilities engineers and operations professionals, helps members grow professionally through quality networking, knowledge sharing, certification and other resources. Promotes the facilities engineering profession.
  • AIFMI – Alliance of Infrastructure and Facility Managers of India www.aifmi.in An industry-managed organization, playing a proactive role in India’s Facilities Management community. Sets a common voice for the industry and enhance the credibility of IFM, promoting FM in the public and private structures.
  • APFM – Association of Property and Facility Managers (Singapore) www.apfm.org.sg Promotes the standard and practice of property and facility management in various sectors of the industries. Provides for exchanges among members and dialogues with the authorities and other allied professional bodies.
  • APPA – Association of Higher Education Facilities (North American) www.appa.org Promotes leadership in educational facilities for professionals seeking to build their careers, transform their institutions, and elevate the value and recognition of facilities in education.
  • ARSEG – Association des Responsable Services Généraux. (France) www.arseg.asso.fr
  • BGFMA – Bulgarian Facility Management Association www.bgfma.bg
  • BIFM – British Institute of Facilities Management www.bifm.org.uk Provides information, education, training and networking services individual professionals and organizations. BIFM’s mission is to advance the profession and consolidate FM as a vital management discipline.
  • BOMA – Building Owners & Managers Association (International) www.boma.org
  • CCFM – Conference for Catholic Facility Management (US) www.ccfm.net
  • CHES – Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society www.ches.org Helping members manage the environment which is essential for healthcare delivery. Members are directly involved in, or responsible for the full range of functions including plant, maintenance, facilities, clinical engineering, safety, construction, security, support services, environmental management, and waste management.
  • CREW Network – Commercial Real Estate Women (North America) www.crewnetwork.org The industry’s business networking organization influencing the success of the commercial real estate industry women. A commercial real estate network in major North American markets representing every discipline within commercial real estate.
  • CRFC – Canadian Recreation Facilities Council (Canadian) www.crfc.ca CoreNet Global www.corenetglobal.org A leading professional association for corporate real estate and workplace executives, service providers, and economic developers. Publishes LEADER Magazine covering corporate real estate trends and practices and conducts 5 Global Summits annually
  • EuroFM – European Facility Management Network www.eurofm.org
  • FMA – Facilities Management Austria www.fma.or.at
  • FMA – Facilities Management Association (UK) www.fmassociation.org.uk Members represent all sectors of the industry and get involved, because they want to grow their business and because they want to make sure their voice is heard by government, industry and the media. ?
  • FMA – Facility Management Association of Australia www.fma.com.au
  • FMN – Facility Management Nederland www.fmn.nl
  • FM-ARENA (Switzerland) www.fm-arena.ch
  • GEFMA – German Facility Management Association www.gefma.de The leading German network for executives in facility management including external and internal service providers representing the full range of facility services. Includes in-house facility managers as customers, investors, property owners and the public sector.
  • Global FM www.globalfm.org
  • HEFMA – Health Estates & Facilities (UK) www.hefma.org.uk
  • HEFMA – Higher Education Facility Management Association of Southern Africa www.hefma.org The objective is to develop and maintain high quality standards in the management, maintenance, operation, planning utilization and development of the physical infrastructure of higher education institutions.
  • HKIFM – Hong Kong Institute of Facility Management www.hkifm.org.hk
  • HFMS – Hungarian Facility Management Society www.fmportal.hu To develop FM as a business area of strategic importance, maintain and develop world class domestic professional excellence, create rules to govern facility management activities and represent the professional and economic interests of its members.
  • IAAM – International Association of Assembly Managers (US) www.iaam.org
  • IAAPA – International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (US) www.iaapa.org
  • IHEEM – Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (UK) www.iheem.org.uk A specialist institute for the healthcare estates sector. Approximately 10% of members are based overseas. Its primary purpose as an a professional development organization, is to keep members up to date with developing technology and changing regulations. ?
  • IFMA – International Facilities Management Association www.ifma.org The world’s largest association representing professional facility managers in 78 countries. Certifies facility managers, conducts research, provides educational programs and produces the World Workplace conference. IPFMA – Irish Property & Facility Management Association www.ipfma.com
  • IREM – Institute of Real Estate Management (US) www.irem.org Education, resources and information for real estate management professionals. Affiliated with the National Association of Realtors,IREM serves the multi-family and commercial real estate sectors in the U.S. and around the globe.
  • ISSA – Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association www.issa.com
  • JFMA – Japan Facility Management Promotion Association www.jfma.or.jp
  • MEFMA – Middle East Facility Management Association www.mefma.org Unifying the facility management industry in the Middle East and promoting excellence in the management of facilities. Conducts research, provides educational programs and helps FMs develop strategies to manage human, facility and real estate resources.
  • MFS – Maintenance and Facility Management Society of Switzerland www.mfs.ch
  • NAIOP – National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (US) www.naiop.org
  • NARPM – National Association of Residential Property Managers (US) www.narpm.org
  • NPMA – National Property Management Association (US) www.npma.org
  • PMI – Project Management Institute (US) www.pmi.org
  • PRSM – Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (US) www.prsm.com Helping retail facilities professionals make informed business decision by delivering best practices, education, forums and partnerships. Its active retail and vendor membership works together to meet the ever-changing demands in retail facilities. ?
  • RICS – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK) www.rics.org With membership that includes Facility Managers and Property Managers, RICS is the world’s leading professional body for qualifications and standards in land, property and construction. Attaining RICS status is the recognized mark of property professionalism.
  • ROFMA – Romanian Facility Management Association www.rofma.ro
  • RFMA – Restaurant Facility Management Professionals (US) www.rfmaonline.com Representing restaurant facility professionals and vendor companies. Helps to define the core competencies for meeting the high standards of knowledge and skill that have become critical to the success of the restaurant facility management industry.
  • SAFMA – South African Facilities Management Association www.safma.org.za Represents the FM industry with a diverse membership comprising of FM organizations, in-house operatives, consultants, training organisations and service providers. Supports, represents and advances the FM industry through awareness and a common voice.
  • TEFMA – Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association (Australasian) www.tefma.com Represents members in university, polytechnic, technical and further education institutions in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Workshops for FMs, an annual conference, benchmarking survey, publishes guides and a newsletter.