Association of Directory Publishers

The Association of Directory Publishers (ADP) is the voice of print and online directory publishers empowering its members to succeed in today's fast moving marketing environment. ADP is the only international trade association that serves directory publishers for the pursuit of collaborating, networking, and sharing best practices focusing on the challenges and opportunities in our ever-evolving industry.

About
The Association of Directory Publishers (ADP) is an organization that provides help to print and online directory publishers. They offer services that help make creating directories easier.

The Association helps its members expand their businesses by offering them services and tools targeted to assist them in achieving their clients' advertising objectives. ADP offers a wide variety of research, marketing, and sales materials created with information from organizations that are developed specifically to help members increase their company's bottom line.

ADP has a governance structure of one company, one vote. Every publisher from the smallest to the largest has an equal opportunity to determine the leadership and direction of the Association. ADP represents member companies of all sizes and from numerous countries.

History
The group formed in 1898 as the Association of American Directory Publishers, headquartered in New York. It aimed "to improve the directory business." It changed its name to the Association of North American Directory Publishers in 1919. It has held annual meetings starting in 1899 and has published the Directory Bulletin. Officers have included George W. Overton and Ralph Lane Polk. Among the members in the 1920s:


 * Action Pages
 * Atkinson Erie Directory Company
 * Atlanta City Directory Company
 * W.H. Boyd Company
 * Burch Directory Company
 * Caron Directory Company
 * Chicago Directory Company
 * J.W. Clement Company
 * Cleveland Directory Company
 * Connelly Directory Company
 * Fitzgerald Directory Company
 * Gate City Directory Company
 * Hartford Printing Company
 * Henderson Directories Ltd.
 * Hill Directory Company
 * C.E. Howe Company
 * Kimball Directory Company
 * Leshnick Directory Company
 * Los Angeles Directory Company
 * John Lovell & Son Ltd.
 * McCoy Directory Company
 * H.A. Manning Company
 * Maritime Directory Company
 * Henry M. Meek Publishing Company
 * Might Directories Ltd.
 * Minneapolis Directory Company
 * Piedmont Directory Company
 * R.L. Polk & Company
 * Polk-Gould Directory Company
 * Polk-Husted Directory Company
 * Polk-McAvoy Directory Company
 * Polk's Southern Directory Company
 * Portland Directory Company
 * Price & Lee Company
 * W.L. Richmond
 * Roberts Bros Company
 * Sampson & Murdock Company
 * Soards Directory Company
 * Utica Directory Publishing Company
 * Williams Directory Company
 * John F. Worley Directory Company
 * Wright Directory Company

In 1992 the group renamed itself the "Association of Directory Publishers."