The term Independent Business Alliance refers to local affiliates of the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA). According to AMIBA's website, "An IBA is a coalition of locally-owned independent businesses, citizens and community organizations united to support home town businesses in a community or geographic region...The AMIBA aims to help seed, support and network these alliances."

The first Independent Business Alliance (IBA)originated in Boulder, Colorado in 1998 and developed the model that has been advanced by more than 65 local IBAs affiliated with the AMIBA in the United States and Canada. Their organizing model also has been emulated by dozens of other groups. Independent Business Alliances exist in communities ranging from 4,000 to several million people, covering more than 30 states and provinces.

The name Independent Business Alliance is a trademark of the AMIBA that applies specifically to its affiliates, though affiliates are not obliged to use the name.

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