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SMEunited aisbl

Business group · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, SMEunited aisbl appears in 66 declared MEP meetings (45 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

66
declared meetings
with current MEPs
45
MEPs met
€1.2M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
13.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“SMEunited is the employer’s organisation representing the interests of European crafts, trades and SMEs at EU level. As the European SME umbrella organisation, SMEunited incorporates more than 65 member organisations consisting of national cross-sectorial SME federations, European branch federations and other associate members, which support the SME family.”

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“Across the whole of Europe, SMEunited represents over 12 million enterprises with nearly 55 million employees. The main objectives of SMEunited include: - Monitoring the EU policy and legislative process and keeping its members informed on all matters of European Union policy of relevance to crafts, trades and SMEs - Representing and promoting the interests, needs and opinions of its member organisations to the EU institutions and other international organisations - Supporting its members academically, technically and legally on all areas of EU policy - Supporting the idea of European integration.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 66 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2436%
Renew Europe1726%
Socialists & Democrats1523%
Greens/EFA69%
European Conservatives & Reformists23%
Patriots for Europe23%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (26 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
0
2021
3
2022
1
2023
8
2024
9
2025
26
2026
18

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Pascal Canfin
4 meetings · Renew
Marion Walsmann
3 meetings · EPP
Kira Marie Peter-Hansen
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Nikola Minchev
3 meetings · Renew
Christian Ehler
3 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
19 Oct 2026Tiemo WölkenMDR/IVDR Revision
18 Sep 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views on IAA
11 Sep 2026Niels Flemming HansenSME Intergroup
8 Sep 2026Giorgio GoriIndustrial Accelerator Act - Digital Omnibus
28 May 2026Brigitte van den BergVocational Education & Training
30 Apr 2026Jana ToomSocial and Employment Policies
22 Apr 2026Ingeborg ter LaakENVI Omnibus (EPR)
14 Apr 2026Jean-Marc GermainPerformance
1 Apr 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views
26 Mar 2026Siegfried MureşanDiscussion about the next MFF
24 Mar 2026Marc AngelEuropean Business Wallets
23 Mar 2026Ana VasconcelosENVI Omnibus_EPR
12 Mar 2026Christian EhlerFP10
5 Mar 2026Pascal ArimontFuture of the MFF
24 Feb 2026Svenja HahnAI Act industry roundtable hosted by MEP Svenja HAHN

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