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SMEunited aisbl

Business / industry · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, SMEunited aisbl appears in 59 declared MEP meetings (41 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

59
declared meetings
with current MEPs
41
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. Across the whole of Europe, SMEunited represents over 12 million enterprises with…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 59 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party2237%
Renew Europe1525%
Socialists & Democrats1322%
Greens/EFA58%
European Conservatives & Reformists23%
Patriots for Europe23%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (24 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
0
2021
3
2022
1
2023
8
2024
9
2025
24
2026
13

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

Marion Walsmann
3 meetings · EPP
Christian Ehler
3 meetings · EPP
Pascal Canfin
3 meetings · Renew
Jana Toom
2 meetings · Renew
Alexandra Geese
2 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
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
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
12 Feb 2026Marion WalsmannMittelstandspolitik
4 Feb 2026Sirpa PietikäinenSME policy
3 Feb 2026Axel VossStakeholder meeting on AI Omnibus
3 Dec 2025Elisabeth GrossmannSmall mid caps
3 Dec 2025Thomas BajadaOmnibus 4

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