The Council on Competitiveness shapes policies and runs programs to jump-start productivity and grow America's economy. The Council's membership is diverse and nonpartisan, representing the major sectors of the economy – CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders and national lab directors. Together, They work to ensure U.S. prosperity by advancing a pro-growth policy agenda in Washington, DC, and then They take action ourselves convening program initiatives across the country aimed at creating public-private partnerships where new technologies are born. These member-led initiatives are shaped around the areas of innovation frontiers, CTO policy advocacy, advanced computing, and energy and manufacturing.

Contact details

Website:
http://www.compete.org/

Address:
900 17th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC, 20006, USA

Country:
United States

Sub-region:
Northern America

Areas of focus

Geographics of focus
USA
Operating languages
English

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
No affiliation
Year founded
1986
Age (years)
Council on Competitiveness
 39
United States average
 42
Global average
 32
Founded by
Founders: John Young
Founder gender: All male
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): Deborah L. Wince-Smith
Leader gender: Female
Leader(s) (2024): Deborah L. Wince-Smith
Leader gender: Female
Leader(s) (2023): Deborah L. Wince-Smith
Leader gender: Female
Staff size
2025
Council on Competitiveness
 7
United States average
 47
Global average
 88
2021
Council on Competitiveness
 5
2017
Council on Competitiveness
 11
% Female staff
2021
Council on Competitiveness
 60%
United States average
 52%
Global average
 48%

Organisational performance

Publications
2024
Council on Competitiveness
 7
United States average
 61
Global average
 57
2022
Council on Competitiveness
 4
2015
Council on Competitiveness
 8
Financials
2015
Council on Competitiveness
 $4,211,394
United States average
 $19,910,515
Global average
 $57,352,757

Social

Facebook
Likes (2023)
Council on Competitiveness
 1,393
United States average
 65,416
Global average
 26,974
Likes (2022)
Council on Competitiveness
 1,336
Likes (2021)
Council on Competitiveness
 1,355
Twitter
Followers (2025)
Council on Competitiveness
 3,852
United States average
 50,844
Global average
 19,888
Followers (2024)
Council on Competitiveness
 3,941
Followers (2022)
Council on Competitiveness
 4,022
Subscribers (2025)
Council on Competitiveness
 470
United States average
 19,271
Global average
 7,436
Subscribers (2024)
Council on Competitiveness
 453
Subscribers (2023)
Council on Competitiveness
 416
Followers (2025)
Council on Competitiveness
 4,000
United States average
 24,324
Global average
 15,926
Followers (2024)
Council on Competitiveness
 4,000
Followers (2023)
Council on Competitiveness
 2,785

Data notes

Last updated: 19/03/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website
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