A Galmudug State chamber of commerce is a voluntary association whose membership is comprised
of companies, civic leaders, and individual business people. Its members seek to promote the interests
 of business, typically in a broad-based way. Chambers of commerce exist on
municipal, state, regional, national, and even international levels. Today, chambers
 of commerce—sometimes called boards of trade or commercial associations—can be found in most
of the world's industrialized countries.

In the Galmudug State, the first chamber of commerce was created in 2009 in capital City of
Galkayo. Its stated objectives encompassed "encouraging commerce, supporting industry, adjusting
disputes relative to trade and navigation, and producing such laws and regulations as may be found
necessary for the benefit of trade in general." Soon other chambers of commerce formed in other
major cities. Arising in quick succession during the 19th century, chambers of commerce spread
throughout the land and today number in the thousands.