Welcome to the European Business Council

Visit our Welcome Center:
1231 Lafayette Street Cape Coral, FL 33904
Phone: (239) 645 – 4191
Fax: (239) 645 – 4191
Office hours are: Monday - Thursday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Friday 9.00 am to 4.00 pm

European Business Council

The European Business Council is an information-, contact-, and service organization for the commercial relationship between Europe and Southwest Florida.
The EBC is a non-profit organization, independent of other local organizations, which works together with selective companies and partner organizations in Southwest Florida and German-speaking countries in Europe. The EBC with its business contacts in Europe offers customized services for example connections to business partners and preparation of market analysis, market opportunities and selling concepts.

The organization provides their global network of contacts for all members. With its specialized employees, its competence and its experience in connecting business contacts, the EBC is able to provide a comprehensive and professional service
The existing network of businesses in different fields and the collaboration with competent and established accountants, marketing companies and lawyers, afford ideal conditions for the market entry of European companies in Southwest Florida and for American companies for the market entry in Europe.

With a membership in the EBC you could be a part of the organization. Please ask for your membership application and visit our website for additional information.

The EBC offers you also a variety of advertising opportunities for your company, for new starters as well as established companies.

Our services

- Your company portrait on our website

- Monthly e-newsletter

- Networking events

- Business travels to Europe with travel guide in German and English

- Contact offices in Austria and Switzerland

International Welcome Center

Our International Welcome Center in Downtown Cape Coral is our headquarter and is open for visitors, to get all the information they need. The EBC management team takes care intensively about your requests. With the help of the EBC, companies can analyze the market situation, acquire customers and projects and build distribution channels.

Why Southwest Florida?

Southwest Florida is an interesting area to live and work, with good business possibilities and where the life is filled with educational, cultural and free time options.
The European Business Council is available for companies to help them to be successful and build up their business. The EBC also keeps information for economic incentives as well as real estate and instructions for the moving process.

Why is Southwest Florida the right place for our business?

Meaningful growth! Your market is here!

Strategic position

Southwest Florida is the area between Tampa and Naples and is characterized by its excellent infrastructure.

The motorways I-75, I-10, I-4 and I-95 connect Southwest Florida with the important economic centers of America. The Southwest Florida International Airport located in Fort Myers offers direct flights to several European cities and the seaports in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa provide access to the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Sea.