The Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce formerly the Bloomfield Board of Trade was incorporated in March 1917. Over the years, the chamber’s name was changed to the Chamber of Commerce of Bloomfield, New Jersey in March of 1923. Then more recently in January of 2003 the name was changed to Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce, A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation when they united with the Belleville Chamber of Commerce to comprise the Townships of Bloomfield and Belleville and the Borough of Glen Ridge.