Thank you for your interest in joining the Compressed Gas Association. We have over 100 years of experience working with members to raise the bar for industry safety. When you make the choice to invest in a CGA membership, you’re investing in a safer tomorrow for your company.
Founded in 1913, the Compressed Gas Association represents members from all facets of the industrial and medical gases and equipment industry in the United States and Canada. Our primary mission is to develop and promote safety standards and practices for ever-improving safe, secure, and environmentally responsible manufacture, transportation, storage, transfilling, and disposal of industrial and medical gases and their containers.
CGA is the recognized leader in the development of gas and equipment standards in North America and around the world, many of which are referenced by regulators at all levels of government. CGA members enjoy a number of services that benefit their businesses.
CGA membership is open to any company engaged in:
Active Membership is open to any company within the industry doing business or operating in the United States, Canada, or Mexico. Any company incorporated, headquartered, or located outside the United States and Canada and doing business in the United States, Canada, or Mexico is also eligible for Active Membership.
Associate Membership is open to any company within the industry which is solely doing business outside of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Consultant Membership is open to any individual or company that primarily provides consulting services to, or in relation to, the industry. Consulting services do not include fees charged for services provided for the physical installation, maintenance, repair, testing, or physical transportation of goods/equipment.
Setting the Industry Standard
Setting the Industry Standard: CGA members lead the way in developing and maintaining safety and technical standards. As a member of CGA’s committees, you have an equal voice in the development of standards that promote a safer industry, no matter the size of your company. Our members also set the priority for committee work, ensuring that we’re always focused on the issues that are most important to you.
Bringing the Best Minds Together to Benefit All
Bringing the Best Minds Together to Benefit All: Our meetings and seminars are designed to share information about current best practices, learnings from incidents and near misses, and new technologies and are often available only to CGA members. These meetings allow you to learn from industry experts about practices to help make your operations safer and more cost-effective.
Avoiding Unnecessary Regulation
Avoiding Unnecessary Regulation: On behalf of our members, CGA maintains strong relationships with key officials so that members are given early warning regarding regulatory and legislative developments, and an opportunity to participate in the policy debate. We interface with numerous regulatory, state, provincial, code, and standards bodies to support the development of safe and effective requirements for industry.
Promoting Global Standards
Promoting Global Standards: We recognize that consistent standards are an important aspect of today’s global marketplace. We work directly with the regional gas associations forming the International Harmonization Council (IHC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the United Nations (UN) to promote the global harmonization of industry standards.
Reducing Your Training Costs
Reducing Your Training Costs: CGA members have free access to all electronic format CGA publications and training materials, and enjoy substantial discounts on seminars, webinars, and hardcopy publications.
Marketing Your Business
Marketing Your Business: Sponsorships at meetings and exhibiting at select seminars provide opportunities to promote your company and products with hundreds of senior industry representatives.
Keeping You Informed
Keeping You Informed: CGA members receive regular updates on association news, industry news, and CGA events.
| Membership Benefit | Active Doing business or operating in North America | Associate Doing business or operating outside of North America | Consultant > 50% of sales from consulting in North America |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attend Committee Meetings | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vote at Committee Meetings | Yes | No | No |
| Attend Seminars & Webinars | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free access to CGA’s Electronic Publications | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discounts on hard copy publications | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free access to CGA’s Training Materials | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eligible for Board Seat | Yes | No | No |
| Access to CGA Technical Staff | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Many companies fall within our minimum annual dues amount, which is affordably priced at just $5,190. To calculate your dues commitment, please select your membership category from the options below.
Active Member
Who? Your company, your subsidiaries, your parent company, and all other subsidiaries of your parent corporation. A parent corporation is one that owns or controls 50% or more of the stock or ownership rights of another entity or division.
What? Related Annual Revenue from the manufacture, sale, transportation, or distribution of industrial or medical gas (including liquefied, non-liquefied, dissolved, or cryogenic states), or of equipment, materials, supplies, or non-consultant services used specifically in connection with the industrial and medical gas industry. Revenue from fuel and refrigerant gases, related containers and equipment, and gross income from lease equipment must also be included.
Where? From or into the United States or Canada.
When? The most recent fiscal year.
How? Multiply your Related Annual Revenue (defined above) by 0.01470147837050140% and round up to the nearest whole dollar (USD). Active membership dues are subject to a minimum of $5,190.
Associate Member
Who? Your company, your subsidiaries, your parent company, and all other subsidiaries of your parent corporation. A parent corporation is one that owns or controls 50% or more of the stock or ownership rights of another entity or division.
What? Related Annual Revenue from the manufacture, sale, transportation, or distribution of industrial or medical gas (including liquefied, non-liquefied, dissolved, or cryogenic states), or of equipment, materials, supplies, or non-consultant services used specifically in connection with the industrial and medical gas industry. Revenue from fuel and refrigerant gases, related containers and equipment, and gross income from lease equipment must also be included.
Where? Worldwide sales, generated from outside the United States or Canada.
When? The most recent fiscal year.
How? Calculate your Related Annual Revenue (defined above) and use the chart below to determine your annual dues amount. All amounts shown are in USD.
| Related Annual Revenue Amount | Annual Dues |
| $0 – $5,000,000 | $3,500 |
| $5,000,000 – $10,000,000 | $7,555 |
| $10,000,000 – $25,000,000 | $12,400 |
| $25,000,000 – $100,000,000 | $12,755 |
| $100,000,000 – $300,000,000 | $14,995 |
| $300,000,000 – Unlimited | $15,250 |
Consultant Member
Who? Your company where consultant services, including education and training, compliance, engineering, and research and development, generates greater than 50% of the revenue.
What? Related Annual Revenue includes both (1) the annual dollar volume for the most recent year from fees or consulting services to, or in relation to, the industry, including education and training, compliance, engineering, and research and development; and (2) related annual revenues of the consultant’s industry clients that are not CGA members. For the purposes of this policy, the consultant’s fiscal year end shall be used to determine the clients’ CGA membership status.
EXAMPLE: Assuming that a client is not a CGA member for the year 2018, and the consultant works for the client in year 2018, then the consultant’s 2019 dues are based on the consultant’s 2018 revenues plus the client’s revenue from 2017 (the dues the client would have paid if they would have been a member in the year of the consultant’s work).
Consulting arrangements covering a period greater than 60 days must include the industry-related revenue of the non-CGA member client company, its parent corporation, and any other industry-related subsidiaries of the parent corporation on a pro-rated basis according to the following schedule:
| Duration of Consulting Agreement (days)1 | Percentage of Non-CGA Member Client Revenues to Include in Determining Related Annual Revenue |
| 0 – 59 | 0% |
| 60 – 89 | 25% |
| 90 – 179 | 50% |
| 180 – 269 | 75% |
| 270 – 366 | 100% |
| 1 Duration is the difference from the start date to the finish date, not the number of days contracted. If multiple contracts are made with the same company (or related companies), the duration will be considered as the start date from the first contract to the end date of the last contract covering the calendar year. If no contract, written or verbal, exists between the consultant and the client, hence no term of engagement and no obligation of future work exists between the parties, the total days of such ad hoc work by the consultant shall be considered the duration for the above chart. | |
Where? From or into the United States or Canada.
When? The most recent fiscal year.
How? Multiply your Related Annual Revenue (defined above) by 0.01470147837050140% and round up to the nearest whole dollar (USD). Consultant membership dues are subject to a minimum of $5,190.
Founded in 1913, the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) represents members from all facets of the industrial and medical gases and equipment industry in the United States and Canada.
CGA’s mission is to foster the ever-improving safe, secure, and environmentally responsible manufacture, transportation, storage, handling, and disposal of industrial, medical, and food gases and associated products.
We fulfill this mission by:
Want to learn more about CGA and the benefits of membership? Contact us!
As a CGA Hydrogen Member, you and all of the employees at your company have free access to our electronic library of hydrogen publications, which we have been publishing since 1955, voting rights on the CGA committees responsible for developing and maintaining hydrogen safety standards, and access to CGA events.
Setting the Standard for Safety
CGA is the recognized leader in the development of gas and equipment standards in North America and around the world, many of which are referenced by regulators at all levels of government. When it comes to hydrogen, we have been developing related standards for more than half a century – we published our first hydrogen safety standard in 1955.
The standards we develop are incorporated by regulators, industrial engineers, designers, and zoning bodies at the federal, state, and provincial level. We’re accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). And while we’ve historically focused on the U.S. and Canada, we have also long worked with ISO and the UN to create model regulations and harmonize standards across borders in this increasingly connected world.
CGA members lead the way in developing and maintaining safety and technical standards. As a member of CGA’s hydrogen committees, you will have an equal voice in the development of standards that promote a safer industry, no matter the size of your company. Our members also set the priority for committee work, ensuring that we’re always focused on the issues that are most important to you.
View a list of CGA’s hydrogen publications here.
Bringing the Best Minds Together
CGA seminars and webinars are designed to share information about current best practices, learnings from incidents and near misses, and new technologies. These events are an opportunity to share your knowledge and learn from industry experts about practices to help make your operations safer and more cost-effective. In addition to hosting our own events, CGA also participates in numerous hydrogen conferences to bring a safety perspective to the table.
Committee participation is a great way to grow your knowledge base and your network. CGA Hydrogen Members are eligible to participate in our Hydrogen Technology and HyCO Committees, where you’ll meet subject matter experts from all segments of the hydrogen economy.
View a list of CGA Members who work with Hydrogen by visiting CGA’s hydrogen safety initiative, the Safe Hydrogen Project.
Advocating for You
On behalf of our members, CGA maintains strong relationships with key officials so that members are given early warning regarding regulatory and legislative developments, and an opportunity to participate in the policy debate. We interface with numerous regulatory, state, provincial, code, and standards bodies to support the development of safe and effective requirements for industry.
Promoting Global Safety Through Standards
We recognize that consistent standards are an important aspect of today’s global marketplace. We work directly with the regional gas associations forming the International Harmonization Council (IHC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the United Nations (UN) to promote the global harmonization of industry standards.
Making Training More Accessible
Keeping You Informed
CGA members receive CGANews, our biweekly newsletter, in addition regular updates on association news, industry news, and CGA events.
*Hydrogen Member access is limited to hydrogen committees, events, and publications.
CGA’s Hydrogen Membership is open to any company engaged in the manufacture, sale, lease, transportation, or distribution of hydrogen or of equipment, materials, supplies, or technical services used specifically in connection with the hydrogen industry doing business or operating in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
No organization that has been a member of CGA within the past 2 years may join as a Limited Hydrogen Member.
View a current list of CGA members here
Our dues model is based on the related annual revenue of participating member companies. For Hydrogen Members, related annual revenue is defined as revenue from the manufacture, sale, lease, transportation, or distribution of hydrogen or of equipment, materials, supplies, or technical services used specifically in connection with the hydrogen industry. All related annual revenues from the company, its subsidiaries, its parent company, and all other parent company subsidiaries must be considered in determining related annual revenue.
Step 1: Enter the related annual revenue as defined above
Step 2: Multiply related annual revenue by 0.01470147837050140%
Step 3: Divide by 3 to calculate your current annual dues (round to the nearest dollar)*
*Dues are subject to a $5,190 minimum and a $75,000 maximum.
