How to Find a Company in the SLAA Member or Supplier Directory

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The St. Louis Apartment Association (SLAA) publishes several directories on slaa.org, and the one you want depends on what kind of company you're looking for. If you need a product or service vendor, use the Supplier Directory, which can be searched by company name, city, zip code, or area of expertise. If you're looking for a property owner or management company, use the Owner/Management Directory; for individual communities, use the Community Directory; and for the association's younger-professional group, use the NextGen Directory. All of these are reachable from the site's main navigation under Member Directories.

Which directory to use

You're looking for Directory to open Search or browse by
A vendor, contractor, or service provider Supplier Directory Company name, city, zip code, area of expertise
A property owner or management company Owner/Management Directory Listed member entries
A specific apartment community Community Directory Listed member entries
NextGen (young professional) members NextGen Directory Listed member entries

The Supplier Directory is the only one the site explicitly describes as searchable by those four fields, so it's the most practical starting point when you have partial information about a company.

Step-by-step: finding a supplier

  1. Go to slaa.org and open the Member Directories section from the main menu.
  2. Select Supplier Directory.
  3. Enter what you know into the search fields — company name, city, zip code, or area of expertise. You don't need all four; one field is enough to narrow the list.
  4. Review the results and open a company's entry for its details.

Expected result: a filtered list of SLAA supplier members matching your criteria, which you can then contact directly.

Why the directory is structured this way

SLAA frames its directories around a "Members Doing Business with Members" initiative — the association asks members to support the companies that support SLAA. That's why the Supplier Directory sits alongside the Owner/Management, Community, and NextGen listings rather than being a general business search: it's meant to route member-to-member business, not to function as a public Yellow Pages.

Common snags

  • You can't find a company that you know is an SLAA member. Try a broader field — for example, search by zip code or area of expertise instead of an exact company name, since names may be listed slightly differently than you expect.
  • Some areas require a login. The site has Join and Login entries in its navigation, and certain pages (such as board and committee sections) are marked "Access Only." If a directory page prompts you to log in, you'll need member credentials to continue.
  • You're looking for a person rather than a company. The directories are organized by company, community, or member group, so start from the directory that matches the organization and work from there.

Related resources on the same site

If the directory doesn't answer your question, SLAA also publishes a SLAA News section and a Resources area that includes the mobile app, advertising options, and NAA programs such as Click & Lease. For membership questions specifically, the Join SLAA and Membership Benefits pages explain what membership includes.