---
title: "sponsor: Definition and Meaning | NPSA"
description: "A sponsor is a company that pays to support an event or an association program in return for brand exposure."
url: https://npsa.preview.multisites.ai/glossary/sponsor
publisher: National Portable Storage Association (NPSA)
phone: "(816) 960-6552"
email: info@npsa.org
---

Association and events

# sponsor

A sponsor is a company that pays to support an event or an association program in return for brand exposure. NPSA offers year-round sponsorships, event sponsorships and advertising, and it lists sponsors at levels such as Double Platinum, Platinum and Gold.

## Why it matters

NPSA says sponsor support lets it deliver programs at accessible registration fees. It asks members to consider sponsors when their offers are comparable to others. Sponsors often put their names on meals, receptions and sessions at the conference. NPSA's sponsor page also lists a request window for 2027 annual sponsorships that opens November 24, 2026. A common mistake is to confuse a sponsor with an exhibitor. A sponsor supports the event or the association. An exhibitor rents a booth. A company can be both. Check the sponsors page for options and terms.

[Read: Sponsorships](https://npsa.preview.multisites.ai/sponsors)

Definition source: [npsa.org](https://www.npsa.org/sponsors.html)

## Related terms

[### exhibitor An exhibitor is a company that rents booth space at a trade show to show its products or services. At the NPSA Conference and Trade Show, exhibitors are suppliers and service firms that want to meet portable storage operators face to face.](https://npsa.preview.multisites.ai/glossary/exhibitor)[### exhibit hall An exhibit hall is the large room at a trade show where companies set up booths to show products and services to attendees. At the NPSA Conference and Trade Show, the exhibit hall holds supplier booths, and meals and some events happen in the hall too.](https://npsa.preview.multisites.ai/glossary/exhibit-hall)[### conference and trade show A conference and trade show is an event that combines education sessions with an exhibit hall where suppliers show products. NPSA holds an annual Conference and Trade Show for the portable storage industry, with networking, speakers and exhibitors. Recent shows have run about three days.](https://npsa.preview.multisites.ai/glossary/conference-and-trade-show)[### Associate member An associate member of NPSA is a company or group that provides product, financial, legal or other services or support to the portable storage industry and is not eligible to be a Regular member. Examples include container suppliers, lessors, lenders and service firms.](https://npsa.preview.multisites.ai/glossary/associate-member)[### Supplier of the Year Supplier of the Year is an NPSA award for an Associate member company that has stood out as a supplier of products or services to the portable storage industry. Associate members are companies that serve the industry but do not rent or sell storage products to end users.](https://npsa.preview.multisites.ai/glossary/supplier-of-the-year)[### networking reception A networking reception is a social event at a conference where attendees meet over food and drinks. NPSA events include receptions such as an opening reception, a new member welcome reception and a closing reception, often hosted by a sponsor.](https://npsa.preview.multisites.ai/glossary/networking-reception)

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