The association prepares students for employment by promoting competent, aggressive business leadership, increasing understanding of the American free enterprise system, establishing career goals, encouraging scholarship, promoting efficient money management, and developing member integrity. Activities include projects in the areas of career development, civic service, economic education, community involvement, and business advocacy. Partnerships are formed with chambers of commerce, local businesses, industries, and governments. PBL is unified on the local, state, and nationwide levels.
Local chapters operate with the guidance of a chapter adviser.
FBLA-PBL has over 250,000 active members in more than 13,000 chartered chapters throughout the United States, its territories, the Pacific, Asia, and Europe.