Following increasing inter-organizational cooperation begun in 1998, four separate European seed trade associations were merged into a single organization, at that time ESA, in 2000.

According to the Euroseeds' mission statement, it is "the voice of the European seed industry and represents companies and national organisations active in research, breeding, production and marketing of seeds of agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plant species.

"[1] Euroseeds serves as a lobby group for all seed industry-related issues in the European Union and European Economic Area and specifically on: It also works on collective problems of its membership such as market access in other countries.

Euroseeds has been granted observer status with the following organizations:[citation needed] Each year in October, Euroseeds holds its Congress which is attended by around 900 participants from industry as well as policy makers, representatives of the European Commission, the EU's Community Plant Variety Office, and international organizations such as UPOV, FAO OECD, the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA).

Next to these association members, Euroseeds' membership also comprises 67 individual direct company members, both multi-national as well as specialised small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and 33 associate members from seed related industries, media and academia and from outside of Europe.