The places were the guilds had power were the prosperous places up until the early modern age and the rise of manufacturing in the run up to the industrial revo

The places were the guilds had power were the prosperous places up until the early modern age and the rise of manufacturing in the run up to the industrial revolution: medieval towns and cities, added benefits if those towns had noble rulers that allowed, for various reasons, a high degree of independence. Examples include the Hanseatic League (run by the various merchant guilds as a de-facto state) ans every single city in what now is Germany or Austria. Up to the point the rural nobles constabtly feuded with those cities. You saidb t yourself, the textile manufacturer guolds of the low countries contributed a lot to the prosperity of those places, same for England. And for a long time, the trade between those cities was run by the Hanseatic League (which were arguable a lot closer to modern day capitalism than a local crafts guild).