Award Categories
Best in Biz Awards offers more than 100 award categories in its 13th annual program, including two new categories. The award categories are grouped in five focus areas:
- 1. Company
- 2. Department or team
- 3. Executive
- 4. Product
- 5. CSR, Crisis Management, Media, PR and other categories.
Follow the links below for a detailed description of all the categories in each focus area.
As always, companies are allowed and encouraged to submit multiple entries in multiple categories in Best in Biz Awards.
*New categories introduced in the 2023 awards program are highlighted in red and marked with stars below.
Company categories
- 01
Company of the Year – by company size
- 02
Company of the Year – by geographical region
- 03
Company of the Year – by audience focus
- 04
Start-Up of the Year
- 05
Local Company of the Year
- 06
Fastest-Growing Company of the Year
- 07
Comeback Company of the Year
- 08
Most Innovative Company of the Year
- 09
Most Customer Friendly Company of the Year
- 10
Most Socially Responsible Company of the Year
- 11
Most Environmentally Responsible Company of the Year
- 12
Most Resilient Company of the Year
- 13
Best Place to Work
- 14
Advertising or Marketing Agency of the Year
- 15
Law Firm of the Year
- 16
PR Agency of the Year
- 17
Nonprofit or Government Organization of the Year
Department / team categories
- 01
Executive Team of the Year
- 02
Founding Team of the Year
- 03
Business Development Department of the Year
- 04
Creative Department of the Year
- 05
Crisis Management Department of the Year
- 06
Customer Service Department of the Year
- 07
Finance Department of the Year
- 08
HR Department of the Year
- 09
Legal Department of the Year
- 10
Marketing Department of the Year
- 11
Operations Department of the Year
- 12
PR Department of the Year
- 13*
Product Management / Development Department of the Year
- 14
Research and Development Department of the Year
- 15
Sales Department of the Year
- 16
Support Department of the Year
- 17
Technology Department of the Year
- 18
Board of the Year
Executive categories
- 01
Executive of the Year
- 02
Entrepreneur / Founder of the Year
- 03
Business Development Executive of the Year
- 04
Creative Executive of the Year
- 05
Crisis Management Executive of the Year
- 06
Customer Service Executive of the Year
- 07
Finance Executive of the Year
- 08
HR Executive of the Year
- 09
Legal Executive of the Year
- 10
Marketing Executive of the Year
- 11
Operations Executive of the Year
- 12
PR Executive of the Year
- 13*
Product Management and Development Executive of the Year
- 14
Research and Development Executive of the Year
- 15
Sales Executive of the Year
- 16
Support Executive of the Year
- 17
Technology Executive of the Year
- 18
Chairman of the Year
- 19
Environmentalist of the Year
- 20
Innovator of the Year
- 21
Philanthropist of the Year
Product categories
Innovation
- 01
Most Innovative Product of the Year
- 02
Most Innovative Service of the Year
- 03
Most Innovative Product Line of the Year
- 04
Most Innovative Version of the Year
- 05
Most Innovative Product Feature of the Year
- 06
Most Innovative App of the Year
General
- 07
Enterprise Product of the Year
- 08
Enterprise Service of the Year
- 09
Small or Medium Business Product of the Year
- 10
Small or Medium Business Service of the Year
- 11
Consumer Product of the Year
- 12
Consumer Service of the Year
- 13
Product Line of the Year
- 14
App of the Year
Green / environmental friendliness
- 15
Most Innovative Product of the Year
- 16
Most Environmentally Friendly Service of the Year
- 17
Most Environmentally Friendly Product Line of the Year
- 18
Most Environmentally Friendly App of the Year
New launch
- 19
Best New Product of the Year
- 20
Best New Service of the Year
- 21
Best New Product Line of the Year
- 22
Best New Version of the Year
- 23
Best New Product Feature of the Year
- 24
Best New App of the Year
CSR, crisis management, media, PR and other categories
Corporate Social Responsibility
- 01
Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year
- 02
Most Innovative CSR Program of the Year
- 03
Best New CSR Program of the Year
General
- 04
Crisis Management Program of the Year
- 05
Most Innovative Crisis Management Program of the Year
- 06
Best New Crisis Management Program of the Year
- 07
Crisis Response of the Year
Environmental Responsibility
- 08
Environmental Program of the Year
- 09
Most Innovative Environmental Program of the Year
- 10
Best New Environmental Program of the Year
Advertising, Media, Marketing and PR
- 11
Advertising Campaign of the Year
- 12
Marketing Campaign of the Year
- 13
PR Campaign of the Year
- 14
Ad of the Year
- 15
Event of the Year
Web and Online
- 16
Website of the Year
- 17
Blog of the Year
- 18
Film or Video of the Year
- 19
Social Media Use of the Year
- 20
Podcast of the Year
Other
- 21
Annual Report of the Year
- 22
Newsletter of the Year