Best in Biz Awards offers more than 100 award categories in its 2025 business awards programs: 13th annual International and 15th annual North American awards. The business award categories are grouped in five focus areas:
- 1. Company categories
- 2. Department or team categories
- 3. Executive categories
- 4. Product categories
- 5. CSR, crisis management, media, PR and other categories
With one exception (Company of the Year – by geographical location), the categories are identical in both awards programs: 13th annual International and 15th annual North American.
As always, companies are allowed and encouraged to submit multiple entries in multiple categories in both Best in Biz Awards competitions.
Company categories
Click on each of the 15 Company categories below to see a detailed description of the submission requirements in both our North American and International business awards programs and helpful tips for submitting multiple entries.
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Company of the Year – by geographical region
a. Northeast U.S.b. South U.S.
c. Midwest U.S.
d. West U.S.
e. East Canada
f. West Canada
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Company of the Year – by audience focus
a. BtoBb. BtoC
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Company of the Year – by industry
NEW category for 2025
b. Advertising or Marketing Agency of the Year
c. AI Company of the Year
d. Banking Company of the Year
e. Business and Professional Services Company of the Year
f. Cloud and SAAS Company of the Year
g. Computer Services Company of the Year
h. Computer Software Company of the Year
i. Corporate and Workforce Learning Company of the Year
j. Financial Services or Payments Company of the Year
k. Health, Fitness or Wellness Company of the Year
l. Insurance Company of the Year
m. Law Firm of the Year
n. Manufacturing Company of the Year
o. PR Agency of the Year
p. Real Estate Company of the Year
q. Supply Chain and Logistics Company of the Year
r. Technology Company of the Year
s. Telecommunications Company of the Year
t. Company of the Year - All Other Industries
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Department / team categories
Clicking each of the 18 Department / Team categories below brings you to a detailed description of the submission requirements in both our North American and International business awards programs, as well as helpful tips to facilitate the submission of multiple entries.
Executive categories
Click on each of the 23 Executive categories below to see a detailed description of the submission requirements in both our North American and International business awards programs, the company size subcategories offered in the Executive of the Year category, as well as helpful tips to simplify the submission of multiple entries.
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Technology Leader of the Year
NEW category for 2025
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Technology Professional of the Year
NEW category for 2025
b. IT Consultant
c. IT Engineer
d. IT Integrating Professional
e. IT Project Leader
f. IT Strategist
g. Most Innovative IT Professional
h. Security Integrating Professional
i. Software Professional
Product categories
Clicking each of the 24 Product categories below brings you to a detailed description of the submission requirements in both our North American and International business awards programs, product type subcategories offered, as well as helpful tips to speed up the submission of multiple entries.
Innovation
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Technology Innovation of the Year
NEW category for 2025
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Technology Breakthrough of the Year
NEW category for 2025
General
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Technology Solution of the Year
NEW category for 2025
b. Banking and Financial
c. Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services
d. Compliance
e. Corporate Learning
f. Data & Analytics
g. e-Commerce
h. Emerging
i. Insurance
j. Logistics and Supply Chain
k. NextGen Technology
l. Payments
m. Upskilling and Workplace Learning
n. Supply Chain and Logistics
o. Tech Support Solution
Product sustainability and CSR
CSR, crisis management, media, PR and other categories
Click each of the 22 CSR, crisis management, environmental, advertising, marketing, media, PR and other categories below to see a detailed description of the submission requirements in both our North American and International business awards programs, any subcategories offered, as well as helpful tips to facilitate the submission of multiple entries.