Award categories

Best in Biz Awards offers more than 100 award categories in its 14th annual program. 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 in the 2024 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

Crisis Management

  • 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

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