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; and 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

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17		 Company of the Year – by company size
Company of the Year – by geographical region
Company of the Year – by audience focus
Start-Up of the Year
Local Company of the Year
Fastest-Growing Company of the Year
Comeback Company of the Year
Most Innovative Company of the Year
Most Customer Friendly Company of the Year
Most Socially Responsible Company of the Year
Most Environmentally Responsible Company of the Year
Most Resilient Company of the Year
Best Place to Work
Advertising or Marketing Agency of the Year
Law Firm of the Year
PR Agency of the Year
Nonprofit or Government Organization of the Year

Department / team categories

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18		 Executive Team of the Year
Founding Team of the Year
Business Development Department of the Year
Creative Department of the Year
Crisis Management Department of the Year
Customer Service Department of the Year
Finance Department of the Year
HR Department of the Year
Legal Department of the Year
Marketing Department of the Year
Operations Department of the Year
PR Department of the Year
Product Management / Development Department of the Year
Research and Development Department of the Year
Sales Department of the Year
Support Department of the Year
Technology Department of the Year
Board of the Year

Executive categories

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21		 Executive of the Year
Entrepreneur / Founder of the Year
Business Development Executive of the Year
Creative Executive of the Year
Crisis Management Executive of the Year
Customer Service Executive of the Year
Finance Executive of the Year
HR Executive of the Year
Legal Executive of the Year
Marketing Executive of the Year
Operations Executive of the Year
PR Executive of the Year
Product Management and Development Executive of the Year
Research and Development Executive of the Year
Sales Executive of the Year
Support Executive of the Year
Technology Executive of the Year
Chairman of the Year
Environmentalist of the Year
Innovator of the Year
Philanthropist of the Year

 
Product categories
Innovation
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06		 Most Innovative Product of the Year
Most Innovative Service of the Year
Most Innovative Product Line of the Year
Most Innovative Version of the Year
Most Innovative Product Feature of the Year
Most Innovative App of the Year
General
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14		 Enterprise Product of the Year
Enterprise Service of the Year
Small or Medium Business Product of the Year
Small or Medium Business Service of the Year
Consumer Product of the Year
Consumer Service of the Year
Product Line of the Year
App of the Year
Green / environmental friendliness
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18		 Most Environmentally Friendly Product of the Year
Most Environmentally Friendly Service of the Year
Most Environmentally Friendly Product Line of the Year
Most Environmentally Friendly App of the Year
New launch
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24		 Best New Product of the Year
Best New Service of the Year
Best New Product Line of the Year
Best New Version of the Year
Best New Product Feature of the Year
Best New App of the Year

 
CSR, crisis management, media, PR and other categories
Corporate Social Responsibility
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03		 Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year
Most Innovative CSR Program of the Year
Best New CSR Program of the Year
Crisis Management and Response
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07		 Crisis Management Program of the Year
Most Innovative Crisis Management Program of the Year
Best New Crisis Management Program of the Year
Crisis Response of the Year
Environmental Responsibility
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10		 Environmental Program of the Year
Most Innovative Environmental Program of the Year
Best New Environmental Program of the Year
Advertising, Media, Marketing and PR
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15		 Advertising Campaign of the Year
Marketing Campaign of the Year
PR Campaign of the Year
Ad of the Year
Event of the Year
Web and Online
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20		 Website of the Year
Blog of the Year
Film or Video of the Year
Social Media Use of the Year
Podcast of the Year
Other
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22		 Annual Report of the Year
Newsletter of the Year