Award categories
Outstanding Large Business Awards
For companies with more than 25 employees (full- and part-time)
Recognizes Wisconsin-based certified business enterprises with 25 or more employees that have demonstrated the capacity to grow over the past five years, with plans to continue expanding in the future
Outstanding Small Business Awards
For companies with 25 employees or fewer (full- and part-time)
Recognizes Wisconsin-based certified business enterprises with 25 or fewer employees that have demonstrated the capacity to grow over the past five years, with plans to continue expanding in the future
Rising Star Awards
Recognizes Wisconsin-based emerging certified business enterprises established on or after Jan. 1, 2017, that have strong growth potential by virtue of their past performance, innovative products or services, business team or other distinct competitive advantage
To be eligible for an award in the current year, the company cannot have won that same award category under the same certification in the past five years.