Exceptional Small Business of the Year Award

  • AIM Robotics
  • Breakthrough Counselling
  • CulturedHR
  • F45 Training
  • Fo'Cheezy Food Trucks
  • Food4Kids Waterloo Region
  • Great Lakes Helicopter
  • Ried Renos
  • Subtly You
  • Vanessa's Cuisine
  • Vestika's Oddities & Wellness
  • Worm Wrangler

Event Impact Award

Sponsored By: Explore Waterloo Region

  • 4M Commercial Group/LUXE Realty
  • Altitude Advisors
  • Food4Kids Waterloo Region
  • Gluten Free Fest
  • Handbags for Hospice/Hospice of Waterloo Region
  • National Service Dogs
  • Vestika's Oddities & Wellness

Service Excellence Award

  • Aion Appraisals & Consulting
  • Ambassador Building Maintenance
  • All Corporate Printing and Branding
  • CulturedHR
  • FoodZen
  • Girls E Mentorship
  • Ried Renos
  • SURMESUR
  • The Crack Specialists
  • Vestika's Oddities & Wellness
  • Worm Wrangler

Skilled Trades Award

  • Cross Heating & Air Conditioning
  • Ried Renos

Professional of the Year Award

Sponsored By: Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

  • Allister Scorgie (Explore WR)
  • Chad McIntosh (Great Lakes Helicopter)
  • Cheryl McKee (Principal of St. Jude's)
  • Christina Rauchfleisz Shantz ( Legacy Builders)
  • Christy Bertrand (BIA)
  • Fogo Oriowo (A4C)
  • Luca Lombardi (Kitchener Rangers)
  • Peter Flannery (Clay & Glass Gallery)
  • Shriaa Sheth (Accelerator Centre)

Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Sponsored By: Junior Achievement Waterloo Region

  • Accessibrand
  • Ad Ops House
  • Amanda Amaral (Maya Moon Books)
  • At Home Co.
  • AURA-LA
  • B Diversity Group
  • Big Wish Marketing
  • Blue Skies Bookkeeping
  • Dr. Narine Dat Sookram, DSW, RSW
  • Huckleberry Way
  • I Sky Consulting
  • Midtown Yoga
  • Noteworthy Music Studio
  • Puddles Swim School 
  • Ravenwood Tabletop
  • Trina (Living Local)
  • Vestika's Oddities & Wellness
  • Worm Wrangler

Family Business of the Year Award

  • Brentwood Livery
  • Evans Collective
  • Fo'Cheezy Food Trucks
  • Polocorp
  • Shuh Orchards

Employer of the Year Award

Sponsored By: Reis Informatica Inc. 

  • Centre for Mutual Well-Being for Racialized Communities
  • Concordia Club
  • Lyndon Fish Hatcheries
  • Pathfinder Staffing