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About The Best of America Small Business Awards

The Best of America Small Business Awards by BASA Awards® exists to celebrate small businesses, visionaries, innovators, disruptors, and entrepreneurs for their notable efforts in growing and building our economy and a better working world. 

Unlike other business awards, the. BASA Awards® is prestigiously independent and were created with an unwavering love for small businesses, as small is big for our economy, and small companies make up 99% of U.S. companies. 

The award aims to showcase the best of small businesses for their work and contribution to their community and encourage more small businesses to get excited about new opportunities.

With 6 tracks and over 150+ categories to choose from, the BASA Awards® are open to only small businesses in the U.S. to present their best products, services, technology, and innovations.

As one of the only independent awards, the Best of America Small Business Awards are not influenced by big corporations. Furthermore, the award has no vetting process and vows no entrant will experience nepotism or big guys always winning nature.

The awards also have an independent panel of judges comprised of an outstanding group of third-party industry experts who are respected and well-versed in business and are interested in giving back and helping small businesses grow. The BASA Awards®' independent panel of judges only cares about one thing- YOUR WORK! 

The Best of America Small Business Awards only exists for small businesses and wants them to prosper. To ensure all BASA Awards® applicants get the most from the judges, all BASA Awards entrants can access, upon request, Judges' comments on their nominations.

There are many benefits to applying to the BASA Awards® programs. Such as all entries that score 75% and above from Judges will be named award finalists and get a Finalist digital kit with seals that they can share on your website, emails, and social media. 

The finalists will also be admitted to public voting to increase their chances of becoming category winners, and the companies with the most votes will be placed in the TopList

The TopList companies will be listed in the Hall of Fame as top businesses making huge waves in America and receive the TopList kit and promotions across our social media and other channels.

The 150 companies with the highest score from both the public and judges will be named category winners. They will receive the BASA Awards® Winner certificate of excellence via mail and a digital kit to use on their website and other media channels.

BASA Awards® will feature selected winners in their press releases and social media, boosting your brand visibility. Winners will also get a chance to interact and access a successful business community.

The Atlanta Trophy

The Atlanta trophy is one of America's most prestigious and envious prizes. The statuette is a hand-made work of art uniquely created in Italy by the internationally acclaimed artist Ithaca. For more about the trophy, click here.

We hope you register your company to participate, and we look forward to networking and promoting good work.