Each year, Business Leader ranks the Top 300 Small Businesses of the West and South. Rankings are based on financial performance, business achievement, and community involvement.

The event features a countdown of businesses from number 300 down to the top 10. The top 10 will be honored on a special one-hour radio broadcast.

Events will be held in Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte to honor the winners.

Business Leader has presented the Business Leader of the Year Awards annually for last half a decade. The purpose of these awards is to honor and recognize the top businesses in specific business categories in their market. This award is exclusive because there will only be one winner per industry category, the winning company in each category is being recognized as the “best” in its industry and will be honored along with other businesses which have also been selected as the “best” in their category. Business Leader is evaluating top businesses in each of approximately 35 categories; a couple of examples of the categories are Law, Accounting, Insurance, Healthcare, Commercial Real Estate, Education and Telecommunications.

Each year, Business Leader honors the top women business leaders of the South through our Women Extraordinaire Awards.

Winners will be either C-level executives, business owners, or civic /community leaders in their regions and will have demonstrated significant business achievement and community involvement.

Events will be held in Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte to honor the winners.

Each year, Business Leader honors the up-and-coming leaders of the South through our Movers & Shakers Awards.

Winners will be either C-level executives of up-and-coming companies or up-coming leaders of larger more established companies.

Events will be held in Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte to honor the winners.

Each year, Business Leader recognizes the top entrepreneurs of the South through our Top 50 Entrepreneurs Awards.

Winners will be entrepreneurs that have created innovative, high achieving companies that contribute to their industries and business communities.

Events will be held in Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte to honor the winners.