Business Excellence Awards

About these awards

NH Business Review’s Business Excellence Awards is an annual awards program that recognizes the achievements of business owners and operators in New Hampshire.

Since 2003, NH Business Review has been honoring the imagination, industriousness, innovation and achievements of business owners and operators in New Hampshire.

The Business Excellence Awards — awarded in nine different categories — honor individuals from New Hampshire-based businesses with fewer than 100 employees and those with more than 100 employees in the following categories:

Business & Professional Services
Consumer Services
Financial Services
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Nonprofit
Real Estate & Construction
Social Equity
Technology

The nomination period for 2025 is now open.

Nominations will be accepted through Friday, June 13, 2025

Judging criteria and nomination recommendations can be found here.

Interested in resubmitting a nomination? Please reach out to Paul Milone at paulm@yankeepub.com for more information.

Please note: We encourage people to submit one well-thought out and thorough nomination versus multiple, partial nominations for the same person. If you are asking clients or employees to submit a nomination, please consider asking them to write a letter of recommendation for your nominee and using those individual letters as supporting documents for one nomination. Multiple nominations for the same person will not increase chances of being chosen as an award recipient.

Submit a nomination

2025 Reception and Ceremony

Please save the date for this year’s celebration. Tickets will be on sale in June. This event is open to everyone and past recipients are highly encouraged to attend.

Business Excellence Awards
Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 5-8 p.m.
Grappone Conference Center
Concord, NH

Recipient Profiles

2024 Business Excellence Hall of Fame Recipient: Dean Kamen of DEKA Research & Development and the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)

Dean Kamen of DEKA Research & Development and the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) is the 2024 Business Excellence Awards Hall of Fame recipient

More Business Excellence Awards winners