Keep the nominations coming, and congratulations to those who have already been nominated for a 2025 Small Business Award!
IMPORTANT: Please review the ‘Qualifications to Apply’ below to determine if you are eligible and in what categories. Links to the application will be emailed soon.
Here is the current list of nominees, as of May 6, 2025:
Company Nominees
- 116 Noble
- 1892 East Restaurant & Tavern
- Accounting Complete
- AD4! Group, LLC
- Aetos Systems, Inc.
- AFS Foundation & Waterproofing Specialists
- AGAPE of North Alabama
- Air Essentials, Inc.
- Always Endure
- Anglin Reichmann Armstrong, P.C.
- Apartment Association of North Alabama
- Applied Companies
- Applied Technology Solutions, Inc.
- A-P-T Research, Inc. (APT)
- Around the Curtain Children’s Theatre
- Arts Huntsville
- Aum Foundation
- AUSA Redstone – Huntsville Chapter
- Bailor Group LLC
- Banner Defense, Inc.
- BASF Corporation
- Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
- Brasfield & Gorrie
- Bret Slaton Homes
- Broadway Theatre League of Huntsville
- Brooks and Collier Commercial
- Butler Snow LLP
- Cahaba Federal Solutions
- CFD Research Corporation
- Chapman Sisson Architects, Inc.
- ChurchStreet Family Businesses
- City of Madison Senior Center
- Connected Logistics
- Cortina Solutions, LLC
- Cove Chiropractic, Inc.
- Davidson
- DCS Corporation
- Dean Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
- Dominion Senior Living at Fleming Farms
- Donny’s Diamond Gallery
- Downtown Rescue Mission
- Dream Theatre
- Dryer Vent Squad of Huntsville
- Emerald City Initiatives, Inc.
- Erica Lane Enterprises, Inc.
- F&B Law Firm P.C.
- First Stop, Inc.
- Five Star Breaktime Solutions
- Five Stones Research Corporation
- Fleur de Leigh
- Float Huntsville
- Focus Physiotherapy Huntsville
- Foundation Title and Escrow FTE
- Freedom Real Estate & Capital, LLC
- GigaParts, Inc.
- Global Technical Systems
- Good Company Cafe
- Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC
- Grandparents As Parents (GAP)
- Gray Analytics
- Greater Huntsville Humane Society
- GTEC
- Habitat For Humanity of the River Valley
- Haley’s Flooring and Interiors
- Huntsville Association of Small Businesses in Advanced Technology (HASBAT)
- Headshot HSV
- HEALS, Inc.
- Henderson Roofing, Inc.
- HigherEchelon, Inc.
- Home Instead Senior Care
- Horizon Point Consulting, Inc.
- HOTWORX Madison, Clift Farm
- Huntsville Ballet
- Huntsville Committee of 100
- Huntsville Decorating Center, Inc.
- Huntsville Emergency Medical Services, Inc. (HEMSI)
- Huntsville Havoc
- Huntsville Painting LLC
- Hyatt Place Huntsville/Research Park
- Interweave Technologies
- Intrepid
- Invariant Corporation
- Investor’s Resource
- ITC Defense Corp.
- Ivaldi Engineering
- iXpressGenes, Inc.
- JBS Solutions, Inc.
- Johnston, Moore & Weston
- JP Morgan Chase Bank
- JS Solutions
- Kids to Love Foundation
- L3 Harris Technologies, Inc.
- Leadership Greater Huntsville
- Legacy 4 Korean War Veterans Foundation
- Legitimate Leadership USA
- Lighthouse Services
- Limbaugh Orthodontics, PC – Dr. Lindsay Limbaugh, DMD, MS
- MAC Global Promotions, LLC
- MAD Security
- Madison City Community Orchestra
- Magnolia Trace Retirement Community
- Making Smiles Orthodontics
- Mason Dixon Bakery & Bistro
- Meister LLC
- MH Hospitality
- Mighty Dog Roofing
- Miltope
- Mission Multiplier Consulting
- Mojana Soaps
- Morell Engineering, Inc.
- Morgan Stanley
- Mr. Electric of Huntsville
- MTA, Inc.
- Murphy Homes
- NAI Chase Commercial Realty, Inc.
- New Beginnings Family Law, P.C.
- Next Step Farms
- NexTech Solutions LLC
- NextOp
- NMR Consulting
- nou Systems, Inc.
- NXTSTEP Family Law
- O2B Kids Capshaw
- O2B Kids Monrovia
- Organizing Huntsville
- OsteoStrong Crestwood
- PeopleTec, Inc.
- Phoenix
- Pinot’s Palette
- Poarch Band of Creek Indians
- PPT Solutions, Inc.
- Preservation Co., LLC
- R2C Inc.
- Reason, Inc.
- Redmond Construction Company LLC
- RE/MAX Alliance, The Pugh Group
- Residences at WellPoint
- Ridgeline Construction Roofing & Exteriors
- Robins & Morton
- Rocket City HR Consulting
- Rocket City Insurance Group
- Roosevelt & Co.
- Rose Pelvic Physiotherapy
- Rosenblum Realty, Inc.
- Safesplash Swim Labs
- SAIC
- Science & Engineering Services, LLC (SES)
- Seabrook Solutions, LLC
- Simulation Technologies, Inc. (SimTech)
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace AL – Huntsville
- Solid Ground Counseling Center
- Southern Wagyu Meat Market
- SpaceFactory, Inc.
- Spur
- Stanley Landscaping & Construction Inc.
- Stovehouse Properties, LLC
- Stratagem Solutions, Inc.
- Strategic Alliance Business Group (SABG)
- Sultry Company
- Summit 7 Systems
- Taco Mama
- Tellini’s Pasta Market
- Textron Inc.
- The CARE Center
- The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship
- The ELM Foundation
- The Rosé Society, Inc.
- The Schools Foundation
- The Westmoreland Company
- Three Notch Group
- Touronimo
- Towne Park Animal Care Center
- Trigon Cyber, Inc.
- Twickenham Advisors
- TWO MEN AND A TRUCK HUNTSVILLE
- Unanet
- United Launch Alliance (ULA)
- University Pickers
- VETS, LLC
- Walk On’s Sports Bistreaux
- Welcome Home Magazine
- Wiregrass Construction Company, Inc.
- Yedla Management Company
- Y-tec Keylex Toyotetsu Alabama (YKTA)
Community Impact Award Nominees
- Around the Curtain Children’s Theatre
- Bailor Group
- ChurchStreet Family Businesses
- Freedom Real Estate & Capital, Inc.
- Three Notch Group
Individual Award Nominees
Russell G. Brown Executive Leadership Award
- KC Bertling, Legacy 4 Korean War Veterans
- Michael Haley, Haley’s Flooring and Interiors
- Dave Johnson, Banner Defense, Inc.
- Mark Russell, Huntsville Sports Commission
- Dr. Annie Saylor, Simulation Technologies, Inc.
- John Schmitt, iXpressGenes
- David Alan Smith, Victory Solutions
- Sara Beth Wilcox, Brasfield & Gorrie
- Jonathan Zecher, Focus Physiotherapy
Young Professional of the Year
- Ian Allen, Applied Technology Solutions,
- Zach Griffin, Mission Multiplier
- Allison Moody – Johnston, Moore & Weston
- Kaki Morrow, Huntsville Botanical Garden
- John Mark Russell, Towne Park Animal Care Center
- Travis Spencer, Victory Solutions
Small Business Champion of the Year
- Sonya Bailor, Bailor Group
- KC Bertling, Legacy 4 Korean War Veterans
- Julia Cherry, Good Company Cafe
- Stephanie Childers, Float Huntsville
- Chad Gilreath, Lighthouse Services and Benefits
- Trent Iley, Dryer Vent Squad of Huntsville
- Jennifer Hoffman Little, MH Hospitality
- Lisa Mays, The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurs
- John Schmitt, iXpressGenes
- Sydney Simpson, Making Smiles Orthodontics
NOTE: The list above only includes Chamber members who were nominated.
Do you know a business or individual who should be on the list above? Nominate them today!
IMPORTANT DETAILS BELOW
Small Businesses and nonprofits applying for a small business award, please read:
- MUST be a current Chamber Member in good standing. Click here to login and check your membership status.
- MUST hold a valid business license in Huntsville/Madison County or be a nonprofit organization with a valid IRS tax exemption certificate.
- MUST be independently owned and operated/Nonprofits MUST operate independently from any government.
- MUST be within the required employee count (under 250 employees); the only exception is the Engineering and Defense category. Employee count is the total number of employees in ALL locations.
- Applications will be accepted in the Engineering and Defense category for companies that are: Small (≤100 employees), Medium (101-300 employees), and Large (301+). An award will be made in each size category.
- MUST have been actively in business or operating a minimum of 3 years by September 12, 2024; the only exception is the Emerging Business category.
- Applicants in the Emerging Business category may not be more than 3 years old by September 4, 2024.
- MUST not have received any of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber Small Business Award(s) in the last 3 years, excluding Young Professional of the Year or the Russell G. Brown Executive Leadership Award.
- Applicants should apply in the category that most accurately represents 75% of the services or products they offer.
- To be considered in more than one category, the applicant MUST qualify as a Minority-Owned, military Veteran-Owned, or Woman-Owned company (and must indicate on the application in which category they want to be considered).
- To qualify as a Minority-Owned, military Veteran-Owned, or Woman-Owned company, the company MUST be 51% owned and operated by a minority, military Veteran, or woman respectively.
- If competing in more than one category you are ONLY eligible to receive ONE award.
- Awards will only be given in categories with 3 or more valid contenders.
- A completed application MUST be submitted by the application deadline (June 6, 2025) in order to compete.
