Here it is — our running list of Small Business Award Nominees for 2026! If you’re on the list, congratulations! Nominations are open through August 3, so if you’re not listed yet, here’s the link to nominate!
The list of nominees below is as of July 27, 2026.
If you are on the list below, the next step is to fill out the application. That process will be open August 10 through September 14. We will email the link to the application to the company’s POC on August 10. Please make sure your company’s information is updated in our system.
Our Small Business Awards Gala will be held on Thursday, Nov. 19 at the Von Braun Center. Please add this to your calendar — registration will open on October 2, or you can purchase a table or sponsorship now at discounted pricing through our annual ChamberON campaign.
Company Nominees
- 1818 Farms
- 4M Research, Inc.
- A-1 Appliance Parts Co., Inc.
- A-P-T Research, Inc. (APT)
- A-Z Office Resource (AZOR)
- AC Manufacturing
- Accounting Complete
- Aetos Systems, Inc.
- AFS Foundation & Waterproofing Specialists
- AGAPE of North Alabama
- Agile Information Services Corporation
- AI Signal Research, Inc.
- Air Hydro Power
- Alabama Concrete, Inc.
- Alabama Farm Credit – Athens
- Alabama Goods
- Alabama Lawn Masters, Inc.
- Alabama Temporary & Technical Service
- Aladdin Light Lift, Inc.
- Aleta Technologies, Inc.
- AlexandHR LLC
- All-Phase Electric Supply Co. Inc.
- Allied Digital Printing
- Allied Electric, Inc.
- Allied Supply Co Inc.
- Alpha Beta Technologies, Inc.
- Always Endure
- AM Pierce & Associates, Inc.
- America’s Party Pros, LLC
- Annette Hale’s Indoor Comfort Systems
- Apartment Association of North Alabama
- Apex Chiropractic & Functional Wellness
- Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
- Aquagreen Huntsville
- Archemy Architecture and Design
- Around the Curtain Children’s Theatre
- Around the Curtain Children’s Theatre
- Arts Huntsville
- ATI
- Aum Foundation
- Aurex
- AUSA Redstone-Huntsville Chapter
- Avion Solutions
- AVISTA Strategies, Inc.
- AVNIK Defense Solutions, Inc.
- Axometrics, Inc.
- AZ Technology, Inc.
- B&C Plumbing, Inc.
- BAE Systems-Electronic Systems
- Bailey-Harris Construction
- BAILOR
- Banks Industries, Inc.
- Bankston Motor Homes, Inc
- Banner Defense, Inc.
- Barracuda Huntsville LLC
- BASF Corporation
- Bastion Technologies, Inc.
- Bennett Nurseries, Inc.
- Better Business Bureau of North Alabama
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tennessee Valley
- BioImaging of Huntsville
- Bishop’s Flowers
- BizTech
- Blackwell Law Firm
- Blaze Solutions
- Blinds and Borders
- Bloomin’ Blinds of Huntsville, AL
- Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Bluewood Productions
- BNI Alabama Northern
- Bob Wallace Appliance Sales, Inc.
- Bold Agency, LLC
- Boys & Girls Clubs of North Alabama
- Bragg Furniture Co., Inc.
- Breakthrough T1D – Alabama Chapter, formerly JDRF
- Bret Slaton Homes
- Bridge Street Town Centre, a Tanger property
- Broadway Theatre League of Huntsville
- Brooks & Collier
- Brown Technologies Incorporated
- Bubba’s Silver Spoon Catering
- Bubbles Express Car Wash
- Buffalo Rock Co.
- Building and Earth Sciences, Inc.
- Burritt On The Mountain
- Butler Snow LLP
- CALIBRE Systems, Inc.
- Capstone Huntsville
- Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC
- Casino Knight
- Cepeda Systems & Software Analysis, Inc.
- CertaPro Painters of Huntsville
- CFD Research Corporation
- Chapman Sisson Architects, Inc.
- Chupper Time Catering
- ChurchStreet Family Businesses
- Cintel, Inc.
- Clearview Cancer Institute (CCI)
- Clinic for Women, P.A.
- Colliers International
- Colonial Golf Club
- Connors Steak & Seafood
- Consolidated Construction Company of Ala.
- Cook Museum of Natural Science
- CoreSouth Lagree
- Cornerstone Family Chiropractic
- Cove Chiropractic, Inc.
- Covenant Properties, Inc.
- Created Solutions, Inc.
- CT Business Solutions
- Currie Systems, Inc.
- Cyber Brews
- Cyber Huntsville Inc.
- DataPro, LLC
- Davis Strategic Innovations, Inc.
- Decadence Catering LLC
- deciBel Research, Inc.
- Deloitte LLP
- Delta Research, Inc.
- Dental Professionals on Whitesburg
- Dermatology Specialists of Alabama
- Designs by Essence, LLC
- Downtown Huntsville, Inc.
- Downtown Rescue Mission
- DP Associates, Inc.
- Dykes Foodservice Solutions, Inc.
- ECS
- Edward Jones – John Butterfield, CFP®, CLU®, AAMS®, Financial Advisor
- Eighth Street Community
- Elite Technology Solutions, LLC
- Elwood Staffing
- Enable Madison County
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of North Alabama
- Engenix, Inc.
- Events By J. Raphael
- Executive Flight Center
- F&B Law Firm, PC
- F1 Solutions, Inc.
- Family Services Center
- Field Day
- First Stop, Inc.
- Fleet Feet – Huntsville
- Fleur de Leigh
- FMS Aerospace
- Focus Physiotherapy Huntsville
- Food Bank of North Alabama
- Foscue & Associates LLC – Alfa Insurance
- Foundation Title & Escrow FTE
- Four Points by Sheraton Huntsville Airport
- Fred Astaire Dance Studios
- Free 2 Teach Foundation
- Full Visibility LLC
- Global Ties Alabama
- Gone For Good Huntsville
- Good Company Cafe
- Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC)
- Gradkell Systems, Inc.
- Graham & Company, LLC
- Grandparents As Parents (GAP)
- Grateful Recovery
- Gray Analytics
- Gray Operations Group Inc.
- Greater Huntsville Humane Society
- Grisham Cummins, LLC
- GTEC
- H2L Solutions, Inc.
- Habitat For Humanity of the River Valley
- Haley Victoria Co
- Haley’s Flooring & Interiors
- HAPPI Health
- HDT Global
- HEALS, Inc.
- Heaven’s Hideaway Wellness and Spa, LLC
- Herston Painting, Inc.
- HigherEchelon, Inc.
- Hiley Automotive Group
- Horizon Point Consulting, Inc.
- HSG, LLC
- Hundley Batts & Associates Insurance Agency, LLC
- Huntsville Association of Small Businesses in Advanced Technology (HASBAT)
- Huntsville Coca-Cola
- Huntsville Committee of 100
- Huntsville Community of Hope
- Huntsville Estate Planning Lawyer LLC
- Huntsville Learning Center
- Huntsville Madison County Builders Association
- Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center (HPRC)
- Huntsville-Madison County 9-1-1 System
- Indian Creek Wholesale Nursery Inc.
- Innovator Creative Consulting, LLC
- Integration, LLC
- International
- Interweave Technologies
- InTown Partners Real Estate Group
- Invisible Warriors
- Iron Will Ventures
- ITC Defense Corp.
- Ivaldi Engineering
- Jackson Center
- JDM Solutions
- John Blue Company
- Johnston, Moore & Weston
- Joiner Superior Services
- JRC
- JS Solutions
- K2 Technical Solutions, Inc.
- Kelsey Electric Motor Service, Inc.
- Kids to Love Foundation
- Koniag Government Services (KGS)
- L3Harris Technologies
- La Famiglia Vineyards & Winery
- Landers McLarty Nissan of Huntsville
- Lankford & Battle Allstate Insurance Agency
- Lara Bryant State Farm Agency
- Laughlin Service Funeral Home & Crematory
- Lawren’s
- Leadership Greater Huntsville
- Lewis Electric Supply Co., Inc.
- Lighthouse Services
- LOGOS Enterprises, Inc.
- Longview Financial Advisors, Inc.
- LSINC Corporation
- MAC Global Promotions, LLC
- Mace Behavioral Health
- Madison City Community Orchestra
- Madison Dance Collective (MDC)
- Madison Drugs
- Madison Electric, Inc.
- Magnolia Trace Retirement Community
- Make It Matter: The Collective
- Matt Curtis Real Estate, Inc.
- Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC
- MBDA Missile Systems
- McDonald’s – Johnson Partners, Inc.
- McMeans Accounting Services, LLC
- McWilliams Marketing
- MDW Associates
- Melvin, Bibb, Segars & Associates, PC
- Merrill Gardens at Madison
- Merrimack Huntsville
- Mesa Associates, Inc.
- Millennium Corporation
- Miltope
- Minuteman Press
- Mission Multiplier
- Mitchell Plastics
- Monte Sano Research Corporation
- Morell Engineering, Inc.
- MTA, Inc.
- Mullins Special Occasions
- Murphy Homes
- My Size Marketing
- NAIDA – North Alabama Industrial Development Association
- National Children’s Advocacy Center
- Neighborhood Concepts, Inc.
- Nestledown Farms
- New Beginnings Family Law, P.C.
- Next Step Farms
- NextOp
- Noëlla’s Flowers
- Nothing But Noodles – Whitesburg
- nou Systems, Inc.
- NXTSTEP Family Law
- OASYS, INC.
- Office Pride of North Alabama
- Onyx Aerospace
- OsteoStrong Huntsville
- Outpost Technologies, Inc.
- Partnership For a Drug Free Community, Inc.
- Physicians Credentialing Services, LLC
- Pinot’s Palette
- Poarch Creek Indians
- Poitevint Financial – Raymond James
- Pool Scouts of Huntsville
- Powerhouse Plumbing Pros LLC
- PPG
- Pro Electric, Inc.
- PZI Group
- QTEC Aerospace
- Quadrus Corporation
- Quality Quick Printing, Inc.
- Radiology of Huntsville, PC
- RE/MAX Alliance, The Pugh Group
- Red Door Homes of Huntsville, LLC
- Red Sage Communications, Inc.
- Redstone Village
- Regency Retirement Village of Huntsville
- Renaissance Shoals Resort & Spa
- Resolution, LLC
- Ridgeline Construction Roofing & Exteriors
- Rocket City HR Consulting
- Rocket City Market
- Rocket City Ninja Obstacle Academy
- Rocket City SGO
- Rocket City Tavern and Conference Center
- Rocket City Trash Pandas
- Rocket Entertainment
- Rocket MEP LLC
- Rosenblum Realty, Inc.
- Rosie’s Cantina on University
- Russ Russell Commercial Real Estate
- SAIC
- Savant Wealth Management
- Schrimsher Properties
- Schwarze Industries
- Science and Engineering Services, LLC (SES)
- Scientic, Inc.
- Scientific Research Corporation (SRC)
- Seabrook Solutions, LLC
- SEI Group, Inc.
- Silver Linings Neurodevelopment
- Simple Helix
- SimTech, Inc.
- Solid Ground Counseling Center
- Soroptimist of Huntsville
- Sound Source Productions, Inc.
- Southern Kitchen & Home
- Spherion of Huntsville
- Spur
- Steak-Out
- Still Serving Veterans
- Stone Event Center
- Stovehouse Properties, LLC
- Straight to Ale
- Strata-G Solutions LLC
- Strategic Defense Solutions (SDS)
- STUDIO 60 Senior Center
- Sultry Company
- Summit 7 Systems
- Summit TRC
- Systems Planning & Analysis (SPA)
- Taco Mama
- Tara Pool & Outdoor Products
- Taste Temptations Catering, LLC
- Taylor Electric Inc
- Technology Service Corporation (TSC)
- Tenders!
- Terrame Day Spa & Salon
- The Armstrong Company
- The Caring Link
- The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship
- The Comfort Group of Alabama, Inc.
- THE COMPANY You Keep LLC
- The Dance Factor
- The Enrichment Center
- The Fret Shop, Inc.
- The Ledges
- The Library Of
- The Masters Salon
- The Rosé Society, Inc.
- The Schools Foundation
- Theonics, Inc.
- Thermal Corporation
- Thompson Gray, Inc.
- Tin-Mar, Inc.
- Tintronics Industries
- Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG)
- Touronimo
- Towne Park Animal Care Center
- Travel Tech Managed IT Services
- Trideum Corporation
- TriVector Services, Inc.
- Twickenham Advisors
- TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Huntsville
- UAH Small Business Development Center (SBDC) | APEX Accelerator
- UES
- Unanet
- United Launch Alliance (ULA)
- Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc.
- University Pickers
- Vali
- Vector Wealth Strategies
- Vervic
- Vestis
- Vision Centric, Inc.
- Warren Averett, LLC
- Watring Technologies, Inc.
- We Rock the Spectrum Huntsville
- Weeden House Museum – Twickenham Historic Preservation District Association
- Wilson Lumber Company
- Window World of Huntsville
- Wolde Flooring, LLC
- Women In Defense – Tennessee Valley Chapter (WID-TVC)
- Women’s Economic Development Council
- WS Electrical & Air Conditioning, Inc.
- Y-tec Keylex Toyotetsu Alabama (YKTA)
- Yedla Management Company
- Yellowhammer Roofing, Inc.
Individual Award Nominees
Russell G. Brown Executive Leadership Award
- Alice Lessman, Cepeda Systems & Software Analysis, Inc.
- Annie Saylor, SimTech, Inc.
- Brian Tissue, Elite Technology Solutions, LLC
- Carey Rosenblum, Rosenblum Realty, Inc.
- David Weese, Science and Engineering Services, LLC (SES)
- Donna Lamb, KW Commercial – The Square Foot Huntsville Group
- Doug Allen, Brown Technologies Incorporated
- Erica Hardesty, Make It Matter: The Collective
- Evan Wagner, Avion Solutions
- Heather Mason, HEALS, Inc.
- Jacqui Shipe, Global Ties Alabama
- Janice Migliore, PALCO
- Jared Parr, Bubbles Express Car Wash
- Jason Parks, Refuge Church
- Jennifer Gray, Gray Operations Group Inc.
- Jim Reeb, PPT Solutions, LLC
- Kate O’Neal, The Caring Link
- Kera Kiernan, CoreSouth Lagree
- Kevin Bowling, Integration, LLC
- Lang Sims, Seabrook Solutions, LLC
- Lauren Marsh, Ridgeline Construction Roofing & Exteriors
- Lee Marshall, Kids to Love Foundation
- Mandy Kilgore, Huntsville Community of Hope
- Mary Ila Ward, Horizon Point Consulting, Inc.
- Matt Sloan, SkyfireAI
- Melissa Chavez, MAC Global Promotions, LLC
- Michael Clark, The Dance Factor
- Mike Tomlinson, SAIC
- Nancy Becher, Invisible Warriors
- Scott Gray, Gray Analytics
- Terri Bentley, Redstone Federal Credit Union
- Todd Johnston, Thompson Gray, Inc.
Young Professional of the Year
- Adam Dumbacher, Bluewood Productions
- Allison Boyd, CFD Research Corporation
- Amanda Hooten, Blaze Solutions
- Austin Goble, The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship
- Benjamin Streit, Avion Solutions
- Breken Laughlin, Seabrook Solutions, LLC
- Brittney Shonk, Merit Bank
- Cole Green, Cole Green State Farm
- Cooper Schrimsher, KW Commercial – The Square Foot Huntsville Group
- Drew Yarbrough, L3Harris Technologies
- Emily Dabashinsky, HSG, LLC
- Eric Bonds, Ivaldi Engineering
- Erica Hardesty, Noëlla’s Flowers
- Fathia Hardy, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTM)
- Jay Laughlin, Quadrus Corporation
- Jillian Miles Massey, Horizon Point Consulting, Inc.
- John Mark Russell, Towne Park Animal Care Center
- Joshuah Gregory, Systems Planning & Analysis (SPA)
- Juliana Denes-Walker, BAILOR
- Kera Kiernan, CoreSouth Lagree
- Lauren Chenoweth, Merrimack Huntsville
- Maggi Yancy Hill, Stovehouse Properties, LLC
- Megan Bell, HSG, LLC
- Michael Clark, The Dance Factor
- Micheala Luck, Brown Technologies Incorporated
- Nick Jackson, Vector Wealth Strategies
- Rebecca Turk, Huntsville Botanical Garden
- Shaun Towry, B&C Plumbing, Inc.
- Shea Balch, Colonial Golf Club
- Stephanie Nielsen, Gone For Good Huntsville
- Tiffany Frandsen, Sultry Company
- Tyler Griffin, HSG, LLC
- Zach Griffin, Mission Multiplier
Small Business Champion of the Year
- Alice Lessmann, Cepeda Systems & Software Analysis, Inc.
- Amy McWilliams, McWilliams Marketing
- Andy Whitt, First National Bank
- Angie Sandritter, Hubtricity
- Anna Nicely, Around the Curtain Children’s Theatre
- Becky Weis, Rocket City SGO
- Carey Rosenblum, Rosenblum Realty, Inc.
- Christine Backus, The Caring Link
- Cierra Cottman, NextOp
- Colonel Reedus, Heaven’s Hideaway Wellness and Spa, LLC
- Gaines Gravlee, Agile Information Services Corporation
- Ginger Harper, First Horizon Bank
- Heather Carlton, Kids to Love Foundation
- Jacqui Shipe, Global Ties Alabama
- Jamoriean Hampton, Events By J. Raphael
- Jennifer Thomas, Alabama Credit Union
- Joanna White, Apollo Coalition, Inc.
- Jonathan Dunwoody, Minuteman Press
- Kera Kiernan, CoreSouth Lagree
- Lisa Mays, The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship
- Matt Curtis, Matt Curtis Real Estate, Inc.
- Michelle Kloske, UAH Small Business Development Center (SBDC) | APEX Accelerator
- Robin Kramer, Next Step Farms
- Rochelle Silveira, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
- Rontario Hicks, Pool Scouts of Huntsville
- Shauna Hill, Johnston, Moore & Weston
- Sonya Bailor, BAILOR
- Tiara Trudeau-Gullotta, Sultry Company
- Volonda Reedus, Heaven’s Hideaway Wellness and Spa, LLC
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 November 19, 2026; the only exception is the Emerging Business category.
- Applicants in the Emerging Business category may not be more than 3 years old by November 19, 2026.
- 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 (September 14, 2026) in order to compete.
