2025 Greater Austin Business Awards
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Greater Austin Business Awards (GABA) is Austin's largest business event of the year and brings together over 700 attendees from across our community to recognize companies with the best business practices that are achieving success and leadership in their industries.

Receiving an award is the pinnacle of business recognition in the Greater Austin region. This year's event will be held on November 19th at the JW Marriott.

Join us as we recognize diverse industry leaders and companies that are innovating, managing through adversity, and making our community a better place.

This is the largest business event of the year, recognizing businesses in multiple categories, with business leaders, entrepreneurs, and elected officials in attendance. Get excited and inspired to celebrate with us by checking out last year's highlights.

Award Categories & Rubrics (you can also download the document in the Attachments section).

Nomination Rules:

Eligibility – If your company won in a category last year, you are NOT eligible to nominate in that category this year.

Category Limits – Companies may submit nominations in no more than TWO categories.

How to Submit in Two Categories – To nominate in two categories, submit the first application, log out of the account, log back in, and select the ‘Add another submission’ tab on the far-left column. This will open a new application for your second nomination.

Geographic Focus – Each company or organization must identify the total number of employees in the 5 counties consisting of Travis, Williamson, Hays, Caldwell, and Bastrop. Answer all questions based on the company’s performance in the 5-county area and be brief to bring clarity to your submission.

Finalist Contact Info – Please submit contact information for us to notify your company on finalist status.

Logo Submission – All nominees are required to submit a high-resolution company logo in a .png and .eps/AI file that will be used in all marketing materials.

Awards Note – The number of award recipients will vary by category.

Judging:

  • Nominations will be grouped by employee size determined by total number of employees in the 5 counties consisting of Travis, Williamson, Hays, Caldwell, and Bastrop.
  • An expert panel of judges will anonymously score each nominee. 
  • Please review the Greater Austin Business Awards Judging Rubrics to understand how nominations will be scored.

Special Awards:

  • The Uniquely Austin award will first be judged by a panel and then the top-ranked scores will be determined by a public online vote. 
  • The Austin CEO/Austin Site Leader award recipients will be announced prior to the event celebration.