The Tampa Bay Chamber is proud to announce this year’s semifinalists for our Small Business of the Year Awards. Each year hundreds of companies participate in the process spanning several months of interviews and research to select winners in five categories: Startup of the Year; Business with 5 – 20 employees; 21 – 50 employees; and 51 – 250 employees; plus Outstanding Leader of the Year.
Congratulations to our 2026 Semifinalists!
Startup Business
- ABA on Demand LLC
- BayView Financial Planning
- Krew Social
- The Hive Ballroom
- Uplift Concierge PLLC
- Winzig Consulting
Business with 5 – 20 Employees
- AlphaGraphics Tampa
- Dark Moss
- Dauntless Contracting
- Jim Cornwell State Farm
- McMAG LLC
- SSG Commercial
- The Cake Girl
Business with 21 – 50 Employees
- Brisk Coffee Roasters USA
- Endpoint Associates
- Greenhouse Termite and Pest Control
- Lowes Commercial Painting
- Modulo, LLC
- Pergravis, LLC
Business with 51 – 250 Employees
- Keel Farms
- M.E. Wilson
- Progressive Air Systems, Inc
- Rise8
- Sunrise Irrigation LLC
- The ProMedia Group
- Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming
- Workscapes
Outstanding Business Leader
- Debra Livingston, ReEmployAbility, Inc.
- Jeffrey Chernoff, IAT, Inc DBA Insurance and Trust
- Khristopher Johnson, Green Bench Brewing Co.
- Paola Schifino, Schifino Lee Advertising
- Patrick J. Clouden, Consumer Energy Solutions, Inc.
- Roy Sweatman, Southern Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.