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US Chamber of Commerce
America’s Top Small Business Awards
Amount
$25K
Deadline
Nov 2, 2025
Odds
100 honorees, 1 top winner
Effort
1 to 2 hrs
Can you get this?
✓Open to small businesses in America
✓Apply in up to five award categories
✓Micro-business: one to five employees eligible
✓Applications deadline is July 23
Your real odds
100 businesses make the honoree list each cycle, and only one of them wins the $25K top prize.
The program is national and open to all industries, so you are competing against a wide field, and being named a CO, 100 honoree with a $2,000 award is the realistic outcome for a strong applicant rather than the top prize.
What it takes
Apply online and select up to five categories1 to 2 hrs
Submit before the deadlineSame day
Undergo expert panel review and judging
Worth knowing
You can enter up to five categories at no cost, so selecting every category that fits your business puts your application in front of more judges without any additional effort.
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