Best in Biz Awards Announces 2026 International Winners

The Best in Biz Awards 2026 International has announced its winners, recognizing impressive technical innovation, sustainable growth, and laudable social responsibility programs from companies around the world. The awards, judged by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications, saw nominations from the best in global business across all sizes and stages of companies, a variety of industries, and all continents.

Gold and multiple winners in this year’s competition include Best Version Media, Beyond Finance, Diversified Energy Company, Dubai Municipality (UAE), General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai (UAE), Extreme Networks, IBM, Makers Nutrition, Nu Skin, Philip Morris International, Pongbot, Sempra, Trend Tool Technology, Ultrasound AI, and UniUni.

Winners were determined based on scoring from an independent panel of judges from a variety of top-tier publications and media outlets representing all continents and a total of 18 countries. Each year, Best in Biz Awards upholds the same strict standards of scoring and invites only editors, writers, and contributors from business, consumer, financial, trade, and technology publications, as well as broadcast outlets and analyst firms, to serve as judges. These judges’ unparalleled expertise and experience make Best in Biz Awards judging panels uniquely suited to objectively determine the best of the best from among the hundreds of competitive entries, ensuring the same consistently high levels of achievement, innovation, and creativity among our winners year after year.

This year’s judging panel once again included writers, editors, and broadcasters from such publications as Computer Hoy (Spain), Data Breach Today (UK), HTMAG (Israel), Irish Independent (Ireland), InBusiness (Cyprus and Greece), NDR (Germany), Panorama Magazine (United Arab Emirates), Sky News (United Kingdom), South China Morning News (China), TechRadar (UK), as well as numerous other outlets from Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, and more.

The awards were presented in numerous categories, including Company of the Year, Most Innovative Company, Customer Service Department, Operations Department, Executive of the Year, Most Innovative Product, Consumer Product, Technology Innovation, Technology Solution, Corporate Social Responsibility Program, Environmental Program, PR Campaign, and Podcast of the Year.

Entries continue to be accepted in our 16th annual North American awards, with the last chance deadline on October 16, 2026, and in our newest awards program, the quarterly Champions in AI.

Since 2011, Best in Biz Awards has made its mark as the only independent business awards program judged each year by prominent reporters and editors from top-tier publications from North America and around the world. Best in Biz Awards honors are conferred in two separate programs: North America and International, and in more than 100 categories, including company, team, executive, product, and CSR, media, PR, and other categories. The 16th annual North American program is currently accepting entries, with the last chance deadline on October 16, 2026.