The Business Excellence Awards honor organizations and businesses that have shown excellence in their field every day.
Muskegon’s ever-expanding growth and successful business climate allow us to give awards in six categories: Manufacturing, Tourism/Hospitality, Retail, Service, *Entrepreneur, and ^Employer of Choice.
2025 Business Excellence Awards
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
- Retail – Pine Street Mercantile
- Manufacturing – Lorin Industries
- Service – Corine’s Cakes and Catering
- Tourism – Dreamstay
- Entrepreneur – i’move
- Employer of Choice – Muskegon Area Intermediate School District
View interviews of 2025 winners
Previous Business Excellence Award Winners
2024
- Retail – Art Cats Gallery
- Manufacturing – Motion Dynamics Corporation
- Service – Redi Rental Muskegon
- Tourism – Michigan’s Adventure, Muskegon Irish Music Festival
- Entrepreneur – Paul Billings
- Employer of Choice – Goodwill Industries of West Michigan
View interviews of 2024 winners
2023
- Retail – Urban Apparel
- Manufacturing – Smart Vision Lights
- Service – H&S Companies
- Tourism – Burning Foot Beer Festival
- Entrepreneur – Aldea Coffee
View interviews of the 2023 winners.
2022
- Retail – Blended Furniture Market
- Manufacturing – Rolar Products
- Service – Forrest Tax & Accounting Services
- Tourism – The Deck
- Entrepreneur – Fomcore
View interviews of the 2022 winners.
2019
- Retail – Sanborn’s Inc.
- Manufacturing – Geerpres, Inc.
- Non-Profit – Read Muskegon
- Service – The Station Grill
- Tourism – USS Silversides Submarine Museum
- Community Engagement – CWC Textron
- Entrepreneur – Ice Box Brand Ice Cream Bars.
2025 Presenting Sponsor
