Since 1988, Arkansas Business has honored the state's top executives, small businesses and nonprofits with the annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards.
Readers make nominations and an independent panel of judges selects the winners.
The winners will be announced at a one-of-a-kind, multi-platform awards ceremony March 3 at 7 p.m. with live audiences and two stages inside the Robinson Center ballroom and the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock.
Profiles of each of this year's finalists are listed below.
You can also go directly to the special section and find past finalists and winners.
LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP
CATEGORY I
(1-30 Employees)
ARClothMasks
RichContext
Rock Town Distillery
The Shops at BrickCity
CATEGORY II
(31-55 Employees)
CATEGORY III
(56-150 Employees)
Arkansas Myriad Inc.
Edafio Technology Partners
Entegrity
Smith Family Funeral Homes
Steve Landers Toyota NWA
CATEGORY IV
(151-499 Employees)
Benchmark Group
Dow Janitorial
Kitestring Technical Services
Medical Center of South Arkansas
Methodist Village Senior Living
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by AT&T
Arkansas Immigrant Defense
Arkansas Research Alliance
Children’s Advocacy Center of Benton County
Healthy Connections Inc.
The Venture Center
NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Shannon Boshears
Arkansas Hospice
Tony Calandro
Healthy Connections Inc.
Wayne Miller
The Venture Center
BUSINESS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Jeff Amerine
Startup Junkie Consulting
William Clark
Clark Contractors
Cody Crawford
C.R. Crawford Construction
Courtney Little
Ace Glass Construction
Heather Nelson
Seal Solar
SMART CORPORATE GIVING AWARDS
Presented by Arkansas Community Foundation
Arkansas Foodbank
Centers for Youth & Families
Fort Smith Children’s Emergency Shelter
