How to Nominate: 2025 MD Small Business Week Awards

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Do you or someone you know have what it takes to become America’s 2025 Small Business Person of the Year? If so, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) wants to hear from you.

The SBA is proud to announce that its Baltimore District Office is ready to accept nominations for the 2025 National and Maryland Small Business Week Awards, including the annual Small Business Person of the Year Award.

Visit the SBA’s dedicated website at www.sba.gov/nsbw to download forms, criteria, and guidelines for submitting a National nomination. The Baltimore District Office award categories and guidelines can be found here.

The SBA Baltimore District Office seeks nominees for the following award categories of the 2025 Maryland Small Business Week Awards Program:

National awards open to all Maryland small businesses:

Small Business Person of the Year (National and District)

Small Business Exporter (National and District)

Local awards open to small businesses in the SBA Baltimore District service area (All of Maryland except for Prince George's and Montgomery counties)

• Minority Owned Small Business
• Woman Owned Small Business
• Veteran Owned Small Business
• Home Based Small Business
• Family-Owned Small Business
• Young Entrepreneur of the Year
• Entrepreneurial Success
• Rising Star Student Entrepreneur
• Accountant Advocate
• Attorney Advocate
• Insurance Champion
• Financial Services Champion

All nominations must be submitted by electronic submission ONLY to the Baltimore District’s BOX account or access the link via the National Small Business Week website, www.sba.gov/nsbw, no later 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 5, 2024.