Chamber Annual Awards - Billings Chamber of Commerce

2025 Legacy Award

2025 Business Excellence Awards

2024 Agricultural Excellence Award

The Billings Chamber Business Excellence Awards honor the incredible people and organizations who impact us all. 2024 recipients were honored at the 2024 Chamber Breakfast.

Nominations are for the colleagues, peers, friends, leaders, and mentors who have impacted your business or made a difference in your life.

2025 nominations will open April 1, with nominations due by 5 p.m. June 1.

Billings Chamber Business Excellence Award Nomination Form

Billings Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards are given each year to celebrate the Billings area people and organizations who make Montana’s Trailhead such a wonderful and forward-focused community. Awards celebrate leaders who demonstrate excellence, who are innovative, who actively engage in community, and who support and mentor others.

Nominees must be members in good standing of the Billings Chamber of Commerce.

Each nomination will be evaluated by a committee of volunteers.

Responses to each section (Community Involvement, Leadership, Innovation, Reason for Nomination/Additional Comments) will be assigned a value of 1-5 points by a minimum of 3 evaluators. All scores will be averaged.

Points will be assigned as follows: 5=Excellent, 4=Very Good, 3=Good, 2=Satisfactory, 1=Poor.

For a current list of members visit our directory.

Please select an award category from the list below for your nomination.

Which category are you submitting a nomination for?

Employer of the Year: Awarded to a Billings business that fosters a positive, inclusive workplace, empowers employees, offers strong benefits and training, creates jobs, and drives community impact through service and engagement.

Outstanding Business Person: Awarded to a business person who demonstrates leadership skills, motivates their team, and has made an impact to the business community through increased job growth and community involvement.

Groundbreakers: Awarded to visionary individuals, businesses, projects, or organizations that serve as catalysts for growth and innovation. They challenge the status quo, introduce bold ideas, transformative projects, and groundbreaking solutions.

Small Business of the Year: Awarded to a Billings-area business with 15 or fewer employees that exemplifies innovation, resilience, and community impact. This small business serves as a model of success and sustainability with strong work culture.

NextGEN Exceptional Emerging Leader: Awarded to a Billings area young professional who demonstrates strong leadership, excellence in professional, philanthropic and/or community investment, and inspires others to succeed.

Individual/Organization being nominated (Name/Company): *

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Nominator's Name and Company: *

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Reason for Nomination (150 words or less) *

Why are you nominating this person or organization? What qualities do they possess that make them deserving of this award as stated above?

Community Involvement (100 words or less) *

What contributions through community service has the nominee exhibited? To what extent has the nominee improved the quality of life of others? How have they demonstrated stewardship and social responsibility?

Leadership (100 words or less) *

How does the nominee create momentum, a shared vision and results? How has the nominee's work/project impacted or inspired others? What makes this person or organization stand out from others doing similar work?

Innovation (100 words or less) *

How does the nominee embrace new and different ideas? How do they enhance productivity and employee or client retention? Describe how the nominee adapts to change and solves difficult problems.

Any additional comments you would like to share about this nominee?

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Congratulations to our 2024 Business Excellence Award Recipients

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Congratulations to our 2024 Ag Excellence Award presented by Stockman Bank

2025 Legacy Award nominations will open April 1, with nominations due by 5 p.m. June 1.

The annual Billings Chamber Legacy Award is awarded to an individual who has consistently demonstrated success in improving the business and economic climate in addition to the quality of life for residents of Billings over their lifetime.