Michigan Celebrates Small Business Announces 2025 Winners

LANSING – Michigan Celebrates Small Business unveiled a range of accolades for small business owners throughout the state, including recognition for Michigan’s 50 Companies to Watch and the introduction of new categories specifically for microbusinesses and disability-owned businesses.

Launched in 2004, the Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards have been celebrating and elevating Michigan small businesses for more than two decades, with over 1,000 companies having been honored over the past 20 years.

After receiving more than 650 nominations for the competitive 2025 awards program, 90 Michigan small businesses will be recognized for their role in growing the state’s economy, creating jobs and being an integral part of communities from Muskegon to Ironwood to Ann Arbor.

2025 Award Winners

2025 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch

4 Flutes Machining – Vicksburg
Adolescent & Family Behavioral Health Services – Grand Rapids
Aldea Coffee, LLC – Muskegon
Avalanche Creative – Grand Rapids
Barbour Heating and Air – Albion
Cooper People Group, LLC – Belmont
Creative Composites, Inc. – Rapid River
Cultured Kombucha Co. – Traverse City
Detroit Vs Everybody – Detroit
Dynamic Glazing Systems, Inc. – Detroit
Eastown Veterinary Clinic – Grand Rapids
Emerge – Royal Oak
Emergency Veterinary Hospital – Ann Arbor
Envision Automation LLC – Edwardsburg
Envizion IT, LLC – Zeeland
Falcon Lakeside Manufacturing, Inc. – Stevensville
Field & Fire – Grand Rapids
FSA Health Insurance Agency – Troy
Giggso Inc. – Troy
GryphonHR – Troy
Güd Marketing – Lansing
H2 Dermatology – Saginaw
Halyard – Grand Rapids
INC Systems – Grand Blanc
Kelley Cawthorne – Lansing
Keweenaw Cooperative, Inc. (Keweenaw Coop) – Hancock
Kid’s Court, LLC – Vicksburg
KNAM Industries International – Plymouth
Lager House – Detroit
LKF Marketing – Kalamazoo
McComb & Company – Ann Arbor
MI Rehab Solutions – Grand Rapids
MVP Disc Sports – Marlette
NECTAR body•face•skin – DeWitt
PALLETCO – Taylor
Pure Architects – Grand Rapids
R&D Landscape – Eaton Rapids
Rare Plant Fairy – Detroit
Ride YourWay – Grand Rapids
Royalty Logistics – Bloomfield Hills
S Custom Welds – Burtchville
Spark Center for Autism – Farmington
Sunfield Center – Ann Arbor
Sylvan Learning Centers of Lansing, Jackson, Brighton, Flint, Ann Arbor, Novi, Grand Rapids, Grandville, Portage, Muskegon and Rockford – Lansing
The Led Lion, Inc. – Dearborn
The Top Pic Collective / Morena’s Event Venue – Sterling Heights
Three Little Birds Granola – Whitmore Lake
TMC Furniture, Inc. (dba TMC The Makers Creative) – Ann Arbor
Tritegrity Machine, LLC – Ironwood
Wierco – Niles

Michigan 50 Distinguished Alumni Award – Great Place to Work

Axios HR – Grand Rapids

Michigan 50 Distinguished Alumni Award – Strategically Focused

Fenton Winery & Brewery – Fenton

Micro Business Award

Christa Stephens – Southfield
Graze Craze – Okemos
Krazy Kake A Holics – Charlevoix
Modern Maison Co – Detroit
Peach & Honey, LLC – Wixom
Psychological Insights – Holland
Salt Spring Ice Cream – Sanford
Sparrow Bloom – Lansing
Transworld Business Advisors of Grand Rapids | Lansing – Ionia
Zeal Aerial Fitness – Grand Rapids

Minority Owned Small Businesses of the Year

Golden Limousine International – Milan
Little Dreamers Daycare Center – Lansing
Water’s Edge Gymnastics, Inc. – Traverse City

Veteran Owned Small Businesses of the Year

A2 Supply Chain Services, LLC (dba Restoration 1 of Metro Detroit) – Ann Arbor
VETLIFE – Howell
Walsh Service Solutions, LLC – Sault Ste. Marie

Woman-Owned Small Businesses of the Year

8THIRTYFOUR Integrated Communications – Grand Rapids
The Aroma Labs – Lawton
Bundled – West Bloomfield
Capital Steel & Wire – DeWitt
Concetti – Detroit
Edge Partnerships, LLC – Lansing
InVerve Marketing, Inc. – Lansing
SPACE, Inc. – Midland
Symplicity Communications, Inc. – Grand Rapids
Tata’s Day Care, LLC – Grand Rapids

Disability-Owned Small Business of the Year

Good Fruit Video – East Lansing

Michigan SBDC Best Small Businesses

Bearcub Outfitters – Petoskey
Benkari Mechanical, LLC – Detroit
The Dina Mia Group, LLC – Iron River
Duke Broadband – East China Township
Highline Spirits – Dexter
North Bay Fiber – Pinconning
Royal Lawn & Landscape – Holt
Schindy’s at Diamond Lake – White Cloud
Scribbles and Giggles Day Care Center, LLC – Alpena
Smith Truck Body, LLC – Clare
Sticky Spoons Jam, LLC – Niles

Small Business owners and supporters from across Michigan will gather in April to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2025 awardees who have contributed to Michigan’s economy and are poised for sustained growth and success. This year’s celebration includes a small business summit and VIP reception on Monday April 21^st, with a Capitol Day and black-tie awards gala on April 22^nd.

“Michigan’s small businesses have demonstrated remarkable resilience. Even amidst significant challenges, these recipients of Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards are innovating and growing in extraordinary ways,” said Brian Calley, President and CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan. “We are incredibly fortunate to have such dedicated entrepreneurs as the core of our state’s economy. They deserve all the recognition they can get, and we’re excited to bring everyone together next month to honor their achievements.”

MCSB offered nine awards categories this year to honor the diverse landscape of small businesses, including the notable Michigan 50 Companies to Watch award.

The Michigan 50 Companies to Watch must be second-stage companies, defined as having 6 to 99 full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees and generating $750,000 to $50 million

in annual revenue or working capital from investors or grants. The companies must be privately held and headquartered in Michigan. Judges for this award evaluate the applicants’ demonstration of intent and capacity to grow based on employee or sales growth, entrepreneurial leadership, sustainable competitive advantage, and other notable factors that showcase the company’s success.

Other small business awards are presented at the gala, including: