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Deep green panel for the Awardly Excellence Award

Excellence Award

Recognize outstanding local businesses

Awardly reviews companies using Google local ranking and verified customer reviews. Winners can display a badge.

How it works

Public ranking and verified reviews. No fee to receive or display the award.

Deep green panel for public ranking review

Review public signals

Awardly reviews companies using Google local ranking and verified customer reviews.

Deep green panel for published criteria

Apply published criteria

A business that already meets the criteria can receive an Excellence Award. No nomination is required.

Deep green panel for the Excellence Award badge

Display a badge

Winners can display a badge. Someone can still nominate a business, and Awardly checks the same criteria.

Published criteria

There is no pay-to-play. A business that already meets these criteria does not need a nomination.

Deep green panel for local ranking criteria

Local ranking

Top-quartile local ranking in their primary category on Google local results over the prior 12 months.

Deep green panel for verified review criteria

Verified reviews

Verified Google Maps profile at least 4.5 stars across 25 or more reviews.

Deep green panel for claimed listing criteria

Claimed listing

Claimed listing with current hours, address, and contact.

Why a badge matters

A badge is a public mark that the business met the published criteria. It is not a guarantee of future ranking, revenue, or customer results.

Awardly does not sell the Excellence Award and does not take a fee from an awarded business to receive or display it. No winners are listed yet.

Nominate a local business

Send a name, category, and city. Awardly checks the published criteria. There is no fee, and there is no promise of a reply.

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