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Please note that the application process for this year’s award is officially closed. You can still nominate companies to next year’s award. The applications for the 16th Annual GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Awards will open March 2026.

If you do nominate now, the company you have nominated will receive notification that they have been nominated by you. We will let them know that the applications will open in March 2026 and they will receive an official notification at that time to start completing their application.

Please note, that if they company has won this award in the past, they cannot apply again. We do, however, have an Alumni award they can apply for. Please email tsweet@growfl.com for further information.

To be eligible to apply for the 16th Annual GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Award, a company must meet the following for the year ending 2025:

• Be a privately held commercial enterprise headquartered in Florida (not publicly traded, subsidiary or division of another company or nonprofit); and
  Employ 6 to 150 full-time equivalent W-2 employees, including the owner; and
• Have between $750,000 up to $100 million in annual revenue or working capital from investors or grants; and
• Have not won this award in the past; and
• Demonstrate intent and capacity to grow based on evidence such as employee or sales growth, exceptional leadership, sustainable competitive advantage, etc.