Governor’s Minority Business Awards

You may nominate your business or someone else’s business. The business needs to:

• be 51% owned by a minority, woman, veteran, individual identifying as having a disability, and/or LGBTQIA+ individual (with the exception of the non-minority-owned award)
• be a Colorado-based business and/or have physical location in Colorado
• be in good standing with the Colorado Secretary of State
• have a history of revenue generation of at least 12 months

We recognize businesses by business size (number of employees) and location.

Size categories

Business sizes are defined as:

• microbusiness: 1 to 5 employees
• small business: 6 to 12 employees
• medium-sized business: 13 to 50 employees    
• large business: 51 or more employees

Regions

Regions are defined by groups of counties (see map). The 4 regions are:

• Region 1: Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Jackson, Lake, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, Summit
• Region 2: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Gilpin, Jefferson, Kit Carson, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Teller, Washington, Weld, Yuma
• Region 3: Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Crowley, Huerfano, Fremont, Custer, Mineral, Conejos, Costilla, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Park, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Saguache
• Region 4: Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan, San Miguel

This program is not currently accepting nominations. Please sign up for the Minority Business Office newsletter to stay updated about future nomination rounds. 

The Minority Business Advisory Council reviews nominations and selects awardees. The council judges nominations on these questions:

• How does the for-profit business demonstrate diversity in its community? For example, hiring practices, diverse clientele, multiple languages, cultural competency training, diversity in marketing and advertising, etc.
• How effectively does the business engage with community resources, partners, and events?
• Does the business create and retain jobs in Colorado?
• How significantly does the company contribute back to its community?

Selected awardees will be announced at the 2022 virtual Advance Colorado Procurement Expo. 

We look forward to announcing our 2022 award recipients at the Advance Colorado Procurement Expo. In the meantime, we celebrate the over 100 nominations we received for businesses in every corner of the state: