Entries open for UK StartUp Awards 2024

Deadline: 26 February 2024

Could you be crowned StartUp of the Year? Entries are now open for the UK StartUp Awards 2024!

The UK StartUp Awards champion and celebrate the best and brightest start-ups from across the United Kingdom. The awards recognise the achievements of those amazing individuals who have had a great idea, spotted the opportunity and taken the risk to launch a new product or service.

The UK StartUp Awards are more than just an awards ceremony. With exclusive access to the range of partners, sponsors, community perks and events, the awards provides a community of business support to help start-ups thrive.

As well as celebrating new businesses in ten nations and regions across the UK, all the winners from the regional finals will be brought together for the very first UK StartUp Awards National final to be held in Birmingham at the end of June which will crown the best start-ups in their sector as well as the overall 2024 UK start-up of the year.

Award Categories

The UK StartUp Awards will award the following categories in each nation and region.

Agritech & Foodtech StartUp
AI StartUp
Business, Consulting & Management StartUp
Business to Business StartUp
Cleantech StartUp
Construction & Building Services StartUp
Consumer Services StartUp
Consumer Products StartUp
Creative StartUp
Digital StartUp
Education & Training StartUp
Equity-Backed StartUp
Fashion and Beauty StartUp
Fintech StartUp
Food & Drink StartUp
Global StartUp
Graduate StartUp
Green StartUp
Hospitality & Events
Health & Wellbeing
IoT StartUp
Innovative StartUp
Manufacturing & Engineering StartUp
Marketing, Advertising & PR StartUp
Media StartUp
Medtech & Healthtech StartUp
Mobile Technologies StartUp
Professional Services StartUp
Retail & E-commerce StartUp
Rising Star Award
Rural StartUp
Social Enterprise StartUp
StartUp for Good Award
Spacetech StartUp
Technology Services StartUp
Tourism & Leisure StartUp
Young Entrepreneur StartUp

Criteria

The UK StartUp Awards were designed to support, encourage and celebrate the achievements of businesses in their first three years of trading that have made a difference in their industry through innovative strategies, products, or services. Any start-up may apply and have the chance of winning, regardless of business size, turnover, or levels of investment!

The judges of The UK StartUp Awards will be looking for