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More than 110 organizations will be recognized as BNP Economic Champions at our inaugural happy hour celebration on Tuesday, Nov. 18, presented by KeyBank.

These employers represent the best of our region – celebrating major milestones, receiving national recognition, adding jobs, making capital investments and driving Buffalo Niagara's economy forward.

Many of them are already on the guest list for the biggest business celebration of the season. There's still time to make sure your organization is, too.

Join us from 4-6 p.m. on Nov. 18 at The Admiral Room to network with top leaders, change makers and innovators.

Click here to reserve your tickets today →

Scroll to meet the full list of 2026 Economic Champions, in alphabetical order:

• 2ndLife Batteries®
• 43North
• AAA
• Abbey Mecca & Company
• Agile Cold Storage
• Agri-Plastics Group of Companies
• AHR Development Inc.
• Alphalytics
• Aquarium of Niagara
• Bank of America
• Barks n Meows
• Bear Metal Works
• Berardi Immigration Law
• BestSelf Behavioral Health
• Big Ditch Brewing Company
• Blaine Realtors, Inc
• Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
• Brisket Love BBQ
• Buffalo Toronto Public Media
• Buffalo Urban League
• C&S Companies
• Camp B-U Foundation Inc.
• Canisius University
• Catholic Health System
• Clementine Gold Group
• Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
• Construction Exchange - The Plan Room
• Crowley Webb
• Curbell, Inc. & Subsidiaries
• Dopkins & Company, LLP
• D'Youville University
• Employer Services Corporation
• Erie County Medical Center Corporation
• Excelsior Orthopaedics/Buffalo Surgery Center
• Forest Lawn Cemetery
• Frey Electric Construction Co., Inc.
• Gallagher
• GDI
• General Motors
• Golf Buffalo
• Grace Guest House
• Great Lakes Building Systems, Inc.
• Greenlight Networks
• Hanes Supply
• Hayes Construction Services Corp
• HCOC Mental Health Corporation
• Heron AI
• Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York
• Hodgson Russ LLP
• Horizon Corporations
• IMA Life North America
• JK Executive Strategies
• John W. Danforth Company
• Journey's End Refugee Services
• JP Morgan Chase
• Junk Free Skin LLC
• Kaleida Health
• KAV
• Kelton Enterprises
• LaBella Associates
• Lippes Mathias LLP
• M&T Bank
• Meraki Collective By E Nicole LLC.
• Mercantile, LLC
• Miller Construction Services, Inc. DBA Scott Lawn Yard
• Moog Inc. (2025 Business of the Year)
• Mower
• MWBE Constructors Inc
• Niagara University
• NOCO
• NOCO Development
• Northland
• Northwest Bank
• People Inc.
• Piccirillo's Florist
• PLN EXQUISITE TRAVEL LLC
• Power Drives, Inc
• Power Shift Consulting
• Rainbow Air Helicopter Tours
• Resurgence Brewing Co.
• Rosina Food Products
• sasi
• Sealing Devices inc
• Security & Training Solutions, LLC
• Speed Global Services
• StaffBuffalo
• Stephen Fabiano DDS
• Stepwise
• Stone Creek Advisors, LLC
• Strokes Painting & Contracting
• Sucro Sourcing
• SWBR
• Tapecon
• TechBuffalo
• That Brown Bag Minority Business Directory,  Inc
• The Jalen Law Collection
• The Lock Tender Tap Room & Bottle Shop
• The Tap & Craft Festival
• Timothy J. Hennessy, PLLC
• Tops Markets
• Troy&Banks Inc
• Univera Healthcare
• University at Buffalo
• Upstate Niagara Cooperative
• Veraview, LLC
• Vision Financial Group
• Visit Buffalo
• Vita Bella Wedding Photography
• Walsh Duffield
• Wendel
• West Herr Automotive Group
• Workforce Development Consortium Inc.
• Zenger Group Inc

This is a running list that will be updated until submissions close on Friday, Oct. 31.

Click here to fill out the short submission form →