Best of Northwest Indiana Business and Michiana Business Awards
Our 2023 Best of Business Awards winners found ways to make the best of a difficult year, and our readers took notice!
The companies that thrived in 2022 embraced the challenges and focused on their employees and customers.
Our annual online awards highlight the businesses our readers voted the best in Northwest Indiana and Michiana in 30 categories across six distinct categories. Our winners excelled at providing many services and products to the more than 1.3 million people who call the Region home.
Several leaders of companies on our list said keeping and finding new talent helped them stay focused.
“We established a team of young leaders in the firm to provide their perspective on where the firm is and where they would like it to go,” said Barry Hall, managing partner of Kruggel Lawton CPAs in South Bend.
Some of the companies said they rewarded current employees with promotions and bonuses.
“Instead of immediately bringing in new people to fill new positions, we chose to first look at the employees we already had and provide them with opportunities for growth and promotion,” said Jeff Meyers, vice president of operations at Meyers Glaros in Merrillville.
Centier Bank gave every associate a $1,000 bonus to help with inflation costs, CEO Michael Schrage said.
Others focused on the work and keeping customers happy. Client problems became their problems.
“Existing marketing budgets, techniques and projections were thrown out with the uncertainties that many small businesses and their customers felt,” said Seth Spencer, founder and owner of the Sera Group in La Porte. “… Our team has embraced the uncertainty with tenacity.”
As for 2023, business owners say they are ready for growth and finding the right solutions.
Hall said his company’s goal is “to become an even better place to be — full of opportunity and a great future.”
On that note, we are happy to share the results of our annual survey with readers!
— Heather Pfundstein, managing editor, Northwest Indiana Business Magazine
Congratulations to the winners!
Banking-Financial
Best bank for business
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Centier Bank
Michiana
Winner: First Merchants Bank
Best bank for customer service
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Centier Bank
Michiana
Winner: First Merchants Bank
Best institution for obtaining a business loan
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Centier Bank
Michiana
Winner: First Merchants Bank
Best credit union
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Purdue Federal Credit Union
Michiana
Winner: Notre Dame Federal Credit Union
Best accounting firm
Northwest Indiana
Winner: McMahon & Associates CPAs, P.C.
Michiana
Winner: Kruggel Lawton CPAs
Best business investment firm
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Centier Investments
Michiana
Winner: Calder Capital LLC
Business-Services
Best place to purchase office furniture
Northwest Indiana
Winner: HDW Commercial Interiors
Michiana
Winner: Office Interiors
Best place to purchase office equipment and supplies
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Pulse Technology
Michiana
Winner: US Business Systems
Best information technology consulting firm
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Pulse Technology
Michiana
Winner: US Business Systems
Best ad agency/marketing firm
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Sera Group
Michiana
Winner: Force 5
Best graphic/web design firm
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Sera Group
Michiana
Winner: Marc Hyde Creative
Best commercial printer
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Miss Print
Michiana
Winner: Zipp Printing
Best employee staffing firm
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Staff Source
Michiana
Winner: Integritas Search
Best internet provider
Northwest Indiana
Winner: MTA / Midwest Telecom of America
Michiana
Winner: Surf Internet
Community-Education
Best company to work for
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Centier Bank
Michiana
Winner: Centier Bank
Best university to attain an MBA
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Indiana University Northwest
Michiana
Winner: University of Notre Dame
Best university for a technology degree
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Purdue University Northwest
Michiana
Winner: Purdue Polytechnic South Bend
Best university online degree program
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Indiana University Northwest
Michiana
Winner: Indiana University South Bend
Construction-Real Estate
Best commercial real estate firm
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Latitude Commercial
Michiana
Winner: Cressy Commercial Real Estate
Best commercial construction firm for new construction
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Larson-Danielson Construction
Michiana
Winner: Larson-Danielson Construction
Best commercial construction firm for remodeling or expansion
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Larson-Danielson Construction
Michiana
Winner: Larson-Danielson Construction
Best engineering firm
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Superior Engineering
Michiana
Winner: Shive-Hattery
Best commercial architectural design firm
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Facet Architecture
Michiana
Winner: Arkos Design
Health-Wellness
Best hospital/hospital group
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Northwest Health
Michiana
Winner: Unity Physicians Hospital
Legal-Insurance
Best law firm for corporate law
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP
Michiana
Winner: THK Law, LLP
Best law firm for business acquisitions and mergers
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP
Michiana
Winner: THK Law, LLP
Best law firm for litigation
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP
Michiana
Winner: THK Law, LLP
Best law firm for estate-planning
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP
Michiana
Winner: THK Law, LLP
Best insurance agency for business property and liability coverage
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Meyers Glaros
Michiana
Winner: Korhorn Financial Group
Best insurance agency for business health and life coverage
Northwest Indiana
Winner: Meyers Glaros
Michiana
Winner: Korhorn Financial Group
Winning remarks
Click here to read more from the April-May 2023 issue of Northwest Indiana Business Magazine.
