2023 Best of Business

Best of Northwest Indiana Business and Michiana Business Awards

Best of Business 2023

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.

Chad Nally
Chad Nally is a partner at Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP, which won several 2023 Best of Business Awards. (Photo by Rick Bella)

“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.

Author
  • Heather Pfundstein

    Linker Media Group

    Heather Pfundstein is the publisher and executive editor of Northwest Indiana Business Magazine and NWIndianaBusiness.com. She is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience in Northwest Indiana and northern Illinois newsrooms. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She has been part of the magazine's team since 2018.

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