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Important dates to remember for 2025:

NOMINATIONS:
JUN 3 – JUL 1

VOTING:
JUL 15 – AUG 12

WINNERS ANNOUNCED:
AUG 26

How The Process Works

Best of Denton County is an annual award that’s entirely driven by the community—nominated and voted on by residents like you. With over 400+ categories and more than 2 million nominations and votes in 2025 alone, this award gives every local business a chance to be recognized and every resident an opportunity to share their opinion.

For over 20 years, locals have trusted Best of Denton County as a go-to resource for finding quality businesses. What sets us apart? Unlike other “best of” awards, our process is 100% community-powered. First, residents nominate their top choices in each of our 400+ categories. Then, they vote on the top three nominees to determine the winners.

Once voting is complete, we proudly showcase the results in our annual Best of Denton County magazine, featuring the top three nominees and the winners in every category. Distributed countywide late November, this magazine celebrates the businesses that our community loves and trusts.

Join us in shaping Denton County’s local landscape—because your vote truly makes a difference!

Nominations
Nominations will open at noon on JUN 3, 2026 & will close at 11:59 pm on JUL 1, 2026.

Nominate Your Favorites—One Vote Counts!

You can nominate as many businesses as you like in as many categories as you choose. Once nominations close, we’ll tally the total nominations for each business in every category. Our team will then verify that each nominee qualifies—ensuring they offer the relevant product or service and are located within Denton County.

The top three businesses with the most nominations in each category will become finalists and advance to the voting stage. At that point, residents will cast their votes to determine the ultimate winners.

Important: To ensure fairness, nominations and votes are limited to one per IP address and email address.

Finalist Voting
Voting will open at noon on JUL 15, 2026 & will close at 12:01 am on AUG 12, 2026. Winners will be announced AUG 26, 2026 at noon.

Voting & Verification Process

After nominations are tallied, the top three businesses in each category move on to the final voting round, where Denton County residents decide the winners. Each resident may vote once per category to ensure a fair and balanced selection process.

Once voting closes, all votes are securely counted electronically, and the final results are delivered to our team. At this stage, we verify business names and locations to ensure accuracy before preparing our website to officially announce the winners.