2023 SBM Best In Business Reader Poll

Help Us Find The Best Businesses In St. Louis

Choose the best businesses in each category, or write in a business. The top 5 finalists and the winning entry will be featured in the "2023 Business Owners' Guide" Magazine, published in September. The Guide will not only contain a list of the "Best Businesses In St. Louis," but thousands of resources to help business owners run more profitable businesses. Advertising opportunities are available by calling Pat at 314-569-0076, ext. 109 or pat@sbmon.com.
The top winners will also be honored at a special luncheon Nov. 8, 2023, 11am-1pm at the St. Charles Convention Center.
Entries will end on July 5, 2023.

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* 1. Best Banks (Featured in May 2023)

Bank of America

Bank of Springfield

Bank of Washington

BMO Harris

Busey Bank

Carrollton Bank

Central Bank

CNB St. Louis Bank

Commerce Bank

Commercial Bank

Enterprise Bank & Trust

First Bank

First Mid Bank & Trust

Great Southern Bank

Midland States Bank

Midwest BankCentre

Midwest Regional Bank

New Frontier Bank

Parkside Financial Bank & Trust

Royal Banks of Missouri

Saint Louis Bank

Simmons Bank

St. Johns Bank

Southern Bank

UMB Bank

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Best Accounting Firms (Featured in May 2023)

Abeles and Hoffman

Anders CPAs + Advisors

Archford

Bender & Company CPAs

Bratkowski & Associates

Brian G. Toennies & Associates

BWTP, P.C.

Conner Ash

Devereux & Company CPAs + Business Advisors

Enterprise Accounting

Farmer & Associates CPAs

Fick, Eggemeyer & Williamson CPAs

Hauk Kruse & Associates LLC

Klemm & Associates

Larson Tax Partners

McCoy & Associates, LLC

Mortland & Co.

Pooley Accounting Services

Purk & Associates, P.C.

Rice Sullivan LLC

Schmersahl Treloar & Co.

Schowalter & Jabouri, P.C.

Sikich, LLP

SFW Partners

Tzinberg & Associates, P.C.

Volpe Consulting & Accounting

Wright, Criscione & Company, LLC

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Best Law Firms (Featured in June 2023)

Affinity Law Group LLC

Berger, Cohen & Brandt, LC

Brandenburg Law Offices

Capes Sokol

Danna Mckitrick, P.C.

Doster Nations Ullom & Boyle, LLC

Dearing & Hartzog, LLC

Federer & Federer, P.C.

Hamilton Weber

InNovare Law

Jimmerson Law Firm, P.C.

Kaiser Law Firm

Lashly & Baer, P.C.

Leritz & Plunkert, P.C.

Lewis Rice LLC

Martin Jansky Law Firm LLC, P.C.

McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer LC

Mickes O’Toole

Neubauer, Johnston & Hudson, P.C.

Riezman Berger, P.C.

Rogers Sevastianos & Bante, LLP

Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch Champion

Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard

Seltzer & Seltzer, LC

Stanton Barton, LLC

Stinson

Summers Compton Wells

The Enterprise Law Firm

The Law Office of Andrew Weinhaus

The Finley Law Firm, LLC

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Best Public Relations Firms (Featured July 2022)

Abstrakt Marketing Group

AMM Communications

Anda Creative

Black Twig Marketing Communications, LLC

Byrne PR

Captiva Marketing

Chemistry PR and Multimedia

Common Ground Public Relations

Cork Tree Creative

Dovetail

Drive Social Media

eLittle Communications Group

Geile/Leon Marketing Communications

InBound Blend Digital Marketing

KolbeCo Marketing Resources

Lambert & Co.

Sierra Public Relations

Solomon/Turner Multimedia PR

Standing Partnership

Studio D Marketing Communications

Synergy Group

Think Tank PR & Marketing

Timmermann Group

VIE Media

Weber Shandwick

Workman Communications Group

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Best Consulting Firms (Featured in March 2023)

Abeles & Hoffman, P.C.

Acumen Managed IT Services

Albert Consulting Group

Arch Brokerage, Inc.

CFO To Grow

Conner Ash, P.C.

Forward Slash Technology

Hughes, Cameron & Company, LLC

McCarthy Leonard & Kammerer

MDD Forensic Accountants

Randle & Associates LLC, CPAs

Schroeder & Associates

Sederburg & Associates

SLAM! Agency

Stanton Barton LLC

SteadyRain

Swink Coplen & Co. P.C.

The Finley Law Firm

The McKay Law Firm

The Rome Group

The Triton Group, CPAs

Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA)

Unidev

Volpe Consulting & Acconting Services

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Best in Value (Featured in Oct. 2022)

Acumen Consulting

Brickstreet Creative

Capital Advisory Group

Compass Electrical Solutions

Evans & Dixon

First Missouri Credit Union

J& B Technologies, Ltd.

Legends Financial Services Group

Lowenhaupt & Chasnoff, LLC

MBI Worldwide

MDD Forensic Accountants

Midland States Bank

Moore Computing, LLP

Pearl Solutions Group

Reeg Lawyers, LLC

ReliantPay, Inc.

Sano & Company, P.C.

Solex Technology Group

SteadyRain

Summer Compton Wells, LLC

Swink, Smith, Coplen & Co., P.C.

The Wagner Company, P.C.

Vantage Credit Union

Welch Law Firm

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Best Marketing Firms (Featured in Nov. 2022)

Abstrakt Marketing Group

Afflecto Media Marketing

Agile & Co.

Atomicdust

ANDA Creative

Beanstalk Web Solutions

Black Twig Marketing + Communications, LLC

Captiva Marketing

Dovetail

Hite Digital

INBOUND BLEND

Jajo

Leverage

Magnetize Agency

Matchbox Design Group

Rise Marketing Solutions

SLAM! Agency

Silverback Web & Marketing

Sneller Creative Promotions

Spoke Marketing

Stealth Creative

TGI Marketing Communications

Think Tank PR, Marketing & Design

Timmermann Group

VIE Media

VIVIAL

Zeal Marketing & Consulting

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Best IT Firms (Featured in Dec. 2022)

Acropolis Technology Group

Acumen Managed IT Services

Alliance Technologies

Anderson Technologies

Ardent IT Solutions, LLC

ATB Technologies

Blade Technologies, Inc.

Certified Nets, Inc.

Computerease

Computer St. Louis

Da-Com Corporation, Inc.

J&B Technologies

JJ Micro Managed IT Solutions

Keane Technologies

MB Technology Solutions

Midwest Networking

Moore Computing

NetGain Technologies, LLC

NOC Technology

NWO IT Services

Pearl Solutions Group

P.C. Tech

S2 Tech

The Miller Group

The Purple Guys

ThrottleNet

The Stryker Group

Winning Technologies

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Best In Cyber Security (Featured in February 2023)

Acropolis Technology Group

Alpine Security

Anderson Technologies

ATB Technologies

Blade Technologies, Inc.

Computerease

Computer St. Louis

Da-Com Corporation, Inc.

ISG Technology

J&B Technologies

Marco Technologies

MB Technology Solutions

Moore Computing

NetGain Technologies

Network Technology Partners

NWO IT Services

Parameter Security

SpearTip

SSE, Inc.

TechGuard Security

The Stryker Group

ThrottleNet

Turnkey Technologies

Winning Technologies

Verified Backups

Zobrio

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Best In Customer Service (Featured in Jan. 2023)

Affinity Law Group

Alliance Technologies

Bank of Washington

Bender & Company CPAs, P.C.

Berger, Cohen & Brandt, L.C.

Byrne Software Technologies

Cammon Company

Capital Advisory Group

CNB St. Louis Bank

Compass Electrical Solutions

Computer St. Louis

Delta Dental of Missouri

EHPN Technology Partners

Enterprise Bank & Trust

Farmer & Associates, CPA

Fick, Eggemeyer & Williamson, CPAs

Hamilton Weber, LLC

HireLevel

Hovis & Associates

Mickes O’Toole, LLC

Midland States Bank

Payroll Central

Pearl Solutions Group

Rice Sullivan & Co.

Saint Louis Bank

SFW Partners

ThrottleNet

UHY

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Best Attorneys (Featured in Aug. 2022)

Mike Banahan, Evans & Dixon, LLC

Richard Banks, Banks & Associates

Jim Borchers, Innovare Law

Apollo Carey, LewisRice

Brennan Connor, Carmody MacDonald

Brad Crandall, Affinity Law Group

Mark Dunn, Dunn & Miller, P.C.

Bianca Eden, Wegmann Law Firm

James Foster, McMahon Berger

Robert Guiness, Guiness & Buehler

Benjamin Haltenhof, Sandberg Phoenix

Joe Jacobson, Jacobson Press, P.C.

Martin Jansky, Martin Jansky Law Firm, P.C.

Ben Keller, Lathrop GPM

Melanie Gurley Keeney, Tueth Keeney Cooper Hohan Jackstadt P.C.

John Kilper, Hamilton Weber, LLC

Steve ALaiderman, The Laiderman Law Firm, P.C.

James Leritz, Leritz & Plunkert, P.C.

Emmette McAuliffe, RiezmanBerger

Brian McBrearty, Litchfield Cavo LLP

Matthew McBride, Lashly Baer

John Nations, Doster, Ullom & Boyle, LLC

Rob Pennell, Law Offices of Robert Grant Penell LLC

Matt Schneider, Husch Blackwell

Jason Schwent, Clark Hill PLC

Dave Spewak, Berger, Cohen & Brandt, L.C.

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Best M&A Providers (Featured in March 2023)

David Adam, Uthoff, Graeber, Bobinette & Blanke

Mariquita Barbieri, Thompson Coburn, LLP

Thomas Benson III, Mickes O’Toole

Catherine “Liza” Chollett, Kohn Partnership

Brad Crandall, Affinity Law Group

Warren Davis, Sandberg Phoenix

Joe Demke, Smith Amundsen

Dave Driscoll, Metro Business Advisors

Thomas Erb, Lewis Rice

Brian Flieg, Law Office of Brian Flieg

Brian Glass, Cadence M&A Advisors

Berlin Haugen, BowPoint

Michael Kaplan, Stinson LLP

Dan Kreher, Glendale Capital Partner

Adam Herman, Wipfli

Matthew Leinauer, Capital For Business

Alfred Ludwig, Lewis Rice

Pam Ludwinski, Premier Business Brokers

Michael Regan, Lashly & Baer

Zach Sharkey, Gateway Valuation Consulting

David Smith, Smith Patrick

Mike Sokolich, BowPoint

Fred Sussman, Peterson Acquisitions

Mark Stegman, Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd.

Mark Temkin, Riezman Berger, P.C.

Charles Valier, Lashly & Baer, P.C.

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Best In Reliability (Featured in April 2023)

Anh Le, CPA

Arsenal Credit Union

Burger Law

Capital Advisory Group

Gray Design Group

HeplerBroom LLC

Littler mendelson, P.C.

Martin Jansky Law Firm

Miken Technologies

Pearl Solutions Group

Reinker, Hamilton & Fenley LLC

Scott Credit Union

Shapiro Sauer Law Firm

Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Spellman Brady & Co.

Simploy, Inc.

St. Louis Community Credit Union

Straub Financial Services, LLC

Swink, Smith, Coplen & Company

The Audit Group

The Small Business Law Center

Together Credit Union

Turnkey Technologies, Inc.

Wilhelm & Wilhelm

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Most Innovative Companies (Featured in Sept. 2022)

Abstrakt Marketing Group

Anderson Technologies

Atomicdust

Beanstalk Web Solutions

Blayzer Digital Marketing Group

Blue Stingray

Brick Street Creative

Cornerstone Solutions Group

CSI Telecommunications

Engage Software

Gemini Consulting and Services

Gray Design Group

Innofreight

Leverage

Link Technologies, Inc.

Paradowski Creative

Ryval Studios

Saint Louis Group

Seafoam Media

SteadyRain

Tech Electronics

Technology Partners

The Gund Company

Unidev

Uptime Networks

Vivial

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Best IP Attorneys (Featured in Jan. 2023)

Robert Bain, Stinson

Harley Blosser, Sandberg Phoenix

David Crawford, Crawford IP Law

Matt Cutler, Harness IP

Daniel Cohn, Husch Blackwell, LLP

Kirk Damman, Lewis Rice

Donnis Donahue, CreatiVenture Law

Mallory Fisk, Summers Compton Wells

John Greenberg, Lewis Rice

Benjamin Harbuck, Dentons US LLP

Michael Kahn, Capes Sokol

Michael Kella, Harness IP

David Kim, Stinson

Julia Lang, Carmody MacDonald, P.C.

Michael Longmeyer, Polsinelli

Emmett McAuliffe, Riezman Berger, P.C.

Robert Maher, Intellectual Property Partners, P.C.

Glenn Robbins, Spencer Fane

Joseph Rolnicki, Sandberg Phoenix

Anthony Simon, Simon Law Firm

Dean Small, Small Patent Law Group

Evan Sotiriou, Tucker Ellis LLP

Mark Stallion, Greensfelder

Morris Turek, YourTrademarkAttorney.com

Abigail Zeller, Lathrop GPM

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Best Wealth Advisors (Featured in Feb. 2023)

Donald Aulbert II, Cornerstone Wealth Management

Todd Brand, Brand Asset Management

Marshall Burstein, Eagle Strategies

Mike Clark, Clark Wealth Partners

Diane Compardo, Moneta Group

Pam Diemert, The Chamberlin Group

Matt Fisher, Mariner Wealth Advisors

Bernard Haselhorst, Premiere Wealth Advisors

Andrew Kramer, Banderman Finanancial Group, Northwestern Mutual

Jim Matush, Trinity Wealth Advisors

John Moriarty, e3 Wealth

John Regan, Hill Investment Group

Matthew Renaud, Renaud & Company LLC

John Russo, Rubin Brown Advisors

Curt Sawyer, Sawyer Capital Management

Tim Schulz, Pioneer Wealth

David Sentnor, The Capital Group

Bret Sinak, Endeavor Wealth Management

Michael Sondergard, Money Concepts

Jayson Thornton, Thornton Advisor Group

Brad Tinnon, B.E.S.T. Wealth Management

Craig Toberman, Toberman Wealth

Dave Walther, Purk & Associates

Timothy Ward, Legends Financial Services Group

Jeff Westerhold, Scheffel Financial Services

Scott Yanker, The Yanker Group

Other (please specify)

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* 17. Best Accountants (Featured in Oct. 2022)

Pam Aman, Sikich, LLP

Renee Bockerstett, Botz, Deal & Company, CPA’s

Holly Breuer, Purk & Associates, P.C.

Penny Buchmueller, Holt & Patterson

Ryan Clark, Hoffman Clark

Mike Croghan, Croghan and Croghan

Kaliana Degnan, Farmer & Associates CPA

Lisa Cokler, Complete Tax Solutions

Tom Dunn, Tom Dunn CPA

Tyson Eagen, The Triton Group, CPAs

Kelly Flaherty, Thompson Flaherty

Nicole Thousand, Nicole Thousand, CPA

Dave Guess, Maher & Company, P.C.

Robert Kluge, Enterprise Accounting

Sean McKenzie, Anders CPAs + Advisors

Michael P. McNerney, Schowalter & Jabouri, P.C.

Doug Mueller, Wipfli

Mark O’Donnell, Schmersahl Treloar & Co.

Lori Plescia, Marcum LLP

Jan Roberg, Roberg Tax Solutions

Jennifer Rohen, CliftonLarsenAllen

Keith Slusser, Fick, Eggemeyer & Williamson, CPAs

Scott Strothkamp, Wolf and Taylor

Drew Sullivan, Burds & Kuntz, P.C.

Ashley Smith, Swink, Coplen & Co.

Blake Will, Hauk Kruse & Associates LLC

Kelley Wingbermuehle, Abeles and Hoffman, P.C.

Other (please specify)

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* 18. Best Payroll Service Provider (Featured in April 2023)

ADP

API Financial Solutions

Cornerstone Employer Solutions

Eckelkamp & Associates CPA’s P.C.

Elder & Isaac, CPA, PC

Fick, Eggemeyer & Williamson

Heartland Payment Systems

HireLevel

Inova Payroll

Employer Solutions, Inc.

Next Wave Payroll Solutions

PayChex

PayCom

Pooley Accounting Services

Rapp Payroll Solutions

Rickhoff & Associates

Simploy, Inc.

SynchronyHR

Tax Solutions, Inc.

Tom Dunn CPA

Other (please specify)