What a night!

The 2026 Bunbury Geographe Business Excellence Awards brought together our region’s business community for an unforgettable evening of celebration, recognition and connection at the Mantra Bunbury Lighthouse on Saturday, 29th August.

With more than 220 guests in attendance, the evening celebrated the businesses and people who continue to make the Bunbury Geographe and greater South West region such an exciting place to live, work, and do business.

From emerging businesses and owner operators through to some of our region’s largest employers, this year’s finalists represented an incredible cross-section of industries, ideas and achievements.

And the 2026 winners are…

Emerging Business
🏆 Open Air Adventure Flights

Owner Operator
🏆 Forest Explorers
⭐ Highly Commended: Green Pillars Consulting

Excellence in Aboriginal Business
🏆 Cultural Community Consultation

Business with 1–5 Employees
🏆 Partners in Safety
⭐ Highly Commended: Craggy Pear

Business with 6–10 Employees
🏆 Collie Auto-Tech
🏆 Halifax Mechanical & Engineering

Business with 11–20 Employees
🏆 Little Spencer Bakehouse
⭐ Highly Commended: Gilmour Plumbing & Gas

Business with 21+ Employees
🏆 Enhanced Cleaning

Excellence in Environmental Sustainability
🏆 Collie Auto-Tech

Leading with Innovation
🏆 Collie Auto-Tech
⭐ Highly Commended: Enhanced Cleaning

Excellence in Tourism & Hospitality
🏆 Hussh Body and Soul Day Spa

2026 Business of the Year

The evening culminated in the announcement of the 2026 Bunbury Geographe Business of the Year, with Enhanced Cleaning taking home the prestigious title.

After also winning the Business with 21+ Employees category and receiving a Highly Commended recognition for Leading with Innovation, Enhanced Cleaning’s success was a fitting acknowledgement of an outstanding local business and its continued growth and achievement.

Celebrating our business community

While the awards recognise individual achievements, the evening was ultimately a celebration of the strength of our entire business community.

Every business that entered, every finalist who put themselves forward, and every winner recognised on the night contributes to the economic strength, employment, innovation and vibrancy of our region.

The awards process asks businesses to reflect on where they have come from, what they have achieved and where they are heading next - and the calibre of this year’s finalists was something our region can be incredibly proud of.

To all of our 2026 finalists, Highly Commended recipients and winners - congratulations!

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Thank you to our sponsors

An event and awards program of this scale simply would not be possible without the generous support of the organisations that back our business community.

We extend our sincere thanks to:

‍Award Sponsors Aqwest, Autotech Bunbury, EON Protection, Get Careers, HHG Legal Group, MLV Property, Optus, South32 and South West Development Commission;

‍General Sponsors AIM WA, CommBank, Rio Tinto and Totally Sound;

Event Supporters the City of Bunbury, Shire of Capel, Shire of Dardanup and Shire of Harvey;

Media Partners HitFM and Triple M.

Your support enables us to shine a spotlight on the businesses and people driving our region forward.

Finally, thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the 2026 Business Excellence Awards.

Congratulations to the class of 2026 - we can’t wait to see where you go next!

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