The categories for the 2017 SME Awards are:
- Family Run Business – 1 Fulltime Employee
- Family Run Business – 2 Fulltime Employees
- Family Run Business – 3-5 Fulltime Employees
- Family Run Business – 6+ Fulltime Employees
- Under 30s Business
- Retailer (With mostly offline focus)
- Online Retailer (Irish Market)
- Online Retailer (Export)
- Food and Drink – Micro – 1 Employee
- Food and Drink – Small – 2-3 Employees
- Food and Drink – Medium – 4+ Employees
- Customer Focus / Engagement
- New Business – Non Digital
- New Business – Services
- New Business – Digital
- Community Minded Company
- Environmentally Minded
- Company Transformation
- B2B SME
- New Product / Service – Micro 1-3 Employees
- New Product / Service – Small 4+ Employees
- SME Website (Non eCommerce)
- SME Social Media (In-house) – Micro – 1-5 Employees
- SME Social Media (In-house) – Small – 6+ Employees