GlowIQBeauty Business of the Year
Beauty Business of the Year recognises a business delivering strong commercial and client outcomes within the beauty industry. It celebrates professional standards, client experience, innovation, education and a reputation built through consistent quality.
Is this your category?
A quick read on the businesses this title is written for.
Owns and operates a beauty business such as a salon, clinic, studio or beauty product brand.
Can demonstrate measurable commercial success and strong client outcomes.
Maintains high professional, service and industry standards.
Uses innovation, education or leadership to strengthen the business and its reputation.
What judges need to see.
The five areas your answers are assessed against.
Foundation
Foundation: Business model, beauty offering, target client and professional standards.
Results
Results: Commercial performance, client satisfaction, retention and reputation.
Decisions
Decisions: Treatments, products, systems or service improvements that strengthened results.
Leadership
Leadership: Team development, professional practice, education and standards.
Impact
Impact: Contribution to the beauty industry, client confidence and a credible direction for future growth.
Evidence to start gathering
Start collecting these now so the writing is quick later.
Read the Evidence Pack guideRevenue or client growth data.
Client retention or repeat booking rates.
Customer satisfaction, reviews or NPS data.
Professional qualifications, licences or training credentials.
Before-and-after client outcomes where appropriate and ethically presented.
Hygiene, compliance or quality assurance evidence where relevant.
Team training or professional development outcomes.
Industry recognition, education or measurable brand impact.
Entry details and eligibility
The format, the dates and the conditions that apply to this title.
- Assessment period
- 2024–27.
- Minimum business age
- 12 months.
- Written responses
- 5.
- Evidence Pack
- 5 pages.
1 January 2024 to 28 February 2027
Minimum 12 months in business as at 4 October 2026.
5 written responses, up to 400 words each.
One PDF, up to 5 pages and 10 MB.
Resources
Before you enter
Five short reads that answer almost everything. Each one opens the Entry Guide at the right place.
Evidence Pack guide
What counts as evidence, what does not, and how to lay the PDF out.
Full eligibility
The rules that apply to every title, including trading dates and locations.
How judging works
Who reads your entry, how it is scored and how finalists are chosen.
Build a strong entry
How to answer the five questions with specifics instead of adjectives.
Frequently asked questions
Costs, deadlines, multiple entries and everything else people ask first.
Category partner
GlowIQ
Simone Leigh, Owner · Brisbane
Presenting Beauty Business of the Year
Presenting partners do not score, select or influence entrants. Judging is run independently.
RAYE Awards 2027
Beauty Business of the Year
Entries are written and submitted in the RAYE Awards portal, a separate system to RAYE Haus. Read the criteria, gather your evidence, then head across.