Auto Care Association Opens Nominations for 2025 Industry Awards

The Auto Care Association has announced the launch of its 2025 industry awards. The association recognizes industry leaders with awards for their excellence in professional development, outstanding communication efforts and educational initiatives that support the advancement of the auto care industry and the next generation in auto care.

This year’s awards include the Marketing and Communications Awards, the Impact: 4 Under 40 Awards, the Auto Care Education (ACE) Awards, and the Mort Schwartz Excellence in Education Award.  Winners will be revealed at the 2025 Auto Care Connect, taking place from May 12-15, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Auto Care Marketing and Communications Awards recognize communications and advertising campaigns within the industry. The awards recognize companies and agencies that run outstanding advertising, marketing and public relations campaigns in the automotive aftermarket throughout the past year. The marketing and communications awards cover several business-to-consumer and business-to-business categories. Applying companies must be Auto Care Association members. The fee is $149 per entry.

The Auto Care Association’s Impact Award: 4 Under 40 award recognizes four people under the age of 40 who have made contributions within the auto care industry. These individuals have achieved success within their organizations through professionalism, hard work, dedication and remarkable abilities. The awards are presented and managed by the association’s Marketing and Communications committee and the Young Auto Care Network Group (YANG).

The Auto Care Education (ACE) Award recognizes companies dedicated to excellence in education, investing in the growth of knowledge and skills within their organization and/or throughout the industry. This may include employee training, customer education programs, programs for instructor and/or students, and other education programs for the industry at-large. Award winners will be selected by the Auto Care Association Education Committee.

The Mort Schwartz excellence in education award recognizes an individual who best advances the concepts and programs for education or continuing education in the North American auto care industry. Nominations should be submitted for the individual’s innovation, advancement or outstanding efforts in education and training programs, or scholarship fundraising efforts. 

More information about the 2025 industry awards, including entry requirements and eligibility, can be found at autocare.org/awards. All award submissions must be completed by Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.