FedEx #BackingSmall Business Contest 2025 (CAD $150,000 in prizes) – YOA

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Applications are open for the FedEx #BackingSmall Business Contest 2025. Every enterprise is by itself journey. Some are daydreams that change into day jobs, others are aspect hustles that develop into international manufacturers. Wherever you began, and wherever you’re headed, the FedEx #BackingSmall Business Contest is right here to assist. With money prizes, professional recommendation, and instruments to help your progress, they’re backing your ambitions each step of the way in which.

Prizes

• Grand Prize (1 Winner): CAD $25,000, awarded in the type of a cheque.
• Second Prizes (10 Winners): CAD $10,000 every, awarded in the type of a cheque.
• Third Prizes (5 Winners): CAD $5,000 every, awarded in the type of a cheque.

The whole ARV of all prizes is CAD $150,000.

Eligibility

• The proprietor of the enterprise have to be a authorized resident of Canada on the time of entry;
• The proprietor of the enterprise should have reached the age of majority in their province/territory of residence as of the date of entry;
• The particular person registering for the Contest on behalf of the enterprise have to be a licensed agent of the enterprise;
• The enterprise have to be domiciled in Canada on the time of entry;
• If enterprise is a subsidiary of one other bigger enterprise, the subsidiary and its mother or father firm have to be a Canadian owned and primarily based entity;
• Business have to be for-revenue and in steady operation promoting a services or products for not lower than six (6) months as of 1 March 2025. Non-profit organizations and companies whose main use of income is donation-primarily based are excluded.
• The enterprise have to be at the moment energetic, lawful, have all essential and required licenses and registrations as required by the jurisdiction(s) in which it operates;
• The enterprise have to be in good standing as of the time of entry and should stay so by the top of the Contest;
• The enterprise should have a sound FedEx transport account quantity in good standing as of time of entry;
• The enterprise should have not more than 99 workers on its payroll on the time of entry (homeowners and part-time workers are included in worker depend);
• Neither the enterprise itself nor any proprietor of nor any investor in the enterprise could also be:
  • a earlier FedEx small enterprise grant contest winner;
  • a earlier FedEx #BackingSmall contest winner
  • in any means affiliated with a franchised, direct vendor enterprise/ pyramid advertising and marketing enterprise mannequin; or a automotive service (Uber, Lyft, and many others). 
  • a FedEx OnSite location, FedEx Authorized ShipCentre location or another reseller of FedEx companies;
• The main goal of the enterprise should not be aggressive with FedEx or any of the FedEx working corporations;
• The enterprise should not be underneath chapter safety or have judicial liens or attachment

Application

They have saved getting into the competition simple—no functions, no voting, no essays. Just register utilizing your FedEx account quantity and make a minimum of one qualifying cargo between March 1st and April thirtieth, 2025.

Click here to register

For extra info, go to FedEx #BackingSmall Business Contest.