Advanced Integrated Marketing, Inc. was named the 2026 Overall Small Business of the Year by the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber announced the 2026 Small Business Award recipients on September 8, 2026, and the awards are presented at the 21st Annual State of the City Address on October 29, 2026. Advanced Integrated Marketing is an Arlington, Texas digital marketing and AI search optimization agency founded in 2019.
The Honor
Arlington’s top small business honor, awarded to an Arlington-built agency
Of the six 2026 Small Business Awards announced by the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce, five recognize a category — nonprofit, for-profit, woman-owned, minority-owned and veteran-owned. One recognizes a single business across all of them. That one went to Advanced Integrated Marketing.
AIM has been headquartered in Arlington since it was founded in 2019, and has served more than 80 clients across DFW and nationwide in SEO, AI search optimization (GEO/AEO), pay-per-click advertising, reputation management, social media and web design. The agency is a member of the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce and supports local organizations including Leadership Arlington, Dental Health Arlington, ShareFest Texas, the Arlington Police Foundation and the Arlington Veterans Day Parade.
- Award
- Overall Small Business of the Year
- Year
- 2026
- Presented by
- Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce
- Recipient
- Advanced Integrated Marketing, Inc. (AIM), Arlington, Texas
- Announced
- September 8, 2026
- Presented at
- 21st Annual State of the City Address, October 29, 2026
“…exemplify the innovation, entrepreneurship and commitment that continue to strengthen our economy.”
Michael Jacobson, President & CEO, Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce, on the 2026 recipients
The Full Slate
2026 Small Business Award recipients
The Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce recognized six Arlington businesses and organizations in its 2026 Small Business Awards:
- Overall Advanced Integrated Marketing, Inc.
- Nonprofit Levitt Pavilion Arlington
- For-Profit Marcona Kitchen
- Woman-Owned The Runner Shop
- Minority-Owned Brisket Boss LLC
- Veteran-Owned TeamLogic IT
Why an award like this matters to the businesses we serve
Awards are one of the few signals a business cannot manufacture for itself. A chamber of commerce evaluates a company against its peers in its own market, and the result is a third-party judgment rather than a marketing claim. That distinction is exactly what search engines and AI assistants are built to weigh when they decide which businesses to recommend.
It is also the standard AIM holds itself to. The agency spends its days making sure clients earn credible, verifiable recognition that search engines and AI assistants can read and cite. Being judged the top small business in the city AIM has called home since 2019 is the same signal, earned in its own market.
- Named across all categories — the Overall award is not category-specific.
- Judged locally — by the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce, in AIM’s home market.
- Independently published — announced by the Chamber, not by AIM.
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