For the past nine years the readers of Finance & Commerce and Minnesota Lawyer have chosen their most trusted brands and business partners. This year’s selections include many repeat winners and several newcomers.
Well, just like it sounds. We pick the categories, populated with a list of companies that have been nominated over the past years and you, the readers, vote. If a company is not on the list, they are added by write-in or can be suggested to us for inclusion. Our readers then vote on their favorites through our website. We then tally the votes and the bragging rights begin — Reader Rankings 2025.
We thank you for your support in making the decisions on the winners of the 2025 Reader Rankings. And no doubt, the businesses you selected in the top spots appreciate your support every day. Congratulations to the winners!
NOTE: If you would like your company added to the Reader Ranking Survey for 2025, please fill out this request form at the bottom of this page.
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
BEST 1031 Exchange Experts
Cushman & Wakefield — Winner
CPEC1031 – Commercial Partners Exchange Company — Finalist
First American Title Company — Finalist
Land Title — Finalist
BEST Appraisal Companies
CBRE — Winner
Diversified Real Estate Services — Finalist
MN Real Estate Appraisal Services — Finalist
Shenehon Company — Finalist
BEST Commercial Leasing Company
CBRE — Winner
Cushman & Wakefield — Finalist
JLL — Finalist
Kraus-Anderson — Finalist
BEST Commercial Property Manager
Whitecap Management — Winner
CBRE — Finalist
Doran Properties — Finalist
Ryan Companies — Finalist
BEST Commercial Real Estate Brokerage
Doran Companies — Winner
Carlson Partners — Finalist
CBRE — Finalist
Kraus-Anderson — Finalist
BEST Commercial Valuation
CBRE — Winner
Diversified Real Estate Services — Finalist
Minnesota Real Estate Appraisal Services — Finalist
Shenehon Company — Finalist
BEST Tenant Representation
CBRE — Winner
Cushman & Wakefield — Finalist
Carlson Partners — Finalist
Savills Minneapolis — Finalist
BEST Title Companies
First American Title — Winner
Commercial Partners Title — Finalist
Guaranty Commercial Title — Finalist
Old Republic Title — Finalist
CONSTRUCTION
BEST Architect
Kaas Wilson Architects — Winner
Doran Companies — Finalist
ESG Architecture & Design — Finalist
Pope Architects — Finalist
BEST Commercial Real Estate Developer
Doran Companies — Winner
Sherman Associates — Finalist
Enclave — Finalist
Ryan Companies — Finalist
BEST Concrete Company
Northland Concrete and Masonry — Winner
Excel Concrete — Finalist
Molin — Finalist
Ryan Companies — Finalist
Best Concrete Supplier
Cemstone — Winner
Aggregate Industries — Finalist
AVR — Finalist
Marshall Concrete Products — Finalist
BEST Construction/Real Estate Law Firm
Winthrop & Weinstine — Winner
Fredrickson & Byron — Finalist
Hellmuth & Johnson — Finalist
Kubes Law Office — Finalist
BEST Contractor – under $250 million
Loeffler Construction & Consulting — Winner
Eagle Building Company — Finalist
Gardner Builders — Finalist
RJ Ryan Construction — Finalist
BEST Electrical Contractor
JBerd — Winner
Egan Company — Finalist
Gephart Electric — Finalist
Hunt Electric — Finalist
BEST Engineer – Civil – Earthwork – Utilities – Infrastructure – Remediation
Civil Site Group — Winner
Braun Intertec — Finalist
Loucks Associates, Inc. — Finalist
Sambatek Inc. — Finalist
BEST Engineer – Mechanical – Structural – Electrical
ERA Structural Engineering — Winner
Alliant Engineering Inc. — Finalist
BKBM Engineers — Finalist
Emanuelson-Podas, Inc. — Finalist
BEST Equipment Rental
Sunbelt — Winner
United Rental — Finalist
Vic’s Crane & Heavy Haul, Inc. — Finalist
Ziegler Cat — Finalist
BEST Fabrication Company
Fabcon Precast — Winner
JL Schwieters Construction — Finalist
MG McGrath, Inc. — Finalist
RTL Construction — Finalist
Wells — Finalist
BEST Large Contractor – Over $250 million
Doran Companies — Winner
Frana — Finalist
Kraus-Anderson Construction — Finalist
Mortenson Construction — Finalist
Ryan Companies — Finalist
BEST Landscape Design Company
Civil Site Group — Winner
Margolis — Finalist
Midwest Landscapes Inc. — Finalist
Perkins & Will — Finalist
BEST Materials Supplier
Menards — Winner
Brock White — Finalist
JL Schwieters Construction — Finalist
Shaw Stewart Lumber (Marvin Windows Dealer) — Finalist
BEST Painting Company
Swanson & Youngdale Inc. — Winner
Finishing Touch Plus (FTP) — Finalist
Protouch Painting — Finalist
Sunrise Painting — Finalist
BEST Paving
Northland Paving — Winner
Metro Paving Inc. — Finalist
Minnesota Roadways Co. — Finalist
Pine Bend Paving — Finalist
BEST Plumbing Company
Jberd — Winner
Dean’s Professional — Finalist
Gilbert Mechanical — Finalist
Horwitz — Finalist
BEST Roofing Contractor
Central Roofing Company — Winner
Horizon Roofing — Finalist
Kaufman Roofing — Finalist
Mint Roofing — Finalist
BEST Windows and Glazing
Andersen Windows — Winner
Brin Glass — Finalist
Marvin Windows — Finalist
Pella Windows — Finalist
LEGAL SERVICES
BEST ADR Company
Gilbert Mediation Center, Ltd. — Winner
Benchmark National ADR, LLC — Finalist
Conflict Resolution Center (Minneapolis) — Finalist
PowerHouse Mediation — Finalist
BEST ADR Individual Mediator
Cara Lee Neville — Winner
Phillip Carruthers — Finalist
Elizabeth V. Cutter — Finalist
James H. Gilbert — Finalist
Jack Marcil — Finalist
Kristi Paulson — Finalist
BEST Claims Administration
American Risk Services — Winner
Kroll Business Services — Finalist
Rust Consulting Inc. — Finalist
Van Wagenen — Finalist
BEST Class Action Claims Administration Services
Kroll Business Services — Winner
Dahl Administration — Finalist
JND Legal Administration — Finalist
Rust Consulting Inc. — Finalist
BEST Court Reporter and Deposition Service
Lexitas — Winner
National Court Reporters — Finalist
Twin West Reporting — Finalist
Veritext — Finalist
BEST Deposition Video Provider
On The Record — Winner
Lexitas — Finalist
Pelletier Court Reporters — Finalist
Veritext — Finalist
BEST Digital Forensics
Carney Forensics — Winner
ArcherHall — Finalist
Digital Forensics Corp — Finalist
Larson Security — Finalist
BEST Docketing and Calendaring Software
MyCase — Winner
Thomson Reuters Elite — Winner
AppColl — Finalist
BEC Legal — Finalist
Lecorpio Inc. — Finalist
BEST E-Discovery
ArcherHall — Winner
Kroll — Finalist
Nightowl Discovery — Finalist
Thomson Reuters — Finalist
BEST Expert Witness
Thomson Reuters Expert Witness Services — Winner
ArcherHall — Finalist
The Expert Institute — Finalist
The TASA Group — Finalist
BEST Expert Witness Financial
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP — Winner
Hunter Advisors, PLLC — Finalist
Jenny Bestful, CPA — Finalist
Schechter, Dokken — Finalist
BEST Forensic Accounting
Eide Bailly LLP — Winner
Ernst & Young LLP — Finalist
Jenny Bestful cpa — Finalist
RSM — Finalist
Wipfli — Finalist
BEST Jury Consultant
Populus law — Winner
NJP Litigation Consulting — Finalist
JuryScope, Inc. — Finalist
JuryThink LLC — Finalist
The Advocates — Finalist
BEST Law School
Mitchell Hamline School of Law — Winner
University of Minnesota Law School — Finalist
University of St. Thomas School of Law — Finalist
University of Wisconsin Law School — Finalist
BEST Legal Liability Insurance
Minnesota Lawyer’s Mutual Insurance — Winner
Hays Companies — Finalist
Lawyers Insurance Group — Finalist
Patrick J Thomas Agency — Finalist
BEST Legal Outplacement and Career Transition Provider
Talon Performance Group — Winner
Career Partners International — Finalist
Minneapolis Outplacement Services — Finalist
Roy S. Ginsburg, J.D. Strategic Advisor to Lawyers and Law Firms — Finalist
BEST Legal Staffing
Robert Half Legal — Winner
Sand Search Partners — Finalist
Special Counsel — Finalist
Talon Performance Group — Finalist
BEST Litigation Consulting Firm
ArcherHall — Winner
Barrington Capital Management, Inc. — Finalist
JuryScope, Inc. — Finalist
Martin Litigation Support Services, LLC — Finalist
BEST Litigation Valuation
Bassford Remele — Winner
Anthony Ostlund — Finalist
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP — Finalist
Lurie — Finalist
BEST Non-Association Continuing Legal Education Provider
ArcherHall — Winner
Minnesota County Attorneys Association — Finalist
Mitchell Hamline School of Law — Finalist
University of St. Thomas School of Law — Finalist
BEST Online Research Provider
Lexis/Nexis — Winner
Fastcase — Finalist
QuickView — Finalist
Thomson Reuters — Finalist
BEST Paralegal Program in the MN
Hamline University — Winner
Inver Hills Community College — Finalist
Minnesota State University, Moorhead — Finalist
North Hennepin Community College — Finalist
BEST Practice Management Software
Smokeball — Winner
MyCase — Finalist
PracticePanther — Finalist
ProLaw — Finalist
BEST Private Investigator
Private Eye Security — Winner
Andrew P. Miklesh — Finalist
Envista Forensics — Finalist
Gilbertson Investigations — Finalist
Graf Agency — Finalist
BEST Process Server
Metro Legal Services Inc. — Winner
Platinum Process Serving & Investigation — Finalist
Pro Legal MN — Finalist
Twin City Processing — Finalist
BEST Tables of Authority Software
Thomson Reuters — Winner
Levit & James — Finalist
Lexisnexis — Finalist
Wordperfect — Finalist
BEST Time and Billing Solutions
MyCase — Winner
Clio — Finalist
Coyote — Finalist
Tabs3 Billing — Finalist
BEST Translation Services
Minnesota Translations — Winner
ATS (Alex Translations Services) — Finalist
Global Translation — Finalist
Lynne Krenz , Stillwater — Finalist
BEST Trust Administration
Thrivent Financial — Winner
Alerus — Finalist
Northern Trust — Finalist
U.S. Trust — Finalist
BUSINESS SERVICES
BEST Accounting Firm
Baker Tilly — Winner
CliftonLarsonAllen — Finalist
Deloitte — Finalist
Eide Bailly — Finalist
BEST Business Bank
Alerus Financial — Winner
BMO Harris Bank — Finalist
Bremer Bank — Finalist
Bridgewater Bank — Finalist
U.S. Bancorp — Finalist
BEST Business Broker
Transitions in Business — Winner
Calhoun Business Brokers — Finalist
Sunbelt Business Advisors — Finalist
True North Mergers & Acquisitions — Finalist
BEST Commercial Mortgage Lender
Alerus — Winner
Bell Bank — Finalist
Bridgewater Bank — Finalist
U.S. Bancorp — Finalist
BEST Courier and Messenger Service
Metro Legal Services Inc. — Winner
OnTime Delivery — Finalist
Priority — Finalist
Quicksilver — Finalist
BEST Data Recovery Service
Atomic Data — Winner
Data Retrieval — Finalist
OnTrack — Finalist
Secure Data Recovery — Finalist
Stroz Friedberg — Finalist
BEST Digital Security Company / Information Security (Cyber)
ArcherHall — Winner
Atomic Data — Finalist
Computer Forensic Services — Finalist
Loffler Companies, Inc. — Finalist
BEST Document Destruction
Shred-it — Winner
Iron Mountain — Finalist
Shred-N-Go, Inc. — Finalist
Shred Right — Finalist
BEST Executive Search Firms
Robert Half — Winner
CorTalent — Finalist
LymanDoran — Finalist
Midwest Financial Search Partners — Finalist
BEST Insurance Brokerage
Kraus-Anderson Insurance — Winner
North Risk Partners — Finalist
Christensen Group — Finalist
Wells Fargo — Finalist
BEST IT Outsourcing Provider
IBM — Winner
Emerson Technology — Finalist
Deloitte — Finalist
MyTech — Finalist
BEST MBA Program
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota — Winner
Hamline School of Business — Finalist
Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas — Finalist
St. Cloud State University — Finalist
BEST Office Equipment
Loffler Companies, Inc. — Winner
Coordinated Business Solutions — Finalist
Innovative Office Solutions — Finalist
Podany’s — Finalist
BEST Office Interiors
BDH — Winner
Atmosphere Commercial Interiors — Finalist
DLR — Finalist
Fluid Interiors — Finalist
BEST Office Supplies
Staples — Winner
Innovative Office Supplies — Finalist
Loffler Companies, Inc. — Finalist
Office Depot — Finalist
BEST Printer
Loffler — Winner
Alpha Graphics — Finalist
FedEx — Finalist
MetroSales — Finalist
BEST Public Relations Firm
Padilla — Winner
Beehive — Finalist
Carmichael Lynch Relate — Finalist
Goff Public — Finalist
BEST Small Business Banking
Alerus Financial — Winner
Bremer Bank — Finalist
Bridgewater Bank — Finalist
U.S. Bancorp — Finalist
BEST Staffing Agency
Robert Half OfficeTeam — Winner
Avenica — Finalist
Salo — Finalist
The Creative Group – Robert Half — Finalist
BEST Tech Recycling & Disposal
Atomic Recycling LLC — Winner
Best Buy — Finalist
Tech Dump — Finalist
Twin Cities Computer Recycling — Finalist
Veit — Finalist
BEST Wealth Management
Alerus Wealth Management — Winner
RBC Wealth Management — Finalist
Thrivent Financial — Finalist
U.S. Bancorp — Finalist
BEST Web Development
Rocket 55 — Winner
BridgeTower Media — Finalist
Irish Titan — Finalist
The Nerdery — Finalist
LEISURE
BEST Local Brewery
Surly — Winner
Bent Paddle — Finalist
Excelsior Brewing Company — Finalist
Fulton Brewing Taproom — Finalist
Lakeville Brewing Company — Finalist
BEST Local Winery
Saint Croix Vineyards — Winner
Carlos Creek Winery — Finalist
Schram Winery — Finalist
Winehaven Winery — Finalist