Marketing firm names 25 businesses making “huge impact” in Columbus

Columbus is home to a bevy of small business making a great impact on the communities they serve. No matter if it’s food, drink, beauty, style, or anything in between, these shops are leaving their mark on central Ohio.

Here are 25 small businesses Sixth City Marketing believes are making a “huge impact” in Columbus:

25. Native Cold Pressed

Exclusively raw, cold pressed juice, always housed in glass bottles. Always organic. Always Native.

24. State of Devotion

Ohio-inspired clothing and accessories.

23. Glenn Ave. Soap Company

Handcraft soaps & skin care made from simple, natural ingredients and essential oils.

22. The Candle Lab

Since 2006, The Candle Lab has been your source for gourmet soy candles in over 120+ scents with stores in Worthington, the Short North and Cincy OTR.

21. Camelot Cellars

Camelot Cellars, an award winning Urban Boutique Winery, handcrafts all their own wines sourcing premier juices from vineyards all over the world.

20. Alchemy Juice Bar + Café

Alchemy is dedicated to bringing you fresh, wholesome and innovative food and drink that nourishes both the mind and body.

19. Four String Brewing

A powerhouse craft brewery here in Columbus with engaging social media to match.

18. Katalina’s Café

Katalina’s is a local favorite—five-star food with a Latin twist in a diner atmosphere.

17. zerOz

A revolution in wallets: simpler better easier lighter quicker and even safer.

16. Seventh Son Brewing

One of Columbus’ staple breweries with great beer, awesome food trucks, and a damn-near perfect patio

15. Lady Bird Fashion

Step up your closet game at Ladybird Fashion, conveniently nestled in the Short North.

14. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams

Ice creams, froyo, and sorbets built from the ground up with superlative ingredients.

13. Lineage Brewing

Lineage makes craft beers, sandwiches, and hand pies. Named one of Beer Advocate Magazine’s 33 best new craft breweries in the country in 2015.

12. The Commissary/1400 Food Lab

An incubator for start-up food businesses, a test kitchen for recipes and ideas, and a food experience center for everyone.

11. Cliff Original

High quality, all natural men’s grooming products for your skin, hair and beard. Handcrafted in small batches for the healthy fella.

10. Columbus Brewing

We are dedicated to exploring the flavors of American hops, subtleties of German-style lagers, the intensity of barrel-aged beers & everything in between.

9. Homage

Softest T’s in the shirt game with plenty of sports history to boot.

8. Idea Foundry

The Columbus Idea Foundry is a community workshop, learning center, and creative space located in Columbus, OH.

7. Two Men and a Vacuum

A cleaning service you can trust.

6. Glass Axis

Glass Axis is an. art center providing artists, students, and community members with the tools necessary to passionately create innovative works in glass while learning, sharing, and teaching.

5. Land-Grant Brewing

Land-Grant Brewing Company is a craft brewery and taproom, located in the East Franklinton neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.

4. Pursuit

Slim Suits, Slim Shirts, Belts, Ties, Tees, accessories, and more for guys who want to look good, shop local, and skip the mall!

3. Candle with a Cause

Candles With a Cause are small batch, hand crafted candles created from post-consumer glass bottles. Each of our signature fragrance blends are essential oil infused for aromatherapy benefits, and Pthalate free to avoid disruption of your body’s natural hormone balance.

2. Pistacia Vera

We are a from-scratch, pastry kitchen that has become a Columbus destination! Visit us in German Village or Downtown Columbus at the North Market.

1. Hot Chicken Takeover

Steeped in a Nashville tradition, HCT provides juicy, perfectly fried chicken, that’s rubbed with a secret cayenne-infused paste which a second-chance employment program giving job opportunities to formerly homeless or convicted individuals.

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