National Awards to Recognise Proptech Excellence
Imagine the excitement of you and your team standing on stage in front of a room full of your peers holding the trophy that confirms your status as an innovator and proptech success!
Think of applause and cheers – and the photos on social media!
The Proptech Awards enter their sixth year this year, and we will present 35 awards to the most innovative, successful and transformational proptechs and their leaders.
The 2026 Proptech of the Year awards are a pivotal part of Proptech Australia’s commitment to supporting, celebrating, connecting and advocating for our industry.
We are here to ensure our industry, your company and your career receives the respect and recognition it so rightly deserves.
In the previous four years, Proptech Australia’s awards have become recognised as a game-changer for both finalists and winners. They have thrown the brightest light on the quality and impact of Proptech solutions being offered today.
And they have created powerful proof-points for marketing and sales initiatives – not to mention an incredible boost for the teams named finalists and winners.
This year, entries close April 17, 2026.
PROPTECH AWARDS DINNER - THURSDAY JULY 2, 2026
The night of nights for the proptech industry, The Gala Awards Dinner, will be held at The Ivy, Sydney, on 2 July 2026, with tickets and prices to be announced soon.
Entry for the proptech awards is free for members of Proptech Australia. If you’d like to join the association, click here. If you have any questions about membership, please email members@proptechaustralia.com.au
Championing Excellence
We believe in level playing fields at Proptech Australia, and so the majority of our awards are divided into three categories to ensure SMEs don’t have to be compared with established industry players with greater resources.
We encourage you to review the judging criteria and answer the questions accordingly by focusing on your achievements over the past 12 months.
Please note two categories in the Divisional Awards have had name changes. Administration & Efficiency has become Workflow & Transactions; and Buying & Ownership is now Buyer, Renter & Owner Solutions.
DIVISIONAL AWARDS
Our Divisional Awards are broken into Start-Up, Scale-Up and Established Supplier categories. And the divisional awards for these categories are:
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Asset & Facilities Management
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Buyer, Renter & Owner Solutions
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Data Solutions
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Property Management & Maintenance
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Sales & Marketing
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Valuation & Financial Solutions
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Workflow & Transactions
OPEN AWARDS
Together with our new 2026 awards, “Open Category” awards will be presented across specialty areas. They’re open to any member company regardless of the age or position in the industry. You don’t have to be a big company to carry away one of these. Disruptors and innovators do really well in these Open Awards:
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Affordability & Social Solutions
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AI Empowered Solutions
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Construction
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Environment & Energy Efficiency
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Off The Plan
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Planning & Design
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Proptech Team of the Year
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Proptech Leader of the Year
Committee Awards
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Proptech to Watch
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Commercial Proptech of the Year
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Residential Proptech of the Year
Best of the Best
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Proptech of the Year – Start-Up
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Proptech of the Year – Scale-Up
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Proptech of the Year – Established Supplier
Key Dates
February 27, 2026
Entries Open
April 17, 2026
Entries Close
May 22, 2026
Finalists Announced
July 2, 2026
Gala Proptech Awards Dinner
HOW TO ENTER
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Work out which award fits your business
Identify which award best fits your proptech and gives your proptech the best chance to shine. To do this is to consider your core purpose and ask yourself - “Which award best reflects my solution and would impress the customers I am trying to attract?”
Don’t overthink it too much. For example, if you are a sales and marketing solution that specialises in the off-the-plan or the developer industry, you are best entering the “Off The Plan” award, not the broader Sales & Marketing award, where entries are likely to be across a bigger field and more varied. Go where you’ll impress future customers.
Note, too, that in the Divisional Awards, three awards are presented for each category. This ensures you are competing against peers with the same level of experience and resourcing as you. For definitions of a Start-Up, Scale-Up and Established Supplier, see below.
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Make sure you have your Membership number
The Proptech Awards are free to enter for Proptech Australia members. To confirm your membership number, please email members@proptechaustralia.com.au. Our Member Services Specialist, Patricia Louise, will send you your number and/or provide you with the details to sign up.
Note: Your membership must be current and financial by the time judging starts. If your membership is not current, your entry may be removed from judging. If you have any questions, please contact Patricia.
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Register your account and name your entry
We use a specialist awards website called AwardForce. It’s super-simple. We’ve tried to make your experience stress-free. Once you’ve registered an account on AwardsForce and started your entry, you will be asked to “name your entry”. Please ensure this name reflects either your Company or Product/Service that is being entered - NOT your own name.
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Read the criteria
Check out the specific criteria for each award and familiarise yourself with what the judges are looking for. Remember these are annual rewards so you should focus on your achievements over the past 12 months.
We strongly recommend you write up your answers in a document BEFORE you start writing in AwardForce. This will allow you to take your time and edit answers and cut and paste your responses. It also protects you from any glitches or crashes in AwardForce.
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Word Counts
Please note the word count for each answer. Please don’t write War & Peace. The AwardForce system will not accept entries that break the word count.
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Start your entry
If you have any questions about entry, please check the Terms and Conditions of Entry before emailing awards@proptechaustralia.com.au
AWARD CATEGORIES
There are six main entrant categories in the Proptech Awards 2026. These are designed to reflect the level of resources available to your proptech in terms of funding, sales and people power, and/or recognise the specific needs of the sector that you serve.
Open Awards
There are eight Open Awards. Your entry will be judged against a company of any size and market share. Last year, smaller companies did very well in the Open Awards. Please note: You will still be asked to identify if you are a Start-Up, Scale-Up or Established Supplier so winners can be included in the judging for the “Best of the Best” awards, such as Proptech of the Year, and all committee-nominated awards.
Divisional Awards
Divisional awards recognise the experience, resourcing and time in market of the solutions that enter to ensure that peers compete with peers.
Divisional awards are broken into Startup, Scaleup and Established Supplier. Definitions below:
Start-Ups
Startups are defined as proptechs that are up to 3 years old as of April 17, 2026 and based on the time from which the Proptech became a full-time concern for its founders. Start-ups may be working on an MVP or have developed a product that is in the process of winning its first customers. As a start-up, you must be an independent Proptech. If you are part of a larger organisation, you are most likely to be part of an Established Supplier.
Scale-Ups
These proptechs have been operating continuously for a minimum of three years but less than 10 years as of April 17, 2026. You have a viable product and are rapidly growing your business and technology. As a Scale-up, you must be an independent Proptech. If you are part of a larger organisation, you are most likely to be part of an Established Supplier.
Established Suppliers
These are proptechs that have been continuously operating in the property, real estate or construction industry for 10 years or more as of April 17, 2026. The technology you enter may reflect your entire platform, be a new product you’ve launched over the past 12 months or a product that you’ve recently acquired into your portfolio of businesses. Proptech businesses that have been acquired by a major supplier qualify under the Established Supplier category, regardless of how long their product has been in the market.
Committee-Nominated Awards
Proptech Australia presents three prestigious committee-nominated awards to recognise excellence across the ecosystem. These categories do not require a formal entry. Winners are selected by the President and Vice President based on their demonstrated promise and performance throughout the year.
Best of the Best
The Best of the Best Awards are presented to the best Start-Up, Scale-Up and Established Supplier. These are top-tier awards in which the successful winners of each award are judged for a second time against their peers across all categories. Open Award entrants are asked to nominate their proptech stage so that winners of these awards can also be included in the Best of the Best judging. Entrants do not need to do anything at the time of submission to enter these awards. Winning your category automatically enters you into the second round.