Winners include three firms from Portland, one from Albany, one from Astoria, and two from Salem.
Family businesses employ more than half of the national workforce.
We established this program more than 10 years ago to honor these amazing families. A panel of 49 family business owners served as judges to select the winners from 51 applicants. Old Family Business of the Year honors were earned by the Rogoway family, owners of LaRog Jewelers of Portland. The New Family Business of the Year award went to the Yoshida family of The Yoshida Group of Portland. The Neilsen family, owners of Neilsen Manufacturing, Inc. of Salem, won the Large Family Business of the Year category, with Medium Family Business of the Year going to the McGuire family of McGuire Bearing of Portland.