The King’s Awards for Enterprise (previously known as the Queen's Award for Enterprise) are the most prestigious awards for UK business.  The Awards are designed to recognise and encourage outstanding achievements in the fields of:

• innovation

• international trade

• sustainable development

• promoting opportunity (through social mobility)

The King’s Awards scheme was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1965 with the first Awards made in 1966 under the scheme’s original title, The Queen’s Award to Industry.

In 1975 the scheme became The Queen’s Awards for Export and Technology, with Environmental Achievement added in 1992. However, in 1999 the scheme was again renamed The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise with ‘international trade’, ‘innovation’ and ‘sustainable development’ as the categories. In 2017, a fourth category was introduced, ‘promoting opportunity (through social mobility)’.

In 2023, it was announced that the awards would be renamed The King's Awards for Enterprise following the accession of King Charles III.