Analyzing reviews from newlywed couples, the awards span all vendor categories, including planners, venues, officiants, musicians, DJs, florists, photographers, caterers, hair and makeup artists, and more. With the release of the 2026 list, The Knot Worldwide recognizes the highest-rated global vendors of the year, making it easier for couples around the world to find and feel confident booking their dream team.

To determine the winners, The Knot Worldwide assessed nearly 800,000 verified user reviews, making this accolade one of the most transparent recognition programs within the wedding industry. This included rating thousands of wedding vendors for various budgets, styles, and sizes across criteria such as professionalism, quality of work, flexibility, and customer service. Vendors who received at least seven reviews on The Knot Worldwide’s platforms with an average score of 4.5-plus, during the eligibility period, received a 2026 Weddings Award, with additional criteria differing per country.

“At The Knot Worldwide, we are proud to celebrate the incredible talent and dedication of the wedding professionals who make life’s most meaningful moments possible,” said Casey Moujaes, VP, Vendor Marketing at The Knot Worldwide. “The 2026 Weddings Awards spotlight the very best in the global wedding industry — vendors who consistently earn the trust and praise of couples through exceptional service, creativity, and care. These winners exemplify the heart of what we stand for: helping every couple create a celebration that is uniquely their own.”

Spanning 25 categories‚ The Knot Worldwide’s Vendor Marketplace allows couples to search, compare, and connect to book any of the 900,000 wedding professionals on the global platform, all in one place.

Wedding professionals who win The 2026 Wedding Awards are members of The Knot Worldwide’s global wedding brands. As the largest wedding vendor marketplace and community for wedding professionals, The Knot Worldwide’s platforms connect small businesses with millions of engaged couples each year, as well as with hundreds of thousands of wedding pros within the industry.

Through its online marketplaces, performance insights, educational programs, and community-building events, The Knot Worldwide is dedicated to being a partner to wedding professionals, giving them access to more couples than any other platform, providing them with software and tools to help them grow their business, and offering a large community to support them along the way.

For more information about The Knot Worldwide’s Wedding Awards, this year’s winners, and criteria for each country, go to these links per region:

— United States: www.weddingwire.com/couples-choice-awards;

— United Kingdom: www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-awards;

— Spain: www.bodas.net/wedding-awards;

— Italy: www.matrimonio.com/wedding-awards;

— France: www.mariages.net/wedding-awards.

The Knot Worldwide is a leading all-in-one wedding planning resource offering a comprehensive suite of digital tools to help couples throughout their planning journey. Powering wedding celebrations through technology, the brand offers The Knot Worldwide Vendor Marketplace, which connects couples with more than 200,000 local wedding professionals, and personalized wedding websites, invitations, and registry services.

A premier authority on wedding planning, The Knot Worldwide reaches a majority of engaged couples in the U.S. through TheKnot.com; a leading wedding planning app with the most five-star reviews on iOS and Android, The Knot Wedding Planner; The Knot national wedding magazine; and The Knot book series.

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