Staying in tune with holidays related to business or entrepreneurship can offer unique opportunities for marketing, team building, and client engagement throughout the year. Celebrating days like National Small Business Week or Employee Appreciation Day isn’t just about marking a date on the calendar—it’s a strategic chance to promote your brand, elevate team morale, and create genuine connections with your audience.
Small business owners, marketers, HR professionals, event planners, and people teams, you’re in the right place! In this blog, we’ve compiled a year-long calendar of holidays related to business or entrepreneurship that you can use to plan events, marketing campaigns, or internal initiatives.
And here’s a simple way to make every celebration more memorable: video. Video content offers an engaging way to bring your message to life, whether you’re energizing your internal teams, reaching new customers, or educating your audience. To make it even easier, we’ve provided links to our free video templates for many of the top business holidays. Just pick your favorite and create a professional video in minutes, no experience required.
Check out Animoto’s full template library for even more promos, presentations, event invitations, and more. Or, jump right in and find the next business-related holiday to add to your calendar!
January 2026 business-related holidays
- All month: National Mentoring Month
- January 1: New Year's Day
- January 4: National Trivia Day
- January 7: Orthodox Christmas Day
- January 8: Show and Tell at Work Day
- January 12: Clean Off Your Desk Day
- January 14: Orthodox New Year
- January 15: Get to Know Your Customers Day
- January 17: National Use Your Gift Card Day
- January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 26: Australia Day
- January 26: Community Manager Appreciation Day
- January 26: Better Business Communication Day
- January 28: Data Privacy Day
- January 27: Speak Up and Succeed Day
- January 30: National Have Fun At Work Day
February 2026 business-related holidays
- Full Month: Black History Month
- February 8: Super Bowl Sunday
- February 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- February 14: Valentine’s Day
- February 16: Presidents’ Day
- February 17: First day of Ramadan (Until March 19)
- February 20: Leadership Day
March 2026 business-related holidays
- Full Month: Women’s History Month
- March 4: World Engineers Day
- March 6: Employee Appreciation Day
- March 8: International Women's Day
- March 8: Daylight Savings (US & Canada)
- March 10: Organize Your Home Office Day
- March 12: Working Moms Day
- March 13: Freelancers Day
- March 15: Essential Workers Day
- March 15: World Speech Day
- March 17: St. Patrick's Day
- March 19: Companies That Care Day
- March 20: First Day of Spring (Northern Hemisphere)
- March 21: Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day
- March 21: Arbor Day
- March 22: Earth Hour (8:30 PM)
- March 29: National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
April 2026 business-related holidays
- Full Month: Celebrate Diversity Month
- April 1: International Fun at Work Day
- April 1: Passover Begins (Through April 9)
- April 3: Walk to Work Day
- April 5: Easter Sunday
- April 7: World Health Day
- April 15: Tax Day
- April 21: International Creativity and Innovation Day
- April 22: Earth Day
- April 22: Administrative Professionals Day
- April 23: Take our Children to Work Day
- April 28: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
May 2026 business-related holidays
- Full Month: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Full Month: Mental Health Awareness Month
- May 1: May Day
- May 1: International Workers' Day
- May 3: Mother’s Day
- May 3-9: National Small Business Week
- May 6: Skilled Trades Day
- May 9: World Fair Trade Day
- May 10: National Small Business Day
- May 13: National Receptionists Day
- May 15: Virtual Assistants Day
- May 18: Victoria Day (Canada)
- May 20: International HR Day
- May 21: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- May 25: Memorial Day (United States)
- May 30: National Creativity Day
June 2026 business-related holidays
- June: Pride Month
- June 2: Leave The Office Early Day
- June 5: World Environment Day
- June 12: World Day Against Child Labour
- June 19: Juneteenth (USA)
- June 20: World Productivity Day
- June 21: Father’s Day (USA)
- June 23: National Family Owned & Operated Businesses Day (US)
- June 26: Take Your Dog to Work Day
- June 27: National Work from Home Day
- June 27: Micro, Small, and Medium Sized Enterprises Day
- June 27: Industrial Workers of The World Day
- June 30: World Social Media Day
July 2026 business-related holidays
- July 1: Canada Day
- July 4: U.S. Independence Day
- July 5: Workaholics Day
- July 5: First Day of NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week
- July 25: Hire a Veteran Day
- July 26: Disability Independence Day
- July 30: National Intern Day (US)
August 2026 business-related holidays
- All month: Black Business Month
- August 1: Startup Day Across America
- August 4: Single Working Women’s Day
- August 8: Digital Nomad Day
- August 9: International Coworking Day
- August 14: Professional Speakers Day
- August 16: Work From Home for Wellness Day
- August 17: National Nonprofit Day (US)
- August 19: World Humanitarian Day
- August 26: Women’s Equality Day
September 2026 business-related holidays
- September 2: Global Talent Acquisition Day
- September 7: Labor Day (U.S.)
- September 11: National Team Manager Day
- September 13: International Programmers Day
- September 15: IT Professionals Day
- September 16: Working Parents Day
- September 18: Global Company Culture Day
- September 22: Business Women's Day
- September 30: International Podcast Day
October 2026 business-related holidays
- Full Month: Global Diversity Awareness Month
- October 3: National Techies Day
- October 4: Improve Your Office Day
- October 5-9: Customer Service Week
- October 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day (US)
- October 16: Boss Day
- October 31: Halloween
- October 31: Diwali
November 2026 business-related holidays
- Full Month: Native American Heritage Month
- November 4: International Stress Awareness Day
- November 5: Project Management Day
- November 8: National STEM/STEAM Day
- November 10: World Science Day for Peace and Development
- November 10: Accounting Day
- November 17: National Entrepreneurs Day
- November 19: Women's Entrepreneurship Day
- November 26: Thanksgiving (US)
- November 27: Black Friday
- November 28: Small Business Saturday (US)
- November 30: Native Women’s Equal Pay Day
- November 30: Cyber Monday
December 2026 business-related holidays
- December 1: Giving Tuesday
- December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 4: Hanukkah begins (Through December 12)
- December 4: Extraordinary Work Team Recognition Day
- December 5: International Volunteer Day
- December 10: Human Rights Day
- December 11: App Day
- December 14: National Free Shipping Day
- December 24: Christmas Eve
- December 25: Christmas Day
- December 26: Boxing Day (UK)
- December 26: Kwanzaa begins (Through January 1)
- December 26: National Thank You Note Day
- December 31: New Year’s Eve
Promote your business holidays with video
Now that you have a complete list of holidays related to business and entrepreneurship, you have a lot of opportunities to celebrate! Whether you want to wish your employees a happy holiday, host an online or in-person event, or promote a seasonal sale, Animoto can help.
Animoto makes video creation fast and simple for everyone. With hundreds of video templates designed just for small businesses and tons of drag-and-drop tools, you can create a video in minutes. Explore our full library of free video templates and learn more about using video for internal comms and marketing on our blog.
Happy video making!
