Stephen Sweeney, President and CEO of Uprite Services, is a finalist in the Nationwide/Multi-Location category of the 2026 MSP Titans of the Industry Awards. The winner will be announced on December 9, 2026, at the awards gala in Beverly Hills.
The short version. Uprite made the final 10 in the one Titans category built around running IT across many sites. The awards are judged by an expert panel, and more than 300 MSPs reached finalist status across 32 categories this year. Uprite delivers managed IT services from Houston, Southeast Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas-Fort Worth, with one 24/7 dispatch behind all 4. Below is what the category measures and what it means for a business with several locations.
What Uprite was named a finalist for
The Nationwide/Multi-Location award recognizes MSPs that operate across multiple markets with scale and consistency. Put simply, it asks whether a provider delivers the same response times, the same security standards, and the same quality of work at its fourth site as it does at the office where the company started.
It’s 1 of 32 finalist categories in the 2026 program. Uprite is listed under Stephen Sweeney, who leads the company as President and CEO.
We haven’t won yet. Being a finalist means the judges put Uprite in the top 10 for its category. The trophy comes in December.
How MSP Titans finalists are chosen
MSP Success runs the program, which is now in its third year. Applying is free. Applications closed July 31. According to the program’s own process page, a panel of industry experts reads every application and scores it on 5 criteria, then names the top applicants in each category as finalists in mid-September.
- Business growth
- Service excellence
- Cybersecurity innovation
- Customer impact
- Leadership in the MSP space
The field grew this year. MSP Success reported that submissions rose 40% over 2025. It also published a profile of the average finalist, covering years in business, headcount, endpoints, and revenue, and that profile makes a useful yardstick for anyone comparing IT providers this year.
| Measure | 2026 figure | Why a buyer should care |
|---|---|---|
| Finalist categories | 32 | Each MSP is judged against peers doing similar work, not against every provider at once. |
| Finalists in Uprite’s category | 10 | A short list for a hard thing to prove on paper, which is consistency across sites. |
| Growth in submissions | Up 40% from 2025 | More applicants chasing a similar number of finalist spots makes the cut tighter. |
| Average finalist age | 20 years in business | Staying power is normal among finalists, not the exception. |
| Average finalist size | Nearly 30 staff and about 3,000 endpoints | Most finalists are established regional firms, not startups and not national giants. |
| Combined finalist footprint | Nearly $2.5 billion in revenue and almost 900,000 endpoints | The program reflects a real slice of the MSP market, not a niche club. |
One honest note on what this award is and isn’t. Titans is a judged award. Applicants describe their results in writing, and a panel scores them. That’s different from the Channel Futures MSP 501, which ranks providers on submitted financial and operational data every year, and where Uprite placed No. 264 in 2026 for its 7th straight appearance. Both matter. They just measure different things. So we’d never ask a buyer to lean on either one alone.
Why the multi-location category fits Uprite
Let’s be straight about the word nationwide. Uprite is a Texas company. We don’t have offices in a dozen states. We aren’t trying to. What we do run is 4 Texas service areas, with local engineers in each one and one 24/7 dispatch behind all of them. That’s the multi-location half of this category.
Today that means teams serving Houston, Southeast Houston near Clear Lake, San Antonio, and North Texas across Dallas and Fort Worth. In August 2026 we acquired Trif Technologies, a Dallas MSP founded in 2000, and folding another company’s clients, tools, and habits into one operating model is the multi-location problem in its purest form. It’s slow work. It’s also exactly the work this category exists to recognize.
Multi-location in Texas usually looks smaller than the word suggests. Think of a contractor with a Houston office and a yard across town, a medical group with 3 clinics, or a distributor with a warehouse in San Antonio and a sales team in Dallas. None are national chains. All of them need every site to work the same way on a Monday morning, whether the problem is a dead switch in the warehouse or a new hire who can’t log in at the branch.
What to ask an MSP that says it handles multiple locations
Every provider says it can support your other offices. Few can prove it. These are the questions we’d ask if we were sitting on your side of the table.
| Question to ask | A weak answer | A strong answer |
|---|---|---|
| Do all my sites share one ticket queue? | Each office calls a different number or a favorite tech. | One queue and one ticket history, so any engineer can pick up any site. |
| Are my locations built to the same standard? | Each office was set up by whoever was around that year. | A documented baseline for firewalls, Wi-Fi, laptops, and backups at every site. |
| Who shows up on-site outside the main city? | Someone drives over when they’re free. | Named field coverage in each metro with a stated response window. |
| How do you bring a new location online? | We’ll figure it out once you sign the lease. | A repeatable checklist for circuits, network gear, accounts, and security before day 1. |
| Can I see reporting by site? | One blended monthly report. | Tickets, uptime, and security findings broken out for each location. |
| What happens if you acquire another MSP? | Clients get moved over with little notice. | A written transition plan that keeps the same service terms. |
Watch the answers closely. If a provider stumbles on 2 or more of these, the award shelf doesn’t matter much. Our longer guide on choosing IT support for multi-location teams goes deeper on each of these questions, including how to score a provider’s answers and what to put in the contract before you sign. Healthcare groups can start with our guide to IT for multi-location medical practices in Texas.
Where this sits with Uprite’s other recent recognition
It’s been a busy year. Uprite made the MSP 501 again, ranked No. 290 among Houston’s top private companies in the Houston Business Journal list, and was named a 2025 ForzaDash MSP 555 winner last December.
None of that fixes a slow help desk. We say so every time. It’s true. What a stack of independent recognitions does tell you is that different judges, using different methods and different data, keep landing on the same company, and that pattern is a lot harder to manufacture than any single badge.
What happens between now and December
Finalists will be recognized at the gala at the Beverly Hilton on December 8 and 9, 2026. Category winners are announced at the awards dinner on the 9th. We’ll post the result here. Win or lose.
There’s a community side to the program too. MSP Titans and the Global Technology Industry Association pledged $100 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for every completed application, up to $30,000 in total, as noted on the GTIA giving page the program links to. Filling out the application did some good before anyone was judged.
For our clients, nothing changes. Same engineers. Same response times. Same phone numbers. The work that got us here is the work that keeps us here.
Questions about Uprite and the MSP Titans awards
What are the MSP Titans of the Industry Awards?
They’re annual awards from MSP Success that recognize managed service providers for growth, service, innovation, and community impact. 2026 is the program’s third year, with 32 finalist categories and more than 300 finalists in total.
What does the Nationwide/Multi-Location category recognize?
It recognizes MSPs that run across multiple markets with scale and consistency, so clients get the same service at every site. Uprite is 1 of 10 finalists in the category for 2026.
When will the 2026 winner be announced?
On December 9, 2026, at the awards dinner at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Until then, the category page lists the finalists only, with the winner slot still empty.
Did Uprite pay to become a finalist?
No. Applying is free, and finalists are chosen by a panel of industry experts who review written applications. The program has corporate sponsors, as most industry awards do, but a sponsor slot isn’t how a finalist gets picked.
Is Uprite a nationwide MSP?
No. We won’t pretend otherwise. Uprite serves Texas businesses from Houston, Southeast Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas-Fort Worth. The category covers multi-location providers too, and running several Texas metros as one company is the part that fits us.
How can I tell if an MSP can support all of my locations?
Ask whether every site shares one ticket queue, one build standard, and named on-site coverage. Then ask for per-site reports. A provider that can’t show those in writing is usually running separate shops under one logo.
How can my business work with Uprite?
Start with our contact page for a no-pressure assessment. We’ll review each of your locations, flag the gaps, and show you what one standard across every office would look like before you commit to anything or sign a contract with anyone.
Running IT across more than one Texas office? We’ll map every site, show you where the standards drift, and tell you what it takes to close the gaps.
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