Ranking
World's Best Employers 2025
The World's Best Employers 2025 awards the 900 top companies to work for worldwide based on an independent survey from a vast sample of more than 300,000 employees in over 50 countries.
- Based on a clear and detailed methodology
- Segmented by industry
- Created in partnership with Forbes
6,000
6,000
companies evaluated
300,000
300,000
employees surveyed
900
900
companies awarded
Ranking Details
World's Best Employers 2025
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Total companies:
0 companies
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Project Details
About the project
The sixth edition of the World's Best Employers 2025 was created using feedback from professionals in 50 countries around the world, along with a detailed methodology to evaluate companies. Feedback from 300,000 employees was gathered via an independent survey, conducted using online access panels. This provided a representative sample of the world’s workforce and gathered over 4,000,000 evaluations of employers. Respondents were asked to evaluate both their own employer and other employers in their industry.
To be considered for the ranking, companies (or their subsidiaries) had to have significant international engagement. All evaluations were aggregated underneath a single parent employer brand. The final list recognizes the top 900 employers in the world, grouped into 26 industries.
Scoring
Identifying the world’s leading employers
Our scoring model weights independently collected survey data from employees around the world, consisting of a direct score and an indirect score.
Direct score
On a scale of 0 to 10, respondents indicated how likely they were to recommend their own employer to friends or family – with 0 being the least likely and 10 highly likely to recommend.
Indirect score
Respondents were also given the chance to evaluate other employers in their respective industries, or the employers of friends, acquaintances, and family members that stood out either positively or negatively.
METHODOLOGY
How we work
Learn about our general approach to creating employer rankings. Further details about how the ranking was created can be found in the World's Best Employers 2025 methodology.
01 Concept
For our employment projects, we evaluate and rank the world’s leading employers, highlighting organizations that excel in fostering positive work environments and sustainable growth. Our rankings help job seekers make informed career choices while providing companies with a benchmark to assess their standing in the global job market.
02 Data Collection
For data collection, our team of analysts creates detailed online questionnaires that ask survey participants about work-related topics. By working with leading online access panels worldwide, suitable participants are identified and surveyed independently of potentially awarded employer brands. Survey responses are then checked for quality and validity (interview length, variances, inconsistencies) and sorted accordingly.
03 Evaluation
To evaluate the data, we apply a scoring model that combines direct feedback on the participants’ own employers with indirect feedback on other employers within their professional fields.
04 Quality Assurance
For each potential award-winning employer, company information is researched and eligibility for the list is confirmed. This step serves as quality assurance and is presented as information in the publication.
Partnership
Our media partner
Forbes Media is a global media, branding and technology company, with a focus on news and information concerning business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles. The company publishes Forbes, Forbes Asia, and Forbes Europe magazines as well as online at Forbes.com.
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Jannik Petersen
Jannik Petersen
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