World's Most Admired Companies

Countries

To appear as Most Admired, a company must have scored in the top half of its industry survey. The rest are listed as contenders.

Most Admired

Company	City	Overall score
UPS	Atlanta	8.20
Nike	Beaverton	8.15
McDonald's	Oak Brook	8.08
Walt Disney	Burbank	8.00
Intel	Santa Clara	7.96
Apple	Cupertino	7.95
FMC Technologies	Houston	7.94
Procter & Gamble	Cincinnati	7.94
Schlumberger	Houston	7.91
Cisco Systems	San Jose	7.83
Marriott International	Bethesda	7.81
Sysco	Houston	7.77
Hewlett-Packard	Palo Alto	7.74
VF	Greensboro	7.72
Philip Morris International	New York	7.72
Google	Mountain View	7.70
Goldman Sachs Group	New York	7.66
IBM	Armonk	7.60
W.W. Grainger	Lake Forest	7.55
Halliburton	Houston	7.40
Amazon.com	Seattle	7.39
Exxon Mobil	Irving	7.36
CHS	Inver Grove Heights	7.34
United Technologies	Hartford	7.32
Adobe Systems	San Jose	7.31
Texas Instruments	Dallas	7.30
McKesson	San Francisco	7.28
Occidental Petroleum	Los Angeles	7.27
FedEx	Memphis	7.26
Alcoa	New York	7.24
Visa	San Francisco	7.21
Archer Daniels Midland	Decatur	7.20
Qualcomm	San Diego	7.16
Colgate-Palmolive	New York	7.15
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	Eden Prairie	7.14
Altria Group	Richmond	7.14
Wal-Mart Stores	Bentonville	7.14
J.P. Morgan Chase	New York	7.13
Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	7.12
Devon Energy	Oklahoma City	7.08
General Electric	Fairfield	7.07
Yum! Brands	Louisville	7.06
Caterpillar	Peoria	7.06
American Express	New York	7.06
FPL Group	Juno Beach	7.05
DuPont	Wilmington	7.03
Polo Ralph Lauren	New York	7.02
Chevron	San Ramon	7.02
Reynolds American	Winston-Salem	7.01
Coca-Cola	Atlanta	6.98
PPG Industries	Pittsburgh	6.96
Northern Trust	Chicago	6.94
Deere	Moline	6.92
Target	Minneapolis	6.92
Becton Dickinson	Franklin Lakes	6.90
PepsiCo	Purchase	6.88
Wyndham Worldwide	Parsippany	6.87
3M	St. Paul	6.87
MasterCard	Purchase	6.86
EMC	Hopkinton	6.86
U.S. Bancorp	Minneapolis	6.82
Bank of New York Mellon	New York	6.80
Oracle	Redwood City	6.79
Aetna	Hartford	6.79
Discovery Communications	Silver Spring	6.78
Baxter International	Deerfield	6.78
UnitedHealth Group	Minnetonka	6.77
Toll Brothers	Horsham	6.77
Starbucks	Seattle	6.75
Intuit	Mountain View	6.73
Expeditors International of Washington	Seattle	6.73
New York Life	New York	6.72
Symantec	Cupertino	6.71
National Oilwell Varco	Houston	6.69
Automatic Data Processing	Roseland	6.69
Universal	Richmond	6.68
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	White Plains	6.68
Exelon	Chicago	6.68
Applied Materials	Santa Clara	6.68
Abbott Laboratories	Abbott Park	6.68
General Mills	Minneapolis	6.68
Verizon Communications	New York	6.67
CVS/Caremark	Woonsocket	6.67
Costco Wholesale	Issaquah	6.67
Johnson & Johnson	New Brunswick	6.67
Publix Super Markets	Lakeland	6.66
Lockheed Martin	Bethesda	6.66
Broadcom	Irvine	6.66
Honeywell International	Morris Township	6.64
AT&T	Dallas	6.63
Best Buy	Richfield	6.63
Raytheon	Waltham	6.61
Aramark	Philadelphia	6.60
Corn Products International	Westchester	6.58
Prudential Financial	Newark	6.57
Medco Health Solutions	Franklin Lakes	6.57
Southern Co.	Atlanta	6.55
Bunge	White Plains	6.55
Avnet	Phoenix	6.55
St. Jude Medical	St. Paul	6.54
IAC/InterActiveCorp	New York	6.54
DaVita	El Segundo	6.54
Microsoft	Redmond	6.54
Integrys Energy Group	Chicago	6.53
Medtronic	Minneapolis	6.52
Continental Airlines	Houston	6.52
Xerox	Norwalk	6.51
AFLAC	Columbus	6.50
Kroger	Cincinnati	6.49
Dominion Resources	Richmond	6.49
Cameron International	Houston	6.48
MetLife	New York	6.47
Paychex	Rochester	6.46
Yahoo!	Sunnyvale	6.45
Time Warner	New York	6.45
Sempra Energy	San Diego	6.45
Graybar Electric	St. Louis	6.45
WellPoint	Indianapolis	6.44
Viacom	New York	6.44
Nordstrom	Seattle	6.44
Thermo Fisher Scientific	Waltham	6.43
Oneok	Tulsa	6.43
Kellogg	Battle Creek	6.43
Lowe's	Mooresville	6.43
EMCOR Group	Norwalk	6.42
Owens & Minor	Mechanicsville	6.40
Anadarko Petroleum	The Woodlands	6.40
Safeway	Pleasanton	6.39
Herman Miller	Zeeland	6.39
General Dynamics	Falls Church	6.38
Boeing	Chicago	6.38
Tupperware Brands	Orlando	6.36
Fortune Brands	Deerfield	6.36
Cardinal Health	Dublin	6.36
PNC Financial Services Group	Pittsburgh	6.35
Ingram Micro	Santa Ana	6.35
Illinois Tool Works	Glenview	6.35
Henry Schein	Melville	6.34
Eaton	Cleveland	6.34
Corning	Corning	6.34
Jacobs Engineering Group	Pasadena	6.32
Iron Mountain	Boston	6.32
Emerson Electric	St. Louis	6.31
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta	6.31
Pulte Homes	Bloomfield Hills	6.30
State Street	Boston	6.29
Home Depot	Atlanta	6.29
Hewitt Associates	Lincolnshire	6.29
Brightpoint	Indianapolis	6.28
Tech Data	Clearwater	6.27
Northwestern Mutual	Milwaukee	6.26
Johnson Controls	Milwaukee	6.26
Southwest Airlines	Dallas	6.26
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	Lowell	6.25
Cummins	Columbus	6.25
Arrow Electronics	Melville	6.25
Fluor	Irving	6.24
Goodyear Tire & Rubber	Akron	6.23
Staples	Framingham	6.22
Kindred Healthcare	Louisville	6.22
Public Service Enterprise Group	Newark	6.21
Darden Restaurants	Orlando	6.21
Community Health Systems	Franklin	6.21
News Corp.	New York	6.19
Pepsi Bottling Group	Somers	6.17
Nucor	Charlotte	6.16
Dun & Bradstreet	Short Hills	6.16
US Oncology Holdings	The Woodlands	6.15
Northrop Grumman	Los Angeles	6.15
Estée Lauder	New York	6.15
Ryder System	Miami	6.14
Dell	Round Rock	6.14
Wells Fargo	San Francisco	6.14
United Natural Foods	Providence	6.12
Robert Half International	Menlo Park	6.12
International Paper	Memphis	6.12
HCA	Nashville	6.12
Dow Chemical	Midland	6.11
KB Home	Los Angeles	6.08
Manpower	Milwaukee	6.06
Kohl's	Menomonee Falls	6.06
Fiserv	Brookfield	6.05
Travelers	New York	6.04
Kraft Foods	Northfield	6.04
Wynn Resorts	Las Vegas	6.02
Quest Diagnostics	Madison	6.02
SAIC	San Diego	6.00
Reliance Steel & Aluminum	Los Angeles	6.00
Parker Hannifin	Cleveland	6.00
Walgreen	Deerfield	5.97
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	Springfield	5.94
Cognizant Technology Solutions	Teaneck	5.94
Landstar System	Jacksonville	5.93
Catalyst Health Solutions	Rockville	5.92
Amgen	Thousand Oaks	5.91
Seagate Technology	Scotts Valley	5.89
IMS Health	Norwalk	5.89
Computer Sciences	Falls Church	5.88
Stanley Works	New Britain	5.87
Con-way	San Mateo	5.87
Morgan Stanley	New York	5.84
Allstate	Northbrook	5.83
Werner Enterprises	Omaha	5.82
BB&T	Winston-Salem	5.82
Unified Grocers	Commerce	5.81
Black & Decker	Towson	5.81
Warnaco Group	New York	5.80
Equifax	Atlanta	5.80
Humana	Louisville	5.79
TIAA-CREF	New York	5.77
NVR	Reston	5.77
Steelcase	Grand Rapids	5.76
Juniper Networks	Sunnyvale	5.76
Phillips-Van Heusen	New York	5.74
Western Digital	Lake Forest	5.67
TJX	Framingham	5.67
Newell Rubbermaid	Atlanta	5.65
Total System Services	Columbus	5.64
Levi Strauss	San Francisco	5.62
J.C. Penney	Plano	5.60
State Farm Insurance	Bloomington	5.59
Chiquita Brands International	Cincinnati	5.59
Coca-Cola Enterprises	Atlanta	5.58
Genuine Parts	Atlanta	5.52
Comcast	Philadelphia	5.34
Centex	Dallas	5.24
MGM Mirage	Las Vegas	5.17
Weyerhaeuser	Federal Way	5.10
Jack in the Box	San Diego	4.97
Amerigroup	Virginia Beach	4.97
Verso Paper	Memphis	4.86
Volt Information Sciences	New York	4.69

Contenders

Company	City	Overall score
Autodesk	San Rafael	6.51
Teradata	Miamisburg	6.42
Stryker	Kalamazoo	6.35
PG&E	San Francisco	6.17
AmerisourceBergen	Chesterbrook	6.17
Weatherford International	Houston	6.15
Plains All American Pipeline	Houston	6.15
Enterprise GP Holdings	Houston	6.12
Duke Energy	Charlotte	6.11
PSS World Medical	Jacksonville	6.09
Kimberly-Clark	Irving	6.09
Electronic Arts	Redwood City	6.07
Smith International	Houston	6.04
eBay	San Jose	6.03
Baker Hughes	Houston	6.01
Universal Health Services	King of Prussia	5.97
H.J. Heinz	Pittsburgh	5.93
ITT	White Plains	5.92
Lorillard	Greensboro	5.91
Zimmer Holdings	Warsaw	5.89
Merck	Whitehouse Station	5.89
Express Scripts	St. Louis	5.86
Expedia	Bellevue	5.86
Avon Products	New York	5.86
Ingersoll-Rand	Montvale	5.84
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	Phoenix	5.81
Health Management Associates	Naples	5.79
Core-Mark Holding	South San Francisco	5.78
DST Systems	Kansas City	5.77
M&T Bank	Buffalo	5.75
Hub Group	Downers Grove	5.70
Clorox	Oakland	5.70
ManTech International	Fairfax	5.68
Harris	Melbourne	5.68
Edison International	Rosemead	5.68
Broadridge Financial Solutions	Lake Success	5.68
SunGard Data Systems	Wayne	5.66
Patterson	St. Paul	5.65
CACI International	Arlington	5.63
Hanesbrands	Winston-Salem	5.61
CommScope	Hickory	5.61
Leggett & Platt	Carthage	5.59
Agilent Technologies	Santa Clara	5.59
HNI	Muscatine	5.58
Danaher	Washington	5.58
United States Steel	Pittsburgh	5.56
Nash Finch	Minneapolis	5.55
Priceline.com	Norwalk	5.54
ScanSource	Greenville	5.53
Fidelity National Information Services	Jacksonville	5.52
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group	Boston	5.51
Arkansas Best	Fort Smith	5.51
Alliance Data Systems	Dallas	5.51
Laboratory Corp. of America	Burlington	5.50
Energizer Holdings	St. Louis	5.50
ConocoPhillips	Houston	5.50
Gap	San Francisco	5.48
Alliance One International	Morrisville	5.48
Spartan Stores	Grand Rapids	5.46
Capital One Financial	McLean	5.46
Smithfield Foods	Smithfield	5.45
Warner Music Group	New York	5.44
Limited Brands	Columbus	5.41
Anixter International	Glenview	5.41
Bristol-Myers Squibb	New York	5.40
Tyson Foods	Springdale	5.39
Consolidated Edison	New York	5.38
Guess	Los Angeles	5.36
ConAgra Foods	Omaha	5.36
Synnex	Fremont	5.35
ServiceMaster	Memphis	5.35
Western Union	Englewood	5.34
Micron Technology	Boise	5.34
ABM Industries	New York	5.34
Seaboard	Shawnee Mission	5.32
Sanderson Farms	Laurel	5.31
Airgas	Radnor	5.31
World Fuel Services	Miami	5.30
Valero Energy	San Antonio	5.30
Textron	Providence	5.30
Nationwide	Columbus	5.29
CBS	New York	5.28
Brink's	Richmond	5.26
Masco	Taylor	5.24
Discover Financial Services	Riverwoods	5.24
Eli Lilly	Indianapolis	5.20
GameStop	Grapevine	5.18
CA	Islandia	5.18
Liberty Media	Englewood	5.17
Convergys	Cincinnati	5.16
VWR Funding	West Chester	5.14
Vanguard Health Systems	Nashville	5.10
FirstEnergy	Akron	5.10
Pfizer	New York	5.06
First Data	Atlanta	5.05
Lennar	Miami	5.03
BJ's Wholesale Club	Natick	5.03
LifePoint Hospitals	Brentwood	5.01
Alexander & Baldwin	Honolulu	5.01
United Stationers	Deerfield	4.99
Jarden	Rye	4.98
Cintas	Cincinnati	4.96
Brinker International	Dallas	4.96
Tenet Healthcare	Dallas	4.94
Ryland Group	Calabasas	4.92
Cigna	Philadelphia	4.92
Affiliated Computer Services	Dallas	4.91
Toys "R" Us	Wayne	4.89
Spectrum Brands	Atlanta	4.88
Sprint Nextel	Overland Park	4.86
SunTrust Banks	Atlanta	4.85
Sara Lee	Downers Grove	4.85
Boston Scientific	Natick	4.85
Wendy's/Arby's Group	Atlanta	4.83
Jabil Circuit	St. Petersburg	4.82
WESCO International	Pittsburgh	4.81
D.R. Horton	Fort Worth	4.81
Burger King Holdings	Miami	4.81
Office Depot	Boca Raton	4.75
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Lebanon	4.74
Live Nation	Beverly Hills	4.71
Dean Foods	Dallas	4.71
BJ Services	Houston	4.69
CC Media Holdings	San Antonio	4.66
PharMerica	Louisville	4.60
Motorola	Schaumburg	4.58
Sanmina-SCI	San Jose	4.57
Fifth Third Bancorp	Cincinnati	4.57
Unisys	Blue Bell	4.56
Amerco	Reno	4.56
Insight Enterprises	Tempe	4.52
Kelly Services	Troy	4.51
Bob Evans Farms	Columbus	4.48
Marshall & Ilsley	Milwaukee	4.47
Omnicare	Covington	4.44
Advanced Micro Devices	Sunnyvale	4.43
Bank of America	Charlotte	4.41
Eastman Kodak	Rochester	4.35
Coventry Health Care	Bethesda	4.35
Jones Apparel Group	New York	4.32
Penn National Gaming	Wyomissing	4.30
Liz Claiborne	New York	4.25
MPS Group	Jacksonville	4.21
Supervalu	Eden Prairie	4.19
General Motors	Detroit	4.19
Pilgrim's Pride	Pittsburg	4.18
NewPage Holding	Miamisburg	4.15
Dollar General	Goodlettsville	4.13
Pacer International	Concord	4.09
Hovnanian Enterprises	Red Bank	4.08
Family Dollar Stores	Matthews	4.08
AMR	Fort Worth	4.06
Universal American	Rye Brook	4.04
Quiksilver	Huntington Beach	4.04
KeyCorp	Cleveland	4.04
Regions Financial	Birmingham	4.00
Macy's	Cincinnati	3.99
Spherion	Fort Lauderdale	3.95
Delphi	Troy	3.94
Universal Forest Products	Grand Rapids	3.90
Harrah's Entertainment	Las Vegas	3.88
Boise	Boise	3.86
Ford Motor	Dearborn	3.78
US Airways Group	Tempe	3.75
Las Vegas Sands	Las Vegas	3.73
U.S. Postal Service	Washington	3.71
UAL	Chicago	3.70
Beazer Homes USA	Atlanta	3.67
WellCare Health Plans	Tampa	3.60
Sears Holdings	Hoffman Estates	3.52
Citigroup	New York	3.41
YRC Worldwide	Overland Park	3.27
Health Net	Woodland Hills	3.26
Boise Cascade Holdings	Boise	3.24
Boyd Gaming	Las Vegas	3.03
Dillard's	Little Rock	2.67
AbitibiBowater	Greenville	2.57

From the March 22, 2010 issue

Top 50 Headquarters

Show: Top 50 | All Most Admired: The Americas | Europe | Asia/Australia

Pick a country

Country	No. of most admired cos.

Australia	1
Belgium	1
Brazil	2
Britain	16
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	3
China	2

Finland	2
France	18
Germany	23
India	2
Ireland	1
Italy	3

Japan	11
Luxembourg	1
Mexico	1
Netherlands	2
Norway	1

Singapore	3
South Korea	5
Spain	3
Sweden	3
Switzerland	9
Turkey	1
USA	232

Innovation	Quality of management
People management	Financial soundness
Use of corporate assets	Long-term investment
Social responsibility	Product/services quality
Global competitiveness