Higher trust characterizes the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For™ Europe

Great Place To Work® has analyzed over 1.2 million employee surveys to identify those organizations where trust and positive work experiences are particularly strong. The results form the basis for this year's list of the Fortune 100 Best Organizations to Work For™ Europe 2025 - published for the second time in collaboration with Fortune Europe.

Trust as the foundation of strong workplace cultures

For the selection, Europe-wide 1.5 million employees about their experiences in the workplace - from trust in leadership and practiced fairness to team spirit and pride.
Of which 1.2 million responses from organizations that met the criteria for the list.

To be considered, organizations must

    • Great Place To Work Certified™ be,
    • At least 500 employees employ
    • and 2024 or early 2025 on a national Best Workplaces™ list have been represented in one of the participating countries - including Switzerland.

    "Congratulations to Europe's top 100 employers," says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work®. "These organizations have earned this trust - and that's the key. Where people trust their managers and the organization, creativity is born. And this creativity not only creates economic success, but also contributes to a better world."

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    Also Grethe Schepers, List Manager Europe at Fortuneemphasizes: "The award-winning organizations show how crucial a supportive and inspiring working environment is for long-term success. They set the standard for modern workplace culture in Europe."

    Swiss organizations among the top 25 in Europe

    The complete list includes 100 organizations from all over Europewhich are characterized by a particularly high culture of trust.

    Among the Top 25 organizations in Europe are located:

      1. DHL Express
      2. Hilton
      3. AbbVie
      4. Stryker
      5. Cisco
      6. Alliance
      7. ServiceNow
      8. Specsavers
      9. Aviva
      10. Hilti
      11. MetLife
      12. Salesforce
      13. Amgen
      14. NVIDIA
      15. Admiral Group
      16. TP
      17. Axpo
      18. Novo Nordisk
      19. Siemens Healthineers
      20. GSK
      21. Sopra Steria
      22. Viatris
      23. Sii Polska
      24. Accenture
      25. Cadence

      👉 To the complete list

      Trust as a strategic success factor

      Whether in Zurich, Cyprus or Stockholm, this year's results make it clear that trust is far more than just a cultural soft factor. It is a strategic success factor that enables innovation, cohesion and sustainable growth.

      Organizations that manage to systematically build this trust - through transparent communication, fair leadership and genuine participation - create workplaces where people want to give their best, not have to.

      Because trust is no coincidence: it is the result of conscious decisions - for humanity, responsibility and a culture that inspires.

      Discover all Fortune 100 Best Organizations to Work For™ Europe 2025 - and be inspired by the workplace cultures that turn trust into success.

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