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More than 100 organizations, large and small, will earn a spot on Fast Company's annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list. We will also be naming multiple honorees in each of our category sub-lists. If your company has fostered an innovative culture, then Fast Company wants to tell the world—but you must apply.

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All winners will be featured in our Fall issue and on fastcompany.com.
 

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Be honored as an employer of choice, and elevate your firm’s employer brand.
 
 

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Best Workplaces for Innovators Main List

This is the definitive list of the Best Workplaces for Innovators, recognizing the companies that most effectively cultivate creative problem-solving and breakthrough thinking across the entire enterprise
 
 

Advertising, Marketing, and PR  NEW 

Recognizing enterprises in advertising, marketing, or PR that are empowering employees to innovate through the use of new technologies or effective processes
 

AI, Automation, and Machine Learning Excellence

Recognizing companies that have thrived through innovative uses of new technologies
 
 

Biotech, Healthcare, and Life Sciences  NEW 

Recognizing enterprises in the biotech, healthcare, and life sciences fields that are empowering employees to innovate through the use of new technologies or effective processes
 

Cybersecurity and Enterprise Software  NEW 

Recognizing cybersecurity and enterprise software companies that are empowering employees to innovate through the use of new technologies or effective processes
 
 

Financial Services and Fintech  NEW 

Recognizing fintech and financial services companies that are empowering employees to innovate through the use of new technologies or effective processes
 

Industrial and Manufacturing  NEW 

Recognizing industrial or manufacturing companies that are empowering employees to innovate through the use of new technologies or effective processes
 
 

Skilled Laborers  NEW 

Recognizing companies that encourage innovation among skilled tradespeople, many of whom may have risen through vocational tech programs or apprenticeships (for example, automotive mechanics and HVAC specialists)
 

Technology and Science  NEW 

Recognizing tech and science companies that have empowered employees to innovate through the use of new technologies or effective processes
 
 

Best Workplaces for Innovators North America

Workplaces based in the North America that have invested in human capital and innovation infrastructure in their home markets
 

Best Workplaces for Innovators Asia-Pacific Region

Workplaces based in the Asia-Pacific region that have invested in human capital and innovation infras