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TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies

Which businesses and corporate leaders are shaping our future? This is the question at the heart of the TIME100 Most Influential Companies.
TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies

TIME's annual list of the 100 most influential companies highlights the businesses making an extraordinary impact on our world and are selected through nominations from industry experts as well as editors and correspondents across multiple sectors, including health care, entertainment, technology.

TIME evaluates each company based on several key factors (relevance, impact, innovation, leadership, ambition, and success) that results in a final list then organized into categories: Pioneers, Titans, Leaders, Innovators, and Disruptors.

TIME100 Most Influential Companies (Staff - TIME)

Below are the companies selected in each category, and in the magazine's special edition, each business is accompanied by a brief explanation of their unique influence.

PIONEERS: Kaling International, Green Mountain Power, Bicycle Health, OpenSea, Rec Room, Together Labs, Astroscale, Biobot Analytics, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, IonQ, The Sandbox, Redwood Materials, Trek Bicycle, BlocPower, FOLX Health, OpenAI, Be Rooted, Wonderschool, and Axiom Space.
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TITANS: Amazon, Pfizer, UPS, Alphabet, Capital One, United Airlines, Maersk, Nubank, Ford, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Walmart, NVIDIA, BYD Co. Ltd., Disney, Netflix, and the National Football League.
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LEADERS: HYBE, Spotify, Airbnb, Alaska Airlines, EV Connect, Upwork, Sony, Calm, Nextdoor, HOK, Curaleaf, Impossible Foods, Orsted, Nykaa, Patagonia, Balenciaga, Kami, Reddit, Revolut, Sotheby's, DoorDash, and Walgreens.
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INNOVATORS: Rivian, SoFi, Moderna, Guild Education, Climeworks, NoTraffic, Peanut, Klarna, Grammarly, Modulate, Pigeonly, Flexport, Joro, Rendever, Athletic Brewing Company, Perfect Day, Fading West, Flock Freight, Allbirds, and Wyze.
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DISRUPTORS: Engine No. 1, AMC Entertainment Holdings, TikTok, Opibus, Starry, SKIMS, Twiga Foods, Thrive Market, Supergoop!, NSO Group, Divvy Homes, GoTo Group, Shein, Paxful, GoodRx, The Pinkfong Company, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Too Good To Go, Sonder, and SpinLaunch.
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