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Updated: 10/18/2021
To be a more useful resource, we’ve compiled the following publicly available “best companies for women” lists from third parties or other rankings of companies for gender-related issues. These lists are based on publicly available information and do not constitute an endorsement. Where companies also appear on one of Fairygodboss’ top-rated employers for women, we have indicated this with an asterix (*).
Each organization that publishes a list uses their own methodology and for complete and up-to-date information, you should consult each organization’s website.
The 50 best workplaces for parents 2016
Fortune’s first-ever list of the 50 Best Workplaces for Parents highlights companies with flexible scheduling, supportive coworkers, and an emphasis on balance. Rankings are determined by employee surveys and other office metrics.
  1. PricewaterhouseCoopers *
  2. Edward Jones
  3. Ultimate Software
  4. VMware
  5. Alston & Bird
  6. Cooley
  7. Kimley-Horn
  8. Quicken Loans
  9. Comcast
  10. Deloitte *
  11. Workday
  12. JM Family Enterprises
  13. The Boston Consulting Group *
  14. Plante & Moran
  15. SAS Institute
  16. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
  17. Nvidia
  18. Intuit
  19. Arnold & Porter
  20. Crowe Horwath
  21. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  22. Zillow Group
  23. CHG Healthcare Services
  24. Stryker
  25. Baird
  26. Salesforce *
  27. Ernst & Young *
  28. Camden Property Trust
  29. Patagonia
  30. Perkins Coie
  31. Marriott International
  32. Aflac
  33. EKS&H
  34. SAP America
  35. Mars
  36. Cadence
  37. Capital One Financial
  38. Scripps Health
  39. USAA
  40. Nugget Market
  41. American Express*
  42. Atlantic Health System
  43. Baker Donelson
  44. Roche Diagnostics
  45. Cisco *
  46. IMA Financial Group
  47. CA Technologies
  48. Rackspace
  49. OppenheimerFunds
  50. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) Top Companies For Executive Women (2017)


Anita Borg’s List of Top Companies for Women Technologists (2016)

Anita Borg is a non-profit enterprise that believes “women are vital to building technology the world needs.” They named 25 top organizations who "are leaders in recruiting, retaining and advancing more women in technical roles" in 2016. You can read more about their methodology here.
Working Mother Best Companies (2016)

Working Mother Research Institute, part of Working Mother, provides women with this list based on an extensive application process that involves “more than 400 questions” on companies’ policies, workforce representation, benefits, and more.
Diversity Woman's Best 100 Companies for Women's Leadership Development (2015)

Diversity Woman Magazine’s mission is to help “smart, savvy women of all races, cultures, and backgrounds achieve their career and business goals.”
100 Best Workplaces for Women By Fortune & Great Places to Work

Fortune, in partnership with Great Places to Work, compiled their second inaugural list of 100 Best Workplaces for Women in 2016.
  1. Texas Health Resources
  2. Child Trends
  3. Build-A-Bear Workshop
  4. Ultimate Software
  5. PrimeLending
  6. Baptist Health South Florida
  7. Edward Jones
  8. Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Forth Worth
  9. Keeping Current Matters
  10. Navy Federal Credit Union
  11. Quicken Loans
  12. Sheetz
  13. Camden Property Trust
  14. Granite Properties
  15. N2 Publishing
  16. Scripps Health
  17. Acceleration Partners
  18. Methodist Le Bonehur Healthcare
  19. The Container Store
  20. Tri County Tech
  21. Mountain America Credit Union
  22. Retrofit
  23. Workday
  24. Communications Strategy Group
  25. Hyatt Hotels
  26. HRMS Solutions
  27. 4imprint
  28. Peppercomm
  29. Plante Moran
  30. Veterans United Home Loans
  31. Total Merchange Services
  32. Atlantic Health System
  33. Evergreen Home Loans
  34. CHG Healthcare Services
  35. Wegmans Food Markets
  36. First American Equipment Finance
  37. ZestFinance
  38. ESL Federal Credit Union
  39. OhioHealth
  40. Roth Staffing Companies
  41. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  42. First American Financial
  43. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
  44. ACUITY Insurance
  45. Assurance
  46. Horizon Media
  47. Meridian Health
  48. Genentech
  49. Cooley
  50. The McKnight Foundation
  51. The Boston Consulting Group*
  52. Cornerstone OnDemand
  53. Baker Donelson
  54. National MI
  55. Workiva
  56. Hilton Worldwide
  57. Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
  58. Intuit
  59. Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services
  60. Transwestern
  61. Ardor Health Solutions
  62. JM Family Enterprises
  63. WellStar Health System
  64. Yale-New Haven Hospital
  65. Nugget Market
  66. Novo Nordisk
  67. Recreational Equitment (REI)
  68. Perkins Coie
  69. SECURA Insurance
  70. Traverse Dental Associates
  71. Houston Methodist
  72. Aflac
  73. USAA
  74. SAS Institute
  75. Alston & Bird
  76. Ryan
  77. American Express*
  78. Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
  79. L.L. Bean
  80. TEKsystems
  81. Marriott International
  82. Etsy
  83. Concord Hospitality Enterprises
  84. KAYAK Software
  85. Dixon Schwabl
  86. Healthwise
  87. PURE Insurance
  88. Licking Memorial Health Systems
  89. Momentous Institute
  90. Prometheus Real Estate Group
  91. Capital One Financial
  92. Acorda Therapeutics
  93. EKS&H
  94. Autodesk
  95. West Bend Mutual Insurance
  96. Robert W. Baird
  97. Crowe Horwath
  98. Bright Horizons Family Solutions
  99. Hunton & Williams
  100. American Fidelity
GetLedbetter

Ledbetter is a research group that runs a database and application showcasing the number of women in leadership at the world’s top consumer brands and companies. It produces a gender equality index for company leadership. Their list is not a “best company” list per se; they simply rank companies based on the gender equality of their leadership team composition, so the higher the company’s position on the below list, the more gender equal their leadership team is.
  1. H&M Group
  2. Kering
  3. Gap, Inc.
  4. Etsy
  5. Best Buy
  6. Prada Group
  7. Diageo
  8. Target*
  9. Unilever
  10. Avon
  11. L’Oreal
  12. Coach
  13. Marriott International
  14. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
  15. Kellogg Company
  16. Kimberly-Clark
  17. J.C. Penney
  18. RBC
  19. Wells Fargo*
  20. Burberry
  21. Macy’s
  22. Fannie Mae
  23. Pier 1 Imports
  24. Texas Instruments
  25. Tiffany & Co.
  26. Salesforce*
  27. Bank of America
  28. GM
  29. TIAA
  30. PepsiCo*
  31. Dollar General
  32. Whirlpool
  33. Yahoo!
  34. Twitter
  35. Xerox
  36. Walgreens Boots Alliance
  37. HP Inc*
  38. AmerisourceBergen
  39. Viacom
  40. Procter & Gamble
  41. Cisco Systems*
  42. CVS Health
  43. Nordstrom
  44. Neiman Marcus
  45. Pfizer
  46. The Dannon Company, Inc.
  47. General Mills
  48. Visa
  49. Starbucks
  50. Alphabet
  51. MassMutual Financial Group
  52. Lockheed Martin
  53. Decker Outdoor Corporation
  54. Aetna
  55. Cardinal Health
  56. New York Life
  57. Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
  58. UPS
  59. Walmart
  60. URBN
  61. Siemens
  62. The Home Depot*
  63. MetLife
  64. Lululemon
  65. Abbott Laboratories
  66. Microsoft*
  67. Southwest Airlines
  68. McKesson
  69. Phillips 66
  70. Kroger
  71. Staples
  72. eBay
  73. The J.M. Smucker Company
  74. Allstate
  75. PVH Group
  76. Johnson & Johnson
  77. Berkshire Hathaway
  78. Philips
  79. Tyson Foods
  80. Accenture*
  81. American Airlines
  82. The Walt Disney Company
  83. DuPont
  84. Hermes
  85. McDonald’s
  86. Harley-Davidson
  87. The Hershey Company
  88. Mondelez International
  89. Cigna
  90. The Coca-Cola Company*
  91. Tesoro
  92. Colgate-Palmolive
  93. Deutsche Post DHL Group
  94. IBM*
  95. General Electric*
  96. MasterCard
  97. Nike
  98. TimeWarner
  99. Brinker International
  100. Sears Holdings
  101. Facebook
  102. JPMorgan Chase*
  103. Hewlett Packard Enterprise*
  104. Campbell Soup Company
  105. Allianz
  106. Pandora
  107. Netflix
  108. Verizon Communications
  109. TJX Companies
  110. LVMH Group
  111. AT&T
  112. USAA
  113. Nestle
  114. Jack in the Box Inc.
  115. ConocoPhillips
  116. FedEx
  117. LinkedIn
  118. BMW Group
  119. Adobe
  120. Alcoa
  121. Lowe’s
  122. Merck
  123. Prudential Financial
  124. Citigroup
  125. Aflac
  126. AXA
  127. Revlon
  128. Deere & Company
  129. General Dynamics
  130. Johnson Controls
  131. Valero
  132. UnitedHealth Group
  133. Ascena Retail Group
  134. Reckitt Benckiser Group
  135. Oracle
  136. Corning
  137. American Express*
  138. HSBC
  139. AIG
  140. Ralph Lauren Corporation
  141. Whole Foods Market
  142. 3M
  143. Daimler AG
  144. Nokia
  145. Ingram Micro
  146. Heineken
  147. Chevron
  148. Ford Motor Company
  149. Inditex
  150. Boeing
  151. IKEA
  152. Raytheon
  153. OnDeck Capital
  154. Thomson Reuters
  155. Sysco
  156. Humana
  157. ConAgra Foods
  158. Intel
  159. Rite Aid
  160. Apple
  161. Adidas Group
  162. Hugo Boss
  163. Lindt & Sprüngli
  164. Morgan Stanley
  165. Anthem
  166. IAC
  167. Shake Shack
  168. Honeywell International
  169. Express Scripts
  170. JetBlue Airways
  171. Amazon
  172. Union Pacific
  173. HCA Holdings
  174. Mattel
  175. The Kraft Heinz Company
  176. Nationwide
  177. The Lego Group
  178. Dow Chemical
  179. United Technologies
  180. Caterpillar
  181. Bed Bath & Beyond
  182. CHS
  183. Michael's
  184. PayPal
  185. Goldman Sachs
  186. Volkswagen
  187. Restaurant Brands International
  188. Crocs
  189. Royal Dutch Shell
  190. United Continental Holdings
  191. Halliburton
  192. Freddie Mac
  193. Huawei
  194. Delta Air Lines
  195. 21st Century Fox
  196. Philip Morris International
  197. Bel Group
  198. SAP
  199. Archer Daniels Midland
  200. Yum Brands
  201. Marathon Petroleum
  202. Enterprise Products Partners
  203. Tech Data
  204. AB InBev
  205. Sprint
  206. Comcast
  207. US Foods
  208. T-Mobile
  209. State Farm
  210. L Brands
  211. Discovery Communications
  212. ExxonMobil
  213. Costco
  214. CBS Corporation
  215. Life Time Fitness
  216. Chipotle Mexican Grill
  217. Constellation Brands
  218. Las Vegas Sands
  219. INTL FCStone
  220. Sony
  221. Newell Brands
  222. Panasonic
  223. Honda
  224. Toyota
  225. Compagnie Financière Richemont
  226. Plains GP Holdings
  227. World Fuel Services
  228. Energy Transfer Equity
  229. Kia Motors
  230. Coty
  231. Nintendo
  232. Nissan Motor Corporation
  233. Icahn Enterprises
  234. Samsung

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