Endress+Hauser recognized for innovativeness and employer brand 

An impressive number of business and news publications from the USA, Germany and Switzerland have again included Endress+Hauser in their ‘best companies’ lists. The rankings are based on aspects such as innovativeness, employer brand, company culture and sustainability. 

The measurement technology and automation specialist has made it into the Time magazine ‘World’s Best Companies’ list for 2025. The US news publication compiles the rankings in partnership with the German market research institute Statista. Companies are scored on three criteria: employee satisfaction, revenue growth and sustainability. On this basis, Endress+Hauser has been ranked among the world’s 1,000 best companies. 

Forbes has included Endress+Hauser in its 2025 list of the World’s Best Employers. This ranking is also prepared in cooperation with Statista. It rates companies on criteria such as salary, career advancement opportunities, work-life balance and how likely their employees are to recommend them to family and friends. The list gives the 900 companies who achieved the best aggregate rating across all criteria. 

The Swiss business magazines Bilanz and PME publish an annual list of the country’s most innovative companies. In the latest ranking, Endress+Hauser has taken fifth place in the ‘large enterprises with over 250 employees’ category. Statista assessed the companies on their general innovative capacity, product innovation and innovation culture, taking into account both employee feedback and expert opinions.

The German news magazine Focus has named Endress+Hauser as one of the most innovative companies in Germany. The ‘Leading Innovators 2026’ list includes around 400 companies from 30 sectors. The research institute FactField compiled the list for Focus by ranking companies on a range of criteria, including strategy and innovation culture, products and services, and processes.

The German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche has listed Endress+Hauser in the ‘measurement technology for industrial processes and automation’ sector category of its ‘Weltmarktführer Champions 2026’ ranking. The list is drawn up annually by Professor Christoph Müller of the University of St. Gallen.

To qualify, a company must, among other things, be the world No. 1 or 2 on turnover in at least one relevant market segment. It must also generate at least 50 percent of its turnover from exports. Further, the turnover must be earned on at least three continents.