At the top of each year, Fortune takes a look back and tallies the companies that have shown up again and again, on ranking after ranking.
To qualify for Fortune’s Blue Ribbon list, a company must have appeared on at least five of our 10 most rigorous annual rankings in the prior year: the Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, Fortune 500 Europe, 100 Best Companies to Work For, Future 50, Change the World, World’s Most Admired Companies, 100 Fastest-Growing Companies, Most Powerful Women, or Most Powerful People.
See which companies made the past year’s Fortune Blue Ribbon list below. And be sure to check back for the first Fortune ranking of 2026, the World’s Most Admired Companies, which will publish Weds., Jan. 21.
Companies with seven list appearances
Only one company, Nvidia, made a total of seven list appearances:
Nvidia
No. 1 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 44 on Most Powerful Women
Appeared on Future 50
No. 1 on Fastest Growing Companies
No. 66 on Fortune Global 500
No. 31 on Fortune 500
No. 5 on Best Companies to Work For
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Companies with six appearances
Accenture
No. 11 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 2 on Most Powerful Women
No. 51 on Fortune Europe 500
No. 211 on Fortune Global 500
No. 7 on Best Companies to Work For
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Banco Santander
No. 20 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 5 on Most Powerful Women
No. 10 on Fortune Europe 500
No. 55 on Fortune Global 500
Appeared on Change the World
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Progressive
No. 61 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 17 on Most Powerful Women
No. 169 on Fortune Global 500
No. 57 on Fortune 500
No. 16 on Best Companies to Work For
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Walmart
No. 19 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 25 on Most Powerful Women
No. 1 on Fortune Global 500
No. 1 on Fortune 500
No. 100 on Best Companies to Work For
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Companies with five appearances
Alphabet
No. 6 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 24 on Most Powerful Women
No. 13 on Fortune Global 500
No. 7 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Amazon
No. 13 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 78 on Most Powerful Women
No. 2 on Fortune Global 500
No. 2 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Apple
No. 15 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 67 on Most Powerful Women
No. 8 on Fortune Global 500
No. 4 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Bank of America
No. 24 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 34 on Fortune Global 500
No. 17 on Fortune 500
No. 53 on Best Companies to Work For
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Christian Dior
No. 35 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 60 on Most Powerful Women
No. 27 on Fortune Europe 500
No. 117 on Fortune Global 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Costco Wholesale
No. 43 on Most Powerful Women
Appeared on Change the World
No. 20 on Fortune Global 500
No. 12 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Delta Air Lines
No. 72 on Fastest Growing Companies
No. 225 on Fortune Global 500
No. 70 on Fortune 500
No. 15 on Best Companies to Work For
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
DHL Group
No. 97 on Most Powerful Women
No. 28 on Fortune Europe 500
No. 124 on Fortune Global 500
No. 57 on Best Companies to Work For
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Elevance Health
No. 53 on Most Powerful Women
No. 37 on Fortune Global 500
No. 20 on Fortune 500
No. 46 on Best Companies to Work For
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
General Dynamics
No. 99 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 36 on Most Powerful Women
No. 318 on Fortune Global 500
No. 96 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Goldman Sachs Group
No. 36 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 66 on Most Powerful Women
No. 70 on Fortune Global 500
No. 32 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Inditex
No. 41 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 8 on Most Powerful Women
No. 101 on Fortune Europe 500
No. 375 on Fortune Global 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
JPMorgan Chase
No. 9 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 16 on Most Powerful Women
No. 19 on Fortune Global 500
No. 11 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
L’Oréal
No. 84 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 85 on Fortune Europe 500
Appeared on Change the World
No. 324 on Fortune Global 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Meta Platforms
No. 3 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 41 on Most Powerful Women
No. 41 on Fortune Global 500
No. 22 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Microsoft
No. 2 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 56 on Most Powerful Women
No. 22 on Fortune Global 500
No. 14 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Netflix
No. 57 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 31 on Most Powerful Women
No. 398 on Fortune Global 500
No. 116 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Salesforce
No. 52 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 411 on Fortune Global 500
No. 120 on Fortune 500
No. 31 on Best Companies to Work For
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
TIAA
No. 31 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 7 on Most Powerful Women
No. 326 on Fortune Global 500
No. 98 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Uber Technologies
No. 58 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 9 on Fastest Growing Companies
No. 347 on Fortune Global 500
No. 101 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
UPS
No. 100 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 58 on Most Powerful Women
No. 123 on Fortune Global 500
No. 47 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
Walt Disney
No. 81 on Most Powerful People in Business
No. 22 on Most Powerful Women
No. 122 on Fortune Global 500
No. 46 on Fortune 500
Appeared on World’s Most Admired Companies
By sector
| Sector | Number of Fortune Blue Ribbon companies |
| Technology | 8 |
| Financials | 6 |
| Retailing | 3 |
| Transportation | 3 |
| Apparel | 2 |
| Media | 2 |
| Aerospace and defense | 1 |
| Health care | 1 |
| Household and personal products | 1 |
| Grand total | 27 |
