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Blue Ribbon Companies 2026: See which tech giant made more Fortune lists than any other in the past year

To qualify for the Blue Ribbon list, a company must appear on at least five of our 10 most rigorous annual rankings.

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’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

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

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