America’s Best Startup Employers 2025

For the sixth time, Statista, in cooperation with Forbes Media, have recognized “America’s Best Startup Employers”.

Clear and detailed methodology
Segmented by states and industry
Partnered with Forbes

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America’s Best Startup Employers 2025

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Project Details

About the project

The ranking for America’s Best Startup Employers 2025 is based on data on employer reputation collected using a social listening approach, reviews about employees’ satisfaction and analysis of the growth of the company. To determine and award the top performing startup employers, 3000 companies were selected with in-depth analysis and evaluated on the three areas (company’s reputation, employees’ satisfaction and growth).

3,000

Companies evaluated

500

Companies awarded

methodology

How we work

Concept

The employee surveys conducted by Statista R are carried out independently of the potentially awarded employer brands. This reduces distortion of the results that could arise from non-anonymous surveys (e.g. social desirability in response behavior). The focus on willingness to recommend and on general questions about working conditions allows for comparability across heterogeneous sectors.

Data collection

For data collection, Statista R programs detailed online questionnaires that ask survey participants about work-related topics. Statista R works with leading online access panels worldwide to identify suitable participants. During the survey, the incoming evaluations are checked for quality & validity (interview length, variances, inconsistencies) and sorted accordingly.

Evaluation

For the evaluation, Statista R applies a scoring model that primarily relies on the direct and indirect evaluation of the respondents. This includes both the evaluation of the respondent’s own employer as well as the evaluation of other employers from the same industry.

Quality Assurance

For each potential award-winning employer brand, the number of employees and the headquarters in the respective country are researched. This step serves as quality assurance and is presented as information in the publication.

A detailed report on our methodology is available here.

Partnership

Our reliable partner

Forbes Media is a global media, branding and technology company, with a focus on news and information concerning business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles. The company publishes Forbes, Forbes Asia, and Forbes Europe magazines as well as Forbes.com.

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