Companies can nominate themselves for the Best Places to Work program from September 15 – October 31 2025. 

The Best Places to Work program does not have a standard nomination form.

To be considered, companies must submit information about their company through its Builtin.com Company Profile. You can find the seven things a company must submit under the “How To Be Considered” section of this webpage. 

Note: All information must be submitted through a company’s BuiltIn.com Company Profile, not a local market profile.

Companies are able to check if all of the steps have been completed to be considered for our 2026 Best Places to Work program or what steps are still needing to be done to be considered.

Starting September 15h, here’s how to check your eligibility status:

• Navigate to Edit Company Profile Webpage. If you are already an admin on your BuiltIn.com Company Profile, log-in and click Edit Company Profile under your company’s logo in the top right hand corner of the page. If you are not able to edit your Company Profile, email [email protected] and we will give you access to do so.
• Click on Best Places to Work Eligibility. You’ll find this option on the left-hand side of the Edit Company Profile page.
• Once there, you’ll see which steps still need to be completed in order to be considered for the 2026 Best Places to Work Program.

We highly recommend searching for your company first on Builtin.com prior to building a new Company Profile. There is a chance a past colleague has already built one for you.

If you do not see your company in your search on BuiltIn.com, we’ve created this guide to help you build one.

If you are unable to edit your BuiltIn.com Company Profile, email [email protected] and we will give you access to do so.

Yes. If your employees submit salaries for your company via our salary tool, these will be factored into your Best Places to Work consideration. Recall, salary information is fully anonymous and is not publicly tied to your company in any way. 

Companies who have some employees working from an office and some working remotely can still participate in our Best Places to Work program. We do not have a national award that companies can nominate themselves for that exclusively recognizes hybrid employers; however, they can nominate themselves for any of our location-based awards and/or the Remote awards list.

In addition to recognizing the top employers across the U.S., we will also be individually recognizing employers within the largest tech hubs: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC.

• If Workplace Type is Hybrid or Onsite, they will only be considered for Location-based Lists.
• If Workplace Type is Remote AND they have offices listed, they will be considered for both Remote AND Location-Based lists.
• If Workplace Type is Remote and they do NOT have offices listed, they will only be considered for Remote lists.

No. You simply need to have the required criteria completed that is listed in the Builtin.com eligibility tracker.

Winners will be featured on Builtin.com , which attracts millions of users each month. Built In will also be sharing a press release and have a dedicated social plan to promote the winners.

Best Places to Work winners will receive digital assets to help them promote their win externally. They will also have the attention of millions of candidates who are coming to BuiltIn.com monthly to find employers of choice.

Best Places to Work winners will be announced in mid-January 2026.

If your company is chosen as a 2026 Best Places to Work winner, you will be notified in mid-November via email. However, you won’t be able to speak publicly about your win until mid-January 2026. This allows you time to prepare promotional materials about your win. The email notification will come from [email protected].

No. Companies must be located in the U.S. to be eligible for the Best Places to Work program.

Winners are determined using an algorithm that assesses the perks and benefits information and salaries that are submitted to Built In. Each of these categories represent 50 percent of a company’s assessment. We do not assess any other factors beyond the information they provide to us in this program.

No. It is free to participate in Best Places to Work. 

No. All companies who are based in the U.S. are able to submit themselves for consideration. Companies who wish to nominate themselves must have a Builtin.com Company Profile and submit the required information through it (see “How to Be Considered” section of this webpage for more information).

If you do not have a BuiltIn.com Company Profile, it is free to build one. Here is a guide on how to create a Builtin.com Company Profile.  Also, there is no benefit to being a Built In partner when choosing winners.