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Most Admired
Company Industry Overall score
1 Aramark 6.62
2 Iron Mountain 6.16
3 Hewitt Associates 5.87
4 Convergys 5.60
5 Cintas 5.50
Contenders
Company Industry Overall score
6 Brink's 5.02
7 ABM Industries 5.00
8 ServiceMaster 4.45
9 Sodexo 4.16
10 Compass Group PLC 3.96
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