World's Most Admired Companies

States

To appear as Most Admired, a company must have scored in the top half of its industry survey. The rest are listed as contenders.

Most Admired

Company	City	Industry rank
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	Phoenix	5
Avnet	Phoenix	1

Contenders

Company	City	Industry rank
US Airways Group	Tempe	11
Insight Enterprises	Tempe	9

From the March 21, 2011 issue

Top 50 Headquarters

Show: Top 50 | All Most Admired: The Americas | Europe | Asia/Australia

Pick a state

State	No. of most admired cos.

Alabama	0
Alaska	0
Arizona	2
Arkansas	2
California	35
Colorado	2
Connecticut	6
Delaware	1
District of Columbia	0
Florida	7
Georgia	8
Hawaii	0

Idaho	1
Illinois	21
Indiana	4
Iowa	0
Kansas	0
Kentucky	3
Louisiana	0
Maine	0
Maryland	6
Massachusetts	8
Michigan	7
Minnesota	8
Mississippi	0
Missouri	4
Montana	0

Nebraska	2
Nevada	1
New Hampshire	0
New Jersey	12
New Mexico	0
New York	33
North Carolina	4
North Dakota	0
Ohio	12
Oklahoma	1
Oregon	1
Pennsylvania	7

Rhode Island	1
South Carolina	1
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	5
Texas	11
Utah	0
Vermont	0
Virginia	10
Washington	8
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	5
Wyoming	0

Top 3

Company	Industry rank
Apple	1
Google	1
Nike	1

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Company	Industry rank
Goldman Sachs Group	1
Apple	1
Walt Disney	1

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Company	Industry rank
Google	1
Apple	1
McDonald's	1

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How we pick the Most Admired

The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group start with about 1,400 companies... More

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