Most Loved Workplace®

    Trusted by the world's Most Loved Workplaces®

    Prove Your Culture.
    Attract Talent. Build Customer Trust.
    Get Certified.

    Most Loved Workplace® certification validates employees’ emotional connection to your company, giving you credible proof to strengthen your reputation and grow your business.

    • Around 92% of applicants choose a Most Loved Workplace®
    • Featured in WSJ / CNBC / Bloomberg
    • Scientifically validated Love of Workplace Index®
    Top Most Loved Workplace® for City 2026 — Certified by Best Practice InstituteAmerica's Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® 2026 — Certified by Best Practice InstituteTop Most Loved Workplace® Certified Company 2026 — Certified by Best Practice InstituteGlobal Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® 2026 — Certified by Best Practice InstituteTop Most Loved Workplace® for Industry 2026 — Certified by Best Practice Institute
    Career Advancement Certification 2026Most Loved Workplace® Certified Company 2026Young Professionals Certification 2026
    Women Certification 2026Parents and Caregivers Certification 2026Remote Work Certification 2026Top Most Loved CEO Certification 2026Wellness Certification 2026
    See If Your Company Qualifies

    Free eligibility check.

    1,800+ certified organizations · 2.8M employees benchmarked

    Not sure yet? Ask the Most Loved Workplace® GPT to find out if you're eligible in a minute.

    Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® featured in

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    2027 Applications Open - America's Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces®, featured in The Wall Street Journal. Review closes August 15.

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    Trusted by 1,800+ certified organizations

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    How certification works

    Three steps. One business day to start.

    01

    Get interviewed.

    A culture profile interview with our Certification Specialist. No sales pitch. We map how your organization already earns emotional connectedness before you spend a minute on data.

    Apply now →
    02

    Culture assessment.

    Employees complete the Love of Workplace Index® — a .95-reliability instrument built over 25 years. Open comments are analyzed with our BERT-based model so themes surface without bias.

    Apply now →
    03

    Get certified.

    You receive Love Analytics® results, your certification tier, the Employer Branding Toolkit, and eligibility across every Most Loved Workplace® list your workforce earns.

    Apply now →

    Why it matters

    Stand out and achieve more as a people-first company.

    Attract
    Data-backed

    A certification candidates trust because it's earned through employee evidence, not purchased.

    Retain
    2–4×

    Employees at certified Most Loved Workplaces® are 2–4× more likely to stay.

    Transform
    Actionable

    Love Analytics® gives leaders the specific culture levers to move next — by team, by tenure, by role.

    Grow
    4×

    Employees at certified organizations are 4× more likely to do their best work.

    What you receive

    Certification is employer brand infrastructure, not a badge.

    See how AI and candidates view you today, free.

    Run CertCheck at certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com — a 60-second scan of your public employer brand and AI visibility signals before you apply.

    Move from Bronze to Platinum on merit.

    Certified organizations progress through Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum tiers based on Love of Workplace Index® scores — never a paid upgrade.

    Show up when candidates ask AI about you.

    Your certified profile is syndicated to Visipage (visipage.ai), the AI-EO answer surface built so ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews cite verified culture data instead of guessing.

    Prove it across every audience.

    Affinity editorial spotlights — Women, Veterans, LGBTQ+, Neurodiversity, Career Advancement, Wellness, Parents and Caregivers — with eligibility earned through certification, not sponsorship.

    Ready-to-use brand assets from day one.

    Employer Branding Toolkit, Digital Certification Badge, and shareable social graphics for career pages, LinkedIn, and job posts.

    Put your CEO on the record.

    An earned-media interview and quote package published on bestpracticeinstitute.org, the 25-year research domain AI tools cite when answering workplace questions.