Singapore tops Southeast Asia with 25 firms on Asia’s best workplaces list

Technology remained the country’s most represented industry.

Singapore placed 25 companies on Great Place to Work’s 2026 Best Workplaces in Asia list, the highest number amongst Southeast Asian markets.

The city-state ranked fifth across Asia by company count, behind the United Arab Emirates with 42, India with 40, Greater China with 39 and Japan with 34.

Of Singapore’s 25 entrants, 20 were classified as large workplaces with at least 500 employees in Asia. The remaining five were in the small and medium category, covering companies with 50 to 499 employees.

Hilton retained the top position in Asia for a second consecutive year. Marriott International ranked second, followed by Cisco, AbbVie and DHL. All five companies were represented on Singapore’s list.

Micron Technology also entered the regional top 10 after rising 12 places to seventh.

Information technology formed the largest industry group in Singapore’s tally, with six companies, including Cisco in third place, Visa in 39th and Mastercard in 65th.

Manufacturing and production followed with four entrants, whilst hospitality and biotechnology and pharmaceuticals had three each. Singapore’s companies represented 10 industries in total.

Singapore was also the only Southeast Asian market with companies from the real estate sector on the list. JustCo placed fifth in the small and medium category, whilst Pontiac Land Group ranked 97th.

Ten Singapore entrants were new to the Asia ranking, including Allianz, Experian, Mastercard, Heineken, JustCo, Home Nursing Foundation and Pontiac Land Group.

Visa recorded the largest improvement among Singapore’s entrants, climbing 19 places from 58th to 39th. Micron Technology and Amgen each advanced 12 positions, with Amgen reaching 50th.

The regional list comprises 200 companies, divided equally between the large and small and medium categories.

Placement was determined entirely by employee survey responses, with no judging panel involved. Employees assessed areas such as leadership accessibility and honesty, fairness in pay and promotion, and whether their work was meaningful.

The 2026 ranking drew more than 3.8 million individual responses from companies employing over 8.9 million people across 36 countries and territories.

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