Founding Edition 2026
Data notes
Short notes that each answer one question from the published ranking of 250 workplaces. Every figure is computed from the open data: counts, averages, ranges and gaps, with the method stated.
- Indian companies and multinationals: where the gap sits, pillar by pillarIndian companies in India's Most Loved 250 Workplaces 2026 average 67.1 and multinationals' India operations average 72.3, a gap of 5.2 points in favour of multinationals; the widest pillar gap is Transparency & Accountability, where multinationals average 12 points higher.
- Which sectors place the highest share of organisations in the A bandsTechnology, software and semiconductors has the highest share of A-band organisations in India's Most Loved 250 Workplaces 2026: 11 of 13 (85%), against 91 of 250 (36%) overall.
- How far apart organisations in the same sector scoreScores within IT services, BPO and GCC span 46 points (50 to 96), the widest spread of any sector group; Consumer durables and electronics spans 11 (65 to 76), the narrowest.
- The top 10 organisations: strongest and weakest pillar, and the gap between themEven among the top 10, pillar scores are uneven: Larsen & Toubro has a 19-point gap between its strongest (Equitable Opportunity, 95) and weakest (Psychological Safety, 76) pillars.
- How scores fall from first place to 250thComposite scores fall from 96 at rank 1 to 50 at rank 250; 54 organisations score 80 or more and 7 score 90 or more.
- The weakest and strongest pillar in each sector groupPsychological Safety is the lowest-averaging pillar in 12 of the 19 sector groups, as it is across all 250 organisations (63.8).
- How closely the five pillar scores move togetherAcross the 250 organisations, Psychological Safety and Representation & Inclusion move most closely together (correlation 0.98); Transparency & Accountability and Trust & Belonging move least closely (0.69).
- Who leads each of the five pillarsThe 5 pillars are led by 8 different organisations in India's Most Loved 250 Workplaces 2026; 2 pillars have a shared top score.
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