Launched in April 2021, TIME100 Most Influential Companies identifies and celebrates businesses making the greatest impact around the world. An extension of the iconic TIME100, TIME100 Companies now recognizes over 200 businesses shaping the future across industries and for their impact initiatives.

This year offers three distinct forms of recognition through a single entry process: the flagship TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, the TIME100 Companies Impact Awards, and the new TIME100 Companies: Industry Leaders lists.

Any individual employed by a company or carrying out marketing or public relations on behalf of a company is eligible to submit an entry.

The company being entered must have made a significant impact or hit a major milestone—like releasing a new product, earning a major regulatory approval, securing a key partnership, or entering a new market—between June 2025 and May 2026.

More details about eligibility are available in the official rules.

For the lowest entry price of the season, you can submit by the early deadline, Friday, October 24, 2025. If you want or need more time to complete your entry, the next deadlines are the standard deadline, Friday, December 12, 2025, and the final deadline, Friday, January 16, 2026. All deadlines close at 11:59:59p.m. Pacific Time Zone.

Yes, like other award programs, we charge an entry fee to cover the time and effort required to underwrite and produce the lists. The entry fee ranges from $555 to $995 based on when the entry is submitted. A fee applies to each category entered.

The TIME100 Most Influential Companies flagship list spotlights 100 businesses changing the world. From emerging innovators to global giants, these companies are redefining what success and influence look like today.

The TIME100 Companies Impact Awards honor organizations that took actions to make extraordinary, measurable impact in the areas of AI, Sustainability, Health, Culture, and Equality—fields that are shaping the world’s most urgent conversations and boldest breakthroughs. One company will be recognized in each category.

Yes, companies will be required to submit additional information to be considered for the TIME100 Companies Impact Awards. Each entrant must demonstrate a specific, impactful initiative in the given sector, evidence that the initiative is changing lives and approximately how many, and plans to ensure the initiative’s lasting impact.

The TIME100 Companies: Industry Leaders are curated lists that celebrate standout companies within specific industries. These lists will be published exclusively on TIME.com in the lead up to the announcement of the flagship list and the Impact Award honorees.

200 companies will be recognized across 20 sectors providing meaningful industry recognition and ensuring more companies receive prestigious recognition for their sector leadership.

No, there are no additional entry form requirements. By selecting at least one Industry & Sub-sector category, your single entry automatically makes you eligible for both the TIME100 Most Influential Companies flagship list and the corresponding TIME100 Companies: Industry Leaders list.

This year brings an exciting expansion to TIME100 Companies. The Industry & Sub-sector categories have been restructured to better reflect today’s business landscape and to facilitate direct peer comparison for the new TIME100 Companies: Industry Leaders lists.

Selecting at least one category makes you eligible for the TIME100 Most Influential Companies flagship list.

The Industry & Sub-sector categories are divided by broad industry themes to identify business focus areas. Entering in one or more of these categories also makes you eligible for the corresponding TIME100 Companies: Industry Leaders list.

The Impact Award categories highlight exceptional contributions in critical fields. Select any that apply for additional consideration for the TIME100 Companies Impact Awards.

Choose the Industry & Sub-sector categories that best represent your company’s business focus areas and/or any relevant Impact Award categories to highlight specific initiatives that made extraordinary, measurable impact.

For example, a financial technology company could enter industry segments under both Finance and Technology and select an Impact Award category to showcase different aspects of their business. This would make them eligible for all three pathways to recognition.

Yes, you can apply to multiple relevant categories to maximize your recognition opportunities. Companies can select categories under multiple industry themes and add applicable Impact Award categories to increase their chances across all three recognition pathways.

The ‘Other’ Industry & Sub-sector categories are for companies whose work doesn’t fit clearly into the industry segments listed but still belong within that main sector.

The entry form provides opportunities to detail your company’s unique value proposition, business model, and industry impact regardless of which category you select.

Yes, you can enter more than one company provided that you complete a separate entry for each one.

Every entry is reviewed by TIME’s editorial team with the help of correspondents and trusted experts. They evaluate companies on key criteria including impact, innovation, ambition, success, and relevance looking at the unique forms these qualities take in today’s business landscape.

No single data point or financial metric determines selection. Instead, TIME editors study a mosaic of qualities to identify companies whose work sets new standards for influence and leadership.

No, the lists are not ranked. All companies recognized are designated as the “Most Influential" of the year.

The TIME100 Companies lists are published and promoted to TIME’s global audience of over 120 million readers.

TIME100 Most Influential Companies: Featured across TIME’s print magazine, website, newsletters, and social media channels
TIME100 Companies Impact Awards: Honorees are highlighted within the flagship list coverage
TIME100 Companies: Industry Leaders: Will be published exclusively on TIME.com leading up to the announcement of the flagship list

The flagship TIME100 Most Influential Companies list will be announced in late April 2026, with the TIME100 Companies: Industry Leaders lists published on TIME.com in the lead up to the flagship announcement.

Yes, a company can be recognized through multiple pathways—on the flagship TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, on one or more TIME100 Companies: Industry Leaders lists, and/or with a TIME100 Companies Impact Award.

We will notify honorees on a rolling basis beginning in April 2026, prior to the publication of the final lists.

If selected, companies receive a write-up outlining what they do and why they are influential. They also become part of the exclusive TIME100 community—a group that TIME editors return to throughout the year for coverage, expertise, and events.

Additionally, recognized companies and their leaders may appear on the cover of TIME, and select CEOs are eligible to contribute opinion articles to TIME.

While TIME cannot guarantee external promotion, TIME100 Most Influential Companies has historically received extensive media attention.

Additionally, companies will have the option to license TIME100 Companies content and seals for use in marketing and promotional materials.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so you may continue to edit your entry until the deadline for which you paid.

To secure a specific pricing tier, your entry must be completed and submitted by that deadline at 11:59:59PM PST. Once you have submitted and the deadline passes, no further edits can be made to your entry.

If you are submitting confidential or embargoed information, please note that in the entry form and it will be honored.

If you have additional questions, please reach out to help.time100companies@awards-support.com.