29 Phl firms in World's Best Companies list

Ayala Corp., the country's oldest conglomerate, led the list of 29 Philippine companies that made it to the World's Best Companies of 2025 in the Asia-Pacific by TIME and Statista.

- Richmond Mercurio

The dimensions considered for the ranking were employee satisfaction, financial performance and sustainability transparency.

The scores of the three dimensions were added on an equal percentage basis to form the final ranking score of a maximum of 100 points.

Ayala landed 46th among 500 companies named in the list, with an overall score of 91.71.

Two other Filipino companies cracked the top 100 - Ramon Ang-led diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. at 85th and Frederick Dychaired Security Bank Corp. at 88th.

SM Investments Corp., the investment holding company of the Sy family, landed at 109th, followed by the group's banking arm BDO Unibank at 112th.

Asian food conglomerate Jollibee Foods Corp. ranked 116th, while the Sy family's integrated property developer SM Prime Holdings Inc. was at 121st place.