Winners were announced today in the 2026 People's Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies, an annual feature of The International Business Awards®. The International Business Awards are the world's only international, all-encompassing business awards program, now in its 23rd year.
The worldwide public vote was conducted in August and September, with the highest number of votes determining the People's Choice winners across various industries. More than 34,000 votes were cast. All Stevie Award winners in the Company/Organization of the Year categories in this year's International Business Awards (IBA) were eligible to be included in the vote.
Winners of the crystal People's Choice Stevie Awards will be honored during a Fall Event on 28 October at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris, France. Tickets for the event are now on sale. The winners of peer-adjudicated Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards will also be recognized during the ceremony.
The winners of the 2026 People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies in IBAs are:
Banking: BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Business & Professional Services – Medium & Large: PT Permata Graha Nusantara
Business & Professional Services – Small: Dream Culture
Computer Services: Stefanini Consultoria e Assessoria em Informática S.A.
Computer Software: Multisys Technologies Corporation
Conglomerates: SM Investments Corporation
Consumer Products: For Keeps
Consumer Services: Just Kidz Emergency Medical
Cybersecurity: TeckPath
Diversified Services: Virtual Elves Agency Australia
Education & EdTech: YÜKSEKBİLGİLİ EĞİTİM & DANIŞMANLIK
Financial Services: BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Food & Beverage: pladis
Health Products & Services: ANYTIME COUNSELLING PTY LTD
Health Providers: Just Kidz Emergency Medical
Hospitality & Leisure: Beyond the Valley LLP
Insurance: VUMI Group
Internet/New Media: Network Solutions
Manufacturing: pladis
Materials & Construction: Aboitiz Construction, Inc.
Media & Entertainment: Jasmine Norris Photography
Non-Profit or Government Organizations: Megaworld Foundation, Inc.
Real Estate: First National Real Estate Bundaberg
Retail: Rossmann Türkiye
Telecommunications: Viettel Group (Viettel Burundi)
Transportation: BEVALDIA OE
Venture Capital & Private Equity: George Capital Finance Solutions
Entries for The 24th (2027) International Business Awards will be accepted starting in February.