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48 Dallas-Fort Worth Companies Named to U.S. News Best Places to Work List

U.S. News & World Report's 2026-2027 Best Companies to Work For list includes 48 Dallas-Fort Worth employers, with 24 headquartered in Dallas, from Southwest Airlines to Texas Instruments.

Xenia Doyle

July 6, 20261 min read

Dallas skyline: 48 DFW companies named best places to work by U.S. News - illustration, Jake Team LLC
Dallas skyline: 48 DFW companies named best places to work by U.S. News - illustration, Jake Team LLC

Dallas-Fort Worth employers took 48 spots on U.S. News & World Report's newest Best Companies to Work For list, and no city in the metroplex placed more of them than Dallas, home to 24 of the honorees.

The 2026-2027 edition of the list evaluated roughly 3,900 companies across 14 industries. According to U.S. News, companies were measured on six factors: quality of pay and benefits, work-life balance and flexibility, job and company stability, physical and psychological comfort, belongingness and esteem, and career opportunities and professional development. The rankings were first reported locally by CultureMap Fort Worth.

Dallas: 24 companies

  • Texas Instruments
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Comerica
  • CBRE
  • AECOM
  • Atmos Energy
  • DART
  • American Heart Association
  • AMN Healthcare
  • Ashford Hospitality Trust
  • Veritex
  • Resources Global Professionals (RGP)
  • Freeman
  • WorldWide Express
  • Integrity
  • Sammons Industrial
  • Remington Hospitality
  • Lincoln
  • Smarter Technologies
  • Highmark Residential
  • Omni Hotels & Resorts
  • The Beck Group
  • Unishippers
  • Stream

Irving: 13 companies

  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Caterpillar
  • Vistra
  • Fluor
  • Builders FirstSource
  • Commercial Metals Co. (CMC)
  • Vizient
  • Salem Media Group
  • WebTPA
  • Exeter Finance
  • Consolidated Electrical Distributors
  • NCH
  • Gainwell

Plano: 5 companies

  • Tyler Technologies
  • Alkami
  • Ryan
  • Hilti
  • Highland Homes

Fort Worth: 2 companies

  • Farmer Brothers
  • Pier 1 Imports

Elsewhere in the metroplex: 4 companies

  • Lennox (Richardson)
  • All My Sons Moving & Storage (Carrollton)
  • Westdale Asset Management (Hurst)
  • 2020 Companies (Southlake)

The list spans nearly every corner of the region's economy, from semiconductors, airlines and banking to hotels, homebuilders and a transit agency. The takeaway is scale: two dozen employers headquartered in Dallas were judged among the best in the country at pay, stability and career growth, a signal of how deep the region's employment market runs heading into the second half of 2026.

Sources

https://www.aol.com/articles/48-dfw-companies-declared-best-141502000.html

https://money.usnews.com/careers

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Xenia Doyle

Xenia Doyle reports on local business, new openings, and economic development in Dallas.

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