36 Philippines firms in TIME Asia-Pacific’s best list; BPI cracks top 10
Philstar Global
13 February 2026
MANILA, Philippines — More Philippine companies landed on TIME’s list of the best companies in Asia-Pacific this year, led by Ayala-controlled Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), which broke into the top 10.
A total of 36 Philippine companies made TIME and Statista’s Asia-Pacific’s Best Companies of 2026 list, up from 29 firms a year earlier.
In ranking the region’s best companies, three key metrics were used to assess firms: employee satisfaction, revenue growth and environmental, social and governance or ESG evaluations.
BPI was the highest-ranked Philippine firm on the list, placing 10th among 500 companies with an overall score of 93.83.
Coming in at second place was Ayala Corp., the country’s oldest conglomerate, at No. 35, followed by the SM Group’s banking arm, BDO Unibank, at No. 47.
Two other Filipino companies made the top 100 – Ayala’s real estate arm, Ayala Land, at 73rd and Frederick Dy-chaired Security Bank at 88th.
SM Investments, the Sy family’s investment holding firm, landed at 101st, followed by broadband services provider Converge ICT Solutions at 115th.
Yuchengco-led RCBC and Aboitiz-led UnionBank came in at No. 137 and No. 140, respectively.
Rounding up the top 200 were beverage firm Ginebra San Miguel at the 150th spot, Asian food conglomerate Jollibee Foods at 152nd place and Lucio Tan-owned Philippine National Bank at 185th.
Also making the list were Alliance Global Group (227th), SM Prime Holdings (229th), Universal Robina Corp. (246th), Meralco (250th), Manila Water (264th), Chinabank (273rd), JG Summit Holdings (302nd), Filinvest Development Corp. (306th), Megaworld (309th), Bloomberry Resorts (320th), ICTSI (340th), Robinsons Retail Holdings (341st) and Cebu Pacific Air (350th).
Other Philippines companies included were PLDT (371st), Land Bank of the Philippines (375th), Concepcion Industrial (404th), Vista Land (408th), ACEN (410th), Globe Telecom (448th), Puregold Price Club (452nd), San Miguel (476th), Apex Mining (479th), Max’s Group (494th) and Wilson Depot (499th).
TIME said that banking and financial services once again dominated this year’s ranking of the region’s best companies.
Indian firms made up the lion’s share, taking up 179 spots in the list.
Overall, Singapore’s DBS Bank claimed the top spot, followed by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Toyota and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group of Japan and India’s Mahindra Group.
Completing the top 10 were Australia’s Woolworths Group and QBE Insurance Group, South Korea’s Hyundai, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank of Australia.