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Fast Company Most Innovative Companies
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Shopify
Retail
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Walmart
Retail
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Fanatics
Retail
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Retail
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Retail
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Retail
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Retail
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Retail
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Field.iO
Retail
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Retail
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Public Relations Brand Strategies
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Economic Development
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Economic Development
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Economic Development
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Economic Development
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Economic Development
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Economic Development
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Economic Development
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Economic Development
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Economic Development
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Economic Development
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Media News
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TBPN
Media News
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Media News
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Media News
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Media News
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Media News
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Media News
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Media News
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Media News
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Media News
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Behind the recognition
Find an innovation you want to work on.
Fast Company recognizes innovation across industries and regions. Category membership helps explain what caught the editors’ attention; it is a business distinction rather than a workplace-quality award.
Take it into your interview
- Which category and project earned the recognition?
- Would this role contribute to that work?
- What resources and expectations sit behind the ambition?
Source and edition
How this list was selected
- List type
- Official editorial innovation recognition
- Edition
- 2026
- Roster
- 716 / 716 companies · complete source roster
Editors/reporters assess applications and independently identified companies for business/industry innovation; 720 honorees across categories. The 59 category rosters contain 720 award assignments and 716 employer rows. Category memberships are preserved; repeated recognitions are not counted as different employers.
Sources, review and maintenance
All 59 official 2026 category rosters: 720 category award assignments representing 716 employer rows after same-company duplicates are consolidated. The two distinct Journey businesses remain separate. All named members are included here; job coverage is shown separately for each employer.
Review against the named edition and its official source before expanding membership; retain the source and review date for every company. Membership does not transfer automatically to parents or subsidiaries.
Keep in mind
A useful lens, with limits.
- Innovation is not employer quality or funding stability; many small/nonprofit/global honorees have few suitable US openings.
- Recognition and company membership do not establish that a particular team is hiring or that every job meets your needs. Check the employer’s current posting and ask about the conditions that matter to you.
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