TOP Companies

What TOP Companies does

TOP Companies is a Mexico-based consulting firm specializing in the measurement and strengthening of organizational culture and climate, serving enterprise and mid-market clients primarily in Mexico and selected Latin American markets. The firm operates the Súper Empresas ranking of best places to work in Mexico in partnership with Expansión magazine (active since 2007), the regional TOP+América ranking in partnership with El Economista (active since 2011) covering companies across Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, and US-Latinos markets, and the women-focused Súper Empresas para Mujeres ranking (active since 2017). The company also issues the BinomioTOP leadership-duo award (with Amedirh), runs the annual ILovemyTOPjob video contest (currently in its 9th edition in 2026), and offers a standalone Certificación como Empresa TOP for organizations achieving a satisfaction index above 70%. Its client roster spans enterprise customers across automotive, retail, hospitality, pharmaceutical, insurance, aviation, and food-and-beverage sectors, including Walmart, Nestlé, Marriott, Ford, Continental, Eli Lilly, Viva Aerobus, and Hyatt.

The firm's core technology is a proprietary "scientific-social" methodology combining an employee questionnaire with four-option dichotomous interval responses (80% of ranking score) and the IPPP inventory of policies, practices, and programs (20% of ranking score). This measurement foundation underpins a suite of seven named consulting modules covering strategic communication planning (PECI), leadership development (Building Leaders, Cultural Leadership, Strength-based Performance Team), high-performance team building, fast-performance HR strategy, and five-year strategic visioning (TOP Leader Visión). The methodology is standardized for application across any organizational culture with high reliability, and serves as the diagnostic basis that typically precedes consulting engagements.

TOP Companies monetizes through three primary streams: (1) ranking participation fees from organizations enrolling in the annual ranking programs, treated as recurring subscriptions; (2) professional-services consulting engagements tailored to client needs in communication, leadership, performance, strategy, vision, and development; and (3) certification licensing for organizations meeting the >70% satisfaction threshold. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales with direct outreach, supplemented by event-driven demand generation through the ranking programs, the video contest, and earned media from Expansión and El Economista. Pricing is opaque and quote-based, prospective clients contact the firm via phone or email. The headquarters is in Mexico City (Insurgentes Sur 686), and there is no publicly disclosed headcount, revenue, or funding data.

Name

TOP Companies

Legal name

TOP Companies

Website

https://topcompaniesmexico.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TOP Companies is a Mexico-based consulting firm that measures and strengthens organizational culture and climate through a proprietary questionnaire-plus-IPPP methodology, serving enterprise and mid-market clients across Mexico and Latin America via rankings, certification, and consulting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organizational Culture Consulting

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

People Analytics, Assessment & Psychometrics Consulting (BPAHAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Leadership Potential, High-Potential & Succession Assessments (BPACAMAH), Organizational Culture & Values-Based Leadership (EDABAAAE), Team Leadership & High-Performance Teams (EDABAAAH)

Keywords

• Organizational culture consulting
• Employee climate surveys
• Best workplaces ranking
• Leadership development services
• Hr strategy consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad De León

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Organizational Culture and Climate Consulting Services: Custom consulting engagements tailored to client needs, including communication strategy, leadership development, organizational strategy, vision planning, and team performance. Consulting engagements follow an initial culture and climate assessment to offer viable and profitable solutions.
2. Ranking Participation Fees: Organizations pay to participate in ranking programs (Súper Empresas, Súper Empresas para Mujeres, TOP+América). Participation includes the questionnaire (80%) and IPPP evaluation (20%), with rankings published annually through media partnerships.
3. TOP Company Certification: Certification as a TOP Company awarded to organizations achieving a satisfaction index above 70%, independent of ranking participation. Provides a 'Culturally Powerful Company' badge.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

TOP Companies diagnoses and strengthens organizational culture and climate through a proprietary scientific-social measurement methodology combining an employee questionnaire (80% weight) with the IPPP inventory (20% weight). It monetizes this methodology via annual workplace rankings (Súper Empresas, Súper Empresas para Mujeres, TOP+América), a leadership duo award (BinomioTOP), a company certification (Certificación como Empresa TOP) for satisfaction indices above 70%, and seven targeted consulting solutions covering communication, leadership, vision, performance, strategy, and development.

Product overview

TOP Companies operates as a unified platform combining measurement tools, consulting services, and award programs for organizational culture and climate assessment. The core products are two scientific measurement instruments: the Cuestionario para colaboradores (employee questionnaire, 80% of ranking score) and the IPPP (Inventario de Políticas, Prácticas y Programas, 20% of ranking score). These feed into the ranking product suite, which includes the flagship Ranking Súper Empresas (active since 2007), the women's-focused Ranking Súper Empresas para Mujeres, the Latin American Ranking TOP+América (since 2011), the BinomioTOP leadership duo award, and the ILovemyTOPjob video contest (currently in its 9th edition). The consulting arm consists of seven named services — Building Leaders, TOP Leader Visión, Cultural Leadership, Fast Performance HR Strategy, Building a High Performance Team, Building a Strength Performance Team, and PECI (Strategic Communication) — all derived from the diagnostic foundation. TOP Companies also issues a company certification (Certificación como Empresa TOP) for clients scoring above 70% satisfaction, independent of ranking participation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Súper Empresas: Ranking measuring organizational culture and best places to work
• TOP+América
• Súper Empresas para Mujeres
• BinomioTOP
• ILovemyTOPjob
• TOP Companies Consulting Solutions

Products and services

• Cuestionario para colaboradores (Employee Questionnaire) Scientific-social questionnaire for employees with four dichotomous interval response options; constitutes 80% of the ranking score and is the primary measurement instrument for organizational culture diagnosis.
• IPPP (Inventario de Políticas, Prácticas y Programas) Inventory of Policies, Practices, and Programs capturing the company's sociodemographic profile and physical evidence of its policies, practices, and programs; accounts for 20% of the total ranking score.
• Ranking Súper Empresas Annual ranking identifying the best companies to work for in Mexico, based on the 80% questionnaire + 20% IPPP methodology, with three size categories (under 500, 500-3000, 3000+ employees); published in Expansión since 2007.
• Ranking Súper Empresas para Mujeres Specialized ranking recognizing companies that excel in creating an environment where women thrive professionally, evaluating workplace culture through a gender-specific lens in three size categories.
• Ranking TOP+América Regional Latin American ranking published annually since 2011 in partnership with El Economista, evaluating companies across multiple Latin American countries on the same culture and climate criteria; requires a minimum of 15 collaborators.
• BinomioTOP Award Award recognizing outstanding leadership duos consisting of a General Director and Human Resources Director who jointly execute a successful human capital strategy; awarded in partnership with Amedirh based on employee votes.
• ILovemyTOPjob Video Contest Annual video contest where employees showcase their company culture through short videos, with winners selected through public voting on social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok); currently in its 9th edition (2026).
• Building Leaders (Desarrollo TOP) Leadership development program designed to form leaders with high adaptability and self-awareness through a 16-module learning process, including individual feedback, collective feedback, and certification delivery.
• TOP Leader Visión (Visión TOP) Strategic planning service enabling senior leadership to diagram the central strategy of the company from an integral vision of the business model, including organizational culture, through a five-year planning process.
• Cultural Leadership (Liderazgo TOP) Leadership analysis service that identifies different leadership profiles and channels behaviors toward strengthening organizational culture, including individual and group feedback, leader alignment, and competency-based training.
• Fast Performance HR Strategy (Estrategia TOP) Human resources strategy design service focused on generating rapid improvement in team leader performance and solving short-term gaps in organizational culture and climate through alignment with business strategy.
• Building a High Performance Team (Rendimiento TOP) High-performance team formation service that develops leaders with a unique leadership style aligned to strategic business objectives, prepared to achieve extraordinary results through collaboration and business outcomes.
• Building a Strength Performance Team (Fortaleza TOP) Strength-based leadership alignment service that defines leadership style aligned with desired behaviors and organizational values, helping to consolidate a unique leadership style and complement individual strengths.
• Plan Estratégico de Comunicación Integral (PECI) Strategic communication planning service that integrates business objectives with organizational culture strengthening through audience segmentation, central message construction, campaign development, and quarterly/semiannual measurement.
• Certificación como Empresa TOP Certification granted to organizations that measure with the TOP Companies tool and achieve a satisfaction index greater than 70%, independent of ranking participation; certified companies gain a 'Culturally Powerful Company' badge and improved employer brand positioning.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations achieving a satisfaction index greater than 70% qualify for TOP Company Certification as a 'Culturally Powerful Company'

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AmedirhcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Amedirh (Asociación Mexicana de Directivos de la Investigación, A.C.) partners with TOP Companies for the BinomioTOP award, recognizing the most effective CEO-HR Director partnerships based on human capital strategy outcomes. This is the third edition in 2024, evaluated from Súper Empresas 2024 data.
• El EconomistacoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2011El Economista, a regional business magazine, has published the TOP+América ranking annually since 2011, covering companies across Latin American countries including Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, US-Atlanta, and New York. The ranking uses TOP Companies' proprietary methodology (80% questionnaire + 20% IPPP).
• ExpansióncoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2007Expansión magazine publishes the annual Súper Empresas rankings (best places to work in Mexico) and the Súper Empresas para Mujeres rankings. This media partnership provides editorial credibility and broad readership, extending TOP Companies' brand reach to business decision-makers across Mexico since 2007.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Aon (Hewitt): Global professional services firm with Aon Hewitt HR consulting practice offering engagement surveys, culture diagnostics, and reward strategy; comparable to TOP Companies in targeting HR leaders of large enterprises.
• Willis Towers Watson: Global advisory firm with an Employee Experience practice that includes culture, engagement, and leadership consulting — directly comparable in scope to TOP Companies' combined diagnostic and consulting model.
• Mercer: Global consulting firm with HR, culture, and employee-experience practices that competes with TOP Companies' enterprise culture and leadership offerings, particularly for multinational clients.
• Gallup: Global leader in employee engagement and culture measurement via the Q12 framework; competes broadly with TOP Companies' diagnostic-plus-consulting approach, though at much larger scale and across all regions.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting and talent firm offering culture assessments, leadership development, and HR strategy; overlaps with TOP Companies' full suite of culture measurement and seven consulting solutions.

Direct peers

• Kincentric: Culture and employee-engagement consulting firm (formerly part of Korn Ferry) that runs the Kincentric Best Employers ranking and uses proprietary culture diagnostics — directly comparable to TOP Companies' ranking-plus-consulting model.
• SHL: Specialist in psychometric and behavioral assessments used in talent selection, leadership development, and culture diagnostics — directly comparable to TOP Companies' questionnaire-based assessment methodology and IPPP inventory.
• Great Place to Work: Operates the world's most recognized employer-culture certification and country-level 'Best Workplaces' rankings, mirroring TOP Companies' model of combining a proprietary employee survey with annual published rankings sold to enterprises.

Emerging players

• DDI: Leadership assessment and development firm focused on high-performance leadership and culture transformation — directly comparable to TOP Companies' Liderazgo TOP, Desarrollo TOP, and Fortaleza TOP consulting lines.
• Culture Amp: Employee engagement and culture platform that competes with traditional questionnaire-based assessment firms; represents the technology-native threat to TOP Companies' static, annual-cycle methodology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TheTOPCompanies
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC7qrXZJ1mt4lKqs81UccU4g/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheTOPCompanies
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/18034594/admin
• Instagraminstagram.com/thetopcompanies/?hl=es-la
• TikToktiktok.com/@thetopcompanies

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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