Great workplaces are a key to employee satisfaction, growth, innovation, success and more.

But they don’t happen by accident.

Great workplaces are nurtured and built to bring out the best in people. 

If you know of one, nominate it as a Top Workplace in Greater Hartford.

For the 16th year, the Hartford Courant will honor outstanding workplace culture in the region.

Any organization with 50 or more employees in the region is eligible to compete for a Top Workplaces award. Standout companies will be honored in fall 2026.

PHOTOS: Hartford Courant Top Workplaces 2025 winners

Anyone can nominate an outstanding company. The nomination deadline is March 6. Public, private, non-profit, a school, or even a government agency can be nominated.

To nominate an employer or for more information on the awards, just go to courant.com/nominate or call 860-256-4476.

There is no cost to participate. To qualify as a Hartford Top Workplace, employees evaluate their workplace using a short 26-question survey that takes just a few minutes to complete. Eligible counties are: Hartford, Middlesex, Tolland, Windham, and New London.

Companies will be surveyed through mid-May.

Energage, the Pennsylvania-based research partner for the project, conducts Top Workplaces surveys for media in 65 markets nationwide and surveyed more than 2 million employees at more than 8,000 organizations in the past year.

“Earning a Top Workplaces award is a celebration of excellence,” said Eric Rubino, CEO of Energage. “It serves as a reminder of the vital role a people-first workplace experience plays in achieving success.”

For the 2025 awards, more than 1,800 organizations in Greater Hartford were invited to survey their employees.

Based on employee survey feedback, 59 earned recognition as Top Workplaces.

https://www.courant.com/2026/01/30/nominations-open-for-2026-hartford-courant-top-workplaces/