Fortune Unveils the "Fortune Future 120" 2026 List

Cyera ranks No. 1 in the global ranking; annual list spotlights companies best positioned to deliver sustained, long-term growth

U.S. companies dominate tech-heavy list, with 8 in the Top Ten, and 86 of the total Fortune Future 120

By region, North America by far the largest at 90 companies, 18 in Asia-Pacific, Europe at 10

NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune today unveiled its Fortune Future 120 list for 2026, the annual list recognizing companies around the world that are best positioned to drive sustained, long-term growth.

No. 1 on the global prestige list is Cyera, the New York–based cybersecurity company specializing in AI‑native data security, followed by Tempus AI at No. 2 and Helsing at No. 3; Astera Labs, AST SpaceMobile, Wayve Technologies, Planet Labs PBC, Netskope, Snowflake, and CoreWeave round out the top 10. Of the tech-heavy top ten, 8 are based in the U.S., and 86 out of the total 120. China is second with 11 companies on the Fortune Future 120, and Canada with 3. When combined, the Future 120 companies generate more than $1.3 trillion in revenue and are worth more than $16 trillion in market value.

The Top 10 companies on the Fortune Future 120 2026 are:

The complete Fortune Future 120 ranking, including methodology, is available here, and coverage here.

Developed by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Fortune's data partner for the list, the Fortune Future 120 identifies companies with the capabilities to drive durable growth amid rapid technological, economic, and organizational change. Expanding on the Fortune Future 50 — launched by Fortune and BCG in 2017 to assess the world's largest companies' measurable capacity for future growth, or "corporate vitality"— the 2026 list evaluates both public and private companies across three strategic dimensions: Growth Ambition, Talent Density, and Growth Culture.

The Fortune Future 120 builds on Fortune's longstanding commitment to identifying the companies shaping business and society. This year's list examines how leaders are translating ambition into scalable growth through talent, innovation, organizational adaptability, and a culture capable of continuous reinvention.

The Fortune Future 120 recognizes companies from around the world that are best positioned to drive sustained, long-term growth. Since 2017, BCG and Fortune have teamed up to identify companies across the globe with an innate fitness to grow from within—a measurable, manageable trait we call "corporate vitality." To identify these companies, companies are evaluated across 15 forward-looking factors associated with long-term revenue growth, together covering the three strategic dimensions: Growth Ambition, Talent Density and Growth Culture. Together, these factors make up BCG's proprietary vitality score, which provides our basis for the Fortune Future 120 ranking.

To be eligible for consideration, publicly traded companies must have a market capitalization of at least $5 billion, and privately-owned firms must have received at least $1 billion in funding since inception or employ more than 20,000 employees. This year, we examined more than 3,500 companies meeting these criteria.

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