The Top 5 Awards
The Top 5 Awards are five best-of-competition prizes that will be presented to the organizations that submit the best collection of entries to the Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service, in their own name or in the names of one or more clients. The winners of these prizes are awarded the Grand Stevie Award trophy.
These awards cannot be applied for directly. Winners are determined by a points system based on the total number of awards won in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, with a Gold Stevie win counting for 3 points, a Silver Stevie for 2 points, and a Bronze Stevie counting for 1.5. Points cannot be counted more than once in calculating Top 5 Award winners (i.e., points won by an agency in its client's name cannot be counted a second time in the agency's name).
Top 5 Award winners also have the right to use and display a Grand Stevie Award Winner logo.
Winners of the Grand Stevie Awards in the 2026 competition are:
IBM, worldwide, earned 59.5 points on the back of seven Gold, eight Silver, and 15 Bronze Stevie wins across a broad range of categories. This is the tenth consecutive year that IBM has earned a Grand Stevie Award in the competition, and the second time they've won the #1 spot.
DP DHL, worldwide, scored 53 points with eight Gold, seven Silver, and 10 Bronze Stevie wins by DHL affiliates across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This is the 14th consecutive year in which the international transportation and logistics firm has won a Grand Stevie in this program.
ValueSelling Associates,the sales consultancy headquartered in Carlsbad, California USA, won eight Gold, three Silver, and six Bronze Stevies, for a total of 39 points, for wins on behalf of clients Abdulla Fouad For Medical Supplies and Services, Alaska Communications, e.Republic, Element Fleet Management, Ironclad, Phenom, Quest Software, and Snappy. This is the sixth Grand Stevie won by ValueSelling in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.
Unitedhealthcare Provider Service Operations, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, takes the fourth Grand Stevie spot with 38 points earned through four Gold, 10 Silver, and four Bronze Stevie wins.
Allianz Services Private Limited, Kerala, India, delivered 34.5 award points (three Gold, three Silver, and 13 Bronze Stevies) to earn themselves the final Grand Stevie spot. The firm also earned a Grand Stevie in the program in 2024.