Winners in the 20th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service are listed by category, arranged in the following groups of categories, as selected by the average scores of more than 170 professionals worldwide on eight specialized juries. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners were celebrated during a gala awards banquet on Thursday, March 5 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

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At the awards event, the winners of five Grand (“best of show”) Stevie Award trophies are recognized. These awards cannot be competed for directly. Grand Stevie winners are determined through a points system in which each Gold Stevie win counts for three points, each Silver win counts for two points, and each Bronze win counts for one and a half points. The 2026 winners of the “Top 5” awards are:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

Winners By Category

Sales
Sales Individuals
Sales Team
Sales Achievement
Sales Distinction

Customer Service & Contact Center
Customer Service & Contact Center Individual
Customer Service & Contact Center Team
Customer Service & Contact Center Achievement
Customer Service Department, including winners of the People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service
Customer Service Success
SOCAP-sponsored Categories

AI & Digital Transformation Categories
Customer Service
Sales

Business Development
Solutions & Implementations
Solution Provider
Thought Leadership