WCRC World's Most Powerful 100 Brands 2026 · United States
Top 10 Most Powerful Brands from the United States 2026
The brands from the United States in the WCRC World's Most Powerful 100 Brands 2026, Second Global Mega Edition, in ranking order.
WCRC finding
46 of the 100 most powerful brands of 2026 are from the United States. Apple is the highest ranked, at #1 with a Power Score of 87.19, followed by Google (#3). Technology & Digital is the most represented sector, with 10 of the 46 brands.
Top 10 from the United States
| # | Brand | Power Score | Rank in the 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AppleUnited States | #1 | |
| 2 | GoogleUnited States | #3 | |
| 3 | NvidiaUnited States | #5 | |
| 4 | YouTubeUnited States | #6 | |
| 5 | MicrosoftUnited States | #7 | |
| 6 | NetflixUnited States | #8 | |
| 7 | AmazonUnited States | #9 | |
| 8 | DisneyUnited States | #13 | |
| 9 | Coca-ColaUnited States | #17 | |
| 10 | CostcoUnited States | #18 |
Also in the 100 from the United States
Visa (#19) · McDonald's (#27) · WhatsApp (#33) · MasterCard (#34) · Tiffany & Co. (#37) · American Express (#41) · Nike (#42) · Starbucks (#44) · Hilton (#47) · Royal Caribbean International (#51) · Instagram (#52) · Marriott (#56) · IBM (#60) · Delta (#62) · Adobe (#63) · Salesforce (#64) · John Deere (#66) · Nasdaq (#67) · J.P. Morgan (#68) · Walmart (#69) · Progressive (#70) · Cisco (#73) · Domino's Pizza (#74) · Universal (#75) · ServiceNow (#78) · AMD (#79) · ESPN (#81) · Enterprise (#83) · Chase (#88) · Home Depot (#89) · Airbnb (#91) · Uber (#92) · Colgate (#95) · Monster (#96) · UPS (#98) · LinkedIn (#100)
Also researched by WCRC from the United States
These 123 brands were researched by WCRC for the 2026 edition. They are WCRC Researched Brands, listed alphabetically, without scores.
- 3M
- Abbott
- ABC
- Activision Blizzard
- ADP
- Aetna
- Allstate
- American Airlines
- Anthropic
- Applied Materials
- AT&T
- AutoZone
- Bank of America
- Best Buy
- BlackRock
- Bloomberg
- BNY
- Boeing
- Broadcom
- Budweiser
- Capital One
- Caterpillar
- CBS
- Charles Schwab
- ChatGPT (OpenAI)
- Chevrolet
- Chevron
- Chick-fil-A
- Citi
- Cognizant
- ConocoPhillips
- CVS
- Dell
- Discover
- DoorDash
- Doritos
- Dr Pepper
- eBay
- Estée Lauder
- ExxonMobil
- FanDuel
- FedEx
- Fidelity
- Ford
- Fox
- Gatorade
- GE
- GEICO
- General Dynamics
- Gillette
- Goldman Sachs
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Honeywell
- HP
- Huntington
- Hyatt
- Intel
- Intuit
- Jeep
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kellogg's
- KFC
- Kroger
- Lay's
- Levi's
- Lilly
- Lockheed Martin
- Lowe's
- Marshalls
- McKinsey
- Merck & Co
- Merrill
- Meta
- Metlife
- Micron
- Morgan Stanley
- NBC
- Northrop Grumman
- Oracle
- O'Reilly Auto Parts
- Pampers
- PayPal
- Pepsi
- Pfizer
- PNC
- Prudential (US)
- Publix
- Purina
- Qualcomm
- QuickBooks
- Raytheon
- Roblox
- Sam's Club
- Sherwin-Williams
- SLB
- Southwest Airlines
- Spectrum
- Starlink
- Stripe
- Subway
- T-Mobile
- Taco Bell
- Target
- Tesla
- Texas Instruments
- The Hartford
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Tide
- TJ Maxx
- Travelers
- U.S. Bank
- Union Pacific
- United Airlines
- UnitedHealthcare
- Vanguard
- Verizon
- VMware
- Warner Bros.
- Wells Fargo
- Whole Foods
- Xbox
- Xfinity
Questions people ask
What is the most powerful brand from the United States in 2026?
Apple, ranked #1 in the WCRC World's Most Powerful 100 Brands 2026 with a Power Score of 87.19.
How many brands from the United States are in the World's Most Powerful 100 Brands 2026?
46 brands.
Which are the top 10 brands from the United States in 2026?
Apple, Google, Nvidia, YouTube, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Coca-Cola and Costco.
How to cite
Source: WCRC World's Most Powerful 100 Brands 2026 (Second Global Mega Edition), World Centre for Research & Consulting, www.wcrcint.com
Evidence is available on request. Brands, journalists and researchers can write to consulting@wcrcint.com.
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