TIME has published its first annual list of the Asia-Pacific's Best Companies of 2025, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings. The result of this quantitative study: 500 companies shaping the Asia-Pacific region's role in global business. Here's how the winners were selected.

Leading conglomerates and banks including Ayala Corp., San Miguel Corp., Security Bank Corp and SM Investments Corp. are among the 29 Philippine firms

Some of the country’s largest conglomerates, banks and other institutions made it to Time Magazine’s list of the 500 Best Companies in the Asia-Pacific region for showing strong growth last year despite threats posed by geopolitical uncertainties.

Methodology: How TIME and Statista Determined the World's Best Companies of 2025 - Asia/Pacific. While much of the world was mired in geopolitical uncertainty during 2024, busines