World’s Most Productive Companies 2025 Report

This report is a study released by LNS Research that announces the World’s Most Productive Companies for 2025. It serves as a COO playbook and outlines the methodology used in the annual productivity study. The report recognizes the Top 100 publicly traded companies worldwide that have achieved the strongest industrial productivity growth since 2019. The analysis is based on LNS Research’s Industrial Productivity Index and represents a comprehensive quantitative study across 10 industries and over 90 peer groups. The findings indicate that the Top 100 companies have increased productivity by 13.9% and improved operating margins by 18.5 points more than their peers over the past five years. Additionally, the report identifies 30 organizations as Productivity Pathfinders, which have differentiated themselves through innovative operational strategies. The report emphasizes the importance of aligning strategy and investing in both technology and people to drive productivity and profitable growth.