mARCH 12, 2026
DiscoverCars.com named the Best Places to Work Award Winner 2026
DiscoverCars.com is honored to announce winning the Best Places to Work Award 2026 administered by the Business Intelligence Group - a leading international organization dedicated to recognizing excellence in business performance and workplace culture.
About the Award
The Best Places to Work Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate measurable excellence in employee satisfaction and workplace culture, evaluated exclusively through direct employee survey data.
The Awards program has been run annually by the Business Intelligence Group since 2016. It was designed in accordance with direct feedback from previous nominees, and it is based on the principles of Net Promoter Score (NPS). No written nominations, or marketing materials factor into the score.
The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in business. Along with the Best Places to Work Awards, the group runs a broad range of awards for businesses honoring excellence in a specific field. In 2024, DiscoverCars.com was honored to earn the group’s Excellence in Customer Service award, and a separate Innovation award for our Customer Service chatbot.
Selection Criteria
The 2026 program included six size categories: very small business (10 or fewer employees), small business (11-99 employees), medium size business (100-999 employees), multi-national enterprise (1,000+ employees in 2-10 countries) and global enterprises (1,000+ employees in 10+ countries), with DiscoverCars.com being evaluated in the medium size category.
The recognition is based entirely on direct survey feedback collected from our employees. The satisfaction survey was sent out to employees for scoring specific criteria related to their employer, workplace or their role in the organization, with optional comments available. Then – instead of basing results on averages – the Business Intelligence Group uses their own weighted algorithm to measure real employee engagement and satisfaction across the workforce.
What makes this award special
As mentioned above, the Best Places to Work Awards bases their evaluation on employees’ voice. And getting the full survey report from the Business Intelligence Group is an additional advantage.
While for employees providing notes to their scoring was an optional part of the survey, we still received a very good number of comments. They say a lot themselves.
About the Award
The Best Places to Work Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate measurable excellence in employee satisfaction and workplace culture, evaluated exclusively through direct employee survey data.
The Awards program has been run annually by the Business Intelligence Group since 2016. It was designed in accordance with direct feedback from previous nominees, and it is based on the principles of Net Promoter Score (NPS). No written nominations, or marketing materials factor into the score.
The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in business. Along with the Best Places to Work Awards, the group runs a broad range of awards for businesses honoring excellence in a specific field. In 2024, DiscoverCars.com was honored to earn the group’s Excellence in Customer Service award, and a separate Innovation award for our Customer Service chatbot.
Selection Criteria
The 2026 program included six size categories: very small business (10 or fewer employees), small business (11-99 employees), medium size business (100-999 employees), multi-national enterprise (1,000+ employees in 2-10 countries) and global enterprises (1,000+ employees in 10+ countries), with DiscoverCars.com being evaluated in the medium size category.
The recognition is based entirely on direct survey feedback collected from our employees. The satisfaction survey was sent out to employees for scoring specific criteria related to their employer, workplace or their role in the organization, with optional comments available. Then – instead of basing results on averages – the Business Intelligence Group uses their own weighted algorithm to measure real employee engagement and satisfaction across the workforce.
What makes this award special
As mentioned above, the Best Places to Work Awards bases their evaluation on employees’ voice. And getting the full survey report from the Business Intelligence Group is an additional advantage.
While for employees providing notes to their scoring was an optional part of the survey, we still received a very good number of comments. They say a lot themselves.
"Building a culture that earns this kind of employee recognition from Riga, Latvia tells us that great workplaces do not require a Silicon Valley zip code - they just require the right priorities," said Russ Fordyce, Chief Recognition Officer at the Business Intelligence Group. That’s completely true.
Founded in 2013, DiscoverCars.com has grown from a small start-up with about 10 people involved to 250+ employees in 2026. Our corporate culture has maintained through this time period, and we are proud to have brought together a team that has actually put themselves into creating it.
Some will say it’s a long way, others will say ‘wow, already?’. Both would be right. For someone who’s a long time in the company, it’s a long joyful journey that has started from the beginning. Some met the culture when they joined the company. But the most important part is that all of our employees - regardless of their time spent in the company - feel like they belong.
This – of course – wouldn’t be possible without the company's strong commitment to supporting and nurturing employees’ growth — both professionally and personally.
As a result, our Net Promoter Score as an employer as per Business Intelligence Group survey is 9.63 out of 10.
Founded in 2013, DiscoverCars.com has grown from a small start-up with about 10 people involved to 250+ employees in 2026. Our corporate culture has maintained through this time period, and we are proud to have brought together a team that has actually put themselves into creating it.
Some will say it’s a long way, others will say ‘wow, already?’. Both would be right. For someone who’s a long time in the company, it’s a long joyful journey that has started from the beginning. Some met the culture when they joined the company. But the most important part is that all of our employees - regardless of their time spent in the company - feel like they belong.
This – of course – wouldn’t be possible without the company's strong commitment to supporting and nurturing employees’ growth — both professionally and personally.
As a result, our Net Promoter Score as an employer as per Business Intelligence Group survey is 9.63 out of 10.
What the award means for us
Participating in the Best Places to Work Award is the very first time for DiscoverCars.com being evaluated as employer. Being awarded as Best Places to Work is an important official recognition of our company’s values, and now we are able to talk about it outside of the company. Officially and with confidence.
Participating in the Best Places to Work Award is the very first time for DiscoverCars.com being evaluated as employer. Being awarded as Best Places to Work is an important official recognition of our company’s values, and now we are able to talk about it outside of the company. Officially and with confidence.
Aleksandrs Buraks
Head of Growth at DiscoverCars.com
Aleksandrs has over 10 years of experience in marketing with a focus on creating stellar content that provides topical insights using data. Having taken five road trips across Europe and one in the U.S., he is passionate about traveling by car. His favorite countries to visit are Denmark and Thailand. You can find him on Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter.