Award methodology

MeritVeri awards recognise companies for specific results in a specific year, country, region or industry. This page explains how awards are structured, prepared, published and, where necessary, revoked.

1How awards are organised

• Award type — a recurring award with its own description and methodology, for example Best Employer or Customer Choice.
• Award edition — one edition of an award type for a given year and, where relevant, a country, region or industry. For example: Best Employer — Belgium — 2026 — Technology.
• Award placement — the rank of one company in one edition. Each placement has its own reference, for example AWD-BE-2026-000435.

2Rankings

Each edition ranks at most 10 companies, from rank 1 to rank 10. A rank belongs to exactly one company, and a company appears at most once in the same edition. A company's rank in one edition has no influence on its rank in another edition.

3How an edition is prepared

1. Criteria — each award type publishes its methodology: what is assessed and which sources are used. The page of each award type shows this methodology.
2. Preparation — MeritVeri assesses the companies and prepares the ranking manually, according to that methodology.
3. Publication — MeritVeri publishes the edition and its placements. Until then, the edition is a draft and not public. The published edition page shows the full list of ranked companies, the scope and the methodology.

No ranking is calculated or published automatically. A person decides on every edition.

4Independence

Award placements and rankings cannot be bought. No company can pay for a placement, a better rank, or the removal of a competitor. Being verified or having an account does not give a company any advantage in a ranking unless the methodology of that award type explicitly says so.

5Records, badges and certificates

Each placement has a public record page with the company, the award, the edition, the rank, the reference and the current status. It also comes with an embeddable badge and a printable certificate.

An award is a historical result: it describes the outcome of an edition at the moment it was published. It is not proof of a current verification and says nothing about the company after that edition.

6Revocation

A placement can be revoked, for example if it was based on incorrect information or if the company broke the rules of the award. A revoked placement stays visible with the status Revoked on its record page; its badge and certificate no longer show it as an active award. When a company is removed from the directory, its placements no longer appear in edition lists; their record pages show No longer listed, and their badges and certificates are no longer available.

Previous editions remain available, so the history of an award can always be followed.

7Questions and corrections

If you believe an edition or a placement contains an error, please contact us and mention the award reference.