Forbes partnered with Statista — a platform in Germany that provides company insights — to assess diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives nationwide. The analysis yielded insights that Ryan Sharrow, of the Philadelphia Business Journal, distilled to focus on the Philadelphia region and Montgomery County specifically.

Statista surveyed more than 45,000 Americans working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees.

Participants were asked to anonymously rate their organizations’ inclusiveness, based on criteria that included:

• Age
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Disability
• LGBTQ+ equality

Lansdale-centric Merck, the pharmaceutical giant ranked No. 71, closely followed (at No. 88) by AmerisourceBergen Corp., another pharmaceutical-industry presence, this one in Conshohocken.

Other noted firms either in Montgomery County or with significant operations here were:

• Unisys Corp., Blue Bell, No. 161
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, King of Prussia, No. 200
• GSK, Upper Providence, No. 215
• IKEA, Conshohocken, No. 277
• Main Line Health, Bryn Mawr, No. 436

The nationwide leader in the Forbes diversity study was Progressive insurance in Mayfield Village, Ohio.

More information on local, corporate DEI status is at the Philadelphia Business Journal.