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Top beauty employers in Canada

L'Oréal leads Canadian beauty with a Visibility score of 89.7 out of 100, 17.9 points ahead of Estée Lauder. Sephora is joint 2nd. The list covers the 45 beauty employers AI recommends to job seekers in Canada.

45 employers · scores out of 100 · Data updated:

  1. 1

    L'Oréal

    #1 in Canadian beauty#1 for innovation#1 for hiring process#1 for E-commerce & Digital

    Every AI recommends it for innovation, the hiring process and leadership, among others. No other Canadian beauty employer is named for innovation or the hiring process by every AI. The beauty employer AI recommends most in Canada.

    89.7
  2. 2

    Estée Lauder

    Top 3Global starEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for work-life balance, pay and job security, among others.

    71.8
  3. 2

    Sephora

    Top 3#1 for Retail & SalesEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for inclusion, career growth and job security, among others.

    71.8
  4. 4

    Shoppers Drug Mart

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for career growth.

    56.4
  5. 5

    Shiseido

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay.

    43.6
  6. 6

    Loblaw

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership.

    35.9
  7. 6

    Procter & Gamble

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for interviews.

    35.9
  8. 8

    Unilever

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for innovation, career growth and work-life balance, among others.

    28.2
  9. 9

    Lush

    #1 for purposeEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for purpose. No other Canadian beauty employer is named for purpose by every AI.

    25.6
  10. 9

    The Body Shop

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for career growth and leadership.

    25.6

Everyone else

11 to 27MAC, Coty, Aveda, Clinique and 31 moreShow
  1. 11MAC17.9
  2. 12Coty15.4
  3. 13Aveda10.3
  4. 13Clinique10.3
  5. 13LVMH10.3
  6. 16Avon7.7
  7. 16Hudson's Bay7.7
  8. 16Revlon7.7
  9. 16Sally Beauty7.7
  10. 20H&M5.1
  11. 20Kiehl's5.1
  12. 20Lancôme5.1
  13. 20Maybelline5.1
  14. 20NARS5.1
  15. 20Natura &Co5.1
  16. 20The Bay5.1
  17. 27Aritzia2.6
  18. 27Bobbi Brown2.6
  19. 27Boots2.6
  20. 27Canada Goose2.6
  21. 27Clairol2.6
  22. 27CoverGirl2.6
  23. 27Garnier2.6
  24. 27IT Cosmetics2.6
  25. 27Jo Malone2.6
  26. 27Kendo Brands2.6
  27. 27Kérastase2.6
  28. 27Make Up For Ever2.6
  29. 27Mary Kay2.6
  30. 27Redken2.6
  31. 27Saks Fifth Avenue2.6
  32. 27Urban Decay2.6
  33. 27Walmart2.6
  34. 27Wella2.6
  35. 27Yves Saint Laurent Beauty2.6

Best for what candidates ask about

The Canadian beauty employer AI recommends most when candidates ask about each topic.

By role

Who AI recommends to engineers is not who it recommends to salespeople. Each role has its own ranking.

About this ranking

This is the first measurement of this ranking, so there is no earlier order to compare it with yet.

What separates the top five from the rest is pay and interviews: AI recommends the leaders for these far more often than the employers below them. The gap is smallest on purpose, where the rest of the list keeps closer to the leaders.

Across the 23 countries the index covers for beauty, the leader here has the 7th highest score. L'Oréal also leads in the UAE, Brazil and Switzerland and elsewhere.

More than half of the 45 employers score 5.1 or less, while a place in the top ten takes a score of 25.6. The leader's 89.7 shows how far ahead the most recommended employers sit.

Most lists of the best beauty companies to work for come from employee surveys or awards. This one tracks what AI tells job seekers, because many candidates now ask AI where to work before they open a careers page.

Beauty rankings in other countries

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Questions about this ranking

What are the top beauty companies to work for in Canada?

Going by who AI recommends most to Canadian job seekers right now: L'Oréal, Estée Lauder, Sephora, Shoppers Drug Mart and Shiseido.

Which Canadian beauty employer does AI recommend for innovation?

L'Oréal. No other Canadian beauty employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about innovation.

Which Canadian beauty employer does AI recommend for purpose?

Lush. No other Canadian beauty employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about purpose.

Which Canadian beauty employer does AI recommend for the hiring process?

L'Oréal. No other Canadian beauty employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about the hiring process.

How does the Employer Visibility Index work?

We ask AI assistants the questions job seekers ask about employers, by industry, country and role. We record which employers they recommend and turn that into a Visibility score out of 100.

How often are rankings updated?

Rankings refresh with each new round of AI answers. Each page shows the date its data was updated, and the arrows next to each score show how an employer has moved since the previous measurement.

Do I need to be a PerceptionX customer to appear in the index?

No. Any employer AI recommends often enough appears automatically. Customers get the full picture behind their Visibility score and well beyond it: how positively AI describes them (Sentiment), the themes it links them with, the sources it relies on, custom reports by country and role, and clear steps to improve how candidates see them.