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Top Retail Employers in China 2026

Last updated

October 2026

Companies

89

The PerceptionX Employer Visibility Index ranks 89 Retail employers in China by how often they appear in AI assistants' answers — ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Perplexity — when candidates ask where they should work and why. Data period: October 2026. Read the methodology.

RankCompanyEVI
1JD.com79.52Alibaba71.83Walmart59.04Pinduoduo35.95Suning28.26Carrefour25.6
7H&M23.1
8LVMH20.59Starbucks20.5
10HEMA17.9
11IKEA17.912Uniqlo17.913Decathlon12.814Procter & Gamble12.815RT-Mart12.816L'Oréal10.317Nike10.3
18Richemont10.3
19Unilever10.320Zara10.321adidas7.7
22Cartier7.7
23Gucci7.7
24Kering7.725Lane Crawford7.7
26Metro7.7
27MINISO7.728Tencent7.729Vipshop7.730Wumart7.731Xiaomi7.732ByteDance5.133Chanel5.1
34Fast Retailing5.1
35JD Retail5.1
36Kerry5.1
37Louis Vuitton5.1
38Muji5.1
39Nestlé5.140Sun Art Retail5.141Wanda Plaza5.142Yonghui Superstores5.143Amazon2.644Amway2.645Ant Group2.646Apple2.647Auchan2.648Avery Dennison2.649Cainiao2.650Carrier2.651China Resources Vanguard2.652China Tourism Group Duty Free2.653Coca-Cola2.654Costco2.655CR Vanguard2.656Dalian Wanda2.657Dior2.658Dmall2.659Douyin Shopping2.660Estée Lauder2.6
61FILA2.6
62GOME Electrical Appliances2.663HH Global2.664Hikvision2.665HLA2.666Hualian Supermarket2.6
67Inditex2.6
68JD Logistics2.669JD Supermarket2.670Jiajiayue Group2.671KFC2.672Kuaishou2.673Lianhua Supermarket2.674Lidl2.675McDonald's2.676Nongfu Spring2.6
77Nongshim2.6
78Nu Skin2.679PDD Holdings2.6
80Prada2.6
81Sam's Club2.682Super Species2.6
83Tesco2.6
84Wanda Group2.685Wanda Retail2.686Wanda Stores2.687Yum! Brands2.688Zhihu2.6
89大统华2.6

Previously ranked in Retail (China)

These employers appeared in an earlier edition of the index but are not in the current ranking. Their profiles show the data from the last period in which they ranked.

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Retail rankings in other markets

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates95🇫🇷France65🇺🇸United States64🇧🇷Brazil60🇩🇪Germany60🇬🇧United Kingdom60🇮🇳India45

Machine-readable data: https://employers.perceptionx.ai/api/rankings/retail/cn · API docs · All industries