Top Retail Employers in United States — AI Visibility Rankings
The PerceptionX Employer Visibility Index ranks 63 Retail employers in United States by how often they appear in AI assistants' answers (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity) when candidates ask about employers. Data period: 2026-09.
| Rank | Company | Visibility Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Target | 76.9 | ▲ 1 |
| #2 | Costco | 71.8 | ▼ 1 |
| #3 | The Home Depot | 53.8 | = |
| #4 | Walmart | 51.3 | ▲ 2 |
| #5 | Best Buy | 43.6 | ▲ 3 |
| #6 | Trader Joe's | 43.6 | ▼ 1 |
| #7 | Nordstrom | 41 | ▲ 6 |
| #8 | Starbucks | 35.9 | ▲ 24 |
| #9 | Rei | 33.3 | ▲ 1 |
| #10 | Lowe's | 25.6 | ▼ 3 |
| #11 | CVS | 23.1 | ▲ 26 |
| #12 | Walgreens | 23.1 | ▲ 23 |
| #13 | Nike | 17.9 | ▲ 3 |
| #14 | H-e-b | 15.4 | ▲ 1 |
| #15 | Publix | 15.4 | ▲ 31 |
| #16 | Ulta Beauty | 15.4 | ▲ 18 |
| #17 | Macy's | 12.8 | ▲ 13 |
| #18 | Patagonia | 12.8 | ▼ 9 |
| #19 | Wegmans | 12.8 | ▲ 38 |
| #20 | Apple | 10.3 | ▼ 2 |
| #21 | Kohl's | 10.3 | ▲ 7 |
| #22 | Sephora | 10.3 | ▼ 2 |
| #23 | Dollar General | 7.7 | — |
| #24 | Dollar Tree | 7.7 | ▲ 15 |
| #25 | Etsy | 7.7 | — |
| #26 | IKEA | 7.7 | ▲ 1 |
| #27 | Kroger | 7.7 | — |
| #28 | Lululemon | 7.7 | ▼ 16 |
| #29 | TJX | 7.7 | ▲ 26 |
| #30 | Wayfair | 7.7 | — |
| #31 | Wegmans Food Markets | 7.7 | ▼ 27 |
| #32 | ALDI | 5.1 | ▼ 10 |
| #33 | eBay | 5.1 | — |
| #34 | 5.1 | — | |
| #35 | L.l.bean | 5.1 | ▼ 6 |
| #36 | North Face | 5.1 | — |
| #37 | Publix Super Markets | 5.1 | ▼ 23 |
| #38 | Shopify | 5.1 | — |
| #39 | Zappos | 5.1 | ▼ 22 |
| #40 | Adidas | 2.6 | — |
| #41 | Albertsons Companies | 2.6 | — |
| #42 | Bath & Body Works | 2.6 | — |
| #43 | Burlington Stores | 2.6 | — |
| #44 | Carmax | 2.6 | ▼ 33 |
| #45 | Chewy | 2.6 | — |
| #46 | Dell | 2.6 | — |
| #47 | Disney | 2.6 | ▼ 9 |
| #48 | Gap | 2.6 | ▼ 22 |
| #49 | Kering | 2.6 | — |
| #50 | Kroger Co. | 2.6 | — |
| #51 | Lidl | 2.6 | — |
| #52 | LVMH | 2.6 | — |
| #53 | Microsoft | 2.6 | — |
| #54 | Mondelez | 2.6 | — |
| #55 | NVIDIA | 2.6 | — |
| #56 | Rei Co-op | 2.6 | ▼ 4 |
| #57 | Seventh Generation | 2.6 | — |
| #58 | Sheetz | 2.6 | ▼ 5 |
| #59 | Staples | 2.6 | — |
| #60 | The Container Store | 2.6 | ▼ 27 |
| #61 | Toms Shoes | 2.6 | — |
| #62 | Vf | 2.6 | — |
| #63 | Whole Foods Market | 2.6 | ▼ 5 |
Machine-readable data: https://employers.perceptionx.ai/api/rankings. Full API docs: https://employers.perceptionx.ai/api-docs/.