The 2005 list consists of 50 companies, classified into the following categories: Top 3 small companies (with 100-500 employees in Germany), Top 3 medium companies (with 501-5000 employees in Germany), Top 3 large companies (with 5001 or more employees in Germany), and other companies in alphabetical order. The Top 3 companies in the different size categories are thus also part of the Top 50 of the Best Workplaces in Germany.
| Rank | Companies |
| | Top 3 Small Companies |
| 1 | Lands' End GmbH |
| 2 | SKYTEC AG |
| 3 | Johnson Wax GmbH |
| | Top 3 Medium Companies |
| 1 | Microsoft Deutschland GmbH |
| 2 | HEXAL AG |
| 3 | E.ON Ruhrgas AG |
| | Top 3 Large Companies |
| 1 | SAP |
| 2 | Boehringer Ingelheim Deutschland |
| 3 | Tchibo GmbH |
| | Companies in Alphabetical Order |
| 3M Deutschland GmbH |
| adesso AG |
| Aida Cruises |
| Booz Allen Hamilton GmbH |
| Borealis Polymere GmbH |
| Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG Coburg |
| CBT Caritas Betriebsführungs- und Trägergesellschaft mbH |
| ConSol* Software GmbH |
| DePuy Orthopädie GmbH |
| Diageo Deutschland GmbH |
| DIS AG |
| DOUGLAS-Gruppe |
| Federal Express Europe, Inc. |
| Ford Financial Deutschland |
| Grundfos GmbH |
| GSD Gesellschaft für Systemforschung und Dienstleistungen im Gesundheitswesen mbH |
| Guidant GmbH |
| INGRAM MICRO Distribution GmbH |
| Innovex GmbH |
| Janssen-Cilag GmbH |
| Lilly Deutschland |
| MetaDesign AG |
| Morgan Stanley Bank AG |
| NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS Germany GmbH |
| norisbank AG |
| Novartis Pharma GmbH |
| O2 (Germany) GmbH & Co. OHG |
| Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf |
| Pfizer GmbH |
| Procter & Gamble Vertriebsgesellschaft Deutschland |
| Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG |
| Sapient GmbH |
| science + computing ag |
| sd&m AG |
| SICK AG |
| smart gmbh |
| Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH |
| Vector Informatik GmbH |
| W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH |
| WABCO |
| Webasto AG |
