The first-ever list of 100 Best Workplaces in the EU was announced by the European Commission on 27 March 2003. All 100 workplaces are recognized for their effort to create a high-quality working environment. The organisations are listed in alphabetical order. The Top 10 highest scoring organizations are marked in bold.
| | Companies |
| | 3Soft |
| | ?What If! |
| | Accenture |
| | Admiral Insurance Services |
| | American Express |
| | Arthur D. Little |
| | Arup Consulting Engineers |
| | Asda |
| | Atronic International |
| | AUBI Baubeschläge |
| | Bacardi-Martini |
| | Bain & Company |
| | Bank of Ireland Retail Operations |
| | Banverket Telenät |
| | Boehringer Ingelheim Danmark |
| | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
| | BUPA |
| | Caixa Popular - Caixa Rural |
| | Caja Madrid |
| | Cisco Systems |
| | Cloetta Fazer |
| | CoreMedia |
| | Danone |
| | Dansk Shell |
| | Datacon |
| | Deichmann |
| | DHL |
| | Diageo |
| | DLA |
| | Electric Paper |
| | Esy |
| | FedEx |
| | Ferrari Maserati Group |
| | Filestores |
| | Fishburn Hedges |
| | Flight Centre |
| | Ford-Werke |
| | Fresh |
| | General Electric Plastics |
| | Getzner Werkstoffe |
| | Goblet Lavandier & Associés |
| | Hannes Snellman |
| | Hexal |
| | Hilton |
| | IKEA |
| | Infovention |
| | Intel |
| | Irma |
| | Janssen-Cilag |
| | JCDecaux |
| | Johnson & Johnson |
| | Johnson Wax |
| | Kanal 5 |
| | Kingston Technology |
| | Kraft Foods Hellas |
| | Leo Animal Health |
| | Lilly |
| | MBNA Ireland |
| | McDonald's Danmark |
| | Merck Sharp & Dohme |
| | Mercuri International |
| | Microsoft |
| | Middelfart Sparekasse |
| | The Mill Gandon Logistics |
| | Münchener Rück |
| | Nationwide |
| | Nice-business Solutions |
| | Novabank |
| | Novartis |
| | Novo Nordisk Engineering |
| | Patagonia |
| | Pentascope |
| | Pfizer |
| | Piraeus Direct Services |
| | Procter & Gamble Market Development |
| | SAP Hellas |
| | SBAB |
| | sd&m |
| | SICK |
| | Skytec |
| | Soft Imaging System |
| | Tapiola-ryhmä |
| | Technia |
| | Tekes |
| | Timpson |
| | Titan Cement |
| | Trelleborg Navex |
| | Trodat |
| | Unilog |
| | Unimerco |
| | Vasakronan |
| | Viking Direkt |
| | Vorarlberger Kinderdorf |
| | VX Company |
| | Wallenstam |
| | Webasto Zentrale |
| | Wiener Hilfswerk |
| | Winterheller Software |
| | Woon en Zorg Heilig Hart |
| | Wragge & Co |
