Acorn Engineering Company Included in TIME America’s Best Private Companies 2026 List

Acorn Engineering Company has been awarded on TIME’s list of America’s Best Private Companies 2026. This prestigious award is presented in collaboration with Statista, the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The award list was announced on July 16, 2026, and can be viewed on TIME.com.

The America’s Best Private Companies 2026 ranking awards the top 500 privately held companies across the United States based on two key dimensions:

• Employee Satisfaction: Measured using survey responses from ~217,000 U.S. company employees over three years. It factors in recommendations from current and former employees, plus verified employee ratings across image, atmosphere, working conditions, salary, and equality.
• Company Impact: Assessed via a partnership with Helsinki-based firm The Upright Project, which quantifies a company’s Net Impact, defined as the net balance of its societal costs and benefits, across 19 subcategories spanning four pillars: society, knowledge, health, and environment.

Based on the results of the study, Acorn Engineering Company is honored to be recognized on TIME’s list of America’s Best Private Companies 2026!

Statista publishes hundreds of worldwide industry rankings and company listings with high-profile media partners. This research and analysis service is based on the success of statista.com, the leading data and business intelligence portal that provides statistics, relevant business data, and various market and consumer studies and surveys.

“This distinction is a significant one for Acorn Engineering Company,” said Morris Group International CEO Donald E. Morris. “Being privately held and family-owned is an important part of our values. This recognition shows we make products engineered to endure. As a privately held company, we can do things others can’t. We can pivot quickly with the demands of the market. The founding principles of our company are and have always been: ‘There is no substitute for quality.’”

About the employees, Don Morris said, “We have continuously developed a culture where our employees bring heart to what we do. Many of our employees are multi-generational, and they, their parents, and their siblings have spent their entire careers with us. I am proud of that.”