{"id":179498,"date":"2026-04-29T19:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179498\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:09:27","slug":"see-where-pittsburgh-companies-rank-among-most-trustworthy-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179498\/","title":{"rendered":"See where Pittsburgh companies rank among most trustworthy in US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some of the country’s favorite businesses \u2014 like Hershey<\/a>, Duolingo and Wawa<\/a> \u2014 are based here in Pennsylvania. But where do they rank among the nation’s most trustworthy companies?<\/p>\n

A recent report covering just that by Newsweek<\/a> included numerous Pennsylvania<\/a> companies, with 30 ranking in the top 50 most trustworthy brands within their industries. Pittsburgh<\/a> had the most companies on the list, though the state’s highest ranking businesses are located in Reading and Cranberry Township.<\/p>\n

These are the Pittsburgh-area and other Pennsylvania companies that ranked among the top brands nationwide.<\/p>\n

Majority of Pennsylvania’s most trustworthy companies in Pittsburgh <\/p>\n

Of the 700 companies featured, the highest\u2011ranking Pittsburgh companies span a range of industries, from banking to retail to health care. The list is based on a large national survey and media sentiment analysis conducted with Statista. According to Newsweek, the ranking reflects a widening trust gap among consumers as brand skepticism grows.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh companies dominated the list of Pennsylvania companies, making up about 23% of the state’s ranked companies. Conshohocken in Montgomery County had the second most rankings for the state, with three companies on the list.<\/p>\n

As for the most trustworthy companies, Reading and Cranberry Township both tied for the top ranking, with Reading’s Penske ranked at No. 3 in Transport, Logistics & Packaging, while Cranberry Township’s Westinghouse ranked at No. 3 in Energy & Utilities.<\/p>\n

Hersey of Hershey ranked fourth in Food & Beverages, while Quaker Houghton of Conshohocken came in at No. 5 in Materials & Chemicals. Pittsburgh’s Duolingo was ranked at No. 6 in Software & Telecommunications.<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania companies include both public and private firms, with seven of the featured companies headquartered in Pittsburgh, three in Conshohocken and two in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Most trustworthy companies in Pittsburgh <\/p>\n

Pittsburgh companies on the list include well\u2011known brands such as PNC, Duolingo, UPMC and GNC. A total of seven Pittsburgh companies were featured in the ranking.<\/p>\n

Here’s where they ranked within industry segments:<\/p>\n

Banking Health care and life sciences Materials and chemicals <\/p>\n

U.S. Steel: No. 9<\/p>\n

PPG Industries: No. 22<\/p>\n

Retail Software and telecommunications Textiles, clothing and luxury goods Most trustworthy companies in Pennsylvania <\/p>\n

Twenty-four Pennsylvania companies outside of Pittsburgh made it onto Newsweek’s list. Here’s how they ranked:<\/p>\n

Construction Consulting and professional services Energy and utilities Financial services Food and beverage <\/p>\n

Hershey (Hershey): No. 4<\/p>\n

Utz (Hanover): No. 17<\/p>\n

Grocery and convenience stores <\/p>\n

Wawa (Wawa): No. 13<\/p>\n

Giant Eagle (O’Hara Township): No. 15<\/p>\n

Fareway (West Chester): No. 27<\/p>\n

Weis Markets (Sunbury): No. 30<\/p>\n

Health care and life sciences Materials and chemicals <\/p>\n

Quaker Houghton (Conshohocken): No. 5<\/p>\n

84 Lumber (Eighty Four): No. 8<\/p>\n

Air Products (Allentown): No. 13<\/p>\n

Airgas (Radnor): No. 14<\/p>\n

Retail <\/p>\n

DICK’S Sporting Goods (Coraopolis): No. 24<\/p>\n

Five Below (Philadelphia): No. 35<\/p>\n

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (Harrisburg): No. 59<\/p>\n

Software and telecommunications Textiles, clothing and luxury goods Transport, logistics and packaging How Newsweek determined the list of Pennsylvania’s most trustworthy companies <\/p>\n

To determine the list, Newsweek considered U.S.\u2011headquartered companies with more than $500 million in revenue. The ranking was built on more than 100,000 trust evaluations from 25,000 U.S. residents. Public as well as private companies were eligible.<\/p>\n

According to Newsweek, the overall score was composed of 80% from survey results, and 20% from social listening analysis, which analyzed media coverage and online discussion to assess whether public sentiment was positive, neutral or negative.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USATNetwork: 31 Pennsylvania companies rank among most trustworthy in US. See list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some of the country’s favorite businesses \u2014 like Hershey, Duolingo and Wawa \u2014 are based here in Pennsylvania.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7451,36336,1508,28,73,75,74,80115,80114],"class_list":["post-179498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-conshohocken","tag-cranberry-township","tag-hershey","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-quaker-houghton","tag-trustworthy-companies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}