Texas Health ranks No. 34 on Fortune’s best companies list again

Texas Health Resources’ No. 34 finish on Fortune’s 2026 100 Best Companies to Work For list gave the North Texas system another recruiting edge at a time when hospitals in Collin County are fighting hard for nurses, technicians and administrators. The ranking, published April 1, kept Texas Health in the national spotlight for a 12th straight year and made it the only health care organization in Texas to make the list.

The recognition is based on employee survey feedback, not just branding, which gives the result added weight inside a hospital system that depends on retention as much as expansion. Texas Health said it ranked second in the health care industry nationally, and Chief Executive Barclay Berdan said the honor reflects a culture “grounded in respect and support” for employees. Great Place To Work said the 2026 winners “beat the stock market by 3x over 28 years,” a reminder that workplace culture has become a measurable business issue as well as a human one.

For Collin County, the ranking lands in a region where Texas Health has a major footprint. Texas Health Plano has served Plano, Frisco, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson and McKinney since 1991, and the hospital is now undergoing a new tower build and campus renovation. Texas Health Frisco has also leaned into employee and patient-friendly design, including walking trails, yoga classes and natural materials. Texas Health’s Center for Diagnostics & Surgery Plano adds another local foothold through its joint venture with physicians. The system also has facilities in Sachse.

The scale of the operation explains why the workforce issue matters so much. Great Place To Work says Texas Health has 29,000 employees and cares for more than 2 million patients a year across North Texas. Its profile says the system serves the region through 29 hospitals plus outpatient surgery, specialty care, urgent care, behavioral health, physician offices, home health and preventive services. Texas Health says it has 24 hospitals around Dallas-Fort Worth.

That reach means a workplace ranking is not just a corporate trophy. In Plano, Frisco and across fast-growing Collin County, it can affect who applies, who stays and how quickly the system can staff new beds, clinics and services. For patients waiting for appointments, emergency care or surgical openings, the culture behind the badge can shape the care they receive.