Program Registration

Program Registration

Why participate in the Biz 417's Best Places to Work program?

  • Hear the real story from your people: This award is powered by authentic employee feedback—not leadership spin—so you gain honest insight you can trust.
  • Turn feedback into growth: Winning is great, but the real value is in the data that help you improve, retain talent and build culture.
  • Earn credibility and pride: Being named a Best Place to Work is respected proof that your company is a place where people want to work and thrive.
  • Get high-value insights without a high price tag: Access a robust employee engagement survey and custom report for a nominal fee.
  • See how you stack up—locally: Benchmark your performance against Southwest Missouri peers, not generic national averages.
  • Stand out to top talent: A public Best Places to Work recognition is a powerful signal to potential hires that your culture is the real deal.
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2026 Program Registration

I understand that we are responsible for paying for any additional services ordered (customization, translation fees, additional reporting, etc.). If we withdraw after the registration deadline, we will incur an additional $125 withdrawal fee to remove our organization from the process.
Please see the full program terms and conditions which you agree to by registering for the program.
Terms and Conditions Agreement
View the Biz 417's Best Places to Work program terms and conditions.

Organization Information

Contact Information

Tell us about your people!

Primary Contact

The single point of contact who steers your participation from start to finish—receiving every email, call, survey link, report, or mailing from us and routing each item to the right people inside your organization.

Is this contact an employee of the company?

Secondary Contact

The designated stand-in for the Primary Contact, to only be used when the Primary is unavailable: vacation, leave, or role change.

HR Contact

HR colleague we can consult for survey data or workforce policies-related questions. All portals, questionnaires, and results still go to your Primary Contact; we’ll contact this HR person only for those HR-specific follow-ups.

IT Contact

A technical point person in addition to Primary Contact to troubleshoot survey-delivery issues, allowlist domains, resolve spam or filter blocks, and handle system questions that keep our surveys and links from flowing smoothly.

Program Registration

Number of Employees: Tell us how many employees you have working in The 417 Region.

If you employ more than 250 people, we will survey a random sample of your employees. Please enter the total number of employees (See Eligibility) working at this organization. Please do not include temporary, seasonal or per diem employees, PRN, 1099 employees/independent contractors, volunteers, interns, outside consultants or staffing employees placed by other organizations. (See Eligibility)

The Best List will be broken out by size categories. A Small Employer is considered any organization that has 10-50 employees, a Medium Employer is consider any organization that has 51-149 employees and a Large Employer is an organization that has more than 150 employees.

Must have a minimum of 10 employees to continue.
Please let us know how many employees you have working in the United States including employees eligible for this program and employees working in other regions.

Survey Selection

Please see the chart below to determine the survey selection.
Number of Eligible Employees in The 417 Region Number of Eligible Employees in The 417 Region Surveyed Registration Fee
10 – 24 All FREE
25 – 99 All FREE
100 – 199 All FREE
200 – 499 Up to 250** FREE
500 – 2,499 350** FREE
2,500 + 400** FREE

*Fees are non-refundable. **To ensure the credibility of the information, companies with 10-24 employees must have an 60% (or better) response rate on the employee survey to be considered for the list. ***Employees are randomly selected. Best Companies Group offers the option to survey more employees than the random sample calculated in the above chart, and/or include additional employees in the survey process who work in locations outside of the program area. Please email [email protected] for details and pricing.

Number of eligible employees as indicated above.

Additional Information

Alternate Language Translations
Includes Spanish (Latin American & European), Chinese (Mandarin), Tagalog, Vietnamese, Portuguese, French (Canadian and European), and German. If you need a language that isn't listed, please contact [email protected] to inquire whether it can be provided.
Did this organization participate last year?

Special Offer

Purchase your BCG EnGauge Dashboard Now and Save.* The package includes access to your organization’s data on our interactive online dashboard. The dashboard contains multiple levels of reporting with drill downs, heat maps, charts and graphs. View percentage of positive and negative responses to each of the 77 questions asked of employees as well comments, and employee and employer benchmarking. Similar reports can cost thousands of dollars if initiated independently.
Number of Eligible The 417 Region Employees Number of Eligible The 417 Region Employees Surveyed Pre-survey Pricing (discount)* Regular Pricing* Savings
10 – 24 All $790 $880 Save $90
25 – 99 All $820 $910 Save $90
100 – 199 All $970 $1080 Save $110
200 – 499 Up to 250** $1090 $1210 Save $120
500 – 2499 350** $1170 $1300 Save $130
2500 + 400** $1210 $1340 Save $130

*Fees are non-refundable. **To ensure the credibility of the information, companies with 10-24 employees must have an 60% (or better) response rate on the employee survey to be considered for the list. ***Employees are randomly selected. Best Companies Group offers the option to survey more employees than the random sample calculated in the above chart, and/or include additional employees in the survey process who work in locations outside of the program area. Please email [email protected] for details and pricing.

Purchase your results by selecting the number of eligible employees in The 417 Region as indicated above or select "No, thank you."
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