Five Grand (“best of show”) Stevie Award winners will be selected. The organization that wins the most Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards will be presented with the Grand Stevie Award for Organization of the Year.

The top-scoring nomination from each of the four markets that submitted the most entries to the awards will also receive Grand Stevie Award trophies.

The 2026 Grand Stevie Award for Most Honored Organization of the Year goes to SM Supermalls, across China and the Philippines, with 52 award points earned through four Gold, 11 Silver, and 12 Bronze Stevie wins. The organization also won this honor in the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in 2019. SM Companies won Grand Stevies in the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in 2020, 2021, and 2025.

Grand Stevie Awards will also be conferred upon the highest-rated nominations from the four nations that submitted the most nominations to this year's competition. These winners are:

From Australia: Neurolead, of Tanawha, Queensland, received an average score from the judges of 9.0 out of a possible 10 for their nomination entitled "Neurolead: Scaling Health and Safety Excellence Through a Perfect NPS 100 Global Model," which won the Gold Stevie Award in the category that recognizes Innovative Achievement in Health and Safety Excellence.

From China: Publicis Influence China, based in Shanghai, wins this honor with an average score of 9.1 for their nomination called "Publicis Influence: Transforming China's Influencer Investment with Data-Driven Precision," winner of the Gold Stevie for Innovation in Social Media Marketing.

From India: Cisco Systems Ind Pvt Ltd, of Bengaluru, Karnataka, won the Gold Stevie in the category Innovation in AI-Driven Customer Service – Computer Industries, with an average score of 9.3—the highest in the entire competition—for the nomination "SPectra: Revolutionizing Service Provider and Hyperscaler Experience with AI-Driven Innovation, Powered by RADKitPulse and Agntcy." This is the third Grand Stevie Award earned by Cisco Systems in India in the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, having won also in 2022 and 2023 (Organization of the Year).

From the Philippines: Manila Electric Company (Meralco), Pasig City, wins for the nomination "No One Left in the Dark: How Meralco Brought 24/7 Sustainable Power to Cagbalete Island." The nomination earned the Gold Stevie for Innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Videos, with an average score of 9.14.