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Top 10 most valuable US brands: Apple pips Google as Netflix rises up ranks

Apple has overtaken Google at the most valuable brand in the US, despite its recent share price dip, according to a new report.

The latest BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable US Brands ranking, announced today by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown, found Netflix was the fastest riser with brand value increase of 93% to $30.2bn.

Brands that are perceived as innovative and that also provide a great experience – meeting consumers’ needs where and when they are wanted – grew the most in value in the report.

The BrandZ study ranks the most valuable US brands, analyses their strengths, and identifies the key forces driving growth in this dynamic and complex market. It is the second edition of an annual report that tracks and anticipates the evolving environment for brands in the US and charts their changing fortunes.

According to the report, customer experience is as important as being perceived as innovative for increasing brand value. As Americans engage with brands in more and more places, the brands that continually innovate customer experience are winning, growing 200% more than those that don’t.

The new number one, Apple, increased its brand value by 13% in the last year to $316.1 billion to become the most valuable US brand. Its continued innovation across an entire ecosystem of services – such as Apple Pay, iCloud and Siri – that wrap around its key devices including the new Apple Watch and iPhone X, ensures that Apple increasingly owns and transforms the user experience in a way that is very meaningful to consumers.

Netflix grew its value more than any other brand, increasing by 93% over the last year to $30.2 billion. Benefiting from the growing adoption of streaming entertainment worldwide, the streaming superpower has capitalized on personalizing its service with original and entertaining content and has grown its subscriber base to 137 million, propelling it to no.28 in the ranking and the second most valuable entertainment brand behind Disney. Other fastest risers are PayPal (up 88%, no.19) and Amazon (up 69%, no.3).

Uber, the most valuable newcomer to the ranking (in at no.35, $21.1 billion), provides the best brand experience, according to US consumers, scoring above Amazon and Apple. It was also one of the most innovative brands in the ranking, ahead of Amazon and Tesla.

“Innovative companies such as Netflix and Uber are disrupting markets and creating new ones, while larger brands like Apple continue to shake things up with data, digital and marketing technology investments to maintain leadership in the new era of consumer experience. This year’s ranking shows that while US brands are amongst the most innovative in the world, innovation alone is no longer enough for brands to grow,” said Tim Wragg, CEO Kantar North America Insights Division.

Beth Ann Kaminkow, CEO of Kantar Consulting Brand & Marketing Americas continued: “Customer experience is now the greatest amplifier of value growth. However, US brands are lagging other countries in delivering on consumers’ expectations and letting them experience their innovation. They will need to focus on improving consumers’ experience of their brand in 2019 by breaking down internal silos and uniting marketing and sales to design holistically across all channels and touchpoints, for experience and commerce.”

Overall, the BrandZ Top 100 US brands grew 15% in the last year to $3.65 trillion, a combined value that is nearly one fifth (19.6%) of US GDP. They generate more value for their businesses than brands in any other country in the world.

“US brands excel at globalization,” said WPP’s David Roth. “The fact that they are so entwined in the lives of consumers around the world means they are often not thought of as American. This has helped to disconnect them from the political turmoil in the last year. It is an advantage not shared by brands that are less global and more connected to their country’s DNA. Their independence from the US is further demonstrated by the fact that they account for roughly half the value of the BrandZ Global Top 100 ranking.”

Other trends highlighted in this year’s BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable US Brands report and ranking are:

The BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable US Brands report and ranking, as well as other brand insights for key regions of the world and 18 market sectors, are available online here. The reports, rankings, charts, articles and more can also be accessed through the BrandZ app, which is free to download for Apple IOS and all Android devices from www.brandz.com/mobile or by searching for BrandZ in the iTunes or Google Play app stores.

Background and methodology

Commissioned by WPP, the valuation behind the BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable US Brands was conducted by brand equity research experts Kantar Millward Brown. The methodology mirrors that used to calculate the annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking, which is now in its 13th year.

The ranking combines rigorously analysed financial data from Bloomberg and Kantar Worldpanel with the opinions of over 164,000 America consumers gathered for over 1,500 brands in nearly 130 categories. The ability of any brand to power business growth relies on how it is perceived by customers. As the only brand valuation ranking grounded in consumer opinion, BrandZ’s analysis enables US brands to identify their strength in the market and provides clear strategic guidance on how to boost value for the long-term.

The BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable US Brands is the most definitive and robust ranking of the country’s brands available, and the brands ranked all meet these eligibility criteria:

The suite of BrandZ brand valuations and reports also includes China, India, Latin America, Brazil, Spain, UK, France, Germany, Australia, South Africa and Italy.

 

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