Although technology has consistently contributed to diagnosing and treating diseases, the broader healthcare sector has shown reluctance in adopting innovative digital platforms for data analysis to fundamentally alter care delivery.
To identify the globe’s leading health tech companies in 2025, TIME collaborated with Statista, undertaking a global analysis of firms introducing the most impactful health-improving technologies. Companies were evaluated across three criteria—financial performance, reputation assessment, and online presence—and categorized according to the services they offer.
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Unsurprisingly, companies focused on AI & Data Analytics achieved the highest rankings. This reflects the current surge in leveraging health data to enhance everything from disease screening and diagnostics to precisely matching patients with optimal treatments for the best health outcomes. Qure AI (noted for Very High performance in AI & Data Analytics) was also recognized earlier this year for its deep-learning technology, capable of analyzing diagnostic imaging to detect issues like cancer and TB at early stages.
Conversely, the Prevention category contained the fewest top-ranked companies. This is an area of medicine that experts widely acknowledge as crucial for reducing healthcare expenses by helping people avoid illness in the first place. While private and public insurance providers are obligated to cover more preventive services, including cancer screenings and immunizations, doctors are not rewarded at the same rate for engaging in comprehensive discussions about preventing chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, as they are for ordering tests and performing procedures. This disparity may be stifling innovation in the field.
Developing accurate and cost-effective disease diagnostic methods continues to be a challenge. Nevertheless, several notable companies, such as Fedo, which uses a selfie to assess certain vital signs, and Canary Speech, which employs a person’s voice to detect various cognitive and behavioral disorders (both achieving Outstanding performance in Diagnostics), are making significant progress using new AI tools. “The voice is the most complex motor function we produce in the body. It’s very, very rich in information,” stated Henry O’Connell, Canary’s co-founder and CEO, at a in 2025. “If there is a defect of some kind, whether it’s a cold or whether it’s a progressive neurological disease, all of them impact on the central nervous system’s ability to control and create language.”
The primary benefit of digital health will be to empower patients, enabling them to both learn more about their health and take proactive steps to prevent or better manage conditions. Companies like Oura (recognized for Outstanding performance in Medical Devices & Wearables), which produce wearable health devices, and telehealth entities continue to innovate ways to keep individuals informed and connected to healthcare providers. This aligns with patients’ demand for the same transparency and depth of information in managing their health that they experience in other aspects of their lives—such as retail and transportation.
The complete list of this year’s top health tech companies is available below.