Starting your career can feel exciting and a little overwhelming at the same time. Whether you’ve just graduated or you’re stepping into the world of work for the first time, the right company can make all the difference. From offering great training to creating a supportive environment, these companies for graduates and young professionals in 2025 are all about helping you learn, grow and kick-start a career you’ll love.

How do I find the best companies for graduates in 2025?

Start by researching companies that are known for investing in early career development, such as those featured on Flexa, which showcases employers offering flexibility, strong culture, and progression opportunities.

Which are the best companies for graduates in 2025?

Maersk: With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries Maersk is a global leader in logistics services and can offer you the opportunity to grow and evolve in a truly diverse workplace.

Airbus: Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2020, it generated revenues of €49.9 billion and employed a workforce of around 150,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. 

Virgin Media O2: VMO2 are an award-winning fibre broadband provider & telecommunications company. They manage 47 million UK connections across broadband, mobile, TV and home phone and have around 18,000 colleagues, working hard to provide the very best connectivity to our valued customers.

NHBC: NHBC is the UK's leading provider of warranty and insurance for new-build homes. Their purpose is to raise standards in house building by championing high-quality homes and protecting homeowners. 
Vattenfall: Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21,000 employees. For more than 100 years they have electrified industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernised our way of living through innovation and cooperation.

OVO: OVO launched in 2009 with a belief that energy could be better. Since then they’ve welcomed over four million members, planted 5 million trees and set their sights on helping to save the planet. In 2019 they launched Plan Zero - their sustainability plan.

Mars UK and Mars France : For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the centre of who they have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating, and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.

Mott Macdonald: Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. They are a global engineering, management and development consultancy. Everywhere around the world, people’s needs and aspirations are changing, fast.

BAE Systems : BAE Systems help customers to stay a step ahead when protecting people and national security, critical infrastructure and vital information. They  provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions and employ a skilled workforce of 107,000 people in more than 40 countries.

BMT: BMT exists to navigate the most important and impactful engineering challenges of our time. They create environments where people with outstanding technical knowledge deliver meaningful, practical solutions. 

Veramed: Veramed is a customer-driven Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) that provides high quality biostatistics and programming services for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. .

SilverRail Technologies: SilverRail Technologies have made it their mission to make rail easy for travellers, agencies and train operators.

TUI Group: TUI Group is a leading global travel and leisure company, with 1,200 travel agencies, around 130 planes, over 400 hotels, 16 cruise liners, various digital platforms for leisure activities, and a team of over 60,000 talented colleagues worldwide. Their passion is making holiday dreams come true for their 21 million customers.

HEINEKEN UK: As the UK’s leading beer, cider and pub business, Heineken are home to some of the world’s best-loved beers and ciders, and a leading player in the international drinks industry.

Anglian Water Services:  Anglian Water Services are building a more resilient future. By 2030, they will have prepared two new reservoirs for construction, and their extended strategic pipeline will ensure the region stays resilient to drought. Every step they take is focused on improving the lives of the people they serve. 

Vodafone: Vodafone is a leading international Telco serving 300 million customers. Their strong belief is that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us.

Crest: Crest is one of the UK's leading boutique PR agencies. They create bespoke PR and marketing strategies for start-ups, scale-ups & VCs. They specialise in helping innovative technology companies find their voice, secure media coverage, and build a brand that people trust.

SAP: A market leader in enterprise software, SAP turns businesses into intelligent, sustainable enterprises.

Goodlord: Goodlord’s mission is to make the best renting experience in the world. Their aim is to remove the complications of the rental process by eliminating the inefficiencies in the process. 

MBDA: As a leading company in the defence industry, they deliver essential military capabilities for each branch of the Armed Forces - with specific expertise in missiles and missile systems.

Amplifi: Amplifi is a specialist consultancy providing Advisory, Delivery and Support services for data management, data governance and data quality. They are driven by business outcome and long-term success for their clients.