About Benchmarks+

In this article:

• Overview 
• How Benchmarks+ Improves Accuracy 
• What You Can Do with Benchmarks+ 
• Standard Benchmarks vs. Benchmarks+ 
  • A Visual Comparison 
• Understanding Benchmark Composition 
  • Global Company Benchmarks 
  • Top Quartile and Top Decile Benchmarks 
  • How Benchmarks Are Built 
  • Using Benchmarks+ Across Your Organization 
• FAQs 

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Overview 

Benchmarks+ is an advanced benchmarking feature in Quantum Workplace that gives organizations more flexibility and confidence when comparing survey results to relevant peer groups. 

With Benchmarks+, administrators can create customized benchmarks using multiple criteria—such as industry, company size, and global presence—directly within the platform. This allows teams to move beyond one-size-fits-all comparisons and focus on benchmarks that better reflect their organization’s context. 

 

How Benchmarks+ Improves Accuracy 

Quantum Workplace benchmarks are built using a large, diverse dataset that increases the number of statistically valid comparisons across industries, company sizes, and organizational structures. 

Benchmarks+ builds on Quantum Workplace’s benchmark foundation by allowing users to create highly relevant, customized groups using a wide range of company attributes. You can combine filters—such as company size, industry, or other organizational attributes—into a single benchmark to compare against organizations that are most similar to yours.  

Only benchmarks that meet strict statistical validity standards are available for use, helping ensure your results are both trustworthy and actionable. 

 

What You Can Do with Benchmarks+ 

With Benchmarks+, you can: 

• Create benchmark comparisons using multiple criteria at once 

• Refine benchmarks to include only global organizations 

• View summary details that explain how each benchmark is composed 

• Add custom benchmarks directly to surveys for consistent reporting 

• Use advanced benchmark views such as Top Quartile and Top Decile comparisons 

All benchmark creation and selection happens directly in the platform—no manual requests or external files required. 

 

Standard Benchmarks vs. Benchmarks+ 

All Quantum Workplace customers have access to standard benchmarks, which include common comparisons such as industry, company size, sub-industry, and Best Places to Work benchmarks. 

Benchmarks+ expands on this access by enabling deeper customization and filtering. 

Comparison Overview 

Feature	Standard Benchmarks	Benchmarks+
Statistically validated benchmark logic	✅	✅
Industry, size, sub-industry, and BPTW benchmarks	✅	✅
Ability to filter to global organizations	❌	✅
Create and configure custom benchmark combinations	❌	✅
Add custom benchmarks directly to surveys	❌	✅
Top Quartile and Top Decile benchmark views	❌	✅

 

Understanding Benchmark Composition 

Each benchmark created in Benchmarks+ includes a summary that shows how many organizations and survey contributions are represented. This transparency helps users understand the scope of a benchmark without exposing individual organizations. 

Seeing how a benchmark is composed makes it easier to evaluate relevance and share results confidently with stakeholders. 

 

Global Company Benchmarks 

Benchmarks+ includes a Global Company filter that allows organizations to benchmark against peers with international operations. 

Global organizations often face unique challenges related to distributed teams, regional regulations, and cultural differences. This filter helps ensure benchmark comparisons reflect that complexity, making results more meaningful for organizations operating across multiple countries. 

 

Top Quartile and Top Decile Benchmarks 

In addition to standard comparisons, Benchmarks+ supports Top Quartile and Top Decile views. 

These views highlight the performance of high-scoring organizations within a benchmark group, helping teams understand what strong performance looks like in the top 10% or 25%. Benchmarks+ calculates these thresholds using true percentile methodology on a per-question basis, meaning each question defines its own bar for top performance.  

Rather than averaging the results of top performers, these views show the score attributed to each of those tiers—making it easier to set informed, aspirational goals with clear, statistically accurate targets. 

 

How Benchmarks Are Built 

To ensure benchmarks are reliable and comparable: 

• Data is aggregated at the company-survey-item level, so each organization contributes equally; each company’s response, to each item, on each survey, contributes one single data point 

• Benchmarks are based on a rolling three-year dataset to smooth year-to-year fluctuations 

• Only benchmarks that meet minimum sample size and margin-of-error requirements are shown 

If a benchmark combination does not meet these standards, it will not be available for selection. 

Using Benchmarks+ Across Your Organization 

Benchmarks created and added to a survey are visible to users with access to that survey, based on Access Role settings. This ensures consistency in how benchmarks are applied and interpreted across teams. 

Benchmarks+ benchmarks only apply to current and future surveys and do not retroactively update historical reports. 

 

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Frequently Asked Questions 

Can I apply more than one filter at a time? 

Yes. Benchmarks+ allows multiple filters, such as industry, company size, and global presence, to be used together. For example, you could compare your scores to “Global Healthcare Organizations with 500-2,000 employees.”  

What happens if a benchmark doesn’t meet statistical requirements? 

Benchmark combinations that do not meet validity thresholds, such as the acceptable margin of error or the minimum number of company-survey-item points, will not be available for use. 

Can I still use standard benchmarks if I have Benchmarks+? 

Yes. Benchmarks+ is an additional feature. Standard benchmarks will remain available alongside custom benchmarks. 

How many benchmarks can I create? 

There is no system-enforced limit to the number of benchmark combinations you can create, but we recommend focusing on a few in a year. This allows you to have comparisons that are relevant to your organization without creating too much complexity or confusion. 

Are benchmarks applied retroactively to past surveys? 

No. Benchmarks+ benchmarks only apply to surveys going forward and do not update historical results. 

How do you define a Global Company? 

Organizations with operations or employees in multiple countries are considered Global Companies. This is based on company-reported information collected through surveys or onboarding.