# Achievers

> Achievers is a Toronto enterprise software company that turns workplace appreciation into an operating system: employees recognize peers, managers attach points or awards, workers redeem rewards from a global marketplace, and HR teams study the resulting behavior. Founded by Razor Suleman in 2002 as I Love Rewards, it learned early that merchandise alone did not motivate people. The company now sells custom-priced SaaS and services to large, distributed employers, with recognition, rewards, celebrations, surveys, communications, integrations, and AI-assisted workforce insight in one platform.

- **Founded:** 2002
- **Headquarters:** Toronto, Canada
- **Founders:** Razor Suleman (Founder)
- **Team size:** 501-1,000 employees on LinkedIn; the supplied company record estimates about 1,200
- **Products:** Recognize, Reward, Celebrate, Achievers Intelligence, Employee voice and connection tools
- **Notable:** Blackhawk Network acquired Achievers in June 2015 for $103.5 million in cash purchase consideration, according to its SEC filing., Achievers said it surpassed 1 billion cumulative platform interactions in 2025., The company reported nearly 5 million employees using its platform across more than 190 countries at the end of 2025.

## Products & services

- **Recognize** — Monetary and non-monetary peer recognition, social newsfeeds, nominations, reporting, manager dashboards, and administrative automation.
- **Reward** — A global marketplace of gift cards, merchandise, branded swag, travel, experiences, cash rewards, and concierge options, with local fulfillment across roughly 190 countries.
- **Celebrate** — Automated onboarding, service-anniversary, milestone, and custom celebration programs.
- **Achievers Intelligence** — AI-guided recognition, behavioral pattern analysis, conversational reporting, benchmarking, skill signals, and predictive workforce insights.
- **Employee voice and connection tools** — Communications, announcements, employee connections, custom polls, pulse surveys, lifecycle feedback, and external recognition.
- **Learn & Recognize** — A Built on Workday application that identifies skills gaps and rewards employees for learning and development activity.

## Achievements

- Blackhawk Network acquired Achievers in June 2015 for $103.5 million in cash purchase consideration, according to its SEC filing.
- Achievers said it surpassed 1 billion cumulative platform interactions in 2025.
- The company reported nearly 5 million employees using its platform across more than 190 countries at the end of 2025.
- Achievers ranked first in Employee Recognition in G2's Winter 2026 Grid Reports, according to the company.
- Its internal Aspire program surpassed 500,000 recognitions in 2025.
- The company launched its second annual A-List Awards in 2026 to recognize customer programs with measurable results.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Achievers announced the 2026 A-List Award winners, including programs at Orica, The Lottery Corporation, Westpac New Zealand, and Würth Canada.
- **2026-05** — Brandon Hall Group named Achievers an Eminence Partner and began collaborating on a recognition-and-rewards research report.
- **2025-12** — The company said it crossed 1 billion platform interactions and introduced Achievers Intelligence as a behavioral insight layer.
- **2025-09** — Achievers launched Learn & Recognize through the Built on Workday program.
- **2025-08** — Achievers and CipherHealth announced an integration that turns patient feedback into real-time healthcare employee recognition.

## Links

- Website: https://www.achievers.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/achievers/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/achievers
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AchieversVideos
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/achievershq
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/achieverscommunity

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Last updated: 2026-08-23