The 35 hottest companies of 2018, according to LinkedIn

Accenture, the world's largest consulting firm by revenue, is a global company with offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 55 countries.

Number of global workers: Over 411,000

Based in New York City, the NBA is a men's professional basketball league based in North America.

Number of global workers: Over 2,186

Dropbox is a file hosting service that was founded in 2007.

Number of global workers: Over 1,900

Based in San Jose, Cisco is a hardware and telecommunications giant.

Number of global workers: 73,711

Stryker is a medical technology company that was founded in 1946.

Number of global workers: Over 33,000

EY is one of the "Big Four" audit firms and is based in London.

Number of global workers: Over 250,000

This financial services corporation operates in 42 countries.

Number of global workers: 57,000

Based in Beverly Hills, California, Live Nation Entertainment is an events promoter.

Number of global workers: 8,800

BCG, a management consulting firm, operates in 48 different countries.

Number of global workers: Over 14,000

Professional services firm PwC operates a network of firms in 157 countries.

Number of global workers: 236,235

Goldman Sachs specializes in global investment banking and other financial services and is headquartered in Lower Manhattan.

Number of global workers: Over 34,400

Based in New York City, Verizon is a telecommunications company.

Number of global workers: 155,400

The "Big Four" accounting firm is based in New York City.

Number of global workers: 263,900

The electronics conglomerate is based in South Korea.

Number of global workers: Over 310,000

International Business Machines Corporation is based in Armonk, New York, and was founded in 1911.

Number of global workers: 378,000

The luxury goods conglomerate is based in France.

Number of global workers: 145,000

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the sixth-largest bank in the world, by total assets.

Number of global employees: 240,000

Based in Round Rock, Texas, Dell develops, sells, and supports personal computers.

Number of global employees: 140,000

Time Warner, a mass media and entertainment conglomerate, was founded in 1990 and is based in New York City.

Number of global employees: 25,000

Airbnb is a San Francisco-based online hospitality service that was founded in 2008.

Number of global employees: More than 4,000

Adobe is a software company based in San Jose, California.

Number of global employees: 18,000

Based in New York City, this worldwide management consulting form specializes in both qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Number of global employees: 25,000

Based in San Francisco, California, Uber is a transportation network company.

Number of global employees: 15,000

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Spotify is a music streaming service that was first launched in 2008.

Number of global workers: 2,960

Founded in 1997 in Scotts Valley, California, Netflix is an entertainment company.

Number of global employees: 5,500

Oracle is a software company based in Redwood Shores, California.

Number of global workers: 138,000

Founded in 1923, the Burbank, California-based Walt Disney Company is the world's second largest mass media conglomerate.

Number of global employees: 199,000

Media conglomerate Comcast NBCUniversal is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, New York.

Number of global employees: 164,000

Based in Cupertino, California, Apple is the world's largest tech company by revenue.

Number of global employees: 123,000

Tesla is a Palo Alto, California-based US automaker and solar panel company that focuses on electric cars.

Number of global employees: 37,000

Salesforce is based in San Francisco, California and primarily deals with cloud computing technology.

Number of global employees: 30,000

Founded in 2004, Facebook is a social media service based in Menlo Park, California.

Number of global employees: 25,100

Alphabet, the company behind Google, is an American tech giant based in Mountain View, California.

Number of global employees: 80,110

Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, Amazon is an online retailer based in Seattle, Washington.

Number of global employees: 566,000