2016 Temkin Emotion Ratings (Publix, Chick-fil-A, and Residence Inn Are the Leaders)

For the previous five years, we’ve measured emotion as part of the Temkin Experience Ratings (TxR). This year, we examined 294 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers (see methodology section below). The TxR examines the three elements of customer experience: success, effort, and emotion. In this post, I examine the results for the Temkin Emotion Ratings.

Emotion is the component of customer experience that is the most significant driver of customer loyalty. And we showed the connection between emotion and loyalty in a recent post. To find out more about how you can tap into the power of customer emotions, visit the Intensify Emotion Movement.

Publix, Chick-fil-A, and Residence Inn earned the only “good” scores for delivering the most positive emotional experiences, followed closely by H-E-B, True Value, Kroger, Save-a-Lot, Wawa Food Market, QVC, and Amazon.

At the other end of the emotional spectrum, the companies with the lowest Ratings are Comcast (for both Internet service and TV service), Fujitsu, Health Net, Blue Shield of CA, Anthem, Time Warner Cable, Commonwealth Edison, Medicaid, Charter Communications, and AT&T.

Do you want to the data from the 2016 Temkin Effort Ratings? It’s included in the Temkin Experience Ratings spreadsheet that you can purchase for $395.
Here’s a sample of the spreadsheet (.xls)

Here are some additional insights from the 2016 Temkin Emotion Ratings:

• The supermarket and fast food industries earned the highest average Temkin Emotion Ratings (at “okay” level), while health plans, TV service providers, and Internet providers were at the bottom with “very poor” ratings.
• The following companies earned ratings that are the most above their industry averages: Amazon, Residence Inn, Florida Power & Light, TXU Energy, National Car Rental, and Alabama Power Company.
• The following companies earned ratings that are the farthest below their industry averages: Fujitsu, Motel 6, Super 8, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Commonwealth Edison, and Citibank.
• The following companies earned the largest improvement between the 2015 and 2016 Ratings: Coventry Health Care, True Value, Con Edison of NY, Consumers Energy Company, Dominion Virginia Power, and Fox Rent A Car.
• The following companies declined the most between 2015 and 2016: Volkswagen, Fujitsu, Commonwealth Edison, BMW, GM, Health Net, and JetBlue.

Do you want to the data from the 2016 Temkin Effort Ratings? It’s included in the Temkin Experience Ratings spreadsheet that you can purchase for $395.
Here’s a sample of the spreadsheet (.xls)

Methodology:

The data was collected from an online survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers during January 2016. Quotas were set to mirror the U.S. census data for age, income, gender, ethnicity, and geographic regions of the U.S. population.

The Temkin Emotion Ratings are based on asking consumers the following question about companies with whom they’ve interacted during the previous 60 days: “Thinking of your most recent interactions with each of these companies, how did you feel about those interactions?” Potential responses range from 1= “Upset” to 7= “Delighted.” Temkin Emotion Rating for a company is calculated by taking the percentages of consumers who respond with a 6 or 7 and subtracting the percentage who responded with 1, 2, or 3.

You can view a sortable list of the Temkin Experience Ratings (and other ratings) on the Temkin Ratings website.