| 100% | LLBEAN | 6 | Double-initialed outdoorsman who founded a retail company based in Freeport, Maine: 3 wds. |
| 43% | LLBEAN | 6 | Outdoor-goods retailer based in Freeport, Maine: 3 wds. |
| 37% | VASCODAGAMA | 11 | Portuguese explorer who found a sea route from Europe to India in the late 1400s: 3 wds. |
| 33% | IAMS | 4 | Animal nutritionist who founded a pet food company in 1946 |
| 32% | GLOCK | 5 | Gaston —, Austrian engineer who founded a company in 1963 that now makes firearms |
| 31% | JEFFDANIELS | 11 | "Dumb and Dumber" actor who founded a theater for local actors in his Michigan hometown: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MARIOPRADA | 10 | Italian designer who founded a brand in 1913 which also has a subsidiary brand called "Miu Miu": 2 wds. |
| 30% | ZALANDO | 7 | Online clothing retail company based in Berlin |
| 29% | THEA | 4 | ___ Foss, who founded the largest tugboat company in the western US and who Tugboat Annie was loosely based on |
| 28% | WOODYHARRELSON | 14 | "Solo: A Star Wars Story" actor who plays Tallahassee in "Zombieland: Double Tap": 2 wds. |
| 28% | AVIS | 4 | Warren who founded a rental car company |
| 28% | DEERE | 5 | John who founded a Fortune 500 company |
| 28% | IAMS | 4 | Paul who founded a pet food company |
| 28% | VASSAR | 6 | Matthew who founded a college in 1861 |
| 28% | IAMS | 4 | Nutritionist Paul who founded a pet food company |
| 28% | FORD | 4 | Henry who founded a car company |
| 28% | ELI | 3 | Lilly who founded a pharmaceutical company |
| 27% | SEARS | 5 | Retail company founded as a mail-order catalog |
| 27% | JAMESEARLJONES | 14 | Actor who portrayed a fictionalized version of boxer Jack Johnson in "The Great White Hope": 3 wds. |
| 27% | ELLEN | 5 | With 28-Down, newswoman who founded a college in Claremont, Calif. |
| 27% | JAMIELEECURTIS | 14 | "Halloween" actress who plays a principal in "Spare Parts": 3 wds. |
| 26% | DICKVANPATTEN | 13 | Actor who eats a hamburger in the audience in "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Smells Like Nirvana" video: 3 wds. |
| 26% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Animation icon who founded his company in 1923 |
| 26% | DELMONTE | 8 | Canned food company based in San Francisco: 2 wds. |
| 26% | WILLIAMHMACY | 12 | "Shameless" actor who played a car salesman who hired kidnappers in the 1996 film "Fargo": 3 wds. |
| 26% | KATEBECKINSALE | 14 | "Alice Through the Looking Glass" star who plays Lady Susan in "Love & Friendship," a film based Jane Austen's "Lady Susan" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | "Good Vibrations" group who had a hit in 1963 with "Surfin' U.S.A.": 3 wds. |
| 25% | AMIES | 5 | Hardy —, dressmaker by appointment to Queen Elizabeth II who founded a fashion house in 1946 |
| 25% | REALSALTLAKE | 12 | MLS team based in Utah that is a member of MLS Western Conference: 3 wds. |
| 25% | JOEYLOGANO | 10 | Two-time NASCAR winner who was runner-up to the 2023 Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in a double-overtime finish (2 wds.) |