Freud Communications – no longer part of Publicis – stormed into the independents table but could not unseat Edelman from the top spot

 

Rank 2011 Rank in Top 150 Company Fee income 2011 (£k)
 Fee income 2010 (£k)
 change PR turnover 2011 (£k)
 PR staff 2011 Clients Location
1 4 Edelman 35,186 28,776 22 51,097 320 200 London
2 6 Freud Communications 27,043 23,800 14 39,829 221 n/a London
3 12 College Hill 19,502 16,730 17 31,306 200 648 London
4 22 Four Communications Group 10,071 7,037 43 20,951 151 539 London
5 23 Exposure 9,518 8,631 10 12,278 110 109 London
6 27 The Communications Store 8,535 6,228 37 8,535 72 120 London
7 28 Portland 8,274 6,693 24 8,449 58 152 London
8 29 Lansons Communications 8,078 8,283 -2 9,363 73 237 London
9 31 Brands2Life 6,898 6,386 8 8,173 80 93 London
10 37 The Big Partnership Group 6,166 6,265 -2 6,371 91 313 Glasgow
11 39 Camargue Group 5,545 4,553 22 7,396 63 106 London
12 40 Virgo Health 5,523 4,718 17 7,717 57 79 Surrey
13 43 3 Monkeys Communications 5,359 5,187 3 7,393 56 56 London
14 46 Octopus Group 4,834 3,837 26 6,305 59 85 Berks
15 49 Eulogy 4,299 3,815 13 4,299 41 64 London
16 50 PPS Group 4,198 3,717 13 4,928 49 209 London
17 51 Hanover Communications 4,114 3,388 21 4,599 41 91 London
18 52 The Whiteoaks Consultancy 4,056 3,184 27 4,656 40 38 Surrey
19 53 We Are Social 4,033 2,001 102 4,210 60 30 London
20 54 Waggener Edstrom Worldwide 4,032 3,247 24 4,032 41 45 London
21 55 Consolidated PR 3,929 4,081 -4 5,492 49 58 London
22 56 Shine Communications 3,829 3,523 9 6,204 53 35 London
23 57 PHA Media 3,782 3,131 21 3,994 44 106 London
24 58 Golley Slater Public Relations 3,681 4,054 -9 33,915 44 114 Cardiff
25 59 Freshwater UK 3,673 4,945 -26 5,304 53 214 Cardiff
26 61 Pegasus PR 3,512 2,751 28 4,532 45 60 Worthing
27 63 Purple Public Relations 3,199 2,605 23 4,112 48 110 London
28 66 Just Health PR 3,013 3,357 -10 4,283 21 19 London
29 68 Ruder Finn UK 2,917 2,740 6 3,265 28 46 London
30 69 Kazoo 2,821 2,774 2 6,205 36 29 London
31 71 salt 2,771 2,897 -4 3,053 29 29 London
32 72 PrettyGreen 2,651 2,096 26 5,778 38 16 London
33 73 Cirkle Communications 2,600 2,284 14 3,628 28 33 Bucks
34 74 London Communications Agency 2,591 2,807 -8 2,682 20 60 London
35 75 Pitch PR 2,587 2,048 26 4,058 36 33 London
36 76 Citypress 2,557 2,751 -7 2,751 39 49 Manchester
37 77 Open Road 2,533 1,619 56
 2,632 22 31 London
38 78 Remarkable Group 2,497 1,676
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 3,237 27 80 Hants
39 79 Nexus Communications Group 2,374 2,310 3 3,519 20 26 London
40 80 Brazen PR 2,214 2,180 2 2,512 28 51 Manchester

Notes

Fee income is defined as PR fees plus any mark-up. Figures from 1 January to 31 December 2011, rounded to nearest £1,000

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