US Agency Business Report 2015

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Bigger, better, and global, this year's ABR dials up the volume

By Steve Barrett, April 27, 2015

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US Agency Rankings 2015: Northeast

May 01, 2015

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US Agency Rankings 2015: South

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US Agency Rankings 2015: Midwest

May 01, 2015

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US Agency Rankings 2015: West

May 01, 2015

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US Agency Rankings 2015

	Name of Agency	2014 Total US Revenue	2013 Total US Revenue	Change %	Rank 2014	2014 Total US Staff	2013 Total US Staff	Change %	2014 Revenue ($) US Employee	2013 Revenue ($) US Employee	Change %	Headquarters
1	Edelman	482,100,000	450,349,686	7%	1	2569	2443	5%	187,661	184,343	2%	Chicago
2	Weber Shandwick†	450,000,000	430,000,000	5%	n/a	2500	2300	9%	180,000	186,957	-4%	New York
3	FleishmanHillard†	400,000,000	365,000,000	10%	n/a	1750	1700	3%	228,571	214,706	6%	St. Louis
4	Ketchum†	325,000,000	315,000,000	3%	n/a	1600	1600	0%	203,125	196,875	3%	New York
5	Burson-Marsteller†	205,000,000	205,000,000	0%	n/a	1050	1000	5%	195,238	205,000	-5%	New York
6	MSLGroup 1 ††	180,000,000	185,000,000	-3%	n/a	624	638	-2%	288,462	289,969	-1%	New York
7	Hill+Knowlton Strategies†	150,000,000	150,000,000	0%	n/a	550	600	-8%	272,727	250,000	9%	New York
8	Ogilvy Public Relations 2 ††	125,000,000	125,000,000	0%	n/a	475	500	-5%	263,158	250,000	5%	New York
9	Golin††	117,700,000	110,000,000	7%	n/a	650	600	8%	181,077	183,333	-1%	Chicago
10	Porter Novelli†	104,100,000	100,000,000	4%	n/a	484	484	0%	215,083	206,612	4%	New York
11	Waggener Edstrom Communications	87,548,000	98,270,000	-11%	2	496	567	-13%	176,508	173,316	2%	Bellevue, WA
12	Cohn & Wolfe†	80,000,000	69,000,000	16%	n/a	575	550	5%	139,130	125,455	11%	New York
13	W2O Group	75,670,030	69,680,000	9%	4	365	366	0%	207,315	190,383	9%	San Francisco
14	ICF International 3	75,253,484	48,135,325	56%	6	392	280	40%	191,973	171,912	12%	Fairfax, VA
15	inVentiv Health PR Group 4 ††	70,000,000	67,600,000	4%	n/a	231	210	10%	303,030	321,905	-6%	New York
16	APCO Worldwide	69,073,200	76,614,800	-10%	3	266	295	-10%	259,674	259,711	0%	Washington, DC
17	Brunswick Group††	65,000,000	65,000,000	0%	n/a	200	178	12%	325,000	365,169	-11%	New York
18	FTI Consulting	64,300,000	64,000,000	0%	5	196	205	-4%	328,061	312,195	5%	New York
19	PMK-BNC††	62,150,000	55,000,000	13%	n/a	250	226	11%	248,600	243,363	2%	Los Angeles
20	MWW	53,517,000	46,629,000	15%	7	224	210	7%	238,915	222,043	8%	New York
21	ICR	51,663,463	43,322,436	19%	8	123	104	18%	419,176	415,244	1%	New York
22	Finn Partners	48,418,000	43,026,957	13%	9	335	287	17%	144,531	149,920	-4%	New York
23	Havas PR†	46,700,000	46,700,000	0%	n/a	140	140	0%	333,571	333,571	0%	New York
24	Ruder Finn	46,352,000	37,444,000	24%	10	253	202	25%	183,209	185,366	-1%	New York
25	Grayling†	43,750,000	43,225,000	1%	n/a	210	215	-2%	208,333	201,047	4%	New York
26	DKC	41,500,000	36,500,000	14%	11	199	171	16%	208,543	213,450	-2%	New York
27	Finsbury††	40,000,000	39,700,000	1%	n/a	82	92	-11%	487,805	431,522	13%	New York
28	Marina Maher Communications†	40,000,000	32,300,000	24%	n/a	150	120	25%	266,667	269,167	-1%	New York
29	Newlink Group	33,000,000	15,900,000	108%	32	90	85	6%	366,667	187,059	96%	Miami
30	Global Strategy Group	32,378,000	25,000,000	30%	15	76	72	6%	426,026	347,222	23%	New York
31	Allison+Partners	31,740,000	28,093,000	13%	14	196	160	23%	161,939	175,581	-8%	San Francisco
32	PadillaCRT	31,625,000	32,333,400	-2%	12	185	192	-4%	170,946	168,403	2%	Minneapolis
33	DeVries Global††	30,000,000	31,600,000	-5%	n/a	110	118	-7%	272,727	267,797	2%	New York
34	Zeno Group 5	28,300,000	28,100,000	1%	13	154	151	2%	183,766	186,093	-1%	New York
35	Lewis PR 6	27,935,000	18,790,000	49%	22	156	145	8%	179,071	129,586	38%	London
36	G&S Business Communications 7	25,438,112	22,490,108	13%	17	140	127	10%	181,701	177,087	3%	New York
37	The OutCast Agency	25,000,000	21,000,000	19%	19	99	87	14%	252,525	241,379	5%	San Francisco
38	Text100	24,852,174	20,705,632	20%	20	133	129	3%	186,858	160,509	16%	New York
39	Coyne Public Relations	23,010,000	20,040,000	15%	21	155	133	17%	148,452	150,677	-1%	Parsippany, NJ
40	Taylor	21,750,000	21,100,000	3%	18	108	105	3%	201,389	200,952	0%	New York
41	Marcus Thomas	20,820,000	18,157,527	15%	26	136	140	-3%	153,088	129,697	18%	Cleveland
42	Racepoint Global 8	20,547,447	17,370,983	18%	16	113	104	9%	181,836	167,029	9%	Boston
43	Hunter Public Relations†††	20,500,000	18,417,092	11%	25	107	108	-1%	191,589	170,529	12%	New York
44	Brodeur Partners††	20,000,000	18,350,000	9%	n/a	147	132	11%	136,054	139,015	-2%	Boston
45	Cone Communications†	19,800,000	19,800,000	0%	n/a	100	105	-5%	198,000	188,571	5%	Boston
46	Prosek Partners	19,200,000	16,424,945	17%	30	80	67	19%	240,000	245,148	-2%	New York
47	5W Public Relations	18,961,046	16,019,492	18%	31	112	105	7%	169,295	152,567	11%	New York
48	M Booth	18,847,645	17,413,062	8%	28	102	93	10%	184,781	187,237	-1%	New York
49	French \| West \| Vaughan 9	18,753,747	18,801,845	0%	23	87	97	-10%	215,560	193,833	11%	Raleigh, NC
50	Fahlgren Mortine 10	18,616,471	13,531,971	38%	41	104	74	41%	179,005	182,864	-2%	Columbus, OH
51	Shift Communications	18,444,854	18,652,825	-1%	24	135	120	13%	136,629	155,440	-12%	Newton, MA
52	Spong††	17,300,000	16,000,000	8%	n/a	60	60	0%	288,333	266,667	8%	Minneapolis
53	Levick Strategic Communications	17,231,618	12,273,537	40%	46	64	46	39%	269,244	266,816	1%	Washington, DC
54	Peppercomm	16,957,821	17,637,036	-4%	27	90	88	2%	188,420	200,421	-6%	New York
55	Citizen Relations 11	16,345,431	15,550,586	5%	33	67	60	12%	243,962	259,176	-6%	Los Angeles
56	Jackson Spalding 12	16,245,653	13,583,052	20%	44	115	96	20%	141,267	141,490	0%	Atlanta
57	Mitchell Communications Group	15,900,000	15,000,000	6%	34	75	85	-12%	212,000	176,471	20%	Fayetteville, AR
58	Steinreich Communications Group	15,750,164	13,698,097	15%	39	40	37	8%	393,754	370,219	6%	Fort Lee, NJ
59	Cooney/Waters	15,438,041	14,020,940	10%	36	52	50	4%	296,885	280,419	6%	New York
60	Spark Public Relations	15,300,000	11,324,534	35%	49	63	50	26%	242,857	226,491	7%	San Francisco
61	Imagination 13	14,822,707	13,593,000	9%	40	86	88	-2%	172,357	154,466	12%	Chicago
62	Matter Communications	14,821,000	9,747,000	52%	n/a	101	78	29%	146,743	124,962	17%	Newburyport, MA
63	Makovsky	14,500,000	14,250,000	2%	35	60	60	0%	241,667	237,500	2%	New York
64	LaunchSquad	14,062,803	11,341,707	24%	48	106	96	10%	132,668	118,143	12%	San Francisco
65	Bader Rudder Associates	13,922,858	13,808,600	1%	38	80	80	0%	174,036	172,608	1%	Brookfield, WI
66	LaForce + Stevens 14	13,595,525	14,059,565	-3%	37	88	86	2%	154,495	163,483	-5%	New York
67	Imre	13,400,000	13,300,000	1%	42	87	85	2%	154,023	156,471	-2%	Sparks, MD
68	Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications	13,189,973	9,957,467	32%	53	50	38	32%	263,799	262,039	1%	Boston
69	ROI Communication	13,001,553	9,579,729	36%	n/a	81	71	14%	160,513	134,926	19%	Scotts Valley, CA
70	RF\|Binder Partners	12,600,000	12,300,000	2%	45	80	76	5%	157,500	161,842	-3%	New York
71	Havas Formula	12,527,201	13,084,260	-4%	43	101	95	6%	124,032	137,729	-10%	New York
72	The Zimmerman Agency	12,200,000	11,000,000	11%	50	52	52	0%	234,615	211,538	11%	Tallahassee, FL
73	Catalyst†††	12,000,000	9,541,893	26%	55	46	38	21%	260,870	251,102	4%	New York
74	Eric Mower + Associates	11,968,851	11,887,278	1%	47	69	62	11%	173,462	191,730	-10%	Syracuse, NY
75	Crosby	10,986,305	7,645,873	44%	60	49	42	17%	224,210	182,045	23%	Annapolis, MD
76	Current Lifestyle Marketing	10,309,000	9,897,889	4%	54	49	49	0%	210,388	201,998	4%	Chicago
77	Davies	9,992,391	10,980,050	-9%	51	31	35	-11%	322,335	313,716	3%	Santa Barbara, CA
78	Exponent Public Relations	9,982,000	8,840,000	13%	56	54	52	4%	184,852	170,000	9%	Minneapolis
79	Eastwick	9,600,000	7,620,083	26%	61	53	43	23%	181,132	177,211	2%	San Francisco
80	InkHouse	9,017,618	6,383,153	41%	70	68	45	51%	132,612	141,848	-7%	Waltham, MA
81	ReviveHealth	8,700,000	5,300,000	64%	85	44	24	83%	197,727	220,833	-10%	Nashville, TN
82	Highwire Public Relations	8,208,694	6,022,256	36%	74	42	36	17%	195,445	167,285	17%	San Francisco
83	Podesta Group	8,181,127	7,374,124	11%	63	18	17	6%	454,507	433,772	5%	Washington, DC
84	Spectrum Science Communications	8,100,000	6,250,000	30%	71	35	35	0%	231,429	178,571	30%	Washington, DC
85	FoodMinds	8,072,494	6,432,640	25%	68	29	23	26%	278,362	279,680	0%	Chicago
86	PAN Communications	7,800,000	6,008,000	30%	75	56	47	19%	139,286	127,830	9%	Boston
87	Murphy O'Brien 15	7,518,485	8,820,700	-15%	57	49	49	0%	153,438	180,014	-15%	Los Angeles
88	451 Marketing	7,500,000	5,800,000	29%	78	77	63	22%	97,403	92,063	6%	Boston
89	PRR	7,323,170	6,513,003	12%	67	72	66	9%	101,711	98,682	3%	Seattle
90	Airfoil	7,170,140	7,382,549	-3%	62	57	59	-3%	125,792	125,128	1%	Southfield, MI
91	Dodge Communications	7,114,503	7,363,645	-3%	64	53	51	4%	134,236	144,385	-7%	Alpharetta, GA
92	Lambert, Edwards & Associates	6,840,000	6,188,000	11%	72	44	40	10%	155,455	154,700	0%	Grand Rapids, MI
93	Gregory FCA	6,800,000	6,565,880	4%	65	44	42	5%	154,545	156,330	-1%	Ardmore, PA
94	McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations	6,764,064	5,605,768	21%	80	60	57	5%	112,734	98,347	15%	Nashville, TN
95	Kwittken††	6,750,000	6,400,000	5%	69	45	40	13%	150,000	160,000	-6%	New York
96	Bateman Group	6,700,000	4,400,000	52%	91	50	30	67%	134,000	146,667	-9%	San Francisco
97	Singer Associates	6,658,905	5,063,344	32%	86	16	16	0%	416,182	316,459	32%	San Francisco
98	360 Public Relations	6,547,095	6,175,000	6%	73	41	38	8%	159,685	162,500	-2%	Boston
99	Pierpont Communications	6,434,096	5,831,496	10%	76	38	30	27%	169,318	194,383	-13%	Houston
100	rbb Public Relations	6,401,985	5,810,104	10%	77	38	33	15%	168,473	176,064	-4%	Miami
101	Kellen 16	6,363,729	5,539,720	15%	81	55	50	10%	115,704	110,794	4%	New York
102	Greentarget Global Group	6,234,553	5,420,914	15%	n/a	32	32	0%	194,830	169,404	15%	Chicago
103	Lou Hammond & Associates	6,141,600	6,522,466	-6%	66	40	40	0%	153,540	163,062	-6%	New York
104	The Brand Amp	5,642,680	5,562,749	1%	n/a	35	27	30%	161,219	206,028	-22%	Seal Beach, CA
105	LDWWgroup	5,468,960	3,311,000	65%	n/a	10	8	25%	546,896	413,875	32%	Dallas
106	Sachs Media Group	5,130,720	4,245,863	21%	94	25	22	14%	205,229	192,994	6%	Tallahassee, FL
107	Saxum 17	5,097,697	4,410,058	16%	82	46	36	28%	110,220	122,502	-10%	Oklahoma City
108	Cerrell Associates	5,012,662	4,001,072	25%	n/a	23	22	5%	217,942	181,867	20%	Los Angeles
109	Tunheim	4,960,000	3,821,462	30%	99	26	25	4%	190,769	152,858	25%	Minneapolis
110	Solomon McCown	4,936,650	4,196,787	18%	95	28	30	-7%	176,309	139,893	26%	Boston
111	Linhart Public Relations	4,815,119	5,481,205	-12%	83	27	31	-13%	178,338	176,813	1%	Denver
112	J Public Relations	4,805,100	3,325,463	44%	108	37	29	28%	129,868	114,671	13%	San Diego
113	HCK2 Partners	4,800,000	4,100,000	17%	n/a	40	37	8%	120,000	110,811	8%	Addison, TX
114	HealthStar PR	4,800,000	4,400,000	9%	n/a	16	15	7%	300,000	293,333	2%	New York
115	CooperKatz & Company	4,790,810	4,465,856	7%	89	31	30	3%	154,542	148,862	4%	New York
116	We Are Social	4,760,000	2,995,073	59%	n/a	50	40	25%	95,200	74,877	27%	London
117	Walker Sands Communications	4,550,743	3,811,380	19%	100	44	42	5%	103,426	90,747	14%	Chicago
118	Dukas Public Relations	4,550,000	3,741,809	22%	102	20	17	18%	227,500	220,106	3%	New York
119	Story Partners	4,500,000	3,500,000	29%	n/a	20	13	54%	225,000	269,231	-16%	Washington, DC
120	Seigenthaler Public Relations	4,292,000	3,810,135	13%	101	29	26	12%	148,000	146,544	1%	Nashville, TN
121	Moore Communications Group	4,223,940	4,295,584	-2%	93	34	27	26%	124,234	159,096	-22%	Tallahassee, FL
122	Nuffer, Smith, Tucker 18	4,154,229	4,041,232	3%	96	23	22	5%	180,619	183,692	-2%	San Diego
123	Adfero	4,005,000	4,624,000	-13%	88	28	31	-10%	143,036	149,161	-4%	Washington, DC
124	70kft	3,927,467	3,251,230	21%	n/a	38	22	73%	103,354	147,783	-30%	Dallas
125	MMGY Global	3,882,649	3,435,778	13%	105	26	25	4%	149,333	137,431	9%	New York
126	Lane	3,846,887	4,109,561	-6%	98	26	26	0%	147,957	158,060	-6%	Portland, OR
127	Standing Partnership	3,824,984	3,704,065	3%	103	24	27	-11%	159,374	137,188	16%	St. Louis
128	Intermarket Communications	3,815,447	4,128,335	-8%	97	15	18	-17%	254,363	229,352	11%	New York
129	Crossroads	3,768,314	3,331,926	13%	107	19	15	27%	198,332	222,128	-11%	Kansas City, MO
130	Agenda 19	3,744,655	3,393,028	10%	109	26	25	4%	144,025	135,721	6%	Washington, DC
131	RockOrange	3,600,000	3,200,000	13%	111	23	21	10%	156,522	152,381	3%	Miami
132	GroundFloor Media	3,546,887	3,570,956	-1%	n/a	17	15	13%	208,640	238,064	-12%	Denver
133	Linda Gaunt Communications	3,500,000	3,000,000	17%	n/a	20	15	33%	175,000	200,000	-13%	New York
134	Stanton Communications	3,500,000	4,444,719	-21%	90	18	18	0%	194,444	246,929	-21%	Washington, DC
135	Vault Communications	3,500,000	3,450,000	1%	n/a	26	22	18%	134,615	156,818	-14%	Plymouth Meeting, PA
136	BRG Communications	3,478,600	3,403,505	2%	106	18	18	0%	193,256	189,084	2%	Alexandria, VA
137	The DeBerry Group	3,405,520	3,155,705	8%	n/a	12	9	33%	283,793	350,634	-19%	San Antonio, TX
138	Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy	3,400,000	2,882,545	18%	n/a	20	18	11%	170,000	160,141	6%	Philadelphia
139	Hawkins International Public Relations	3,400,000	2,900,000	17%	n/a	25	21	19%	136,000	138,095	-2%	New York
140	March Communications	3,400,000	2,662,332	28%	115	34	25	36%	100,000	106,493	-6%	Boston
141	Trevelino/Keller 20	3,342,500	2,889,000	16%	113	19	17	12%	175,921	169,941	4%	Atlanta
142	HB Agency 21	3,334,633	3,240,741	3%	110	25	21	19%	133,385	154,321	-14%	Newton, MA
143	R/P Marketing Public Relations	3,270,798	3,611,428	-9%	104	25	25	-1%	131,357	143,311	-8%	Holland, OH
144	Konnect Public Relations	3,229,239	2,341,603	38%	122	36	26	38%	89,701	90,062	0%	Los Angeles
145	Nyhus Communications	3,200,000	4,390,000	-27%	92	19	20	-5%	168,421	219,500	-23%	Seattle
146	Kyne 22	3,150,000	2,250,000	40%	118	17	10	70%	185,294	225,000	-18%	New York
147	JeffreyGroup 23	3,147,387	5,322,950	-41%	84	10	28	-64%	314,739	190,105	66%	Miami
148	3A/Worldwide	3,120,000	1,748,000	78%	n/a	24	16	50%	130,000	109,250	19%	Miami
149	Fiona Hutton & Associates	3,078,543	2,314,980	33%	n/a	9	9	0%	342,060	257,220	33%	Los Angeles
150	Schneider Associates	3,000,000	2,700,000	11%	114	20	20	0%	150,000	135,000	11%	Boston
151	Beehive PR	2,925,000	2,046,346	43%	n/a	10	11	-9%	292,500	186,031	57%	St. Paul, MN
152	Westbound Communications	2,664,000	2,391,000	11%	119	15	14	7%	177,600	170,786	4%	Orange, CA
153	Sway Public Relations	2,571,566	1,794,210	43%	135	15	14	7%	171,438	128,158	34%	Miami
154	McGrath Power	2,367,721	2,549,051	-7%	116	13	16	-19%	182,132	159,316	14%	San Jose, CA
155	JMPR Public Relations 24	2,362,290	2,134,517	11%	121	17	17	0%	138,958	125,560	11%	Woodland Hills, CA
156	O'Reilly DePalma	2,340,000	1,968,000	19%	n/a	8	7	14%	292,500	281,143	4%	Frankfort, IL
157	Brownstein Group	2,200,714	1,963,512	12%	n/a	12	10	20%	183,393	196,351	-7%	Philadelphia
158	Cooksey Communications	2,071,417	1,862,954	11%	133	12	10	20%	172,618	186,295	-7%	Irving, TX
159	The Hodges Partnership	2,033,497	1,968,900	3%	128	17	16	6%	119,617	123,056	-3%	Richmond, VA
160	archer>malmo	2,000,000	2,085,000	-4%	126	18	18	0%	111,111	115,833	-4%	Memphis, TN
161	Mese Communication	2,000,000	1,800,000	11%	n/a	35	30	17%	57,143	60,000	-5%	?stanbul
162	Ink Public Relations	1,900,000	1,490,000	28%	n/a	15	9	67%	126,667	165,556	-23%	Austin, TX
163	Godfrey	1,883,392	1,720,650	9%	137	13	13	0%	144,876	132,358	9%	Lancaster, PA
164	Blaze Public Relations	1,773,264	1,676,510	6%	140	11	10	10%	161,206	167,651	-4%	Santa Monica, CA
165	M/C/C	1,700,000	1,700,000	0%	138	30	30	0%	56,667	56,667	0%	Dallas
166	O'Malley Hansen Communications	1,695,000	1,655,000	2%	141	14	12	17%	125,556	143,913	-13%	Chicago
167	Ward	1,672,863	1,315,783	27%	n/a	9	8	13%	185,874	164,473	13%	Bellaire, TX
168	Aspectus PR 25	1,587,409	1,442,192	10%	n/a	10	8	25%	158,741	180,274	-12%	London
169	Arrow	1,400,000	1,300,000	8%	n/a	8	8	0%	175,000	162,500	8%	Austin, TX
170	Nelson Schmidt	1,382,138	1,185,800	17%	156	6	6	0%	230,356	197,633	17%	Milwaukee, WI
171	Roberts Communications	1,372,320	1,460,010	-6%	147	6	6	0%	228,720	243,335	-6%	Rochester, NY
172	Guthrie/Mayes Public Relations	1,357,207	1,314,129	3%	151	11	9	22%	123,382	146,014	-15%	Louisville, KY
173	TransMedia Group	1,300,000	1,345,145	-3%	150	12	12	0%	108,333	112,095	-3%	Boca Raton, FL
174	Castillo & Ruig Communications	1,262,040	994,200	27%	163	9	8	13%	140,227	124,275	13%	Santa Monica, CA
175	Lola Red	1,250,000	1,000,000	25%	162	14	10	40%	89,286	100,000	-11%	Minneapolis
176	Hollywood Public Relations	1,144,371	705,979	62%	169	9	5	80%	127,152	141,196	-10%	Plymouth, MA
177	Miller Brooks	1,120,475	1,307,458	-14%	152	9	10	-10%	124,497	130,746	-5%	Zionsville, IN
178	Wise Public Relations	1,100,000	585,151	88%	175	5	5	0%	220,000	117,030	88%	New York
179	Instinctif Partners 26	1,033,547	943,213	10%	n/a	7	6	17%	147,650	157,202	-6%	London
180	Bianchi Public Relations	854,307	1,030,707	-17%	161	8	8	0%	106,788	128,838	-17%	Troy, MI
181	WordWrite Communications	695,160	801,600	-13%	167	6	6	0%	115,860	133,600	-13%	Pittsburgh

Notes
† Indicates revenue and staff figures are PRWeek estimates owing to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) or agencies declining to take part
†† Indicates revenue figures are PRWeek estimates as per† (staff numbers were provided by agency)
††† Indicates only 2014 revenue is an estimate (all else was provided by agency)
1 MSLGroup's 2013 staff number was misreported last year
2 Ogilvy PR's 2013 staff number was misreported last year
3 ICF's 2014 numbers incorporate revenue from Olson Engage, which it acquired in late 2014
4 Formerly known as Chandler Chicco Companies.
5 Zeno's 2013 staff number was updated from last year's report following an internal review at the agency.
6 Lewis PR's US revenue and staff numbers reported last year – $19,000,000 and 140, respectively – were updated after an internal review.
7 Formerly known as Gibbs & Soell.
8 Racepoint's 2013 global revenue of $23,915,652 was mistakenly reported as its US revenue figure last year.
9 In April 2014, French \| West \| Vaughan sold Regan Williams Licensing Group. Its eight employees left the firm as part of that transaction.
10 Fahlgren Mortine's 2014 numbers incorporate revenue from Turner PR, which the agency purchased at the start of 2014.
11 The 2013 US revenue figure reported by Citizen Relations last year ($15,552,096) was in Canadian dollars. In addition, due to an internal review, that 2013 revenue figure was updated this year to $16,017,104 ($CAN). The 2014 revenue figure submitted this year was also $18,050,260 ($CAN). The 2014 revenue figure was converted to US dollars using the Federal Reserve's 2014 average rate of exchange (1.1043). The 2013 revenue figure was converted to US dollars using the Federal Reserve's 2013 average rate of exchange (1.03)
12 Jackson Spalding's 2013 revenue figure (reported as $12,632,239 last year) has been restated to reflect what was reported in its 2013 Independent Auditor's Report.
13 Imagination's 2013 US staff number was updated from the 94 we reported last year to 88 this year. Last year's figure mistakenly included temporary employees.
14 The 2013 revenue figure reported by LaForce + Stevens last year ($14,000,000) was rounded off. It has been updated this year to reflect exact 2013 revenue.
15 Murphy O'Brien's 2013 revenue reported last year ($8,818,200) was updated after an internal review.
16 Kellen's 2013 revenue reported last year ($5,603,675) was updated after an internal review.
17 In last year's ABR, Saxum's gross revenue of $5,519,983 was reported. The number was updated this year to correctly reflect 2013 US GAAP revenue.
18 After an internal review, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker's 2013 revenue was adjusted slightly from the $4,136,448 reported last year.
19 Agenda's 2013 revenue figure submitted last year - $3,300,000 - was a rounded-off figure that has been updated this year to reflect exact revenue.
20 After an internal review, Trevelino/Keller's 2013 revenue was updated slightly from last year's reported figure of $2,751,000.
21 HB Agency's 2013 revenue reported last year ($3,277,000) was updated after an internal review.
22 Kyne's 2013 revenue ($2,400,000) and staff (12) figures reported last year were updated after an internal review.
23 Decreases in revenue and staff are largely attributed to the January 2014 spinoff of JeffreyGroup's US Hispanic practice to form Pinta, a now-separate sister company.
24 JMPR's 2013 revenue reported last year ($2,356,676) was updated after an internal review.
25 The numbers submitted by Aspectus PR were £963,000 (2014) and £922,000 (2013). Both figures were converted from British pounds to US dollars using the Federal Reserve's average rate of exchange for each year, which was 1.6484 in 2014 and 1.5642 in 2013.
26 The numbers submitted by Instinctif Partners were £627,000 (2014) and £603,000 (2013). Both figures were converted from British pounds to US dollars using the Federal Reserve's average rate of exchange for each year, which was 1.6484 in 2014 and 1.5642 in 2013.