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Bigger, better, and global, this year's ABR dials up the volume
Welcome to our Global Agency Business Report: the most comprehensive and best roundup of intelligence about PR agencies ever produced.
US Agency Profiles
360 Public Relations
Allison+Partners
APCO Worldwide
Brodeur Partners
Burson-Marsteller
Catalyst
Citizen Relations
Cohn & Wolfe
Coyne PR
DeVries Global
DKC
Edelman
Fahlgren Mortine
Finn Partners
Finsbury
FleishmanHillard
French | West | Vaughan
FTI Consulting
G&S Business Communications
Global Strategy Group
Golin
Havas PR
Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Hunter Public Relations
ICF SCM
ICR
inVentiv Health PR Group
Ketchum
Kwittken
LaForce + Stevens
LaunchSquad
Levick Strategic Communications
Lewis PR
M Booth
Makovksy
Marina Maher Communications
Mitchell Communications Group
MSLGroup
MWW
Newlink Group
Ogilvy Public Relations
The OutCast Agency
PadillaCRT
Peppercomm
PMK-BNC
Porter Novelli
Prosek Partners
Racepoint Global
RF Binder Partners
Ruder Finn
Shift Communications
Singer Associates
Spong
Taylor
Text100
W2O Group
Waggener Edstrom
Weber Shandwick
Zeno Group
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 | |
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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 |
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† 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. |