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Agency Business Report 2012
PR industry stands up well to analysis
US GDP grew just 1.7% in calendar year 2011, hitting a high of 3% in Q4, but PR agencies bucked this trend and posted another set of impressive results for the communications services industry.
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State of US PR agencies [INFOGRAPHIC]
Following two years of stable growth, an emboldened communications industry is expanding well beyond its core fields of expertise and geographies into new areas.
The challenge of new business
Maintaining a disciplined new business machine can be difficult in an industry that shrinks from the word "sell."
Agency Business Report 2012: The dawn of the $1b agency
Considered a pipe dream not long ago, the 10-digit mark has become a realistic goal for some firms.
Top 10 US Agencies
| Agency Name | 2011 Revenue | |
| 1 | Edelman | $383,424,570 |
| 2 | Waggener Edstrom Worldwide | $100,539,000 |
| 3 | APCO Worldwide | $72,902,800 |
| 4 | WCG | $44,470,000 |
| 5 | ICF SCMD | $40,694,584 |
| 6 | MWW Group | $38,626,000 |
| 7 | Ruder Finn | $37,790,000 |
| 8 | ICR | $32,716,715 |
| 9 | DKC | $27,413,800 |
| 10 | Finn Partners | $23,063,000 |
Top 10 Network Agency Revenue Estimates
| Company | $US | $Global |
| Edelman | 383,424,570* | 614,858,225* |
| Fleishman-Hillard | 350,000,000 | 520,000,000 |
| Weber Shandwick | 350,000,000 | 500,000,000 |
| Ketchum | 270,000,000 | 420,000,000 |
| Burson-Marsteller | 200,000,000 | 450,000,000 |
| MSLGroup | 175,000,000 | 450,000,000 |
| Hill+Knowlton Strategies | 150,000,000 | 380,000,000 |
| Ogilvy PR Worldwide | 150,000,000 | 300,000,000 |
| GolinHarris | 140,000,000 | 175,000,000 |
| Porter Novelli | 100,000,000 | 140,000,000 |
*Figures formally submitted to PRWeek for agency rankings. Other figures are PRWeek estimates for 2011.
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Agency Profiles
5W Public Relations
Airfoil Public Relations
Allison+Partners
APCO Worldwide
Atomic PR
Brodeur Partners
The Brunswick Group
Burson-Marsteller
Capstrat
Carmichael Lynch Spong
Catalyst Public Relations
Chandler Chicco Companies
Citizen Paine
CJP Communications
Cohn & Wolfe
Cone Communications
Cooney/Waters Group
Coyne Public Relations
Cramer-Krasselt
CRT/tanaka
DeVries
DKC
Edelman
Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
Fahlgren Mortine
Finn Partners
Fleishman-Hillard
French/West/Vaughn
FTI Consulting
Gibbs & Soell
GolinHarris
Grayling
Hager Sharp
Hill+Knowlton
Horn
Hunter Public Relations
ICR
IMRE
JeffreyGroup
Kaplow Communications
Ketchum
Kwittken & Company
Linhart Public Relations
Makovsky & Company
Marina Maher Communications
M Booth
Mitchell Communications Group
MSLGroup
MWW Group
Ogilvy PR Worldwide
Olson PR
The OutCast Agency
Padilla Speer Beardsley
PCG Campbell
Peppercom
PMK-BNC
Podesta Group
Porter Novelli
Republica
Revive
RF/Binder Partners
Ruder Finn
Shift Communications
Singer Associates
Sloane & Company
Taylor
Text 100
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
WCG
Weber Shandwick
Zeno Group
Airfoil Public Relations
Allison+Partners
APCO Worldwide
Atomic PR
Brodeur Partners
The Brunswick Group
Burson-Marsteller
Capstrat
Carmichael Lynch Spong
Catalyst Public Relations
Chandler Chicco Companies
Citizen Paine
CJP Communications
Cohn & Wolfe
Cone Communications
Cooney/Waters Group
Coyne Public Relations
Cramer-Krasselt
CRT/tanaka
DeVries
DKC
Edelman
Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
Fahlgren Mortine
Finn Partners
Fleishman-Hillard
French/West/Vaughn
FTI Consulting
Gibbs & Soell
GolinHarris
Grayling
Hager Sharp
Hill+Knowlton
Horn
Hunter Public Relations
ICR
IMRE
JeffreyGroup
Kaplow Communications
Ketchum
Kwittken & Company
Linhart Public Relations
Makovsky & Company
Marina Maher Communications
M Booth
Mitchell Communications Group
MSLGroup
MWW Group
Ogilvy PR Worldwide
Olson PR
The OutCast Agency
Padilla Speer Beardsley
PCG Campbell
Peppercom
PMK-BNC
Podesta Group
Porter Novelli
Republica
Revive
RF/Binder Partners
Ruder Finn
Shift Communications
Singer Associates
Sloane & Company
Taylor
Text 100
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
WCG
Weber Shandwick
Zeno Group
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