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Agency Business Report 2013
Solid growth under diverse leadership
One regular observation about PRWeek's Agency Business Report is that the big agency profiles feature a gallery of principally white middle-aged men. This year I'm pleased to say things are changing and the top levels of PR firms better represent the gender makeup of the industry.
Agency Business Report 2013: Profit & loss
It was a curious year for PR agencies as some were bolstered by notable revenue growth while others struggled to maintain 2011's momentum.
Agency Profiles
Airfoil Public Relations
Allison+Partners
APCO Worldwide
Atomic
Brodeur Partners
Brunswick
Burson-Marsteller
Capstrat
Carmichael Lynch Spong
Catalyst Public Relations
Chandler Chicco Companies
Citizen Paine
Cohn & Wolfe
Cone Communications
Cooney/Waters
Coyne PR
Cramer-Krasselt
CRT/tanaka
DeVries Global
DKC
Edelman
Eric Mower + Associates
Fahlgren Mortine
Finn Partners
Fleishman-Hillard
Formula PR
French | West | Vaughn
FTI Consulting
Gibbs & Soell
Global Strategy Group
GolinHarris
Havas PR
Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Hunter Public Relations
ICF SCMD
ICR
Imre
JeffreyGroup
Kaplow
Ketchum
Kwittken & Company
Lippe Taylor
M Booth
Marcus Thomas
Marina Maher Communications
Mitchell Communications Group
MSLGroup
MWW
Ogilvy Public Relations
Olson PR
Padilla Speer Beardsley
PMK-BNC
Porter Novelli
Prosek Partners
Regan Communications Group
ReviveHealth
RF|Binder Partners
RLM Finsbury
Ruder Finn
Shift Communications
Taylor
Text 100
W2O Group
Waggener Edstrom
Weber Shandwick
Widmeyer Communications
Zeno Group
US Agency Rankings
| Agency Name | 2012 Revenue | |
| 1 | Edelman | $406,253,336 |
| 2 | Waggener Edstrom Worldwide | $101,352,000 |
| 3 | APCO Worldwide | $75,255,177 |
| 4 | FTI Consulting | $61,000,000 |
| 5 | W2O Group | $56,097,000 |
| 6 | MWW | $42,875,000 |
| 7 | ICF SCMD | $42,826,374 |
| 8 | ICR | $37,339,790 |
| 9 | Ruder Finn | $33,704,000 |
| 10 | DKC | $32,896,560 |
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Top 10 Network Agency Revenue Estimates
| Company | $US | $Global |
| Edelman | 406,253,336* | 665,616,299* |
| Weber Shandwick | 390,000,000 | 535,000,000 |
| Fleishman-Hillard | 365,000,000 | 550,000,000 |
| Ketchum | 290,000,000 | 450,000,000 |
| Burson-Marsteller | 205,000,000 | 450,000,000 |
| MSLGroup | 185,000,000 | 485,000,000 |
| Hill+Knowlton Strategies | 150,000,000 | 380,000,000 |
| Ogilvy PR Worldwide | 150,000,000 | 300,000,000 |
| GolinHarris | 100,000,000 | 150,000,000 |
| Porter Novelli | 100,000,000 | 140,000,000 |
*Figures formally submitted to PRWeek for agency rankings. Other figures are PRWeek estimates for 2012.
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