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Top 19 Academic marketing agencies based in San Francisco, United States

RevenueBase identified 46 academic marketing agencies headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,075 professional contacts across them, including 213 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers academic marketing agencies headquartered in San Francisco, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 14, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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46Companies
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The 19 largest academic marketing agencies based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 46 academic marketing agencies based in San Francisco, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to academic marketing agencies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,000782 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Formerly Essence, we are now EssenceMediacom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5038 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Cutwater, we hone and sharpen a brand into something more distinctive so it has a better chance of cutting through, being heard, and standing apart.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We're a creatively driven, strategically whip smart ad agency headquartered in San Francisco’s Presidio and Chicago.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Mortar, we don’t just create marketing-we deliver “A-ha” moments that make brands unforgettable.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Next Steps Marketing, we solve audience-building challenges in a creative and customized way.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Vinyl Interactive is a digital marketing agency headquartered in San Francisco.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With nearly four decades of experience, Palmer is a seasoned, trusted advertising and marketing agency that partners with companies to build brand stories, create impactful…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tungsten Advertising is a full-service advertising agency based in San Francisco.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Yates Advertising is a full-service advertising agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MKMCreative is a multi-faceted, boutique agency delivering creative solutions and meaningful relationships with clients by taking a customized approaching to curating…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 2015, Theory SF is a multi-disciplinary marketing agency located in the heart of San Francisco.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“J5 is a scalable integrated marketing agency that helps businesses connect with consumers at all touch-points.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our mission is to provide our clients with the highest level of service in all aspects of their advertising and marketing needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For us, marketing isn’t a function that’s apart from your business and product.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Brand marketing, advisory, and creative agency based in San Francisco, CA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Elavanz provide a unified experience to captivate our clients' audience and move them to action.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Uptick Strategic Advisors is a real estate and senior living marketing agency focused on strategy, branding, and creative campaigns across the full lifecycle of a community.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DoubleKnown Marketing and Communications is a marketing and PR agency specializing in clean energy, education, and nonprofit brand strategy, media strategy, and thought leadership…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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Academic marketing agencies based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026
19.8%Verified-email coverage
23.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
619.6%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
27
11-50
17
1,001-5,000
1
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 46 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among academic marketing agencies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States whose own description of what they do matches “academic marketing agencies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names academic marketing agencies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among academic marketing agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Francisco are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 213 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Academic marketing agencies by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names academic marketing agencies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many academic marketing agencies are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 46 academic marketing agencies headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Essence, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most academic marketing agencies?

New York leads with 285 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (192) and Chicago (151).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 213 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 46 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 14, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.