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Top 25 Advertising creative agencies based in San Diego, United States

Name: Advertising creative agencies based in San Diego, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 352 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 352 advertising creative agencies headquartered in San Diego, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,636 professional contacts across them, including 468 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (2,600 companies); San Diego has 352.

This list covers advertising creative agencies headquartered in San Diego, 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 28, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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1,636Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest advertising creative agencies based in San Diego, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 352 advertising creative agencies based in San Diego, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advertising creative 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	ORB Group	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	256 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Orb Group is rewriting the playbook for creative operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Raindrop	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	107 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We create Marketing People Love that earns attention, builds brands and drives results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Grizzly	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Grizzly is an independent creative agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	IVC Media	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help corporate, nonprofit, political, and public affairs clients execute persuasive multimedia campaigns with straightforward, effective strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	LMA Marketing & Advertising	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LMA is a full service marketing & advertising agency providing start to finish marketing solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Ameba Marketing	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1996, Ameba Marketing is a global creative agency specializing in strategy, digital communications, influencer marketing, public relations, branding, and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	JL Marketing	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Your partner in generating new business, building brand awareness, and creating engaging digital campaigns.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	LJG Digital, INC	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LJG Digital is an interactive design agency located in San Diego, CA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Fidelitas	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fidelitas is a full-service marketing, advertising, and public relations agency dedicated to building brand loyalty through intentional storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Loma Media	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Loma Media is a leading creative services agency that delivers strategic communication solutions to global brands, world-class institutions, government agencies and evolving…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Mari Gold	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mari + Gold is a creative marketing agency that lives and breathes hospitality, tourism, and lifestyle industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Storm Brain	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Smarter Digital Smarter Marketing \| Smarter Web Assets & Digital Platforms \| Smarter Branding Storm Brain is a leading full-service digital agency specializing in the development…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Anonym Agency	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For both new & established businesses, anonym is a creative branding agency that blends strategy with innovation to make brands of various industries come to life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Traina	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Traina is a premier branding agency for visionary companies that believe in the power of branding and design to connect, inspire and move people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Mentus	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mentus is a creative agency focused on corporate reports, branding, websites, and marketing support.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	ROI Media 360	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At ROI MEDIA 360, we believe that every client deserves our personal attention.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Chrome City Creative Studio	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Chrome City, we are more than just a creative agency; we are your partners in success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Pretzel Logic Productions	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re a hands-on production team that helps bring ambitious ideas to life with clarity, creativity, and care.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	BIG DAY The Agency	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “From brand positioning and logo designs for startups to fully integrated campaigns for companies in the Fortune 5, the team at Big Day has a track record of uncovering insights…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	The AIM Agency	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Aim is a marketing agency dedicated to creating insanely great brand experiences for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Somos Volt	Partial evidence	San Diego, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Somos Volt, we’re driven by the belief that taking creative action can revolutionize your brand and the world around it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	DO Not Disturb	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are Do Not Disturb – a spirited creative agency driven by one obsession: making you impossible to ignore.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Original Form	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Original Form® is an independent creative and marketing studio that helps brands evolve into what they’re meant to be without losing who they are.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Roaming Sapiens	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Roaming Sapiens is a creative agency specializing in design, web, and communication.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Pure Cinema	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pure Cinema is a full service production company & creative content studio based in San Diego, CA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: advertising creative agencies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names advertising creative agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of advertising creative agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name advertising creative agencies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Advertising creative agencies based in San Diego, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

28.6%Verified-email coverage

4.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

289

11-50

51-200

201-500

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Diego, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Diego, over 352 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 advertising creative 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 Diego, United States whose own description of what they do matches “advertising creative 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 advertising creative 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 advertising creative agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Diego 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, 468 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 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Advertising creative 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 advertising creative 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 advertising creative agencies are there based in San Diego, United States?

RevenueBase identified 352 advertising creative agencies headquartered in San Diego, 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?

ORB Group, headquartered in San Diego, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most advertising creative agencies?

New York leads the United States with 2,600 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (2,225) and Chicago (788). San Diego has 352.

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 468 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 352 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 28, 2026.

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About this data

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.