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Top 25 Automotive influencers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 285 automotive influencers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,612 professional contacts across them, including 626 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers automotive influencers headquartered in the 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 16, 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.
The 25 largest automotive influencers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,196 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Automotive News is the nation's pre-eminent news source covering the automotive industry serving vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, dealers, marketers, and others allied with the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 622 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Useful, independent, and high-spirited, Car and Driver presents the latests new cars, trucks, and SUVs with an emphasis on vehicles heaven-sent for those who know just how…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 418 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1995, Wheel Pros serves the automotive enthusiast industry with a wide selection of vehicle enhancements from its portfolio of lifestyle brands, including…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 242 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AMCI is an automotive marketing consulting firm made up of automotive experts and enthusiasts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 158 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’ve run the gamut on virtually everything you can do with an automobile.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 132 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Car Dealership Guy is the leading media platform in automotive retail, delivering news, content, and insights that help dealers and industry professionals stay informed and ahead.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Somewhere, right now, there's an amazing new car, or a great travel adventure, or an empty road.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At the center of all-things-auto at Hearst, we produce content, products, and consumer experiences through iconic brands Car and Driver and Road & Track – and offer automotive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Donut Media has been making car culture pop culture with fresh, engaging content that sparks conversations and builds community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We started Foundation Direct to give Automotive Groups & Dealerships the ability to take their ad dollars directly to Google, YouTube, Facebook and Microsoft, enabling them to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “When it comes to technology news, you could say SlashGear has always been ahead of the curve.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Power Automedia believes in the magic of the automobile.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ONE SOURCE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Clarivoy helps automotive marketers understand what actually drives vehicle sales.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Staying on top of What's Next in cars.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Edifice Auto Marketing is a strategic automotive marketing agency connecting qualified buyers to dealerships.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dealer Authority is a team of automotive digital marketing experts specializing in search engine optimization, social media, pay-per-click, and consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coker Group is a collection of the most recognizable brands (CokerTire, Corvette Central, ZIP-Corvette and The Great Race) in the auto enthusiast market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From autonomy to electrification, connectivity to software-defined vehicles, AutoTech to AutoRetail, we explore and provide insight into the most important strategic and technical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RoadStr was created with one mission: driving real connections between real auto enthusiasts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Automotive News, Car Reviews and Car Tech” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MOTORMIA is an innovative automotive start-up poised to revolutionize the automotive aftermarket industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Everything cars.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The auto enthusiast brand of the future is finally here.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We've joined RACER, GRIDLIFE, and F=ma to help build the first fully integrated media, events, and marketing platform designed to power the next generation of automotive culture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: automotive influencers. 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 automotive influencers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of automotive influencers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name automotive influencers. 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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Automotive influencers based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 285 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 automotive influencers, 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “automotive influencers”. 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 automotive influencers), 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 automotive influencers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 626 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 16, 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.
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 automotive influencers, 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 automotive influencers are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 285 automotive influencers headquartered in the 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?
Automotive News, headquartered in Detroit, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most automotive influencers?
Los Angeles leads with 24 headquartered companies, followed by New York (12) and Detroit (10).
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 626 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 285 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 16, 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.