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Top 25 Brand intelligence consulting firms based in the United States

Name: Brand intelligence consulting firms based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026 7,224 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 7,224 brand intelligence consulting firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 70,839 professional contacts across them, including 18,176 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers brand intelligence consulting firms 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 27, 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 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

7,224Companies

70,839Contacts tracked

18,176Verified emails

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The 25 largest brand intelligence consulting firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 7,224 brand intelligence consulting firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to brand intelligence consulting firms: 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	Edelman	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,242 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2	MCA	Partial evidence	Westport, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	1,650 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MCAworks is a strategic marketing consulting firm passionately dedicated to helping our clients accelerate and sustain business growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3	TBC	Indirect evidence	Baltimore, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	1,255 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TBC is an independently owned, full-service branding, advertising and strategic communications agency with headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4	Escalent	Indirect evidence	Livonia, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,155 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Escalent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5	Interbrand	Partial evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	711 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Interbrand has been a world leading brand consultancy for 50 years – having pioneered iconic work and forged many of the brand building tools that are commonplace across the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6	Team ONE	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	698 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Team One was founded with one philosophical focus: to construct brands of elevated aspiration and worth by attracting affluent consumers like never before.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7	Innocean USA	Indirect evidence	Huntington Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	665 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hi, we're INNOCEAN.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8	Prophet	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	661 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Prophet is the Uncommon Growth Company-accelerating impact for business and marketing leaders through consulting, experience, and creative services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9	Allison Worldwide	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	587 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re a global integrated marketing and communications consultancy dedicated to driving growth, innovation and positive change for clients, colleagues and communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10	Parliament	Partial evidence	Portland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	561 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Parliament is a brand positioning agency for evolving companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11	Barkleyokrp	Partial evidence	Kansas City, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	518 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BarkleyOKRP is one of the largest independent ad agencies in the U.S, matching scale with soul to help build brands like Burger King, Corona Premier, Metro by T-Mobile, Planet…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12	Mediaradar, INC	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	513 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MediaRadar equips marketing, sales and analytics leaders with the intelligence they need to stay ahead.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13	Allied Market Research	Partial evidence	Wilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	508 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Driven by innovation and value addition approach, Allied Market Research is instrumental in market research and business consulting across various industry verticals since its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14	Martin	Indirect evidence	Richmond, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	482 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a full-service agency with capabilities in advertising, strategic planning, direct response, digital, data analytics, design and branded content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15	Rdsolutions	Indirect evidence	Glen Allen, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	455 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The retail industry continues to see unprecedented dynamics as it pivots to a true omni-channel shopping experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16	Keystone	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	423 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Keystone is an innovative strategy, economics, and technology consulting firm delivering transformative ideas and novel solutions to global brands and law firms on leading-edge…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17	Horizon Next	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	355 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Horizon Next is one of the industry's most innovative and data-driven marketing organizations and sits at the intersection of three constantly changing landscapes: people, data…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18	Transparency Market Research	Indirect evidence	Wilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	325 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Transparency Market Research Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19	Nail Communications	Partial evidence	Providence, RI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	315 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nail Where every brand finds its fascinating.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20	Sterling-Rice Group	Indirect evidence	Boulder, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	306 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SRG is a strategic growth consultancy that works across our broad portfolio of practice areas- insights, innovation, culinary, design, branding, and advertising-to uncover truths…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21	Cramer-Krasselt	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	299 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cramer-Krasselt is one of the largest independent agencies in the US with nearly $50 million revenue, with more than 80% of that revenue coming from digital and social.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22	Newlink	Partial evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	294 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Newlink is a global consulting firm founded in 1998 by Sergio Roitberg, headquartered in Miami with offices in Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and the Dominican Republic, and a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23	Brand Institute	Partial evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	288 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Brand Institute is the global leader in brand name and identity development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24	Lippincott	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	283 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lippincott is a global brand, marketing and experience consultancy committed to helping companies address their most complex brand challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25	Cactus	Partial evidence	Denver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	269 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cactus was founded in 1990 on the belief that creativity and innovation can solve the biggest, most complex brand challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 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: brand intelligence consulting firms. 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 brand intelligence consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of brand intelligence consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name brand intelligence consulting firms. 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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Brand intelligence consulting firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026

25.7%Verified-email coverage

9.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

8.7%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

5,814

11-50

1,153

51-200

189

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 7,224 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 brand intelligence consulting firms, 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 “brand intelligence consulting firms”. 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 brand intelligence consulting firms), 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 brand intelligence consulting firms, 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, 18,176 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 27, 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.

Brand intelligence consulting firms by metro

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 brand intelligence consulting firms, 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 brand intelligence consulting firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 7,224 brand intelligence consulting firms 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?

Edelman, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most brand intelligence consulting firms?

New York leads with 625 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (262) and Chicago (229).

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 18,176 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 7,224 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 27, 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.