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Top 25 Branded experiential marketing agencies based in San Diego, United States

Name: Branded experiential marketing agencies based in San Diego, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026 92 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 92 branded experiential marketing agencies headquartered in San Diego, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,085 professional contacts across them, including 258 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (853 companies); San Diego has 92.

This list covers branded experiential marketing 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 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

92Companies

1,085Contacts tracked

258Verified emails

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The 25 largest branded experiential marketing agencies based in San Diego, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 92 branded experiential marketing agencies based in San Diego, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to branded experiential 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Basic Dept	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	215 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BASIC/DEPT® is a global branding and experience design company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2	Interactions Marketing	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	10001+	210 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1988, Interactions is a global leader in product demonstrations and experience marketing programs for retailers and brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3	MDG	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	159 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As the nation’s leading agency specializing in event and association marketing, mdg, a Freeman company, delivers results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4	Raindrop	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	107 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We create Marketing People Love that earns attention, builds brands and drives results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5	GDX Studios	Strong evidence	San Diego, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Strong evidence “GDX Studios is a full-service experiential marketing studio that takes a holistic approach to its services and engages consumers in bold and dynamic ways – creating buzz and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6	LMA Marketing & Advertising	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 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 27, 2026
7	Activation PRO	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Activation Pro is committed to staffing your events with professional and energetic talent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8	Sterlings Mobile Events	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “STERLINGS Mobile is the premier mobile events company in custom Airstreams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9	Mari Gold	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 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 27, 2026
10	Traina	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial 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 27, 2026
11	Youthvine Agency	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Youthvine is a next-generation lifestyle marketing agency and talent network, connecting brands with the heartbeat of youth culture through skateboarding, select action sports…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12	Skyline SAN Diego	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stage1: Where Brands Take Center Stage At Stage1, we don’t just build exhibits-we craft experiences that captivate, engage, and deliver results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13	BIG DAY The Agency	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial 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 27, 2026
14	The AIM Agency	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Aim is a marketing agency dedicated to creating insanely great brand experiences for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15	DE Novo Digital	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “De Novo Digital is a brand and digital agency for multifamily real estate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16	Gaslamp District Media	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Gaslamp District Media (GDM) provides clients a marketing platform that is unlike any other.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17	Experia Creative	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “A Creative Design, Branding, & Digital Marketing Agency At Experia Creative, we realize it’s not just your service or product that people want, it’s the experience your brand…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18	Five Marketing & Management, Inc. - Five Group	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Five Marketing & Management, Inc (Five Group) is an all-encompassing management & marketing group in the hospitality, nightlife and entertainment industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19	Simple Serve	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Simple Serve is a trade focused marketing agency that offers highly innovative and customized brand-building programs for drinks companies throughout the product lifecycle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20	United DSN	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “United are brandbuilders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21	MKW Creative CO	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Brag-Worthy Brand Design & Creative Strategy for Luxury Hospitality Brand Design: full-service brand identity, strategy, and creative direction Ongoing Social Media Marketing &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22	Tompkins Collective	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tompkins collective is an experiential agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23	XOCAL	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Welcome to the world of XOCAL Life Incorporated, where branding, marketing, and apparel converge to create a lifestyle like no other.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24	Operant Media	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since 2006, we have curated and created brand engaging experiences by humanizing brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25	Evertype Brand Design	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Evertype is a boutique branding and lifestyle creative agency based in San Diego & NYC - pioneered by a team of strategic design experts specializing in brand development for…” 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: branded experiential marketing 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 branded experiential marketing agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of branded experiential marketing agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name branded experiential marketing 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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Branded experiential marketing agencies based in San Diego, United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026

23.8%Verified-email coverage

11.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

10001+

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 92 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 branded experiential 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 Diego, United States whose own description of what they do matches “branded experiential 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 branded experiential 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 branded experiential marketing 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, 258 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.

Branded experiential 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 branded experiential 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 branded experiential marketing agencies are there based in San Diego, United States?

RevenueBase identified 92 branded experiential marketing 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?

Basic Dept, headquartered in San Diego, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most branded experiential marketing agencies?

New York leads the United States with 853 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (601) and Miami (225). San Diego has 92.

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 258 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 92 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.