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Top 25 Branding agencies for startups based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 23,574 branding agencies for startups headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 112,435 professional contacts across them, including 28,485 with verified work emails and 39,068 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers branding agencies for startups 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
23,574Companies
112,435Contacts tracked
28,485Verified emails
39,068Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest branding agencies for startups based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 23,574 branding agencies for startups 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 branding agencies for startups: 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 27, 2026n/a2,259 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MINE™ is a San Francisco-based design and brand communication firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2Indirect evidenceNew Bern, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a2,064 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As a premier creative graphic design and marketing design service located in the US, our sole mission revolves around enhancing your brands visual appeal.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3Partial evidenceBaltimore, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a1,255 contacts →

Partial 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
4Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202610001+1,207 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We build enduring brands that move people and markets through the radical creativity of Truth Well Told™.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a872 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a full-service communications agency behind some of the world’s most revered and iconic brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261,001-5,000782 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Formerly Essence, we are now EssenceMediacom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500698 contacts →

Indirect 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
8Indirect evidenceLincoln, NE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a573 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hi, we’re Agent.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9Indirect evidencePortland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a561 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Parliament is a brand positioning agency for evolving companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10Indirect evidenceWashington, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a468 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“NOBODY® is a social-first agency built for complex challenges, serving leading brands, nonprofits, and the Fortune 500.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMinnetonka, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a455 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“First and foremost, BAKER is a culture of creative individuals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12Indirect evidenceRaleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a414 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are CLEAN Advertising and Design, a full-service creative agency with over 28 years of experience delivering ideas that help build brand awareness, engage audiences, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200406 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“An independently owned retail ad agency full of brains, guts, heart, and great taste.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14Indirect evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500327 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hi.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15Indirect evidenceCharlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a323 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bending rules.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16Indirect evidenceProvidence, RI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026n/a315 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nail Where every brand finds its fascinating.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17Indirect evidenceMiami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200288 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Brand Institute is the global leader in brand name and identity development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSaint Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200283 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HLK is an independent brand and marketing agency creating growth through movement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200274 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a full service creative agency, independently spirited, backed by the most powerful company in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20Indirect evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200270 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bakery is the creative and culture agency designed to ignite brand obsession.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21Indirect evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200267 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For more than 40 years, brands have trusted LPK to help shape what comes next.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22Partial evidenceSalt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200240 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our business is branding organizations, re-branding organizations and rejuvenating the brands of organizations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23Indirect evidenceAlexandria, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200238 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Positivity + Possibility.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200238 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MONO is a design-driven advertising & branding agency that invents and reinvents brands and businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25Indirect evidenceGreenville, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500217 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“EP+Co is an agency of talented makers and doers on a mission to build belief with brands we love.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

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Branding agencies for startups based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026
25.3%Verified-email coverage
34.7%Mobile-number coverage
4.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
6.6%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
20,500
11-50
2,737
51-200
275
201-500
33
501-1,000
6
1,001-5,000
5
10001+
5

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked

Email last verified

Median 29.0d

Company record updated

Median 90.0d

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 branding agencies for startups, 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 “branding agencies for startups”. 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 branding agencies for startups), 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 branding agencies for startups, 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, 28,485 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
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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 branding agencies for startups, 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 branding agencies for startups are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 23,574 branding agencies for startups 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?

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

Which city has the most branding agencies for startups?

New York leads with 1547 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (989) and Chicago (551).

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 28,485 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 23,574 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.