Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Athlete endorsement firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 2,643 athlete endorsement firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 21,001 professional contacts across them, including 5,216 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers athlete endorsement firms worldwide, 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 19, 2026. Country and city lists for athlete endorsement firms follow the table.
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 athlete endorsement firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,572 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At SPORTFIVE, we pride ourselves on creating innovative, engaging solutions that are worthy of the incredible sports, athletes and partners we work with, and the passionate fans…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,502 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 20 years MKTG S+E has led some of the most transformative sponsorships in sports & entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,305 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Octagon.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 703 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Excel Sports Management is an industry-leading management and marketing agency that represents top-tier talent, blue-chip brands and marquee properties.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 372 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1986 as an athlete management and marketing firm, CSE (formerly Career Sports & Entertainment) has evolved into one of the longest-running and most-diversified…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 354 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fast Track works with major brands and Governing Bodies to develop and implement strategies that drive business through sport.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 273 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “rEvolution is an independent, global and fully integrated sports marketing agency comprised of industry experts in consulting and business strategy alongside marketing and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 182 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WE LOVE THE GAME.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fundada em 2004, a Golden Goal consolidou-se como uma das principais consultorias de gestão e marketing esportivo do Brasil, atuando na conexão entre o mundo corporativo e o…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 168 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Now part of Wasserman, CSM is a global sport and entertainment agency, offering our clients end-to-end marketing services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Klutch Sports Group” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 144 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Athletes First is the premier sports representation and marketing agency, guiding the careers of elite athletes, coaches, executives, and broadcasters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 140 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With over 25 years experience in the sporting industry and an extensive network of contacts we are able to present our clients with exclusive sponsorship procurement and media…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 115 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Premier is a full-service sports agency representing elite professional athletes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 108 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Right Formula is an award-winning global sports marketing agency that handles all aspects of sports sponsorship to ensure that chosen partnerships deliver against their desired…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “VaynerSports is a full-service talent representation and sports marketing consulting agency with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded by Hall of Fame Quarterback Warren Moon, Michael Scott Carter and David Meltzer; Sports 1 Marketing is a global sports and entertainment marketing agency that leverages…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2004, Pitch International is an industry-leading sports marketing agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “OneTeam Partners aligns with world-class Players Associations and helps athletes maximize their name, image and likeness rights by focusing on four key areas: group licensing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The operating system for modern sports marketing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Unsere Leidenschaft ist der Sport und alles, was sich durch ihn und mit ihm bewegen lässt: Menschen & Unternehmen, Ideen & Konzepte, Prozesse & Strategien, Träume & Visionen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Formed in January 2019 following Gatemore Capital Management’s acquisition of TLA Worldwide’s US business, GSE Worldwide is an industry-leading, fully integrated sports and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Allied Sports launched in 2019 with a singular mission – to lead modern marketers in the undeniable shift from Sponsor to Storyteller™.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Opendorse is the leading athlete marketplace and NIL technology company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in ProCamps is a best-in-class event management and sports marketing company specializing in developing, managing, and operating camps, appearances, brand activations, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: athlete endorsement 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 athlete endorsement firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of athlete endorsement firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name athlete endorsement 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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Athlete endorsement firms worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
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 athlete endorsement 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.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for athlete endorsement firms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “athlete endorsement 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 athlete endorsement 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 athlete endorsement firms, and records with no verified work email.
- 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, 5,216 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 19, 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.
Athlete endorsement firms by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Athlete endorsement firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Athlete endorsement firms based in the United States721
- Athlete endorsement firms based in the United Kingdom238
- Athlete endorsement firms based in Brazil98
- Athlete endorsement firms based in France93
- Athlete endorsement firms based in Spain85
- Athlete endorsement firms based in Germany76
- Athlete endorsement firms based in India69
- Athlete endorsement firms based in Canada67
- Athlete endorsement firms based in Australia64
- Athlete endorsement firms based in the Netherlands37
- Athlete endorsement firms based in Switzerland32
Cities
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 athlete endorsement 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 athlete endorsement firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 2,643 athlete endorsement firms worldwide 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?
Sportfive, headquartered in Jing An, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most athlete endorsement firms?
The United States leads with 721 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (238) and Brazil (98). Every athlete endorsement firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most athlete endorsement firms?
London leads with 141 headquartered companies, followed by New York (60) and Los Angeles (46).
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 5,216 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,643 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 19, 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.