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Top 25 Commercial modeling agencies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 1,109 commercial modeling agencies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 29,587 professional contacts across them, including 2,005 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers commercial modeling agencies 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 19, 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.

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The 25 largest commercial modeling agencies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,109 commercial modeling agencies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to commercial modeling 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a2,005 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Elite New York City was founded in 1977 by founder, John Casablancas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a1,561 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1946 by its namesakes, Eileen and Jerry Ford, FORD Models pioneered a new kind of global industry based on beauty.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a1,059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wilhelmina, and its other subsidiaries, is an international full-service fashion model and talent management service, specializing in the representation and management of leading…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a1,026 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a997 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NEXT Management is a global modeling and talent agency that connects top talent in fashion and entertainment with leading international brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBingham Farms, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a760 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Productions Plus is a national talent and event staffing agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceMadison, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a567 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“About Face Models, is a nationwide model, talent, and staffing agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Stewart Talent is a leading, national talent agency with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a299 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“State Management is a talent management company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200288 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In just over 29 years of operation in the fast-paced, high-stakes world of modeling, founder Heinz Holba has built LA Models into one of the most powerful and successful agencies…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceIndianapolis, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a273 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HWA is the premier talent agency in the Midwest, representing elite actors and models to top brands nationally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a264 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“National Model and Talent Agency representing over 4500 working talent from six locations since 1992.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceSeattle, ID, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a251 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MAM is a Northwest Based Talent Agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a245 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 1986 Look Model Agency continues to launch and represent the best faces in fashion- the Look reputation has given San Francisco an edge in the fashion industry by…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Partial evidenceWilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a225 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Barbizon has been #1 in the Modeling & Acting Industry since 1939!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Strong evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a221 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Bicoastal Management is a fashion, fit, commercial and plus modeling agency that represents models of all sizes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a220 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“One Management is a world-leading model management agency that develops and manages models representing beauty in all its diversity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a218 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Wehmann Talent Agency is a leading Midwest full-service agency representing models, actors, voice talent, and makeup artists.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a217 contacts →

Partial evidence

“When Atlas opened its doors, its mission was to revolutionize the commercial talent agency experience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a205 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Clear Talent Group has assembled a staff of respected agents who represent models, actors, dancers and choreographers for all areas of the entertainment industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidencePittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a201 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Talent Group is Pennsylvania and Ohio’s premier full-service agency for models, actors, voices and live promotional talent.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidencePortland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a197 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We connect dynamic talent with visionary brands in the lifestyle, active, and fashion markets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a185 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For over sixty years, the Kim Dawson Agency has been the premier agency in the Southwest.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceGreensboro, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a184 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1972 by Marilyn Green, Marilyn’s Agency is a full service talent agency in the Southeast serving a national roster of clients with an expansive and diverse group of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200180 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Women Management, one of the most influential and trusted fashion talent agencies in the world, was founded in New York in 1988.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Commercial modeling agencies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
6.8%Verified-email coverage
26.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
17.5%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
769
11-50
243
51-200
70
201-500
15
501-1,000
5
1,001-5,000
4
5,001-10,000
1

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 1,109 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 commercial modeling 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “commercial modeling 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 commercial modeling 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 commercial modeling agencies, 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, 2,005 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
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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 commercial modeling 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 commercial modeling agencies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,109 commercial modeling agencies 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?

Elite Model Management, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most commercial modeling agencies?

New York leads with 194 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (134) and Chicago (28).

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 2,005 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,109 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.