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Top 20 Communications consulting companies based in San Diego, United States

RevenueBase identified 42 communications consulting companies headquartered in San Diego, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 311 professional contacts across them, including 108 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers communications consulting companies 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 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
42Companies
311Contacts tracked
108Verified emails
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The 20 largest communications consulting companies based in San Diego, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 20 of 42 communications consulting companies based in San Diego, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to communications consulting companies: 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 Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20075 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Southwest Strategies is California’s most respected, recognized and successful public affairs firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nuffer, Smith, Tucker provides public relations, strategic planning, public affairs, social media strategy, branding, traditional media relations, crisis and issues management…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Katz & Associates is now Bodewell Group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“W)right On Communications is a strategic communications and public relations firm advising organizations across complex reputational and market environments where growth, scrutiny…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“J.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSan Diego, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bartell & Associates is an award winning government and public affairs firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Six Play Consulting is a global telecommunications carrier consulting agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bob Nelson and Kelly Murphy Lamkin own and operate MNM, which specializes in Public Affairs Advertising and PR.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Specializing in Government and Corporate Relations, Public Affairs, Marketing, Transportation and Technology Innovation- Governmental Affairs Training for corporate leadership and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Make communicating, fun, effective and memorable with Aqua's team of expert marketing and public relations pros.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The average cost of a Crisis PR issue is a half million dollars!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Headquartered in San Diego with affiliate offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Washing D.C.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Strong evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Matter Strategies is a Public Affairs and Government relations/communications consulting firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

Communication Metrics (CMI) is a comprehensive public relations and strategic communications consultancy, specializing in enhancing client branding and managing stakeholder…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At John Wolfe Compton, we work with you to develop the strategy, narrative and visuals you need to communicate with directness and authenticity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Too often, corporate communications make people and campaigns sound like jargony robots.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Amy uses her 20 years’ experience as a Media Executive, TV host, Recording Artist, Public Speaker, Corporate Spokesperson, and Sales Professional, to help others present and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Scott Yoffe Communications is a full-service public relations, marketing, social media, graphic-design and desktop-publishing firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Strong evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Burkle Communications Consulting offers extraordinary communications solutions to brands, agencies and individual professionals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“KDR PR helps organizations strengthen their internal and external communications-from employee engagement and corporate social responsibility (CSR) messaging to thought leadership…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Communications consulting companies based in San Diego, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
34.7%Verified-email coverage
7.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
1021.4%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
32
11-50
8
51-200
2

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 42 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 communications consulting companies, 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 “communications consulting companies”. 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 communications consulting companies), 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 communications consulting companies, 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, 108 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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Communications consulting companies 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 communications consulting companies, 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 communications consulting companies are there based in San Diego, United States?

RevenueBase identified 42 communications consulting companies 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?

Southwest Strategies, headquartered in San Diego, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most communications consulting companies?

New York leads with 429 headquartered companies, followed by Washington (339) and Los Angeles (177).

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 108 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 42 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.