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Top 25 Creative advertising agencies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 56,036 creative advertising agencies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 563,333 professional contacts across them, including 161,237 with verified work emails and 183,528 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers creative advertising 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 1, 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.
The 25 largest creative advertising agencies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9,571 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Quad (NYSE: QUAD) is a global marketing experience company that helps brands make direct consumer connections, from household to in-store to online.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 7,701 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Deloitte Digital, we connect brands with the right strategies and tools to create great impact.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 5,628 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HH Global is the global leader in tech-enabled creative production and procurement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 4,217 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 3,879 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), is the irrefutable leader in the business of creativity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 2,692 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 2,551 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “You can either adapt to change, ignore it or lead it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 2,354 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Horizon Media is a leader in driving business-based outcomes for marketers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 2,293 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Assembly is a global omnichannel agency built for brands that want a more modern approach to building brands that perform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 1,886 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, we inspire growth for ambitious brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 1,799 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hi there!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,723 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re Critical Mass.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,702 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Omnicom is the world’s leading marketing and sales company, built for intelligent growth in the next era.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,420 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,401 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hearts & Science, an Omnicom Media Group agency, transforms data signals into meaningful connections between brands and consumers that drive exponential growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1,249 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TBWA is The Disruption Company®.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1,197 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We build enduring brands that move people and markets through the radical creativity of Truth Well Told™.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1,181 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tinuiti is a media agency that not only builds brands, but architects business outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1,180 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Part of Omnicom Health, FCB Health New York is a full-service agency with more than 40 years of experience marketing to healthcare professionals, patients and consumers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1,149 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1895, Hakuhodo Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1,067 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GTB is a global performance marketing agency, creating ideas that inspire people to act.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1,033 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Brainlabs is an independent, AI-native media agency built to grow client revenue and prove the impact of every dollar spent on media.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 954 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AREA 23, part of Omnicom Health, is a full-service agency focused on pushing creativity and invention in healthcare marketing to new heights.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 897 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “1300+ People.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 814 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ruder Finn is one of the world’s largest independent global communications and creative agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 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: creative advertising 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 creative advertising agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of creative advertising agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name creative advertising 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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Creative advertising agencies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 1, 2026Companies by employee count
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 creative advertising 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 “creative advertising 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 creative advertising 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 creative advertising 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, 161,237 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 1, 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.
Creative advertising agencies by metro
- Creative advertising agencies in New York4143
- Creative advertising agencies in Los Angeles2921
- Creative advertising agencies in Miami1366
- Creative advertising agencies in Chicago1302
- Creative advertising agencies in Atlanta1192
- Creative advertising agencies in Austin878
- Creative advertising agencies in Houston849
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 creative advertising 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 creative advertising agencies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 56,036 creative advertising 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?
QUAD, headquartered in Sussex, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most creative advertising agencies?
New York leads with 4143 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (2921) and Miami (1366).
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 161,237 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 56,036 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 1, 2026.
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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.
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