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Top 25 Direct response advertising companies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 4,828 direct response advertising companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 79,211 professional contacts across them, including 25,091 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers direct response advertising companies 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.
The 25 largest direct response advertising companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,648 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Grey’s mission is to create Famously Effective ideas that move people, business, and the world forward-harnessing the power of creativity to solve business problems and deliver…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 2,368 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Horizon Media is a leader in driving business-based outcomes for marketers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,255 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,064 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GTB is a global performance marketing agency, creating ideas that inspire people to act.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 740 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Six decades in retail taught us something most agencies never learn.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 610 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to the machine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 609 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JPL is a full-service agency dedicated to helping clients achieve more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 572 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Stream Companies is a full service advertising agency that specializes in launching, positioning, and long term management of brands on full service contracts and a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 520 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We make memories that move markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 496 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tombras is a 450+ person, full-service agency with a digital mindset.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 482 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a full-service agency with capabilities in advertising, strategic planning, direct response, digital, data analytics, design and branded content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 468 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 450 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Today’s best brands don’t just generate attention-they earn it, and they know how to convert it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 447 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Arnold is an independent-minded integrated advertising agency that believes creativity should always be a lever for growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 447 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 100 years, 22squared has helped complex businesses solve their toughest challenges through insight-driven media and creative.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 442 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mspark is a results-driven marketing partner built for accountability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 414 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 408 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a creatively driven full-service agency committed to always being a challenger.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 406 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “An independently owned retail ad agency full of brains, guts, heart, and great taste.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 405 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Crispin is the original creative business partner, challenging the industry’s established norms on behalf of our clients to create the most outrageously effective work since 1965.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 379 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Money Mailer is recognized as a leader in the direct marketing industry, delivering local deals to neighborhoods since 1979.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 355 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Horizon Next is one of the industry's most innovative and data-driven marketing organizations and sits at the intersection of three constantly changing landscapes: people, data…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 350 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TMA pushes past relevance to create true cultural resonance for brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 328 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “McKinney is a full-service creative agency that generates unfair attention for brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 323 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “This page is being closed.” 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: direct response advertising companies. 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 direct response advertising companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of direct response advertising companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name direct response advertising companies. 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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Direct response advertising companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
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 4,828 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 direct response advertising 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “direct response advertising 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 direct response advertising 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 direct response advertising companies, 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, 25,091 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.
Direct response advertising companies by metro
- Direct response advertising companies in New York295
- Direct response advertising companies in Los Angeles192
- Direct response advertising companies in Chicago105
- Direct response advertising companies in Dallas93
- Direct response advertising companies in Miami86
- Direct response advertising companies in Atlanta81
- Direct response advertising companies in Austin80
- Direct response advertising companies in San Francisco63
- Direct response advertising companies in Denver54
- Direct response advertising companies in Houston53
- Direct response advertising companies in Portland44
- Direct response advertising companies in Charlotte43
- Direct response advertising companies in Las Vegas42
- Direct response advertising companies in Boston37
- Direct response advertising companies in San Antonio36
- Direct response advertising companies in San Diego36
- Direct response advertising companies in Seattle36
- Direct response advertising companies in Minneapolis34
- Direct response advertising companies in Orlando34
- Direct response advertising companies in Phoenix34
- Direct response advertising companies in Tampa34
- Direct response advertising companies in Indianapolis30
- Direct response advertising companies in Columbus29
- Direct response advertising companies in Fort Lauderdale29
- Direct response advertising companies in Nashville27
- Direct response advertising companies in Philadelphia27
- Direct response advertising companies in Washington27
- Direct response advertising companies in Pittsburgh26
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 direct response advertising 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 direct response advertising companies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 4,828 direct response advertising companies 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?
GREY, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most direct response advertising companies?
New York leads with 295 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (192) and Chicago (105).
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 25,091 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,828 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.
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