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Top 25 Direct response companies based in the United States

Name: Direct response companies based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 2,488 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 2,488 direct response companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 32,048 professional contacts across them, including 10,513 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers direct response 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 21, 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 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

2,488Companies

32,048Contacts tracked

10,513Verified emails

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The 25 largest direct response companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 2,488 direct response companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to direct response 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Horizon Media	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,368 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Horizon Media is a leader in driving business-based outcomes for marketers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	TBC	Indirect evidence	Baltimore, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	1,255 contacts →
	Indirect 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 21, 2026
3	Tombras	Indirect evidence	Knoxville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	496 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Tombras is a 450+ person, full-service agency with a digital mindset.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Martin	Strong evidence	Richmond, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	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 21, 2026
5	Money Mailer	Partial evidence	Cypress, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	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 21, 2026
6	Mckinney	Indirect evidence	Durham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	328 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “McKinney is a full-service creative agency that generates unfair attention for brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Tattoo Projects	Indirect evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	323 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bending rules.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	Fish Marketing	Indirect evidence	Portland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	276 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fish Marketing is a full-service, results-driven advertising and marketing agency in Portland, Oregon.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Abelsontaylor Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	253 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With AbelsonTaylor Group, ROI is what you’ll get.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	NAHAN	Indirect evidence	Saint Cloud, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	251 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Great marketing takes so much more than just delivering the right message at the right time - it’s about making real connections with real people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	DBA Marketing Communications	Indirect evidence	Delafield, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	239 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At DBA Marketing Communications, our day is all about providing you with strategic and creative services that will help you build a bigger and better brand for your company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Onmedia	Indirect evidence	West Des Moines, IA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	223 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OnMedia utilizes the most advanced technology for targeted digital and TV advertising.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Mudd Advertising	Indirect evidence	Cedar Falls, IA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	186 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mudd Advertising is one of the automotive industry’s leading providers of results-oriented advertising and marketing strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Pinnacle Advertising	Indirect evidence	Schaumburg, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	182 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Thank you for visiting Pinnacle Advertising – we are Growing + Hiring 2026 and beyond!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	GO Agency	Indirect evidence	Hartford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	180 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GO is a full-service marketing communications agency with locations in Hartford, Connecticut (CT) and Atlanta, Georgia (GA).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Sourcelink	Partial evidence	Itasca, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	171 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SourceLink is a highly respected Direct Marketing agency headquartered in Chicago, Illinois that utilizes data intelligence and an omni-channel approach to maximize return on…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	AV Squad	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	161 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2004, AV Squad is a creative advertising agency specializing in all forms of audio/visual and print advertising including theatrical trailers, television spots…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	SOKAL	Indirect evidence	Raleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	160 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Sokal, we’re not just another advertising agency; we’re your strategic partner in navigating the digital marketing landscape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Commerce House	Indirect evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	160 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are an advertising agency that builds brands by taking what clients do best and making it matter most.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	LEWIS	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	155 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lewis is a full-service marketing agency with more than 100 employees at offices in Nashville, Tennessee, Birmingham, Alabama, and Mobile, Alabama.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Aloysius Butler & Clark	Indirect evidence	Wilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	148 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Aloysius Butler & Clark is one of the largest full-service agencies in the mid-Atlantic and one of Adweek’s 50 “Top Shops” in America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	CJ Advertising	Indirect evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	148 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Located in the heart of downtown Nashville, cj Advertising is a full-service ad agency that exclusively serves personal injury brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Strategic America	Strong evidence	West Des Moines, IA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	147 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1980, Strategic America is a full-service, integrated Des Moines advertising agency specializing in public relations, digital, traditional, direct response and creative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	IVIE	Indirect evidence	Flower Mound, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	147 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ivie is a global marketing company existing to provide a higher level of service at a lower cost.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	J&l Marketing, INC	Partial evidence	Louisville, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	139 contacts →
	Partial evidence “J&L Marketing provides a complete range of digital and multi-channel direct marketing solutions for industries such as automotive, agriculture, home services, political…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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 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 companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of direct response 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 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 companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

32.8%Verified-email coverage

12.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

3.9%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,431

11-50

860

51-200

156

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

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 2,488 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 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 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 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 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, 10,513 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 21, 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 companies by metro

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 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 companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 2,488 direct response 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?

Horizon Media, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most direct response companies?

New York leads with 97 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (79) and Chicago (49).

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 10,513 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,488 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 21, 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.