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Top 25 Illustration studios based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 3,608 illustration studios headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 21,272 professional contacts across them, including 4,023 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers illustration studios 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 20, 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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21,272Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest illustration studios based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 3,608 illustration studios based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to illustration studios: 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
1Partial evidenceBurbank, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,0001,712 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Walt Disney Animation Studios, the studio behind "Frozen,""Big Hero 6,""Zootopia" and "Moana" brings imagination to life through animated films.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Partial evidenceNorth Hollywood, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500416 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bento Box Entertainment is an Emmy award-winning studio that develops and produces quality-animated content for all distribution platforms worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a325 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“NEVER is a creative direction and design company based in Los Angeles.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500287 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Over the course of our 30-year history, Reel FX Animation has blazed paths in animation and entertainment that span genres, media and styles.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Partial evidenceMount Dora, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500243 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re an independent animation studio that is owned and operated by artists.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceManhattan, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500195 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Animated Storyboards is the largest full-service independent animatic company in the world, going strong since 2001.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Partial evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200185 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Incessant Rain Studios is a state-of-the-art Animation, Games and Visual Effects studio that develops and produces digital animated properties for theatrical, television, home…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Partial evidenceWest Hollywood, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500165 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ShadowMachine is the Academy Award®-winning animation and production studio founded by Corey Campodonico and Alex Bulkley.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200146 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For more than two decades, Hornet has fervently channeled the fabric of dreams - grand and modest, enigmatic and enchanting.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSanta Monica, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200135 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Whitehouse Post believes in the art and craft of editorial storytelling built in a creative and supportive environment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceHollywood, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200134 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Art Machine our work is diverse, spanning everything from theatrical/cable design, home entertainment packaging, video game packaging, live event marketing and traditional…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidencePortland, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200125 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Liquid Development, we know creating content for the next-generation of gaming machines can be a grueling process for publishers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200119 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We bring ideas to life.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-50116 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Powerhouse Animation was founded in 2001 with one goal in mind.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Partial evidenceBurbank, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20098 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a full service animation studio producing original content for the entertainment industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidencePortland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5095 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HouseSpecial can make anything move.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5095 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Timber was founded with the sole purpose of creating compelling content for our clients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Indirect evidenceBurbank, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Stoopid Buddy Stoodios is an artist-friendly collective that houses some of the finest talent in animation and entertainment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Partial evidenceBerkeley, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20087 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tippett Studio - a Phantom Media Group Company - is a world-renowned visual effects and animation studio founded by two-time Academy Award winner and Emmy recipient Phil Tippett.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5083 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MAKE is a creative studio with a big passion for short stories.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Partial evidenceCulver City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20082 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PRETTYBIRD is a global creative studio driven by culture, powered by craft, and home to the visionary storytellers shaping the future of entertainment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Indirect evidenceWestlake Village, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20075 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“KBAA is a collaborative team of advisors and artists that curate, create, and implement visual storytelling for global clients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Indirect evidenceOrange, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5071 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2009 by brothers Josh and Mike Grier as an animation and digital content creator, Ember Lab’s vision is to create immersive and evocative stories with characters that…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Partial evidencePlaya Vista, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5064 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Animation Libation Studios L.L.C.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Illustration studios based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
18.9%Verified-email coverage
5.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
7.3%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3,171
11-50
347
51-200
65
201-500
14
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
1
10001+
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 3,608 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 illustration studios, 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 “illustration studios”. 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 illustration studios), 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 illustration studios, 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, 4,023 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 20, 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 illustration studios, 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 illustration studios are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 3,608 illustration studios 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?

Walt Disney Animation Studios, headquartered in Burbank, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most illustration studios?

New York leads with 264 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (257) and Chicago (84).

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 4,023 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,608 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 20, 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.