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Top 25 Issue management companies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 59 issue management companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 467 professional contacts across them, including 245 with verified work emails. Washington is the largest hub.
This list covers issue management 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.
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The 25 largest issue management companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CGCN Group is an integrated advocacy and strategic communications firm that specializes in helping Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and trade associations navigate complex…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We deliver policy and communications support that is bracingly honest, refreshingly creative and expertly executed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ceisler Media is: A full-service public relations and issue advocacy firm with offices across Pennsylvania, guiding our clients through every step of their communications…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Berman and Company isn’t your average PR firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SGA Marketing helps organizations with their communications needs, specifically regarding issues facing communities and the environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Navigators Global LLC is a full-service issue management, governmental relations and strategic communications firm with offices located in Washington, D.C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1994, Cooksey Communications is a Texas-based, strategic communications firm that delivers high-impact results for clients with complex communications challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Harris, DeVille & Associates, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Public Affairs Company (PAC) is a nationally recognized government relations firm specializing in grassroots politics and media relations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Hastings Group is a full-service consulting firm that specializes in issues management and lobbying, coalition outreach, public relations, social media, Web projects and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Most companies don’t realize they have an IT problem until an entire “forest fire” starts, costing them time, money and customers… At F1 Tech, we prevent IT “forest fires” by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Potomac Communications Group, Inc.(PCG) is a full-service agency based in Washington, D.C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LOKA Creative is a full-service integrative communications agency with locations in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Frisco, Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Steer PR is a full-service, boutique strategic communications and critical issue advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our goal is to transition each client from ‘Problem’ to ‘Solution’.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Calkin Public Affairs (Calkin PA) is a California-based public affairs firm who helps clients navigate their most complex, controversial and contentious public policy challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Culloton + Bauer Luce is a Chicago-based public affairs firm specializing in issues and corporate reputation management and crisis communications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Influencing public policy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Cogent Consulting and Communications, Inc,(Cogent) based in Sacramento, California, provides issues consulting, communications and program management services, specializing in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1997 and based in Albuquerque, The Garrity Group provides issue management, public affairs and media relations services to a variety of clients in the public and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ELEVATE MARKETS, ACCELERATE RESULTS Statler Nagle specializes in creating customized marketing and advocacy campaigns that transform the way people think about products and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Turner4D manages public opinion on controversial issues through traditional and digital media.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Strategic advisory firm helping nonprofit, corporate, public-sector, and mission-driven organizations grow revenue, strengthen partnerships, and deliver greater impact.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in Arkansas’ capitol city of Little Rock, our team of seasoned and skilled professionals work to shape the debate and win over influencers to solve our clients complex…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: issue management 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 issue management companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of issue management companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name issue management 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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Issue management companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 59 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 issue management 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 “issue management 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 issue management 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 issue management 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, 245 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.
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 issue management 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 issue management companies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 59 issue management 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?
Cgcn Group, headquartered in Washington, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most issue management companies?
Washington leads with 15 headquartered companies, followed by Baton Rouge (3) and New York (3).
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 245 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 59 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.
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