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Top 25 Licensed character merchandise companies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 98 licensed character merchandise companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 14,490 professional contacts across them, including 6,411 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.

This list covers licensed character merchandise 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 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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The 25 largest licensed character merchandise companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 98 licensed character merchandise companies 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 licensed character merchandise 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceEl Segundo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+9,962 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceChatsworth, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,201 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MGA Entertainment is on a mission to inspire imagination and creativity through innovative toys, entertainment, and experiences that transform play into limitless possibilities.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceEverett, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,090 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Funko (NASDAQ: FNKO) is a leading pop culture lifestyle brand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Partial evidenceGlendale, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000587 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Mad Engine specializes in products that reflect pop-culture creativity and individuality | Designs | 250+ Licenses | 12+ Global Offices | Employees”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidencePiscataway, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000224 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“FOCO - our passion for passionate fans has never changed since our journey began in 1998.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceWest Chester, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200123 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ripple Junction began in 1992 with two guys selling t-shirts out of a van at a Grateful Dead show.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceSimi Valley, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500120 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We focus on fun!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20096 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceHillside, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20091 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NECA (National Entertainment Collectibles Association) is a leading creator, marketer, and global distributor of licensed consumer products based on some of the world’s most…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSherman Oaks, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20090 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For over 35 years, Funrise has been a global innovator and industry leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of toys worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceEl Segundo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1966, Playmates Toys is a globally recognized toy company known for its imaginative product design, innovative marketing, and long-term brand partnerships.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSimpsonville, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 2012, Sunny Days Entertainment LLC is a fully integrated toy company specializing in solving retailers' problems while delivering ultra-fun, value-added toys to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceOntario, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50051 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Aliquantum International Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceHoboken, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20045 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“There’s a serious demand for fun clothing based on sports and pop culture.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Partial evidenceCamarillo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Snap Creative is a full-service provider of unique licensed promotional and collectible consumer products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With an in-house team of best in class designers, graphic artists and print/textile artists, btween creates fashionable, on trend, quality merchandise that resonates with children.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“It's true.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20024 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Accessory Innovations is a leading manufacturer in the licensed accessories industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Partial evidenceAtlanta, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5024 contacts →

Partial evidence

Licensing, Branding, and Creative”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLaguna Hills, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Charisma Brands, LLC is an International developer and marketer of creative, high quality consumer products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceHunt Valley, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Diamond Select Toys (or “DST”) was founded in by sister company Diamond Comic Distributors, as a manufacturer of toys and collectibles for kids and adults of all ages.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Strong evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5020 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Dual Wield Studio is an officially licensed merchandise company out of Seattle, WA, with staff all around the country.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Indirect evidenceJessup, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Started in 1994, owner John Lizewski started The Petting Zoo as a plush company with his wife in their Maryland home.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Strong evidenceRolling Meadows, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5019 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Desert Cactus is an e-commerce licensed products company (founded 2012) offering merchandise for the NBA, NHL, 700+ colleges, Hasbro, Gumby, Pan Am, Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“OUR COMPANY Innovative Designs, LLC has grown to become one of the leading manufacturers of licensed youth products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Licensed character merchandise companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
44.2%Verified-email coverage
147.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
10.2%Largest-city concentration · Los Angeles
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
34
11-50
38
51-200
16
201-500
4
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
3
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 98 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 licensed character merchandise 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 “licensed character merchandise 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 licensed character merchandise 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 licensed character merchandise 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, 6,411 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 licensed character merchandise 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 licensed character merchandise companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 98 licensed character merchandise 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?

Mattel, INC, headquartered in El Segundo, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most licensed character merchandise companies?

Los Angeles leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by New York (7) and Irvine (4).

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 6,411 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 98 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.