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Top 25 Literary agencies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 275 literary agencies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 4,395 professional contacts across them, including 1,100 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers literary agencies 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.
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The 25 largest literary agencies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,534 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers and music publishers, and represents…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 215 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1977, Abrams Artists Agency represents clients across a broad spectrum of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, theater, animation, radio…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 127 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Writers House is the premier independently owned, full-service literary agency based in New York, providing individualized client attention with in-house international licensing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ERIS, a Talent and Literary Agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 113 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Verve is a premier talent agency providing global representation for clients across film, television, publishing, digital, commercial endorsements & branding, audio, theater, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Gotham Group's literary management practice encompasses all aspects of writing and directing, whether it be film, television, publishing, journalism, or content creation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Authentic is by far the largest talent and literary management company in New York, with a thriving office in Los Angeles and a flourishing production arm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ukiyoto publishes quality content after thorough scrutiny and shortlisting of manuscripts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Folio Literary Management is a leading full-service literary agency focused on cultivating original voices & passionate storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Trident Media Group (TMG) is a prominent literary agency located in New York City that originally formed in TMG represents over bestselling and emerging authors in a range of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1912, the Authors Guild is the oldest and largest professional writers' organization in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Maria B.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Seymour Agency is a literary agency representing award-winning authors from all over the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management is the only literary agency in the business designed specifically for bestselling authors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Edioak is a leading book editing, ghostwriting, and marketing agency that partners with bestselling authors, first-time writers, and global publishers to transform manuscripts…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Gersh is one of this country’s leading talent and literary agencies and boasts some of the world’s finest talent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From start to finish, JKS has the expertise to take you from page to prominence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Langtons International Agency is a successful international literary agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Jane Rotrosen Agency has represented authors of fiction and nonfiction since 1974.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A talent agency committed to excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Gernert Company is a full-service literary agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “INKWELL MANAGEMENT, LLC is a company based out of 521 FIFTH AVE 26TH FL, NEW YORK, New York, United States.” 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: literary agencies. 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 literary agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of literary agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name literary agencies. 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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Literary agencies 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 275 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 literary agencies, 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 “literary agencies”. 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 literary agencies), 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 literary agencies, 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, 1,100 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.
Literary agencies by metro
- Literary agencies in New York95
- Literary agencies in Los Angeles28
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 literary agencies, 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 literary agencies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 275 literary agencies 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?
ASCAP, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most literary agencies?
New York leads with 95 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (28) and Beverly Hills (7).
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 1,100 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 275 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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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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