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Top 20 Media agencies and representatives based in San Francisco, United States
RevenueBase identified 39 media agencies and representatives headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,562 professional contacts across them, including 308 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers media agencies and representatives headquartered in San Francisco, 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 5, 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.
The 20 largest media agencies and representatives based in San Francisco, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 782 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Formerly Essence, we are now EssenceMediacom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 290 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Merkle | DWA is a global media and marketing agency for technology companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A four-time Ad Age Small Agency of the Year, Duncan Channon is a full-service creative shop with a 360º offering including social, experiential and influencer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Based in San Francisco, Ars X Machina (AXM) is a female-founded media solutions and analytics agency on a mission to architect meaningful media solutions at the intersection of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're the biggest small agency in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Demand Local empowers Advertising & Marketing agencies in the Automotive, Legal, Financial, & CPG industries to scale and grow their businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're a creatively driven, strategically whip smart ad agency headquartered in San Francisco’s Presidio and Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ADmyBRAND started off as a DIY omnichannel advertising platform but evolved into AI & analytics-driven Web4.0 ad exchange for advertisements on outdoor media, Influencer, digital…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We partner with agencies, brands, and companies to create media solutions people love.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We built the media agency that brands actually need.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “What We Do Media, digital marketing, analytics, mar tech, research, e-commerce, and information systems, fueled by knowledge and strength in data-driven approaches to achieving…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Brainchild is a next generation agile ad agency founded to meet the needs of companies and clients who are curious about new ways to win.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yates Advertising is a full-service advertising agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Concept, camera, campaign, ad creative, media buying.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2015, Theory SF is a multi-disciplinary marketing agency located in the heart of San Francisco.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MAGGOMEDIA is a boutique global advertising, media and technology company, with a focus on delivering content about entertainment, news, lifestyle and providing advertising…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Disclaimer: We are independently owned and not affiliated with Media Matters for America.* Media Matters Worldwide is an independent, women-owned media planning, buying, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Brandi Moore is a boutique artists’ agency representing photographers, art directors, producers, stylists, food stylists, and hair + makeup artists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The digital advertising space has never been so vast or competitive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1963, ADCO Outdoor Advertising is a premium outdoor media company with multiple locations throughout Northern and Southern California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 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: media agencies and representatives. 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 media agencies and representatives.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of media agencies and representatives, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name media agencies and representatives. 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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Media agencies and representatives based in San Francisco, United States at a glance
As of Sep 5, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 39 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 media agencies and representatives, 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 San Francisco, United States whose own description of what they do matches “media agencies and representatives”. 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 media agencies and representatives), 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 media agencies and representatives, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Francisco 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, 308 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 5, 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.
Media agencies and representatives by metro in the United States
- Media agencies and representatives in New York319
- Media agencies and representatives in Los Angeles156
- Media agencies and representatives in Chicago73
- Media agencies and representatives in Miami66
- Media agencies and representatives in Dallas48
- Media agencies and representatives in Atlanta46
- Media agencies and representatives in Austin46
- Media agencies and representatives in Denver44
- Media agencies and representatives in San Francisco39
- Media agencies and representatives in Houston34
- Media agencies and representatives in Las Vegas32
- Media agencies and representatives in Tampa30
- Media agencies and representatives in San Diego28
- Media agencies and representatives in Boston27
- Media agencies and representatives in Charlotte25
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 media agencies and representatives, 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 media agencies and representatives are there based in San Francisco, United States?
RevenueBase identified 39 media agencies and representatives headquartered in San Francisco, 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?
Essence, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most media agencies and representatives?
New York leads with 319 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (156) and Chicago (73).
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 308 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 39 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 5, 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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