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Top 24 Model animation studios based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 2,631 company matches for model animation studios associated with the United States as of November 2026 and tracks 43,884 professional contacts across them, including 10,353 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for model animation studios associated with the United States, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 24 largest model animation studios based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 24 of 2,631 company matches for model animation studios based in the United States, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0003,633 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded by George Lucas in 1975, ILM creates iconic moments that inspire the imagination.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchEmeryville, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0002,640 contacts →

Exact match

“Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production…”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3Exact matchBurbank, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,0001,849 contacts →

Exact match

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

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4Exact matchLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-5001,227 contacts →

Exact match

“Digital Domain creates transportive experiences that entertain, inform and inspire.”

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5Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,0001,176 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1971 be George Lucas, Lucasfilm is one of the world's leading film and entertainment companies.”

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6Exact matchAlpharetta, GA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000969 contacts →

Exact match

“BOT VFX is the result of a dozen-year struggle to create a vibrant global visual effects company that keeps these forces in balance: Creative Chops, Scale, and a Distinctive…”

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7Exact matchHillsboro, OR, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500903 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 2005 and based in Oregon, LAIKA is an award-winning animation studio and Certified B Corporation driven to tell bold, original stories that stand the test of time.”

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8Exact matchBurbank, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202610001+646 contacts →

Exact match

“Warner Bros.”

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9Exact matchNorth Hollywood, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500429 contacts →

Exact match

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

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10Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200401 contacts →

Exact match

“Harbor is a production and post-production studio built to serve filmmakers, creators, and brands at the highest level.”

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11Exact matchLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a338 contacts →

Exact match

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

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12Exact matchSanta Monica, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000322 contacts →

Exact match

“Method Studios is a global content creation studio known for photorealistic product development and seamless VFX.”

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13Exact matchCulver City, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200290 contacts →

Exact match

“Hello, we are Blur Studio, an award-winning CG animation company in Los Angeles.”

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14Exact matchCulver City, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500277 contacts →

Exact match

“Visual Evolution" is our mission­-to evolve the story, art, and technology of the moving image, and through this evolution, broaden the audience for moving images.”

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15Exact matchSanta Monica, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200262 contacts →

Exact match

“About Illumination Illumination, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of event-animated films, including Despicable Me-the…”

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16Exact matchLos Angeles, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000261 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 2004, Ingenuity Studios, part of Streamland Media’s visual effects division, is an in-demand, full-service visual effects studio serving discerning feature film…”

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17Exact matchBurbank, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200254 contacts →

Exact match

“Encore Visual Effects brings creative ideas to fruition, whether crafting superhero-sized spectacles to nuanced VFX.”

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18Exact matchWest Hollywood, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500226 contacts →

Exact match

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

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19Exact matchSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200222 contacts →

Exact match

“The digital media landscape is constantly evolving and so is RUN Studios.”

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20Exact matchBurbank, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200214 contacts →

Exact match

“Emmy-nominated studio embodying the pioneering ingenuity, daring creativity, & freewheeling spirit of the first aviators”

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21Exact matchManhattan, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500200 contacts →

Exact match

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

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22Exact matchLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200193 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

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23Exact matchChicago, IL, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200164 contacts →

Exact match

“Optimus is a collective of award winning filmmakers, storytellers, and artists working with agencies and brands to develop and produce engaging and effective creative content.”

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24Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200158 contacts →

Exact match

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

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Model animation studios based in the United States at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
23.6%Verified-email coverage
16.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
12.5%Largest-city concentration · Los Angeles
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
1,956
11-50
537
51-200
98
201-500
25
501-1,000
8
1,001-5,000
4
10001+
2

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 2,631 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with the United States whose business descriptions match “model animation studios” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 10,353 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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 November 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “model animation studios”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many model animation studios are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 2,631 company matches for model animation studios associated with the United States as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Industrial Light & Magic tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most model animation studios?

Los Angeles leads with 330 company records, followed by New York (279) and Chicago (69).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 10,353 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 2,631 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 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 SmartSearch, 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.