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Top 19 Naming and messaging agencies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 12,346 naming and messaging agencies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 81,431 professional contacts across them, including 23,174 with verified work emails and 26,999 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers naming and messaging 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 3, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 3, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
12,346Companies
81,431Contacts tracked
23,174Verified emails
26,999Mobile numbers
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The 19 largest naming and messaging agencies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 12,346 naming and messaging agencies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 3, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to naming and messaging agencies: 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 evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202610001+7,701 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Deloitte Digital, we connect brands with the right strategies and tools to create great impact.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
2Indirect evidenceBaltimore, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 2026n/a1,254 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“TBC is an independently owned, full-service branding, advertising and strategic communications agency with headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
3Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202610001+1,197 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We build enduring brands that move people and markets through the radical creativity of Truth Well Told™.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
4Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 20261,001-5,000788 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Formerly Essence, we are now EssenceMediacom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 2026201-500720 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Team One was founded with one philosophical focus: to construct brands of elevated aspiration and worth by attracting affluent consumers like never before.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
6Indirect evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 2026501-1,000500 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GSD & M is a creatively driven, full-service agency born and raised in Austin, TX.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
7Indirect evidenceCincinnati, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 2026201-500346 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In a world where brand touchpoints multiply and expectations never slow, we are the calm behind confident brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
8Indirect evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 2026201-500324 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hi.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSaint Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202651-200282 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HLK is an independent brand and marketing agency creating growth through movement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSalt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202651-200241 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our business is branding organizations, re-branding organizations and rejuvenating the brands of organizations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
11Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202651-200237 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Sullivan, we transform hard-to-understand businesses into easy-to-love brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLong Beach, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 2026201-500220 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Designory is now part of OCX.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
13Indirect evidenceGreenville, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 2026201-500216 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“EP+Co is an agency of talented makers and doers on a mission to build belief with brands we love.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
14Indirect evidenceToledo, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202651-200186 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Still independent.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
15Indirect evidenceEast Providence, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202651-200149 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are an independent strategy + creative brand agency dedicated to keeping brands healthy and people happy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
16Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202651-200103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“From startups seeking to bring new ideas to life, to established companies aiming to retain their category leadership, we help businesses tell the story of why they matter to put…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
17Indirect evidenceBoise, ID, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202651-200101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Drake Cooper is an advertising agency that builds brands for the ambitious.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
18Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202651-20094 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pivot Design is a creative agency that leverages the power of design to make health more compelling.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026
19Indirect evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 3, 202651-20080 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Brand Guild is the agency of choice for market makers pushing their way to scale and for market leaders breathing new energy into their organizations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 3, 2026

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Naming and messaging agencies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 3, 2026
28.5%Verified-email coverage
33.2%Mobile-number coverage
6.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
7.2%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 3, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
10,339
11-50
1,776
51-200
171
201-500
31
501-1,000
6
1,001-5,000
2
10001+
3

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

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 naming and messaging 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 “naming and messaging 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 naming and messaging 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 naming and messaging 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, 23,174 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 3, 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 naming and messaging 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 naming and messaging agencies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 12,346 naming and messaging 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?

Deloitte Digital, headquartered in Denver, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most naming and messaging agencies?

New York leads with 895 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (566) and Chicago (318).

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 23,174 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 12,346 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 3, 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.