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Top 25 Place branding agencies based in San Francisco, United States

Name: Place branding agencies based in San Francisco, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 95 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 95 place branding agencies headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 612 professional contacts across them, including 167 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (462 companies); San Francisco has 95.

This list covers place branding agencies 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 29, 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 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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612Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest place branding agencies based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 95 place branding agencies based in San Francisco, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to place branding 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Turner Duckworth	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	99 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Turner Duckworth are behind the brand identities for some of the world’s most iconic brands; Coca-Cola, Amazon, McDonald’s, Samsung and Levi’s - to name a few.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2	21st Century Brand	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “21CB is a global brand consultancy that partners with the world’s most brand-ambitious leaders who want to unleash brand as a driver of purposeful, profitable growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3	Mortar Advertising	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Mortar, we don’t just create marketing-we deliver “A-ha” moments that make brands unforgettable.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4	Elixir Design	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Elixir is a San Francisco-based brand strategy firm specializing in strategy and design for memorable corporate identity, positioning, messaging, marketing collateral, direct…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5	Clearstory Wayfinding And Placemaking	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Every place has a story-one that includes the people and vision that shaped it, and the way visitors experience it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6	Citizen Best	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We close the gap between where companies are and where their brand needs to be.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7	Born & Bred	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Born & Bred is a brand and design agency in San Francisco, California that specializes in brand strategy, brand identity, and brand execution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8	Pineapple	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Harnessing controlled weirdness as a force for good is a full-on superpower.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9	Volume INC	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Volume is a creative studio helping architects, developers, creative institutions, and forward-thinking companies to enhance the built world where people work, gather, learn, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10	Powerhouse	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Design brands that impact millions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11	Moniker	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Moniker is an identity studio based in San Francisco, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12	Gilmour Craves	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Gilmour Craves excels at strengthening and building brand identities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13	Mkmcreative	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MKMCreative is a multi-faceted, boutique agency delivering creative solutions and meaningful relationships with clients by taking a customized approaching to curating…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14	WHISK	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “An innovative brand, strategy, and experiential marketing platform that specializes in making the ordinary extraordinary.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15	Meadow Design, INC	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We're a strategic branding agency based in San Francisco.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16	Global Brand Works	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded by Caroline McNally and Shannon Riordan, Global Brand Works specializes in translating Brand Strategy into Brand Actualization – in other words, we help clients bring the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17	The Creative Dept	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18	Madison Avenue Creative INC	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in new york in 2008, madison avenue creative is a full-service creative agency specializing in branding within the luxury real estate space.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19	Circlemakers Studio	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Circlemakers Studio is an independent branding agency that combines business & marketing expertise with unparalleled access to the world's largest creative network.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20	Bespoke Group	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bespoke Group LC is a distinguished collective of industry leading strategists and award winning designers who specialize in custom tailored solutions for the Hospitality…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21	Sparkco	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We partner with ambitious companies held back by a mediocre brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22	Juice Design	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Juice is an independent creative agency, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23	Gravity Branding	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Gravity Branding - Consultants to Brand Leaders We create brands that inspire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24	Intersect	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Intersect is a creative agency that builds brands through strategy and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25	Musebrands	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are an independent, creatively led company in San Francisco, that crafts brand experiences whatever the channel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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: place branding 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 place branding agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of place branding agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name place branding 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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Place branding agencies based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026

27.3%Verified-email coverage

6.4Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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51-200

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 95 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 place branding 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 San Francisco, United States whose own description of what they do matches “place branding 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 place branding 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 place branding agencies, 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, 167 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 29, 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.

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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 place branding 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 place branding agencies are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 95 place branding agencies 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?

Turner Duckworth, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most place branding agencies?

New York leads the United States with 462 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (251) and Chicago (167). San Francisco has 95.

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 167 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 95 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 29, 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.