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Top 25 Post-production studios based in Santa Monica, United States
RevenueBase identified 80 post-production studios headquartered in Santa Monica, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,764 professional contacts across them, including 1,095 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers post-production studios headquartered in Santa Monica, 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 20, 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 25 largest post-production studios based in Santa Monica, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,052 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Company 3 is a comprehensive postproduction facility for features, episodic, commercials, and music videos with locations in Los Angeles, New York, London, Atlanta, Toronto…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 316 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Method Studios is a global content creation studio known for photorealistic product development and seamless VFX.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nomad is an award-winning post house with offices in New York, London, Los Angeles, Austin, and Tokyo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Cut + Run is an award-winning creative editorial company and a global leader in post production since 1997, providing top-tier services for broadcast commercials, branded and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cabin is a global creative editorial studio driven by a passion for storytelling and dedication to craft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2010 by college students and partners Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor, Buffalo 8 is a full-service media company based throughout Los Angeles, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rock Paper Scissors (“RPS”) is one of the premier film and commercials editing companies in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cartel was born out of a respect for creative work and those who make it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Andresen is the premiere digital imaging and creative retouching studio in Los Angeles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Steelworks is a creative partner for brands and agencies specializing in CGI, Motion, Animation, and Post Production delivering compelling work across industries in the global…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With headquarters in Los Angeles and New York, Shepherd VFX (fka SHAPE + LIGHT) is a sophisticated creative studio specializing in visual effects creation + finishing for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ArsenalFX Color is a high-end post production studio providing full-spectrum services to the television industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are an artist-led boutique studio made up of a diverse group of creators who are passionate about approaching any opportunity with creative and technical moxie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Apache Digital specializes in providing high-end HDR color & finishing services for feature films, streaming content, scripted shows, animation and commercials.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TUNNEL was founded by filmmakers, with one goal in mind: support fellow filmmakers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AFX Creative is a multidisciplinary studio based in Los Angeles specializing in visual effects, finishing and color.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2006 by Director/Producer Joey Merholz, J-Cut Films is a dynamic, full-service creative production company headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with additional offices in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Santa Monica Studios is conveniently located in the heart of Santa Monica.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since launching Untitled in 2001, Founders/Executive Producers Kristin Evans and Jim Evans have created a dynamic media group recognized for its talent, creative diversity, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Belief is a full service creative studio with over 25 years of experience specializing in a wide variety of content from commercials and short films to websites and motion…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Creative Production Studio” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SGS is quickly becoming an industry leader in 2D and 3D animation, known for its high-quality content and legendary animation staff.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a full-service creative agency and production studio specializing in commercials, trailers, live-action shoots, CGI and game capture for prominent technology and gaming…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Top-notch sound & picture finishing for trailers, tv spots, promos, commercials, and other supplementary content for theatrical, broadcast, radio, digital, and social platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Neat Edit opened in 2016 with two goals: provide a memorable and service-focused post production experience, and work in great company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: post-production studios. 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 post-production studios.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of post-production studios, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name post-production studios. 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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Post-production studios based in Santa Monica, United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Santa Monica, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Santa Monica, over 80 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 post-production studios, 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 Santa Monica, United States whose own description of what they do matches “post-production studios”. 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 post-production studios), 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 post-production studios, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Santa Monica 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, 1,095 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 20, 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.
Post-production studios by metro in the United States
- Post-production studios in Los Angeles917
- Post-production studios in New York700
- Post-production studios in Atlanta213
- Post-production studios in Chicago195
- Post-production studios in Burbank156
- Post-production studios in Brooklyn121
- Post-production studios in Miami120
- Post-production studios in San Francisco112
- Post-production studios in Austin106
- Post-production studios in Portland86
- Post-production studios in Dallas80
- Post-production studios in Santa Monica80
- Post-production studios in Houston71
- Post-production studios in Denver70
- Post-production studios in Seattle66
- Post-production studios in Las Vegas57
- Post-production studios in Nashville57
- Post-production studios in San Diego56
- Post-production studios in Orlando54
- Post-production studios in Boston53
- Post-production studios in Minneapolis51
- Post-production studios in Philadelphia49
- Post-production studios in Phoenix44
- Post-production studios in Charlotte41
- Post-production studios in New York City41
- Post-production studios in Hollywood40
- Post-production studios in Culver City39
- Post-production studios in Pittsburgh35
- Post-production studios in Glendale34
- Post-production studios in Kansas City32
- Post-production studios in Washington32
- Post-production studios in Salt Lake City31
- Post-production studios in North Hollywood30
- Post-production studios in Baltimore28
- Post-production studios in Beverly Hills28
- Post-production studios in Oakland28
- Post-production studios in Richmond28
- Post-production studios in Sherman Oaks28
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 post-production studios, 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 post-production studios are there based in Santa Monica, United States?
RevenueBase identified 80 post-production studios headquartered in Santa Monica, 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?
Company 3, headquartered in Santa Monica, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most post-production studios?
Los Angeles leads with 917 headquartered companies, followed by New York (700) and Atlanta (213).
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 1,095 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 80 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 20, 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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