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Top 25 Prosthetics and special effects studios based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 129 prosthetics and special effects studios headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 906 professional contacts across them, including 182 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers prosthetics and special effects studios 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 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 prosthetics and special effects studios based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Tippett Studio - a Phantom Media Group Company - is a world-renowned visual effects and animation studio founded by two-time Academy Award winner and Emmy recipient Phil Tippett.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ZERO VFX creates visual effects for feature films and commercials.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Specialists has been supporting New York City’s creative community for over 40 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Oscar nominated, Emmy winning FX Studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Refuge is an animation and visual effects studio that specializes in building characters, creatures, and environments of all kinds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™ provides digital puppetry, animatronic creatures, animation, and soft puppets to the international film, television, theater, live event and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Frends Beauty Supply was founded in 1940 by the original owner Sig Frends.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Special Makeup Effects by Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero of KNB EFX Group inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Skulley Effects is a Los Angeles-based visual effects studio delivering precision VFX, beauty work, and cinematic post-production for film, television, and music videos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Creative Character Engineering is an entertainment company that focuses on the following: PRACTICAL EFFECTS: Prosthetic Make-up, Animatronics, Actor Replicas, Animal Replicas…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a full service creative studio focused in Special Effects Makeup based in Atlanta Georgia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “In May 1989, Orlando Special Effects was created to support the needs of Corporate Events and Motion Picture Effects in Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Los Angeles-based Romaire Studios, Inc.(RS) is one of the foremost providers of live-action creatures, characters and animated props for the entertainment industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Where our goal is to bring your imagination to life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Illusion Projects is a highly acclaimed design and fabrication company, skilled in creating custom props ranging from intricate devices to full-scale productions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Engine Room, also known as Engine Room Hollywood and Engine Room VFX is an American creative arts studio that provides visual effects (VFX), live action production, and motion…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SERVICES PROVIDED: CUSTOM FABRICATION PRODUCTION DESIGN, COORDINATION, & CONSULTING ART DEPARTMENT -Art Directors, Set Dresser, Props -Set & Scenic Design and Fabrication…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cryptic Industries is a multidisciplinary company engaged in every aspect of the creative process.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Czinkota Studios we specialize in the art of creating the unusual.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the team at Composite Effects (CFX) are a team of highly trained and specialized FX artists and technicians proud to produce masks that perform…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Asher Levine Studio is a New York-based studio that designs and fabricates for film & theatrical productions, fashion labels, consumer brands, and its namesake "Asher Levine"…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NewRuleFX is the effects and props division of New Rule Productions, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a Colorado based practical FX company striving to bring practical FX back in a new and original way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dark Arts is a full-service Visual Effects house that offers VFX and Post-Production Services for Motion Pictures, Television, and Commercials located in Culver CIty, CA.” 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: prosthetics and special effects 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 prosthetics and special effects studios.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of prosthetics and special effects studios, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name prosthetics and special effects 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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Prosthetics and special effects studios based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
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 129 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 prosthetics and special effects 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “prosthetics and special effects 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 prosthetics and special effects 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 prosthetics and special effects studios, 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, 182 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
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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 prosthetics and special effects 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 prosthetics and special effects studios are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 129 prosthetics and special effects studios 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?
Tippett Studio, headquartered in Berkeley, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most prosthetics and special effects studios?
Los Angeles leads with 23 headquartered companies, followed by Portland (5) and Atlanta (4).
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 182 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 129 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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