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Top 25 Publicity agencies based in San Diego, United States
RevenueBase identified 72 publicity agencies headquartered in San Diego, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 634 professional contacts across them, including 140 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers publicity agencies headquartered in San Diego, 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 publicity agencies based in San Diego, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Havas Formula is a national public relations agency with offices on both coasts and premier clients across the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GG Benitez’s passion for writing and communications is just one element of her successful business endeavors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nuffer, Smith, Tucker provides public relations, strategic planning, public affairs, social media strategy, branding, traditional media relations, crisis and issues management…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We help corporate, nonprofit, political, and public affairs clients execute persuasive multimedia campaigns with straightforward, effective strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Oster and Associates is a full-service advertising and public relations agency (includes: marketing, branding, creative, media buying, social media, communications, web design)…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “30 years of building media and marketing relationships translates to the best values when we buy media, in either English or Spanish, for any products or services under the sun.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “award-winning boutique agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “J.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With offices in San Diego, Chicago and Denver, H2 Public Relations is a boutique lifestyle firm specializing in media relations and publicity with an emphasis in hospitality and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Olive is a national boutique public relations and marketing agency based in San Diego on a mission to amplify the stories of the most positively powerful brands and people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Named one of America's Best PR Agencies by Forbes, Chemistry PR is a national public relations agency specializing in media relations, influencer marketing, social media, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bartell & Associates is an award winning government and public affairs firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ro-Bro is a boutique marketing and public relations agency that is redefining how clients work with agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bob Nelson and Kelly Murphy Lamkin own and operate MNM, which specializes in Public Affairs Advertising and PR.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BERKMAN is an integrated marketing communications and public relations firm with 35 years of success positioning and branding our clients to drive awareness and profitability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “c3 Communications, Inc.(c3) is a nationally award-winning agency, uniquely structured with direct strategic senior counsel and account management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hart Marketing & Business Development (HMBD) is your powerhouse partner for all things marketing, advertising, and business growth!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Power Digital empowers business growth for e-commerce, lead generation, and B2B companies around the globe through strategic digital marketing initiatives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Make communicating, fun, effective and memorable with Aqua's team of expert marketing and public relations pros.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BCENE PR is a data-driven, award-winning communications agency with an extensive national portfolio touch every major media market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Scout’s Agency is a public relations agency that nurtures podcasts and brands to fruition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Media agency” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Purple Penguin PR is a progressive PR agency that produces high-impact “feel-good” stories on behalf of its clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Skim Steezy, an exclusive skimboarding Sports PR Agency based in San Diego.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Scott Yoffe Communications is a full-service public relations, marketing, social media, graphic-design and desktop-publishing firm.” 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: publicity 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 publicity agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of publicity agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name publicity 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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Publicity agencies based in San Diego, 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 San Diego, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Diego, over 72 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 publicity 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 Diego, United States whose own description of what they do matches “publicity 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 publicity 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 publicity agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Diego 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, 140 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.
Publicity agencies by metro in the United States
- Publicity agencies in New York708
- Publicity agencies in Los Angeles480
- Publicity agencies in Chicago157
- Publicity agencies in Miami142
- Publicity agencies in Washington137
- Publicity agencies in Atlanta125
- Publicity agencies in San Francisco114
- Publicity agencies in Austin102
- Publicity agencies in Dallas95
- Publicity agencies in Boston82
- Publicity agencies in Houston76
- Publicity agencies in Nashville76
- Publicity agencies in San Diego72
- Publicity agencies in Denver71
- Publicity agencies in Philadelphia68
- Publicity agencies in Las Vegas64
- Publicity agencies in Seattle55
- Publicity agencies in Beverly Hills53
- Publicity agencies in Tampa53
- Publicity agencies in New York City52
- Publicity agencies in Phoenix49
- Publicity agencies in Portland44
- Publicity agencies in Orlando39
- Publicity agencies in Minneapolis38
- Publicity agencies in Fort Lauderdale37
- Publicity agencies in Charlotte35
- Publicity agencies in Brooklyn34
- Publicity agencies in San Antonio34
- Publicity agencies in Scottsdale30
- Publicity agencies in West Hollywood30
- Publicity agencies in Columbus28
- Publicity agencies in Santa Monica27
- Publicity agencies in Baltimore26
- Publicity agencies in Detroit26
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 publicity 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 publicity agencies are there based in San Diego, United States?
RevenueBase identified 72 publicity agencies headquartered in San Diego, 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?
Havas Formula, headquartered in San Diego, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most publicity agencies?
New York leads with 708 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (480) and Chicago (157).
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 140 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 72 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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