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Top 25 Retail advertising agencies based in San Francisco, United States

RevenueBase identified 155 retail advertising agencies headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,171 professional contacts across them, including 726 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers retail advertising 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, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.

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155Companies
3,171Contacts tracked
726Verified emails
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The 25 largest retail advertising agencies based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 155 retail advertising agencies based in San Francisco, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names retail advertising agencies: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
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EssenceIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,000782

“Formerly Essence, we are now EssenceMediacom.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2
MekanismIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200263

“We are a fiercely entrepreneurial agency that blends creativity and performance to build great brands.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3
GRANDIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026n/a209

“Note: Grand no longer exists.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4
OutcastIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200107

“Outcast is an integrated marketing agency specializing in communications, digital, and creative.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5
TractorIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026n/a103

“Hi, we're Tractor, a San Francisco based agency that doesn't shy away from big challenges.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6
ArgonautIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20081

“Hello!”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7
Duncan ChannonIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20071

“A four-time Ad Age Small Agency of the Year, Duncan Channon is a full-service creative shop with a 360º offering including social, experiential and influencer.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8
Eleven, INCIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20070

“Eleven develops category-defining ideas that are unconstrained by medium.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9
Erich & KallmanIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20050

“We’re Erich & Kallman and we make work that people love… no seriously, ask Ad Age.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10
CutwaterIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5038

“At Cutwater, we hone and sharpen a brand into something more distinctive so it has a better chance of cutting through, being heard, and standing apart.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11
Bonfire LabsIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5035

“Bonfire Labs is a creative studio moving brands further faster.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12
ManifoldIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5035

“Recognized as Ad Age's Small Agency of the Year, Manifold is a creative agency that creates extraordinary experiences, both digital and real world, to engage, delight, involve…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13
Demand LocalPartial evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5034

“Demand Local empowers Advertising & Marketing agencies in the Automotive, Legal, Financial, & CPG industries to scale and grow their businesses.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14
Camp KingIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5030

“We're a creatively driven, strategically whip smart ad agency headquartered in San Francisco’s Presidio and Chicago.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15
Mortar AdvertisingIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5027

“At Mortar, we don’t just create marketing-we deliver “A-ha” moments that make brands unforgettable.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16
BOKEHPartial evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5024

“WE ARE NOT AD PEOPLE (although we do advertising).”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17
Havas Life SAN FranciscoIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20023

“Havas San Francisco is one of the fastest growing full-service agencies on the West Coast.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18
Segal CommunicationsIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5018

“Segal Communications is an award-winning consumer marketing communications agency headquartered in the heart of San Francisco.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Apollo PartnersIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5017

“We built the media agency that brands actually need.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Batch Creative, LLCIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1015

“Batch is a performance focused creative agency.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21
SUM DigitalPartial evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1015

“We specialize in ecommerce advertising, having worked extensively with brands like Lyft, Grammarly, Microsoft, Pura Vida Bracelets, Blenders Eyewear, UpWork, and Tatcha Beauty.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Next Steps MarketingIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5014

“At Next Steps Marketing, we solve audience-building challenges in a creative and customized way.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Feld AdvertisingPartial evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5014

“WHERE PERFORMANCE MEETS BRAND Feld Advertising is a San Francisco based ad agency and production company specializing in Brand Response television commercials and integrated…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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300feetoutIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5013

“We bring experiential marketing to life.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Gauger AssociatesIndirect evidence
San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5013

“A dynamic and collaborative marketing communications agency creating big ideas by telling powerful brand stories that inspire belief through unexpected thinking.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Retail advertising agencies based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026
1-10Median size (employees)
New YorkLargest hub · 843 HQs
Contacts with mobile numbers
Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
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51-200
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201-500
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1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than this city, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 155 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 retail advertising agencies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence 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 SmartSearch, 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 “retail advertising agencies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among retail advertising 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 an evidence 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, 726 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 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Retail advertising agencies by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

How many retail advertising agencies are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 155 retail advertising 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?

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

Which city has the most retail advertising agencies?

New York leads with 843 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (653) and Chicago (294).

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 726 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 155 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 5, 2026.

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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 SmartSearch, 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.