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Top 25 Special effects makeup companies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 95 special effects makeup companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 509 professional contacts across them, including 101 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers special effects makeup companies 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 22, 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 special effects makeup companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Oscar nominated, Emmy winning FX Studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Image Engineering and special effects veteran Doug Adams have teamed up to create a new division under the Image Engineering umbrella that focuses on developing new and innovative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Frends Beauty Supply was founded in 1940 by the original owner Sig Frends.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Beauty, Theatrical and Halloween Supplies Wholesale, Retail, Import, Export, Distribution, Manufacture” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Graftobian's products include HD or Hi Def Makeup, Professional Cosmetics, Fantasy Makeup, Airbrush Makeup, Halloween Makeup, Theatrical Makeup, Moulage Makeup and much more!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Special Makeup Effects by Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero of KNB EFX Group inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1927 by Mehron Melik, Mehron Makeup began as a small family-owned business in New York City catering primarily to Broadway theater performers and artists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Special Effects Company” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nigel Beauty Emporium is a makeup and beauty wonderland in the heart of the NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “1We are the largest visual special effects company in the world that specializes in Evaporative Snow, foam, fog, cryo, bubbles, confetti, Flogos, and all the fluids and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Roger George Special Effects is a supplier of special effects equipment and expendables.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Where our goal is to bring your imagination to life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “On-Site Makeup Artist Services based in Orlando, FL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NewRuleFX is the effects and props division of New Rule Productions, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since 2001, EBA has been always on the forefront of innovation constantly bringing new products to the professional makeup, special effects, beauty, and airbrush body painting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Plumicorn is a full-service studio specializing in stop-motion animation, practical effects, prop fabrication, animatronics, character and puppet design, and miniature set…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Maria Lee Makeup and Hair provides professional makeup, hair, and fx artistry services to the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Alterian Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 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: special effects makeup companies. 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 special effects makeup companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of special effects makeup companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name special effects makeup companies. 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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Special effects makeup companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 22, 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 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 special effects makeup companies, 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 “special effects makeup companies”. 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 special effects makeup companies), 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 special effects makeup companies, 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, 101 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 22, 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 special effects makeup companies, 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 special effects makeup companies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 95 special effects makeup companies 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?
Legacy Effects, headquartered in San Fernando, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most special effects makeup companies?
Los Angeles leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by New York (4) and Burbank (3).
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 101 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 22, 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 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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