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Softcat agrees to buy GDT, building a transatlantic IT services platform
Softcat agreed on 17 September 2026 to buy Dallas-based GDT from H.I.G. Capital for an enterprise value both companies disclosed at about…
17 of 48 advertising companies ranked on evidence in the Q4 2026 edition.
Between them, the 46 advertising companies on this page cover business services (13), consumer products & services (12), medical (12) and creative (11). They also list work in Texas. 46 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.
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Q4 2026 edition
17 of 48 advertising companies ranked on evidence held on 6 October 2026: client reviews, vetting, awards and facts each business states on its own website, which we read and date. Nobody pays to be placed.
Positions are fixed for the quarter; the next edition is due in January 2027.

Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transport · Energy & Natural Resources · Business Services
Briley Design Group is a graphic design studio working out of the Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas.
Why #1: Based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas · Founded 1979, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Energy & Natural Resources · Business Services · Financial Services
Design Works, trading as Design Works Studio, is a creative agency in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.
Why #2: Based in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA · In business 33+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Consumer Products & Services · Business Services · Real Estate
Gershoni Creative Agency is a full-service branding and creative agency with offices in San Francisco and Dallas.
Why #3 (shared): Office in Dallas · In business 30+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Creative · Branding · Education · Also in Texas
Factory Creative is a branding agency in Dallas, Texas. It approaches brand work through research and strategy.
Why #3 (shared): Based in Dallas, Texas, United States · In business 30+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Kendall Creative is a brand design firm in Dallas, Texas, run by Mark Kendall Platt.
Why #5: Based in Dallas, Texas, United States · Founded 1998, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Branding
Haley Brand Aerospace Agency is a branding and marketing agency in Dallas, Texas, that focuses on the aviation and aerospace industry.
Why #6: Based in Dallas, Texas · Founded 2000, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Hospitality & Leisure · Real Estate · Information Technology
Big D Creative has been designing and developing websites in Dallas since 2001 and says it has delivered more than 2000 projects for direct clients and resellers.
Why #7 (shared): Based in Dallas, Texas · Founded 2001, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Branding
Black Eye Design & Marketing is a branding studio in Dallas, Texas, with more than 25 years in the trade.
Why #7 (shared): Based in Dallas, Texas, United States · In business 25+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Hospitality & Leisure · Business Services · Real Estate
Black Eye: Design and Marketing Communications works out of Dallas, Texas, where it has spent over 25 years building brands.
Why #7 (shared): Based in Dallas, Texas, United States · In business 25+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Dallas public relations practice handling press releases, media coverage and communications planning for businesses and non-profits
Why #7 (shared): Based in Dallas, Texas · Founded 2001 · Small team, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Consumer Products & Services · Hospitality & Leisure · Real Estate
Calise Partners is a Dallas, Texas group that owns and runs several companies in advertising and marketing.
Why #7 (shared): Based in Dallas, Texas · Founded 2001, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Real Estate · Web Design · Advertising
Erin Clark Design is a Dallas agency that builds websites and produces graphic design and marketing material.
Why #12: Based in Dallas, Texas · In business 20+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Catanich Internet Marketing is an internet marketing services and consulting firm in Dallas, Texas.
Why #13: Based in Dallas, Texas · In business 18+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Fire Source Media markets businesses online from offices in Dallas, Waco and Austin, Texas.
Why #14: Based in Dallas, Waco and Austin, Texas · Founded 2012, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Brand New Marketing is a full-service digital marketing agency in Dallas, Texas, set up to help small businesses reach more customers.
Why #15: Based in Dallas, Texas · Founded 2013, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transport · Consumer Products & Services · Business Services
3Headed Monster is an independent advertising and creative agency working out of Dallas, Texas.
Why #16: Based in Dallas, Texas, USA · Founded 2014, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Embroid N Go LLC is a family-owned embroidery and monogram shop in the Dallas area that opened in 2019. It turns customers' designs into embroidered or printed garments.
Why #17: Based in Dallas, Texas, USA · Founded 2019 · Family-owned, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Creative · Advertising · Video · Also in San Jose and Silicon Valley
Digital Barn Productions LLC is a video and audio production house now owned by the Lewiston firm Advantage Advertising.
On record: Founded 1993, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

Consumer Products & Services · Business Services · SEO · Also in Texas
Best Dallas SEO is a small search engine optimisation firm that tailors its services to each client.
On record: In business 10+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

214 Interactive, also known as 214i, is a digital marketing agency in Dallas that positions itself as a smaller, more flexible alternative to large agencies.
On record: Based in Dallas

Creative · Advertising · Internet · Also in Texas
From the Dallas area of Texas, 324 Creative Agency designs websites and runs online marketing for startups, small businesses and established firms.
On record: Based in Dallas and Plano, Texas, United States · Small agency

Consumer Products & Services · Business Services · Real Estate · Also in Barnes
Ad Circus is a Dallas advertising agency that operates under the Redhotjoe name and calls itself a creative think tank.
On record: Based in Dallas, Texas

Creative
Agency Creative is an advertising agency in Dallas, Texas that makes brand campaigns aimed at genuine connections with consumers.
On record: Based in Dallas, Texas

Baker Creative Group is a branding studio in the Dallas / Fort Worth area of Texas.
On record: Based in Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas
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