Top Advertising Companies in the USA

The SME ranking on this page lists 1,585 small and medium-sized firms, and 330 of them earned a rank number. Three businesses known to be large are left out. The SME order does not reward age, so newer agencies compete on evidence alone. See the SME ranking

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   DesignWorks Group

   Advertising · Branding · Production

   DesignWorks Group has run as a full-service advertising agency since 1982, working from offices in Wichita Falls and Abilene, Texas.

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   Why #47 (shared): Based in Wichita Falls and Abilene, Texas · Founded 1982, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   Bernstein & Associates

   Consumer Products & Services · Real Estate · Medical

   Bernstein & Associates, often shortened to B&A, runs public relations and marketing projects from Houston, Texas.

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   Why #50 (shared): Based in Houston, Texas · Founded 1983, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   Group 55 Marketing

   Advertising · Creative · Medical

   Group 55 Marketing is a boutique marketing agency in Detroit, Michigan, owned by women and operating since 1983.

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   Why #50 (shared): Based in Detroit, Michigan, USA · Founded 1983 · Boutique, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   Gumas

   Financial Services · Digital Marketing · Information Technology

   Gumas is a San Francisco advertising agency that developed an approach it calls Challenger Brand Marketing.

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   Why #52 (shared): Based in San Francisco, California, USA · Founded 1984, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   Foston International

   Foston International runs marketing, public relations and advertising campaigns from its base in Houston, Texas.

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   Why #52 (shared): Based in Houston, Texas, United States · Founded 1984 · Boutique, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   Flynn Wright

   Flynn Wright is an advertising agency with offices in Des Moines, Sioux Falls and Portland.

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   Why #52 (shared): Based in Des Moines, Iowa, United States · Founded 1984, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   Kirk Donovan Enterprises

   Kirk Donovan Enterprises is an advertising and marketing agency in Atlanta, Georgia, set up in 1984 by Kirk Donovan.

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   Why #52 (shared): Based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA · Founded 1984, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   Blair Marketing

   Mobile App Development · Custom Software Development · Digital Marketing · Also in Virginia

   Blair Marketing is a Lynchburg, Virginia marketing company that began as an advertising agency in 1984.

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   Why #52 (shared): Based in Lynchburg, Virginia · Founded 1984, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   CCI Louisiana

   CCI Louisiana is the public affairs firm Creative Communications, Inc., which has worked in Louisiana since 1984.

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   Why #52 (shared): Based in Louisiana · Founded 1984, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    Good Design LLC

    Goals · Nonprofit · Directions · Also in Oxford

    Good Design LLC is a design and marketing firm in Connecticut that works mainly with schools and nonprofit, mission-driven organisations.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Connecticut · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    Burrell Communications

    Consumer Products & Services · Creative · Automotive · Also in Michigan

    Burrell Communications is an advertising agency in Chicago that describes itself today as a subcultural agency.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Chicago, United States · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    CAWOOD

    CAWOOD is a full-service marketing agency in Eugene, Oregon, with about four decades of experience in media and marketing.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Eugene, Oregon, United States · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    Heinrich Marketing

    Hospitality & Leisure · Financial Services · Non Profit

    Heinrich Marketing is a creative advertising agency based in Denver, Colorado, that works for clients across the United States.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Denver, Colorado, United States · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    Highstreet Advertising

    SEO · Video · Also in Tacoma and Seattle

    Highstreet Advertising is a marketing agency in Puyallup, Washington.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Puyallup, Washington, USA · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    CBC Automotive Marketing

    Boutique agency doing digital, broadcast and creative marketing for independent car dealerships across the United States

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    Why #58 (shared): Address in United States of America · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    KW Graphics and Web

    KW Graphics and Web is the freelance design business of Kimberly Watters in Staunton, Virginia.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Staunton, Virginia · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    JPT Group

    JPT Group is a business communications firm that says it has over forty years of experience. It supports organisations with marketing communications and written content.

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    Why #58 (shared): Address in United States of America · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    Herrmann

    Herrmann is a marketing and advertising agency in Annapolis, Maryland.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Annapolis, Maryland · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    AbelsonTaylor

    AbelsonTaylor is an independent advertising agency in Chicago that works on health and wellness brands.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Chicago · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    Gilbert & Associates Advertising

    Advertising · Also in Hawaii

    Gilbert & Associates Advertising is an agency in Hawaii that has handled marketing for businesses of all sizes for more than 40 years.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Hawaii, USA · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    DRA Collective

    DRA Collective is a public relations and marketing firm in Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Denise D. Resnik.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States · Founded 1986, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    Kirby Stephens Design Inc

    Retail · Branding · Energy · Also in Kentucky and Washington

    Kirby Stephens Design Inc, which trades as KSD, is a graphic design and marketing firm working in Kentucky.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Kentucky, USA · Founded 1986, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    Bradley Brown Design Group

    Creative · Government · Also in Mansfield and Poplar

    Bradley Brown Design Group, or BBDG, is a Pittsburgh branding and creative studio working from a building in Carnegie that dates from 1820.

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    Why #58 (shared): Based in Pittsburgh (Carnegie) · In business 40+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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    GMc+ Company

    Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transport · Arts, Entertainment & Music · Non Profit · Also in Louisiana and New Orleans

    GMc+ Company, also written GMc+Co, is an integrated communications agency headquartered in New Orleans' Warehouse District.

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    Why #72: Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Founded 1987, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

    Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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