Most of the environmental and public affairs practices of firms reporting to O’Dwyer’s had declines in 2009.
Edelman continues to head the practice area with fees of $53.4 million, off 16%.
| |
|
2009 revenue |
| 1. |
Edelman,
New York |
$53,423,789
|
| 2. |
APCO
Worldwide, Wash., D.C. |
25,019,349
|
| 3. |
Ruder Finn, New York |
6,600,000 |
| 4. |
Cerrell
Associates, Los Angeles |
5,193,812 |
| 5. |
Davies,
Santa Barbara, CA |
5,127,959 |
| 6. |
Rasky
Baerlein, Boston |
3,677,770 |
| 7. |
Ron
Sachs Comms., Tallahassee, FL |
2,403,000 |
| 8. |
Levick Strategic Comms., D.C. |
1,943,423 |
| 9. |
Allison & Partners, San Francisco |
1,878,456 |
| 10. |
Peritus PR, Louisville, KY |
1,555,752 |
|
APCO Worldwide, Washington, D.C., grew its PA practice 48% to $25,019,349 while Levick Strategic Communications, D.C., grew 118% to $1,943,423 in this area.
Ron Sachs Communications, Tallahassee, Fla., had a 5% gain in PA to $2,403,000.
Twenty-two of the 46 firms on the 2008 list are not on the 2009 list.
Combined, the reporting firms had more than $120M in revenue in the sector last year.
Joining the list are 20 firms including Allison & Partners, San Francisco, with PA fees of $1,878,456; Peritus PR, Louisville, Ky., $1,555,752; Blue Practice, San Francisco, $916,883; Etc, Inc., Cincinnati, $820,249, and IW Group, West Hollywood, Calif.
IW is a specialist in the Asian-American community whose clients include McDonald’s, Merrill Lynch, Wal-Mart and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Others new to the list include Winning Strategies, Newark; Coyne PR, Parsippany, N.J.; Schneider Assocs., Boston; Public Communications, Chicago, and Jackson Spalding, Atlanta. |
