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Top Healthcare PR Firms

O'Dwyer's ranks firms by distinct PR specialties. The firms below have broken out their net fees for accounts classified as healthcare PR.

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Overall 2014 Ranking of PR Firms

Top Public Relations Firms by Specialty
Agriculture | Beauty/Fashion | Entertainment | Environ./PA | Financial | Food & Bev. | Healthcare | Home Furnish. | Professional Svcs. | Sports | Technology | Travel & Economic Dev.

Top Public Relations Firms by Location
Atlanta | Chicago | Conn. | Boston | Florida | Los Angeles | Miami | Midwest | New York & New Jersey | Penn. | San Francisco | Southeast | Texas | Wash., DC | West

PR Firm Rankings by Year
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014


1.
Edelman
New York, NY
Employees: 5,030
 $114,410,747 
2.
W2O Group
San Francisco, CA
Employees: 373
 $57,112,000 
3.
Ruder Finn
New York, NY
Employees: 525
 $25,508,000 
4.
APCO Worldwide
Washington, DC
Employees: 658
 $22,902,463 
5.
Cooney/Waters Group
New York, NY
Employees: 50
 $14,020,940 
6.
Makovsky
New York, NY
Employees: 55
 $7,800,000 
7.
Waggener Edstrom Communications
Bellevue, WA
Employees: 819
 $7,543,000 
8.
Dodge Communications
Alpharetta, GA
Employees: 46
 $7,006,911 
9.
Zeno Group
New York, NY
Employees: 256
 $6,152,376 
10.
Spectrum
Washington, DC
Employees: 31
 $6,102,379 
11.
PadillaCRT
Minneapolis, MN
Employees: 172
 $6,095,625 
12.
GYMR
Washington, DC
Employees: 30
 $6,064,518 
13.
ReviveHealth
Nashville, TN
Employees: 24
 $5,300,000 
14.
Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock
Brentwood, TN
Employees: 22
 $5,054,163 
15.
Crosby Marketing Communications
Annapolis, MD
Employees: 43
 $4,804,999 
16.
Racepoint Global
Boston, MA
Employees: 174
 $4,487,292 
17.
Public Communications Inc.
Chicago, IL
Employees: 49
 $4,025,867 
18.
MWW
New York, NY
Employees: 217
 $3,352,000 
19.
Coyne PR
Parsippany, NJ
Employees: 133
 $3,305,000 
20.
Allison+Partners
San Francisco, CA
Employees: 165
 $3,300,000 
21.
Finn Partners
New York, NY
Employees: 287
 $2,830,092 
22.
5W Public Relations
New York, NY
Employees: 105
 $2,800,000 
23.
SS|PR
Northfield, IL
Employees: 70
 $2,700,000 
24.
Seven Twenty Strategies
Washington, DC
Employees: 31
 $2,495,542 
25.
Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications
Boston, MA
Employees: 38
 $2,388,689 
26.
Kyne
New York, NY
Employees: 7
 $2,249,844 
27.
RF | Binder Partners
New York, NY
Employees: 76
 $2,222,975 
28.
Hunter PR
New York, NY
Employees: 108
 $1,970,964 
29.
Lambert, Edwards + Associates
Grand Rapids, MI
Employees: 40
 $1,586,943 
30.
Moore Communications Group
Tallahassee, FL
Employees: 23
 $1,537,440 
31.
French | West | Vaughan
Raleigh, NC
Employees: 89
 $1,475,000 
32.
Dye, Van Mol & Lawrence
Nashville, TN
Employees: 53
 $1,268,636 
33.
McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations
Nashville, TN
Employees: 52
 $1,261,353 
34.
Pan Communications
Boston, MA
Employees: 48
 $1,260,000 
35.
Singer Associates
San Francisco, CA
Employees: 17
 $1,250,000 
36.
LaVoieHealthScience
Boston, MA
Employees: 6
 $1,010,606 
37.
Bliss Integrated Communication
New York, NY
Employees: 37
 $975,000 
38.
Gregory FCA
Ardmore, PA
Employees: 42
 $950,000 
39.
Jackson Spalding
Atlanta, GA
Employees: 93
 $931,862 
40.
L.C. Williams & Associates
Chicago, IL
Employees: 30
 $880,455 
41.
CooperKatz & Co.
New York, NY
Employees: 30
 $832,166 
42.
Perry Communications Group
Sacramento, CA
Employees: 12
 $831,892 
43.
Fahlgren Mortine
Columbus, OH
Employees: 97
 $808,841 
44.
Standing Partnership
St. Louis, MO
Employees: 27
 $730,674 
45.
Sachs Media Group
Tallahassee, FL
Employees: 22
 $710,793 
46.
LEVICK
Washington, DC
Employees: 43
 $579,410 
47.
Rosica
Paramus, NJ
Employees: 14
 $553,800 
48.
Regan Communications Group
Boston, MA
Employees: 85
 $484,500 
49.
Schneider Associates
Boston, MA
Employees: 18
 $408,075 
50.
Trevelino/Keller
Atlanta, GA
Employees: 17
 $360,000 
51.
Highwire PR
San Francisco, CA
Employees: 46
 $343,000 
52.
Beehive PR
St. Paul, MN
Employees: 9
 $331,979 
53.
rbb Public Relations
Miami, FL
Employees: 33
 $329,035 
54.
VPE Public Relations
South Pasadena, CA
Employees: 12
 $310,786 
55.
Bridge Global Strategies
New York, NY
Employees: 4
 $296,292 
56.
Marketing Maven Public Relations
Camarillo, CA
Employees: 11
 $270,686 
57.
Linhart Public Relations
Denver, CO
Employees: 31
 $256,920 
58.
Maccabee
Minneapolis, MN
Employees: 4
 $223,024 
59.
TransMedia Group
Boca Raton, FL
Employees: 12
 $175,000 
60.
Idea Grove
Dallas, TX
Employees: 18
 $127,553 
61.
Landis Communications
San Francisco, CA
Employees: 10
 $110,000 
62.
Red Sky PR
Boise, ID
Employees: 8
 $70,567 
63.
Weiss PR
Baltimore, MD
Employees: 3
 $66,000 
64.
OCG PR
Ft. Worth, TX
Employees: 12
 $56,366 
65.
BizCom Associates
Addison, TX
Employees: 6
 $36,000 
66.
Hope-Beckham
Atlanta, GA
Employees: 14
 $34,589 


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