Top financial PR agencies ranked by revenues

Ranked by net fees, these agencies specialize in financial PR, including investor relations, for banks, fintech providers, hedge funds, investment management services, insurance providers, industry trade associations and other financial services companies.

O’Dwyer’s ranks PR firms based on net fee income which is defined as charges for PR counseling and time spent preparing and placing stories in media.

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Firm

FT Emp.

'25 Net Fees

1.

ICR
New York, NY

379

$130,869,842

2.

Edelman
New York, NY

5,457

$98,763,000

3.

APCO
Washington, DC

1,108

$45,500,000

4.

Vested
New York, NY

67

$23,043,000

5.

FINN Partners
New York, NY

1,267

$16,700,000

6.

Gregory
Ardmore, PA

126

$14,588,467

7.

Cognito
New York, NY

78

$12,900,492

8.

Dukas Linden Public Relations
New York, NY

33

$10,112,294

9.

Zeno Group
New York, NY

841

$9,751,034

10.

Highwire PR
San Francisco, CA

259

$8,443,408

11.

Caliber Corporate Advisers
New York, NY

40

$8,142,458

12.

Stanton
New York, NY

25

$8,110,715

13.

Padilla
Minneapolis, MN

162

$5,339,568

14.

MP&F Strategic Communications
Nashville, TN

71

$4,412,832

15.

Hewes Communications
New York, NY

8

$3,084,194

16.

LLYC U.S.
Grand Rapids, MI

110

$2,986,000

17.

LaunchSquad
San Francisco, CA

109

$2,420,000

18.

Lowe Group
Milwaukee, WI

5

$1,801,551

19.

Communications Strategy Group (CSG)
Denver, CO

36

$1,765,066

20.

Water & Wall
New York, NY

8

$1,741,088

21.

Buttonwood Communications Group
New York, NY

7

$1,146,283

22.

rbb Communications
Miami, FL

59

$1,027,971

23.

Pierpont Communications
Houston, TX

36

$969,525

24.

Trevelino/Keller
Atlanta, GA

43

$700,000

25.

Taylor
New York, NY

100

$700,000

26.

IW Group, Inc.
West Hollywood, CA

12

$678,697

27.

Tier One Partners
Boston, MA

15

$677,618

28.

Otter PR
St. Petersburg, FL

23

$566,216

29.

Butler Associates, LLC
New York, NY

6

$490,223

30.

Slide Nine Agency
Columbus, OH

14

$464,069

31.

TruePoint Communications
Dallas, TX

37

$444,257

32.

Impact PR & Communications
Lagrangeville, NY

7

$412,567

33.

Rosen Group
New York, NY

14

$391,000

34.

Racepoint Global
Boston, MA

37

$284,061

35.

Red Banyan
Fort Lauderdale, FL

24

$271,825

36.

Jackson Spalding
Atlanta, GA

133

$270,309

37.

Thunderly Marketing
Allen, TX

24

$238,697

38.

French | West | Vaughan
Raleigh, NC

139

$226,125

39.

Laughlin Constable Public Relations (LCPR)
Chicago, IL

6

$183,897

40.

Marketing Maven Public Relations
Camarillo, CA

10

$156,373

41.

Akrete
Evanston, IL

6

$140,100

42.

Rasky Partners, Inc.
Boston, MA

16

$126,700

43.

Red Thread PR
Philadelphia, PA

14

$114,245

44.

O'Malley Hansen Communications
Chicago, IL

7

$90,259

45.

Beehive Strategic Communication
St. Paul, MN

11

$79,000

46.

Inspire PR Group
Westerville, OH

19

$66,277

47.

Landis Communications
San Francisco, CA

7

$46,000

48.

Idea Grove
Lewisville, TX

10

$43,000

49.

Ehrhardt Group, The
New Orleans, LA

22

$30,000

50.

Shiftology
Springfield, OH

6

$13,810

51.

Violet PR
Montclair, NJ

15

$3,000

Financial PR firms and firms focusing on investor relations are included in the rankings chart above. O'Dwyer's has ranked PR firms for 57 years. Half of of PR firm's income is used for staff pay. Advertising or production expenses are not part of the net fees listed above. Join O'Dwyer's rankings.