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.

'24 Net Fees

1.

ICR
New York, NY

382

$100,590,636

2.

Edelman
New York, NY

5,964

$95,715,000

3.

APCO
Washington, DC

1,228

$34,000,000

4.

Vested
New York, NY

54

$24,046,000

5.

Finn Partners
New York, NY

1,245

$15,500,000

6.

Cognito
New York, NY

79

$13,185,679

7.

Gregory
Ardmore, PA

124

$11,802,351

8.

Lambert
Grand Rapids, MI

110

$11,180,000

9.

Dukas Linden Public Relations
New York, NY

32

$9,819,170

10.

Stanton
New York, NY

32

$9,020,192

11.

Ruder Finn Inc.
New York, NY

1,280

$8,150,000

12.

Caliber Corporate Advisers
New York, NY

40

$7,880,780

13.

Zeno Group
New York, NY

774

$7,323,995

14.

Padilla
Minneapolis, MN

170

$5,268,662

15.

Bliss Group, The
New York, NY

97

$4,402,587

16.

TEAM LEWIS
San Diego, CA

562

$3,460,000

17.

Hewes Communications
New York, NY

8

$2,928,437

18.

Inkhouse
Waltham, MA

132

$2,881,098

19.

Taylor
New York, NY

114

$1,900,000

20.

Lowe Group
Milwaukee, WI

7

$1,893,205

21.

LaunchSquad
San Francisco, CA

108

$1,660,000

22.

MP&F Strategic Communications
Nashville, TN

71

$1,533,917

23.

rbb Communications
Miami, FL

68

$1,191,806

24.

Buttonwood Communications Group
New York, NY

7

$1,108,145

25.

Slide Nine Agency
Columbus, OH

18

$1,074,492

26.

Tier One Partners
Boston, MA

15

$970,873

27.

Otter PR
St. Petersburg, FL

33

$800,000

28.

Pierpont Communications
Houston, TX

33

$764,672

29.

Trevelino/Keller
Atlanta, GA

41

$760,000

30.

IW Group, Inc.
West Hollywood, CA

19

$728,714

31.

Rasky Partners, Inc.
Boston, MA

15

$564,974

32.

Racepoint Global
Boston, MA

38

$299,000

33.

TruePoint Communications
Dallas, TX

29

$290,000

34.

Akrete
Evanston, IL

8

$224,000

35.

Jackson Spalding
Atlanta, GA

158

$222,105

36.

French | West | Vaughan
Raleigh, NC

143

$200,000

37.

Beehive Strategic Communication
St. Paul, MN

11

$160,399

38.

O'Malley Hansen Communications
Chicago, IL

7

$126,000

39.

Ehrhardt Group, The
New Orleans, LA

21

$120,000

40.

Landis Communications
San Francisco, CA

6

$114,000

41.

Marketing Maven Public Relations
Camarillo, CA

9

$111,801

42.

Red Thread PR
Philadelphia, PA

16

$108,000

43.

Inspire PR Group
Westerville, OH

19

$59,440

44.

360PR+
Boston, MA

60

$52,000

45.

Buchanan Public Relations
Bryn Mawr, PA

7

$43,413

46.

Hahn Agency
Austin, TX

50

$18,364

47.

Shiftology
Springfield, OH

8

$12,802

48.

PSC (Princeton Strategic Communications)
Trenton, NJ

7

$600

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.