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Top PR Firms in the Midwest

Top PR firms in the Midwest, including Columbus, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City, and cities in Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana and Missouri.

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

Top Public Relations Firms by Speciality
Adult Beverages/Spirits | Agriculture | Auto./Transportation | Beauty/Fashion | Crisis Communications | Education | Energy | Entertainment | Environmental | Financial | Food & Bev | Healthcare | Home Furnishings | Industrial | Non-Profits | Professional Svcs. | Public Affairs | Purpose/CSR | Real Estate Finance & Dev. | Restaurants | Sports | Technology | Travel & Economic Dev.

PR Firm Rankings by Year
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014


#
FT Emp.
1.
Edelman
Chicago, IL
N/A
$98,104,000
2.
211
$39,091,979
3.
Walker Sands
Chicago, IL
163
$32,013,275
4.
APCO
Chicago, IL
89
$28,500,000
5.
Lambert
Grand Rapids, MI
110
$24,100,000
6.
86
$20,220,000
7.
47
$11,527,100
8.
35
$10,100,000
9.
28
$7,326,866
10.
30
$6,479,022
11.
27
$5,420,232
12.
Franco
Detroit, MI
30
$5,376,712
13.
Tunheim
Minneapolis, MN
24
$5,320,000
14.
25
$5,026,047
16.
Inspire PR Group
Westerville, OH
19
$4,023,000
17.
Highwire PR
Chicago, IL
16
$4,020,772
18.
MediaSource
Columbus, OH
18
$3,846,122
19.
Slide Nine Agency
Columbus, OH
18
$3,737,210
20.
11
$3,192,047
21.
25
$2,976,716
22.
Akrete
Evanston, IL
8
$2,642,879
23.
Lowe Group
Milwaukee, WI
7
$1,893,205
24.
7
$1,535,340
25.
8
$1,184,868
26.
Shiftology
Springfield, OH
8
$1,081,284
27.
Infinite
Chicago, IL
1
$212,938


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