Best PR Firms in Western United States

O'Dwyer's ranks firms in key cities/regions. The firms below are in the western U.S., including cities such as Seattle, Portland, Camarillo, Los Angelees, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Barbara, San Mateo, Santa Monica, West Hollywood and Torrance.

Overall 2023 Ranking of PR Firms

Agriculture | Auto./Trans. | Beauty/Fashion | Education | Energy | Entertain. | Environ./PA | Finc'l. | Food & Bev | Healthcare | Home Furnish. | Industrial | Non-Profits | Prof. Svcs. | Purpose/CSR | Real Estate Fin. & Dev. | Restaurants | Sports | Tech | Travel & Econ. Dev.

Atlanta | Chicago | Conn. | Boston | Florida | Hawaii | Los Angeles | Miami | Midwest | NY & NJ | Penn. | San Fran. | Southeast | Texas | Wash. DC | West

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Firm

FT Emp.

'22 Net Fees

1.

Edelman (includes Beverly Hills)
Los Angeles, CA

253

$59,316,000

2.

Edelman
San Francisco, CA

170

$43,679,000

3.

Edelman
Seattle, WA

163

$36,251,000

4.

Citizen Relations
Los Angeles, CA

235

$35,110,000

5.

Hoffman Agency, The
San Jose, CA

55

$26,344,000

6.

LaunchSquad
San Francisco, CA

124

$20,143,895

7.

Bospar
San Francisco, CA

98

$18,201,039

8.

Finn Partners
Portland, OR

63

$12,600,000

9.

Davies Public Affairs
Santa Barbara, CA

35

$11,750,000

10.

Edelman
Portland, OR

45

$10,190,000

11.

Health+Commerce
Eagle, ID

31

$8,023,637

12.

Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications
Seattle, WA

41

$7,755,001

13.

Highwire PR
San Francisco, CA

32

$7,369,932

14.

IW Group, Inc.
West Hollywood, CA

14

$7,247,762

15.

Singer Associates Public Relations, Inc.
San Francisco, CA

19

$6,714,990

16.

Communications Strategy Group (CSG)
Denver, CO

43

$6,573,186

17.

Lee Andrews Group
Los Angeles, CA

28

$5,851,973

18.

Finn Partners
San Francisco, CA

27

$5,600,000

19.

APCO Worldwide (includes employee presence from CA to CO)
Seattle, WA

32

$5,500,000

20.

Kiterocket
Phoenix, AZ

34

$5,483,520

21.

BLAZE
Santa Monica, CA

12

$4,500,000

22.

Edelman
Sacramento, CA

16

$4,468,000

23.

Highwire PR
Los Angeles, CA

17

$3,637,109

24.

Finn Partners
San Diego, CA

9

$3,400,000

25.

Finn Partners
Los Angeles, CA

25

$3,400,000

26.

Karbo Communications
San Francisco, CA

34

$3,155,705

27.

Perry Communications Group, Inc.
Sacramento, CA

11

$2,674,124

28.

Finn Partners
Seattle, WA

5

$2,300,000

29.

Victorious PR
Las Vegas, NV

6

$2,274,229

30.

Lavidge
Phoenix, AZ

65

$2,070,705

31.

Landis Communications
San Francisco, CA

6

$1,993,000

32.

Infinite Global
San Francisco, CA

9

$1,917,735

33.

Marketing Maven Public Relations
Camarillo, CA

13

$1,907,592

34.

Firecracker PR
Brea, CA

10

$1,898,000

35.

Hoyt Organization Inc., The
Torrance, CA

7

$1,200,000

36.

Zapwater Communications
Los Angeles, CA

4

$964,995

37.

Finn Partners
Denver, CO

8

$800,000

O'Dwyer's has been conducting its PR firm rankings for 54 years. PR firms have distinctive financials. At least half of income is used for staff pay. Our rankings measure counseling and media contact services, not advertising or production expenses. View rankings instructions.