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#1 Edelman, New York, NY - $854.5M, +7.2%
#2 APCO Worldwide, Washington, DC - $119.8M, +1.4%
#3 WE, Bellevue, WA - $98.7M, -7.4%
#4 W2O Group, San Francisco, CA - $95M, +15%
#5 Ruder Finn, New York, NY - $74M, even
#6 Finn Partners, New York, NY - $71.4M, +35.3%
#7 LEWIS, San Francisco, CA - $68.5M, +11.6%
#8 ICR, New York, NY - $56.2M, +10.8%
#9 Zeno Group, New York, NY - $47.3M, +18.6%
#10 PadillaCRT, Minneapolis, MN - $34.8M, +10.1%
>> Full ranking of 123 firms based on '15 net fees
Rankings by Specialties:
Technology (71 ranked)
#1 WE, Bellevue, WA - $85.4M
#2 Edelman, New York, NY - $29.2M
#3 Racepoint Global, Boston, MA - $23.9M
Healthcare (67 ranked)
#1 Edelman, New York, NY - $145M
#2 W2O Group, San Francisco, CA - $71.6M
#3 APCO Worldwide, Washington, DC - $29.6M
Professional Services (55 ranked)
#1 Edelman, New York, NY - $113.9M
#2 Coyne, Parsippany, NJ - $8.1M
#3 Greentarget Global LLC, Chicago, IL - $6.1M
Food & Beverage (51 ranked)
#1 Edelman, New York, NY - $108M
#2 APCO Worldwide, Washington, DC - $15.4M
#3 Hunter PR, New York, NY $15M
Financial & Investor Relations (49 ranked)
#1 Edelman, New York, NY - $53.2M
#2 ICR, New York, NY - $37.1M
#3 Ruder Finn, New York, NY - $74M
Travel & Economic Development (40 ranked)
#1 Edelman, New York, NY - $29.2M
#2 Zimmerman Agency, Tallahassee, FL - $10.4M
#3 APCO Worldwide, Washington, DC - $9.8M
Environmental & Public Affairs (35 ranked)
#1 APCO Worldwide, Washington, DC - $25M
#2 Edelman, New York, NY - $14.2M
#3 Finn Partners, New York, NY - $12.1M
Beauty & Fashion (34 ranked)
#1 Edelman, New York, NY - $18M
#2 French|West|Vaughan, Raleigh, NC - $4.7M
#3 5W Public Relations, New York, NY - $4M
Entertainment (32 ranked)
#1 Edelman, New York, NY - $23.1M
#2 Finn Partners, New York, NY - $7.4M
#3 Taylor, New York, NY - $3.5M
Sports (31 ranked)
#1 Taylor, New York, NY - $10.6M
#2 French|West|Vaughan, Raleigh, NC - $6.1M
#3 Edelman, New York, NY - $2.7M
Home Furnishings (28 ranked)
#1 Edelman, New York, NY - $47.1M
#2 Zeno Group, New York, NY - $6.8M
#3 G&S Business Communications, New York, NY - $4.7M
Agriculture (13 ranked)
#1 G&S Business Communications, New York, NY - $15.9M
#2 Edelman, New York, NY - $4.6M
#3 PadillaCRT, Minneapolis, MN - $3.2M
Leading gainers in the top 25:
#25 Spectrum, Washington, DC - $14.8M, +83.5%
#6 Finn Partners, New York, NY - $71.4M, +35.3%
#16 Prosek Partners, New York, NY - $24.4M, +20.2%
#9 Zeno Group, New York, NY - $47.3M, +18.6%
#13 Coyne PR, Parsippany, NJ - $27M, +17.3%
#4 W2O Group, San Francisco, CA - $95M, +15%
#22 LEVICK, Washington, DC - $19.5M, +13.7%
#18 5W Public Relations, New York, NY - $21.4M, +13.2%
#19 French|West|Vaughan, Raleigh, NC - #21.1M, +12.9%
#24 Jackson Spalding, Atlanta, GA - $18.1M, +12.7%
Leading gainers ranked 26-50:
#37 Gold PR, Corona, CA - $10.5M, +65.8%
#43 Bliss Integrated Communication, New York, NY - $9.4M, +40%
#33 Inkhouse Media + Marketing, Waltham, MA - $12.1M, +34.3%
#36 Highwire PR, San Francisco, CA - $10.9M, +33.9%
#45 Bateman Group, San Francisco, CA - $8.6M, +28.9%
#31 PAN Communications, Boston, MA - $13.1M, +24.1%
#51 Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, Brentwood, TN - $7.4M, +21.8%
#48 rbb Public Relations, Miami, FL - $7.6M, +18.8%
#49 360 Public Relations, Boston, MA - $7.5M, +14.6%
#40 ReviveHealth, Nashville, TN - $10M, +12.6%
Leading gainers ranked 51-100:
#87 LaVoieHealthScience, Boston, MA - $2.5M, +100%
#94 Verasolve, Potoomac, MD - $2.1M, +79.4%
#80 North 6th Agency (N6A), New York, NY - $3.4M, +65.9%
#89 Wilbert Group, The, Atlanta, GA - $2.4M, +58.4%
#71 Status Labs, Austin, TX - $4.4M, +55.7%
#72 MCS Healthcare Public Relations, Bedminster, NJ - $4.3M, +52.3%
#55 Walker Sands Communications, Chicago, IL - $6.9M, +52.1%
#99 Marketing Maven Public Relations, Camarillo, CA - $1.8M, +48.9%
#68 Konnect Public Relations, Los Angeles, CA - $4.7M, +46.7%
#76 Beehive PR, St. Paul, MN - $3.8M, +41.5%
Leading gainers ranked 101-123:
#118 Hemsworth Communications, Ft. Lauderdale - $669K, +138.1%
#116 Karbo Communications, San Francisco - $758K, +99.8%
#111 KCD Public Relations, San Diego, CA - $1.01M, +58.5%
#109 Champion Management Group, Dallas, TX - $1.08M, +38.3%
#104 Wise Public Relations, New York, NY - $1.4M, +30%
#115 Leverage PR Inc., Austin, TX - $800K, +28.3%
#113 Feintuch Communications, New York, NY - $819K, +22.9%
#122 AMP3 Public Relations, New York, NY - $248K, +21.7%
#107 Power Group, The, Dallas, TX - $1.2M, +18.4%
#103 Devine + Partners, Philadelphia, PA - $1.4M, +18.2%
O'Dwyer's is the only PR firm ranking which requires the top page of the latest corporate income tax return and W-3, establishing particpants as PR firms rather than ad agencies or other types of businesses.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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