Top 100 Advertising Agencies in California

Jives Media is a marketing agency based in San Francisco. Since 2012, they have offered their services in advertising, email marketing, and SEO solutions for small and medium-sized businesses alike. The team of 10 includes web designers, growth hackers, and brand strategists.

KlientBoost is a digital advertising and PPC management company headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif. Founded in 2015, the company has a team of 64 people who exclusively provide PPC, CRO, and social media marketing services. Their clients are mid-market businesses, but they work with some small and enterprise businesses. The businesses they serve are mainly in the business services and e-commerce industries. 
 

Power Digital is a digital marketing agency based in San Diego with an office in New York. The agency, founded in 2012, has more than 300 employees and provides content marketing, email marketing, PPC, SEO, social media marketing, web design, and PR services. Power Digital serves mid-market and other-sized companies in the consumer products & services, advertising & marketing, business services, and retail industries. 

The Bureau of Small Projects is a digital marketing agency based in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. and founded in 2013. It has a small team of about 5. The Bureau of Small Projects specializes in advertising, web design and development, and branding. The firm mainly works with small non-profits.

TAVO Media Group is a small advertising company. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the firm was founded in 2012. Their services include advertising, marketing strategy, branding, search engine optimization, and more.

Emotive Brand specializes in B2B strategy, working with high growth tech companies and professional services firms to deliver marketing and brand strategy, brand messaging, visual identity, and logo design.Founded in 2009 and based in Oakland, CA, Emotive Brand has a team of 15+ employees. A few of their specialized services include aligning leadership teams, designing brand experiences, and enabling sales teams with the tools they need.

Big Day the Agency, an advertising company, was founded in 2021. Their small team is based in San Diego, California. Their services include advertising, branding, social media marketing, web design, and more.

Founded in 2005, Traina is a premier branding agency based in San Diego that is reimagining the way brands are built. By unifying strategy, design, and digital expertise under one roof, their team creates market-leading brands that are driven by data, fueled by design, and built for digital from day one.

LawRank is a legal marketing agency based in Los Angeles, with additional offices in San Diego and New York. Founded in 2013, LawRank has four employees. This company offers SEO, PPC, and web design services for lawyers across the US.

SeedX Inc. is an award-winning digital marketing and growth agency headquartered in Los Angeles and Austin. They were founded in 2015, and the team of 45 specializes in omnichannel marketing, paid media, and scalable growth strategy. They primarily focus on e-commerce, technology, and multi-faceted campaigns and growth projects.

Illuminator, a other digital marketing company, was launched in 2021. Their small team is in SF, California. The agency specializes in other digital marketing, advertising, social media marketing, and branding.

Theory SF is a San Francisco-based creative agency. The agency was founded in 2015 and has a team of 10 that provides a variety of services including branding, marketing strategy, web design, advertising, digital strategy, and more.

Stackmatix is a marketing consulting agency based in San Francisco. Established in 2018, there are two people on the team. Their services include digital strategy, social media marketing, and pay per click advertising.

Search Nurture is a full-stack digital marketing agency headquartered in Oakland, California. Founded in 2017, their team of approximately 17 employees serves clients of all sizes, primarily in the business services and retail sectors. Their specialties are SEO, PPC, and digital advertising.

Directive is a midsize pay per click agency. The Irvine, California-based firm was launched in 2014. Their team specializes in Pay Per Click, Search Engine Optimization, Advertising, Marketing Strategy, and more.

BLVR is a new type of agency, not just a creative shop but a belief company. They consult with fearless leaders to build brands that shape culture through brand strategy, identity, campaigns, and experiences.

Division of Labor is a advertising agency based in Sausalito, Calif. and founded in 2010. Their team of 11 employees specializes in advertising, social media marketing, and video production for clients of all sizes in the marketing, entertainment, and business services industries.

Most Likely To is an advertising agency from San Francisco. It was founded in 2017 and now has a team of 6 that works on advertising, branding, digital strategy, media planning & buying, content marketing, and video production for companies of varying sizes.

Based in Los Angeles, California, Antonio & Paris is a small branding company. Founded in 2003, the team offers branding, advertising, direct marketing, marketing strategy, and more.

Digital Ink is a small advertising company launched in 2014. Their services include advertising, branding, marketing strategy, digital strategy, and more. The company is in Carlsbad, California; Toronto, Canada and Docklands, Australia.

CSTMR is a digital marketing firm that is located in Austin, Texas. The team of about 6 employees has been specializing in web design and development since the firm was founded in 2014. CSTMR also offers UI/UX design services to its clients.  

Vespertine Agency® is a branding company based in Mill Valley, California. The small firm was launched in 2021. Their team offers Branding, Advertising, and Other Marketing.

Gumas is a full-service marketing agency based in San Francisco. The agency, founded in 1984, is a team of less than 20 who provide, among others, marketing strategy, advertising, and graphic design services to a variety of companies.

Founded in 2005, Media Matters Worldwide is a media planning & analytics agency. Headquartered in San Francisco, they have 70 employees that specialize in media planning & buying, advertising, and digital strategy. 

The Miller Group is a digital agency with offices in Los Angeles, McKinney, Texas, and Brooklyn, N.Y. Since 1990, the agency and its team of 10+ have been working with a clients in the such advertising, medical, and business services industry. The team specializes in branding, advertising, and video production.

Based in San Francisco, Cutwater is a full-service advertising agency whose name derives from their vision – they help clients find their cutwater, or the clearest manifestation of their company's vision. Founded in 2007, its team of nearly 50 specializes in advertising, SEO, and social media marketing services among other marketing efforts.  

Gelcomm is a branding and consumer research agency based in Los Angeles, California. The agency specializes in providing strategic design solutions. Founded in 1998, the team currently consists of less than 10 employees.

AdQuadrant, a social media marketing company, was launched in 2013. Based in Costa Mesa, California, their small team offers social media marketing, conversion optimization, digital strategy, email marketing, and more.

The Engine is Red is a full-service digital agency with locations in Santa Rosa, Calif., and Minneapolis. The agency was founded in 2008 and has around 20 employees who specialize in marketing strategy, branding, web design and development, and mobile app development, among other services. It serves clients in the health care, nonprofit, retail, education, energy, and financial industries.

E29 Marketing is a marketing strategy company founded in 2017. Their small team is headquartered in Larkspur, California and Larkspur, California. The firm offers marketing strategy, advertising, digital strategy, social media marketing, and more.