Top 100 Media Buying Agencies in the United States

Catalyst Media Design is a media buying & planning agency based in Scottsdale, Ariz. The agency, founded in 2009, has a team of more than ten that provides media planning & buying services to various companies.

Archer Malmo is a marketing and branding agency based in Austin, Texas, with an additional office in Memphis, Tenn. Established in 1952, their team of around 175 employees provides digital and marketing strategy, web design and development, media planning and buying, and advertising services for larger companies.

Small PPC company Omnitail, is based in Chantilly, Virginia. Founded in 2015, the team provides pay per click and social media marketing.

Headquartered in Fort Wayne, Ind., and with an office in Nashville, Boyden & Youngblutt is a full-service advertising and strategic marketing agency that was founded in 1990. Their team of 25+ specializes in advertising, branding, marketing strategy, graphic design, and more for their clients. 

Founded in 2006, Mancuso Media is an advertising company. They are located in Carlsbad, California and have a small team. Their services include advertising, media planning & buying, pay per click, search engine optimization, and more.

School of Thought is an advertising firm based in San Francisco. Founded in 2008, their team of 25 serves clients in the nonprofit sector. Services include marketing strategy and SMM.

KHJ is a Boston-based full-service brand strategy and activation firm with experience in the healthcare and real estate industries. Founded in 1986, they offer strategy and planning, creative production, media and activation, and research and analytics.

Markacy is a growth agency based in New York with no more than 50 professionals. Since their founding in 2017, they have provided advertising, media planning and buying, and email marketing solutions to clients in the industries of consumer products, retail, and e-commerce.

Pyper, Inc. is a full-service agency based in St. Peterburg, Fla founded in 2012. The company offers advertising, branding, and graphics design handled by their team of 10. Their branding revolves around branding strategies, brand messaging, and corporate identity.

Socialfly is a full-service digital and influencer marketing agency located in New York, NY. Founded in 2011 by two innovative women, Socialfly helps clients stay one step ahead of competitors by managing their PR and brand reputation on social media. The team of just over 30 employees also provides web design, SEO, email marketing, and graphic design.

HypeLife is a brand development and precision marketing agency based in San Diego, CA. It focuses mainly on small businesses, with some midmarket and enterprise clients. Established in 2001, HypeLife maintains a small team of fewer than 10 employees.

The Fantastical is a Boston-based firm that was founded in 2012. The company's team of 13 specializes in branding, social media marketing, advertising, media planning and buying, video production, and content marketing.

Heron Agency is a lifestyle communications agency based in Chicago and founded in 2000. They now have 20 employees experienced in developing strategic integrated marketing campaigns for companies in hospitality and leisure, business services, and arts, entertainment and music. They specialize in PR, SMM, and media planning.

Rock Candy Media is a marketing and advertising agency headquartered in Austin, Texas. It also has an office in Beverly Hills, Calif. Founded in 2009, Rock Candy Media's team of 22 employees provide marketing strategy, social media marketing, and digital strategy. The firm mainly works with small business clients.  

Founded in 1992, Stevens & Tate is an integrated marketing and advertising agency located just outside Chicago in Lombard, Ill. Its full-service team of 14 offers branding, web design, content marketing, SEO, social media marketing, advertising, PPC, and media planning for mostly mid-market and small businesses.

Charles River Media Group is a video production agency located in Newton Center, Mass. Founded in 2003, Charles River Media Group's small team of 3 employees offer video production and media planning & buying services.

 The marketing and communications firm NewmanPR was founded over 70 years ago.  Based in Miami, NewmanPR comprises about 10 people that specialize in PR services, writing, social media marketing, branding, market research, print design, and broadcast video. 

Coming of Age is a marketing agency based in Lisle, Ill. Since 1991, their team of 13 has specialized in branding, advertising, digital strategy, SEO, and email and direct marketing for clients trying to target older generations.

Established in 2002, envisionit is a midsize web development company. Their services include web development, digital strategy, marketing strategy, media planning & buying, and more. The firm is in Chicago, Illinois.

Ethic Advertising Agency is based in Pittsburgh and has a team of over 10 employees. Founded in 2014, their team provides digital advertising, media buying/planning, and creative services (video, animation, graphic design, and websites). They focus primarily on paid advertising and advertisers with annual budgets of $50k - $2m.

AJ Ross Creative Media is a full-service marketing and advertising agency based in Chester, NY. It was founded in 1991 and has a team of 9 that provides branding, web design, PR, advertising, social media marketing, digital strategy and media planning & buying services.

Ad Advance is an Amazon-focused advertising agency that's located in Duluth, Minn. The company started in 2016 and employs a team of over 10 who specialize in pay per click services. Most of their clients are small- to mid-sized businesses.

Alaniz is a marketing company based just outside San Francisco in Novato, CA. They were founded in 2008 with the goal of helping businesses navigate the choppy waters of the digital ocean, and today fulfill this ideal with transparency, sound strategy, and marketing expertise. Their team of 11 provide services like advertising, web design, SEO, social media, PR, branding, and content marketing.

Cerberus Agency is a full-service marketing firm located in New Orleans, La. that specializes in advertising, branding, and marketing strategy. Founded in 2008, the firm works with middle-market companies and small businesses. Cerberus Agency is comprised of fewer than 50 employees.

Located in Sturbridge, Mass., Exsel Advertising is a marketing and advertising agency. Founded in 1991, their team of 9 specializes in branding, web design, and digital marketing, including video and social media.The startup incubator appreciated Exsel's ability to deliver accurate work on short deadlines.

Founded in 2013, Viva + Impulse Creative Co. is a digital agency located in El Paso, Texas. Their small team of about 7 employees specializes in web design and development, mobile app development, logo design, and digital strategy. The agency focuses on clients in several industries including healthcare, nonprofits, and government services. 

Fluxtown Productions is a media production agency based out of Fort Worth, Texas founded in 2009. With a team of fewer than 5 people on board, they mainly offer video production for videos of any length to small and mid-sized clients across advertising, business, consumer products industries, and more.  

Ciceron is a digital agency based in Minneapolis with an office in Los Angeles. The agency, founded in 1995, has a team of more than 30 that provides media planning & buying, digital strategy, market research, and UX/UI design services to midmarket and enterprise companies, organizations, and institutions in the medical, arts and entertainment, financial services, and retail industries.

IN Food Marketing & Design is a marcom agency based in Minneapolis. The agency, founded in 1995, has a team of more than 15 that provides graphic design, advertising, branding, marketing strategy, media planning & buying, social media marketing, digital strategy, and packaging design services. IN Food Marketing & Design serves companies in the consumer products & services industry.

Just Global is a media planning and buying company founded in 1996. They are in Emeryville, California; Austin, Texas; Maidenhead, United Kingdom and Pyrmont, Australia and have a midsize team. Their services include media planning & buying, search engine optimization, social media marketing, video production, and more.