Top 50+ Los Angeles Ad Agencies

Updated Feb. 2021: Top 50+ Los Angeles Ad Agencies

by Samantha Stallard  |  February 18, 2021

Los Angeles ad agencies are some of the best in the world. Even as location becomes less important in ever-increasingly digital business relationships, sometimes you want to find a partner in your own backyard. Especially when targeting regional consumers, a local agency already understands the ins-and-outs of your town. No need to explain what makes these people tick.

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Though COVID has us spreading out and living everywhere, no city has its finger to the pulse quite like Los Angeles.  And that’s not going to change. LA is where culture is created — the universal headquarters of the music, television, and film industries. Every year, millions of dreamers pilgrimage out west to find fame and fortune as writers, actors, directors, and creators. Everyone in the city has a story and it’s more likely than not that your bartender on the Sunset Strip has a screenplay with him, ready to strike in case the right connection comes in.

For agencies, this city of creatives provides ample opportunity to create compelling advertising stories. Nowhere else can you execute a strategy faster and with more passionate people.

This list details 50+ Los Angeles ad agencies with a client media spend of at least $100M and a minimum of 50 employees.

 

Agency NameDisciplinesWebsiteLocations
Group MGroupMMedia Buying & Planningwww.groupm.comNew York, NY
EssenceDigitalwww.essenceglobal.comMinneapolis, MN
MediaComMedia Buying & Planningwww.mediacomusa.comChicago, IL; Vancouver, BC; Playa Vista, CA; New York, NY; Montreal, QC
MediaComDigitalwww.mediacomusa.comAnn Arbor, MI
MediaCom CanadaMedia Buying & Planningwww.mediacom.comToronto, ON
MindshareMedia Buying & Planningwww.mindshareworld.comNew York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Miami, FL; Playa Vista, CA; Toronto, OT
WavemakerMedia Buying & Planningwww.wavemakerglobal.comNew York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Toronto, ON; Chicago, IL
Grey GroupGrey GroupFull Service / Integratedwww.grey.comNew York, NY
Grey MidwestFull Service / Integratedwww.grey.com/midwestCincinnati, OH
Grey WestFull Service / Integratedwww.grey.com/usSan Francisco, CA
OgilvyOgilvyFull Service / Integratedwww.ogilvy.comChicago, IL; Playa Vista, CA; New York, NY; Denver, CO; Coral Gables, FL
Ogilvy CanadaFull Service / Integratedwww.ogilvy-canada.comToronto, ON
Ogilvy CommonHealth WorldwideCreative / Advertisingwww.ogilvychww.comParsippany, NJ
Ogilvy Public RelationsPublic Relationswww.ogilvypr.comNew York, NY; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA
OgilvyOne WorldwideDigitalwww.ogilvy.comNew York, NY
VMLY&RVMLY&RDigitalwww.vmlyr.comChicago, IL; Kalamazoo, MI; Atlanta, GA; Kansas City, MO
VMLY&RFull Service / Integratedwww.vmlyr.comAustin, TX
VMLY&RCreative / Advertisingwww.vmlyr.comMiami, FL
VMLY&RCreative / Advertisingwww.vmlyr.comNew York, NY; Chicago, IL
WPP Group, Inc.Full Service / Integratedwww.wpp.comNew York, NY
Wunderman ThompsonWunderman ThompsonFull Service / Integratedwww.wundermanthompson.comChicago, IL; New York, NY; Irvine, CA; Toronto, OT; Seattle, WA
JWT TorontoFull Service / Integratedwww.jwt.comToronto, ON
Wunderman HealthCreative / Advertisingwww.wundermanhealth.comNew York, NY
Unaligned unitsAKQADigitalwww.akqa.comPortland, OR; Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
BCW Public Relationswww.bcw-global.comAustin, TX; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York, NY; Washington, DC
GTBFull Service / Integratedwww.gtb.comDearborn, MI; Charlotte, NC
GTBCreative / Advertisingwww.gtb.comDallas, TX
Hill+Knowlton StrategiesFull Service / Integratedwww.hkstrategies.comChicago, IL
Hill+Knowlton StrategiesPublic Relationswww.hkstrategies.comAustin, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Washington, DC; New York, NY
Hill+Knowlton Strategies CanadaPublic Relationswww.hkstrategies.caOttowa, ON
Hogarthwww.hogarthww.comNew York, NY
KantarMarket Researchwww.tns-global.comAtlanta, GA
Kantar Millward BrownMarket Researchwww.millwardbrown.comLisle, IL; Toronto, ON; Southfield, MI
The&PartnershipFull Service / Integratedwww.theandpartnership-na.comNew York, NY
The&PartnershipCreative / Advertisingwww.theandpartnership.com/ca-en/Toronto, ON

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