
Updated Feb. 2021: Top 50+ Los Angeles Ad Agencies
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.
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 Name | Disciplines | Website | Locations | |
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Group M | GroupM | Media Buying & Planning | www.groupm.com | New York, NY |
Essence | Digital | www.essenceglobal.com | Minneapolis, MN | |
MediaCom | Media Buying & Planning | www.mediacomusa.com | Chicago, IL; Vancouver, BC; Playa Vista, CA; New York, NY; Montreal, QC | |
MediaCom | Digital | www.mediacomusa.com | Ann Arbor, MI | |
MediaCom Canada | Media Buying & Planning | www.mediacom.com | Toronto, ON | |
Mindshare | Media Buying & Planning | www.mindshareworld.com | New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Miami, FL; Playa Vista, CA; Toronto, OT | |
Wavemaker | Media Buying & Planning | www.wavemakerglobal.com | New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Toronto, ON; Chicago, IL | |
Grey Group | Grey Group | Full Service / Integrated | www.grey.com | New York, NY |
Grey Midwest | Full Service / Integrated | www.grey.com/midwest | Cincinnati, OH | |
Grey West | Full Service / Integrated | www.grey.com/us | San Francisco, CA | |
Ogilvy | Ogilvy | Full Service / Integrated | www.ogilvy.com | Chicago, IL; Playa Vista, CA; New York, NY; Denver, CO; Coral Gables, FL |
Ogilvy Canada | Full Service / Integrated | www.ogilvy-canada.com | Toronto, ON | |
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide | Creative / Advertising | www.ogilvychww.com | Parsippany, NJ | |
Ogilvy Public Relations | Public Relations | www.ogilvypr.com | New York, NY; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA | |
OgilvyOne Worldwide | Digital | www.ogilvy.com | New York, NY | |
VMLY&R | VMLY&R | Digital | www.vmlyr.com | Chicago, IL; Kalamazoo, MI; Atlanta, GA; Kansas City, MO |
VMLY&R | Full Service / Integrated | www.vmlyr.com | Austin, TX | |
VMLY&R | Creative / Advertising | www.vmlyr.com | Miami, FL | |
VMLY&R | Creative / Advertising | www.vmlyr.com | New York, NY; Chicago, IL | |
WPP Group, Inc. | Full Service / Integrated | www.wpp.com | New York, NY | |
Wunderman Thompson | Wunderman Thompson | Full Service / Integrated | www.wundermanthompson.com | Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Irvine, CA; Toronto, OT; Seattle, WA |
JWT Toronto | Full Service / Integrated | www.jwt.com | Toronto, ON | |
Wunderman Health | Creative / Advertising | www.wundermanhealth.com | New York, NY | |
Unaligned units | AKQA | Digital | www.akqa.com | Portland, OR; Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA, New York, NY |
BCW | Public Relations | www.bcw-global.com | Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York, NY; Washington, DC | |
GTB | Full Service / Integrated | www.gtb.com | Dearborn, MI; Charlotte, NC | |
GTB | Creative / Advertising | www.gtb.com | Dallas, TX | |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies | Full Service / Integrated | www.hkstrategies.com | Chicago, IL | |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies | Public Relations | www.hkstrategies.com | Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Washington, DC; New York, NY | |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies Canada | Public Relations | www.hkstrategies.ca | Ottowa, ON | |
Hogarth | www.hogarthww.com | New York, NY | ||
Kantar | Market Research | www.tns-global.com | Atlanta, GA | |
Kantar Millward Brown | Market Research | www.millwardbrown.com | Lisle, IL; Toronto, ON; Southfield, MI | |
The&Partnership | Full Service / Integrated | www.theandpartnership-na.com | New York, NY | |
The&Partnership | Creative / Advertising | www.theandpartnership.com/ca-en/ | Toronto, ON |