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2008
LEADING GAINERS AMONG
INDEPENDENT U.S. PR FIRMS |
| [listing] -- Listing for each
firm in O'Dwyer's
PR firms database |
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Firms in the Top 10 Overall |
2008
Net Fees |
Empl. |
%
Fee
Change
from
2007 |
| 1. |
APCO
Worldwide, Wash., DC [listing] |
$112,400,000
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569 |
+15.3 |
| 2. |
Qorvis
Comms., Wash., DC [listing] |
34,919,065
|
96 |
+14.5 |
| 3. |
Edelman, New York [listing] |
449,231,193
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2,997 |
+13.1 |
| 4. |
Waggener Edstrom, Bellevue, WA [listing] |
119,670,000
|
843 |
+12.4 |
| 5. |
ICR , Westport, CT [listing] |
26,202,272
|
98 |
+6.0 |
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Firms Ranked 26 Through 50 |
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| 1. |
WeissComm Partners, San Francisco [listing] |
18,981,000 |
86 |
+46.0 |
| 2. |
Coyne PR, Parsippany, NJ [listing] |
11,654,000 |
86 |
+35.0 |
| 3. |
Makovsky & Co., New York [listing] |
11,100,000 |
50 |
+19.0 |
| 4. |
Shift Communications, Brighton, MA [listing] |
12,233,693 |
100 |
+15.3 |
| 5. |
Peppercom,
New York [listing] |
13,548,322 |
75 |
+14.7 |
| 6. |
Allison & Partners, San Francisco [listing] |
13,082,100 |
81 |
+13.4 |
| 7. |
Padilla
Speer Beardsley, Minneapolis [listing] |
15,952,172 |
102 |
+8.2 |
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Firms Ranked 26 Through 50 |
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| 1. |
Atomic PR, San Francisco [listing] |
7,645,000
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45 |
+42.0 |
| 2. |
Lewis Public Relations, San Francisco [listing] |
8,122,184 |
75 |
+28.1 |
| 3. |
Davies,
Santa Barbara, CA [listing] |
10,812,099 |
43 |
+24.0 |
| 4. |
Bader Rutter, Brookfield, WI [listing] |
7,716,842 |
55 |
+18.6 |
| 5. |
Levick Strategic Comms., Wash., D.C. [listing] |
10,022,828 |
39 |
+17.3 |
| 6. |
Spark
PR, San Francisco [listing] |
6,942,285 |
28 |
+16.0 |
| 7. |
Bender/Helper
Impact, Los Angeles [listing] |
8,646,086
|
62 |
+11.2 |
| 8. |
Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek, New York, NY [listing] |
8,969,502
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43 |
+11.0 |
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Firms Ranked 51 Through 100 |
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| 1. |
Roman/Peshoff, Holland, OH |
2,770,290 |
27 |
+62.6 |
| 2. |
Dukas Public Relations, New York * [listing] |
3,446,048 |
18 |
+47.4 |
| 3. |
Launch Squad, San Francisco [listing] |
4,239,317 |
36 |
+42.0 |
| 4. |
Peritus Public Relations, Louisville, KY [listing] |
2,707,600 |
15 |
+40.8 |
| 5. |
Lambert,
Edwards & Assocs., Grand Rapids, MI [listing] |
3,792,470 |
24 |
+22.1 |
| 6. |
Matter Communications, Boston [listing] |
4,000,000 |
37 |
+20.0 |
| 7. |
Hager
Sharp, Inc., Wash., DC [listing] |
6,524,163 |
37 |
+20.0 |
| 8. |
Consensus Planning Group, Los Angeles [listing] |
4,644,127 |
34 |
+19.3 |
| 9. |
GYMR, Wash., DC [listing] |
5,547,120 |
19 |
+18.9 |
| 10. |
Paul Werth Assocs., Columbus, Ohio * [listing] |
5,794,000 |
28 |
+17.0 |
| 11. |
The
Jeffrey Group, Miami [listing] |
6,350,962 |
52 |
+17.0 |
| 12. |
rbb Public Relations, Miami * [listing] |
4,366,848 |
20 |
+14.0 |
| 13. |
HLB Communications, Chicago * [listing] |
2,853,555 |
16 |
+12.9 |
| 14. |
The Castle Group, Boston, Mass. * |
2,605,374 |
24 |
+12.5 |
| 15. |
Seigenthaler Public Relations, Nashville * [listing] |
3,205,701 |
27 |
+11.0 |
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