Des Moines, IA · Marketing Agencies
Marketing Agencies in Des Moines, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 106 advertising and public relations agencies in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,146 people with $95.5 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
106
62nd most of 373 US metro areas
1,146
10.8 per business, against 12.2 across all metros
$95.5 million
$83,374 per employee
78%
of businesses, against 80% across all metros
-2.8%
in the number of businesses (109 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Des Moines.
- Des Moines ranks 62nd of 373 US metro areas by number of advertising and public relations agencies.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 10.8 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $83,374 per employee a year, against $95,445.
- The count fell by 3 businesses since 2022.
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Questions
Marketing Agencies in Des Moines
How many advertising and public relations agencies are there in Des Moines?
106 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,146 people and paid $95.5 million in annual payroll.
Is the Des Moines market for marketing agencies growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 109 to 106 (-2.8%).
What does VERA do for marketing agencies in Des Moines?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Des Moines business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is advertising and public relations agencies, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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