Detroit, MI · Marketing Agencies

Marketing Agencies in Detroit, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 478 advertising and public relations agencies in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,633 people with $628.7 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

478

19th most of 373 US metro areas

People employed

7,633

16.0 per business, against 12.2 across all metros

Annual payroll

$628.7 million

$82,367 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

76%

of businesses, against 80% across all metros

Change since 2022

+3.5%

in the number of businesses (462 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Detroit.

  • Detroit is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of advertising and public relations agencies, 19th of 373.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 16.0 employees each, against 12.2 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $82,367 per employee a year, against $95,445.
  • The market grew: 16 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Marketing Agencies in Detroit

How many advertising and public relations agencies are there in Detroit?

478 in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,633 people and paid $628.7 million in annual payroll.

Is the Detroit market for marketing agencies growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 462 to 478 (+3.5%).

What does VERA do for marketing agencies in Detroit?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Detroit 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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