San Francisco, CA · Marketing Agencies
Marketing Agencies in San Francisco, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 825 advertising and public relations agencies in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 13,931 people with $1.9 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
825
8th most of 373 US metro areas
13,931
16.9 per business, against 12.2 across all metros
$1.9 billion
$138,758 per employee
70%
of businesses, against 80% across all metros
-2.9%
in the number of businesses (850 in 2022)
What the numbers say about San Francisco.
- San Francisco is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for advertising and public relations agencies, 8th of 373.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 16.9 employees each, against 12.2 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $138,758 per employee a year, against $95,445.
- The count fell by 25 businesses since 2022.
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Questions
Marketing Agencies in San Francisco
How many advertising and public relations agencies are there in San Francisco?
825 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 13,931 people and paid $1.9 billion in annual payroll.
Is the San Francisco market for marketing agencies growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 850 to 825 (-2.9%).
What does VERA do for marketing agencies in San Francisco?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a San Francisco 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.
Marketing Agencies in other markets
Other San Francisco markets
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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