St. Louis, MO · Marketing Agencies
Marketing Agencies in St. Louis, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 290 advertising and public relations agencies in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in 2023, employing 4,424 people with $360.2 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
290
27th most of 373 US metro areas
4,424
15.3 per business, against 12.2 across all metros
$360.2 million
$81,422 per employee
76%
of businesses, against 80% across all metros
-2.7%
in the number of businesses (298 in 2022)
What the numbers say about St. Louis.
- St. Louis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of advertising and public relations agencies, 27th of 373.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 15.3 employees each, against 12.2 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $81,422 per employee a year, against $95,445.
- The count fell by 8 businesses since 2022.
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Questions
Marketing Agencies in St. Louis
How many advertising and public relations agencies are there in St. Louis?
290 in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 4,424 people and paid $360.2 million in annual payroll.
Is the St. Louis market for marketing agencies growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 298 to 290 (-2.7%).
What does VERA do for marketing agencies in St. Louis?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a St. Louis 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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