This article aims to provide a list of some of the most prestigious branding agencies in the world. Of course, there are many more amazing agencies we still need to discover, and we will continue to update the list over time.
Meanwhile, we hope this list will help future brand strategists find their perfect employer, but also brands find their perfect branding agency!
500 Designs
Cities: Irvine (USA) and San Francisco (USA)
“At 500 Designs, our passion is in crafting brand identities that captivate audiences and deliver transformational results. We approach each business with a strategic, data-driven perspective, creating meaningful designs that are authentic to their brand and audience. By truly understanding our clients, we help them connect with their markets, achieve their goals, and re imagine possibilities.”
Bellwether
Cities: Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
“We are driven to create brands that are both brilliant and beautiful. Our process of creation is multifaceted and more often than not – messy. It’s a learning journey that we take together with our clients and the outcome is always surprising, purposeful and ultimately impactful.”
Blue Marlin
Cities: Bath, London (United Kingdom), New York (USA), Mumbai (India)
“We accelerate businesses by building brands that livein the hand, heart and mind. As strategic creative partners we help our clients navigate change, in good times and bad, to imagine more profitable and responsible futures. We make brands relevant in people’s lives. Since 1993.”
Brandimage
Cities: Paris (France), and Shanghai (China).
“Brandimage is a global consultancy of brand equityBrand equity represents the value of a brand. It is the difference between the value of a branded product and the value of that product without that brand name attached to it. architects and designers. Brandimage creates brands that drive brand performance. Brandimage creates brand experiences that are distinctive, ownable, engaging and that resonate deeply and enduringly with consumers because they are rooted in fundamental emotional truths. Brandimage is part of the brand development group of SGK, which is a Matthews International company.“
Brand Me
Cities: London (United Kingdom)
“BrandMe is a privately owned strategic brand development, design and innovation consultancy, ranked number 5 in last year’s Design Week Survey. Our success is due to our talented team of passionately creative and strategic individuals who are proud to work in an agile, independent and award winning agency.”
Catchword
Cities: Oakland (USA), New York (USA)
“Catchword is a trusted leader in naming and branding that’s been creating impactful identities for clients in every sector since 1998. From offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York, Catchword has partnered with companies worldwide to create brands that make a mark—from Volkswagen Atlas and Upwork, to Vudu and Asana. Startups, Fortune 500s, and everything in between turn to Catchword for verbal and visual creativity + strategic insight, delivered with expert guidance.”
Clay
Cities: San Francisco (USA), New York (USA), Lisbon (Portugal), Belgrade (Serbia)
“Clay is a global branding and design agency headquartered in San Francisco. We elevate brands through world-class digital experiences working with clients like Slack, Google, Snapchat, Amazon, and Coinbase.”
Coley Porter Bell
Cities: London (United Kingdom), New-York (USA)
“For over 40 years, we’ve been working with some of the world’s biggest brands. From creating brand strategy roadmaps and designing new brands themselves, to revitalising legacy brand propositions and developing employee engagement programmes, Coley Porter Bell helps brands turn change in to opportunity for their business.”
DD.NYC
Cities: New York (USA)
“DD.NYC® stands out among other agencies due to its unwavering commitment to creative innovation, strategic thinking, and measurable results. With a relentless focus on driving impactful campaigns, DD.NYC® combines cutting-edge technology, data-driven insights, and exceptional storytelling to deliver transformative marketing solutions that elevate brands and captivate audiences. Through a collaborative and forward-thinking approach, DD.NYC® consistently surpasses industry standards, enabling clients to achieve unparalleled success in an ever-evolving digital landscape.”
Design Studio
Cities: London (United Kingdom), New York (USA), Sydney (Australia)
“We create brands the world loves. We make every experience people have with your business meaningful. We build brands with purpose, brands that impact the lives of millions, and brands that last.”
Evviva
Cities: San Francisco (USA), Edinburgh (Scotland)
“Evviva’s a brand agency. We combine the power of insight with the art of identity to make people act. With offices in San Francisco and Edinburgh, we combine the best of Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial spirit with the UK’s marketing genius to deliver outstanding research, strategy, positioning and identity to many of the world’s most admired brands.“
FutureBrand
Cities: London (United Kingdom), New York (USA), Shanghai, Beijing (China), Bogotá (Colombia), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Geneva (Switzerland), Lima (Peru), Madrid (Spain), Melbourne (Australia), Mexico City (Mexico), Milan (Italy), Paris (France), San Francisco (USA), Santiago de Chile (Chile), São Paulo (Brasil), Sydney (Australia)
“FutureBrand is a global brand transformation company. Based in the world’s most exciting cities, we are a diverse and entrepreneurial group of brand, creative & experience experts. We help businesses grow even when times change by better connecting brand purpose to everyday experience.”
Interbrand
Cities: New York – Global Headquarters (USA), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cologne (Germany), London (United Kingdom), Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Milan (Italy), Mumbai (India), San Francisco (USA), São Paulo (Brasil), Seoul (South Korea), Shangai (China), Sydney (Australia), Tokyo (Japan), Zürich (Switzerland)
“Interbrand has been the world’s leading brand consultancy, for over 40 years – having pioneered iconic work and forged many of the brand building tools that are now commonplace. We know that in an age of unprecedented abundance of choice and speed of innovation, customers’ expectations are moving faster than businesses. While incremental change is still essential, it’s no longer sufficient. It takes bold moves to leap ahead of customers and competitors. We call them Iconic Moves.”
Labbrand
Cities: Shanghai (China), Singapore, New York (USA), Vancouver (Canada), Paris (France)
“Labbrand is the leading China-originated global brand consultancy with regional operations in APAC (Shanghai, Singapore), Europe (Paris), and North America (New York, Vancouver). We drive forward the positive power of branding. Leading brands on impactful journeys, we create meaningful brand experiences by bringing together excellence in research, strategy, design and verbal identity.“
Landor
Cities: Bangkok (Thailand), Beijing, Shanghai, (China), Cape Town (South Africa), New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Cincinnati (USA), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Geneva (Switzerland), Hamburg (Germany), Hanoi (Vietnam), Hong-Kong, Istambul (Turkey), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), London (United Kingdom), Sydney, Melbourne (Australia), Mexico City (Mexico), Milan (Italy), Moscow (Russia), Mumbai (India), Paris (France), São Paulo (Brasil), Seoul (Korea), Singapore, Tokyo (Japan)
“A global leader in brand consulting and design, Landor helps clients create agile brands that thrive in today’s dynamic, disruptive marketplace. Our work enables top brands—from Barclays to BMW and Tide to Taj—to stand for something while never standing still. Founded by Walter Landor in 1941, Landor pioneered many of the research, design, and consulting methods that are now standard in the branding industry. Today, Landor has 26 offices in 19 countries, working with a broad spectrum of world-famous brands.”
Lexicon Branding
Cities: Sausalito (USA), Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
“Lexicon Branding develops category-defining names for the world’s biggest and most innovative brands. Swiffer, Sonos, Pentium, Dasani, and Impossible Foods are just a few of the hundreds of successful product and company names we have created since 1982. “
Lippincott
Cities: New York, Boston, San Francisco (USA), Paris (France) London (United Kingdom), Tokyo (Japan), Hong Kong, Seoul (South Korea).
“Lippincott builds brands and brand portfolios that remain relevant and differentiated in the face of changing markets. In a world of digital transformation, we think systematically and creatively, to build new brands, reposition existing ones and enable future growth.”
LPK
Cities: Cincinnati, OH (USA) London (United Kingdom) Geneva (Switzerland)
“LPK IS a global brand design and innovation agency. As specialists in innovation, branding, and customer experience, we create brands that resonate in current culture and stand the test of time.”
MetaDesign
Cities: Beijing (China), Berlin, Düsseldorf (Germany), Lausanne, Zürich (Switzerland), New York, San Francisco (USA)
“MetaDesign is a global brand strategy, innovation and experience firm. We use the power of creativity to transform business for the better. As a strategic and creative partner to large corporations, cultural institutions and startups, we work with our clients on complex brand and business challenges. We are a member of Publicis Communications.“
Mucho
Cities: Barcelona (Spain), Melbourne (Australia), New York, San Francisco (USA), Paris (France)
“We create design with meaning. Great design speaks to your head, and your heart. It makes you feel different, and think differently. It makes you remember, and respond. That’s what we aim for: to go from insight to ideas to design that connects. To craft things with intelligence, sensitivity and precision. “
Ramotion
Cities: San Francisco, CA and Remote
“Ramotion is a branding agency focused on creating distinct brand identities, marketing websites, and digital product development for fast-growing tech companies and innovative startups. Brand consistency across all touch-points binds all their services together, making Ramotion a valuable vendor for companies looking to establish a solid design foundation for future growth. Ramotion has an ongoing collaboration with companies like Mozilla, Turo, Okta, and many others.“
Red Antler
City: New York (USA)
“Red Antler is a branding company based in Brooklyn. Fiercely committed to differentiation and success, we build brands for startups that are changing how the world works. We create captivating brand experiences that connect with people deliberately, through all points of interaction.”
Saffron Brand Consultants
Cities: Madrid (Spain), London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Turkey), Vienna (Austria), Mumbai (India)
“Saffron Brand Consultants is an independent branding consultancy. Founded in 2001 by Jacob Benbunan and Wally Olins (1930-2014). Saffron specialises in defining brand strategies with a special focus on experience design and innovation in order to build solid brand cultures.“
Sedgwick Richardson
Cities: Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Manila (Philippines), Saigon (Vietnam), Singapore
“Sedgwick Richardson has been headquartered in Asia for 30 years, but our story echoes much further. From the very beginning, we’ve devoted ourselves to future thinking. Our strategic mindset and creative energy are the foundations of our brand. From start-ups with global ambitions, to international brands seeking to stay fresh, we apply our on-the-ground cultural knowledge to new and established players in the Asian market.“
Siegel+Gale
Cities: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco (USA), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Tokyo (Japan)
“We believe in the power of simplicity. At Siegel+Gale, we own it, defend it and live by it. We’re a brand strategy, design and experience firm. With unlimited imagination and a dedication to the facts, we build brands that cut through the clutter—and unlock success for our clients.”
superunion
Cities: Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Bangkok (Thailand), Beijing, Shanghai (China), Berlin, Hamburg, Munich (Germany), Cairo (Egypt), Cape Town, Johannesburg (South Africa), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Hong Kong, Jakarta (Indonesia), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), New York (USA), São Paulo (Brasil), Seoul (South Korea), Singapore.
“Superunion is a next-generation brand agency built on a spirit of creative optimism. We believe in the power of creativity to improve the future of people and organisations. Our expertise includes brand strategy, identity, communications, and brand management. With 750 people in 22 offices and 17 countries, we’re a truly global brand agency.“
The Blake Project
Office Locations: Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Dubai, New Delhi, London
“The Blake Project is a global leader in helping businesses and brands accelerate growth by building deep emotional connections. Since 2003, 250+ brands in all stages of development and in numerous business categories have trusted us to guide them on strategic journeys aimed at creating value, increasing value, and navigating change for a bigger competitive future. As a strategic brand consultancy, we bring proven, proprietary tools and techniques that help businesses and brands gain an emotional advantage, a distinctive advantage, and a connective advantage, moving them from brand awareness to brand insistence — where there are no substitutes.”
Unusual
Office Locations: Worldwide.
“Our name is Unusual. Our work is unusual. Our strategy is unusual. Our visual identity is unusual. Our copywriting is unusual. Our web design is unusual. Our package design is unusual. Our production is unusual. Our philosophy is unusual. Our company description for this feature is unusual.”
Vivaldi
Cities: New York City (USA), London (United Kingdom), München (Germany), Düsseldorf (Germany), Hamburg (Germany), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Lima (Peru), Zurich (Switzerland), Los Angeles (USA), Singapore
“Vivaldi has over 20 years of experience helping companies like Coca-Cola, Pfizer and Samsung identify opportunities for growth and transform their brands. Diving deep into client businesses, Vivaldi crafts innovative brand strategies, enables culture transformation, and uncovers untapped markets. In addition, Vivaldi utilizes cutting-edge technologies like AI and connected commerce to help brands achieve the boundless opportunities of tomorrow.”
Want Branding
Cities: New York, Miami (USA)
“At WANT Branding we create brands for every kind of business –from the world’s biggest brands to small and medium-sized companies. We also brand start-ups, non-profits and trade groups as well as partner with VCs, Private Equity firms on their portfolio businesses. Based in three of America’s most exciting cities – New York and Miami – WANT is an entrepreneurial agency made up of small, senior-level teams who are hands-on from start to finish.”
Wolff Olins
Cities: London (United Kingdom), New York, San Francisco (USA), Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
“We are Wolff Olins, a global agency creating transformative brands that move organizations, people and the world forward. For over 50 years, we’ve been delivering strategy, design and change to help advance organizations in moments of inflection. We believe that brands have the power to move minds and improve our world. They connect people, ignite conversation and feed our imagination. As creative problem solvers, we tackle the most daring brand challenges to deliver meaningful commercial, creative and cultural impact.”
Last update: October 2024
Hello Marion,
Thank you for such excellent compilation of all the good brand agencies.
Hello Mak! Very happy you liked it and thank you for the feedback! Have a great day :)
I suggest you Litmus branding, a leading Strategic Branding Agency based in India, provides branding services which includes croprate branding, logo design, brand identiry design and brand development.
Thank you Hiren! We will consider it!
Hello Marion,
Can you please elaborate why the following companies are not on the list:
HCT – England
AIA – US
Pennebaker – US
Hi Akram, thanks for your comment! As stated in the article, there are many more great branding agencies we still need to discover. We will take into consideration your suggestions next time we update the list.
Hi Marion, don’t you think DRAGON ROUGE (global design & innovation agency) should be on the list ?
Hi Salientist, thanks for your comment.
Dragon Rouge is a great agency, however we try to keep the focus on the ones that are specialized 100% on branding.
I’m a new Denim brand in La ca. Is there one of these company’s that will be good for my brand.
Thanks for a great list. Is there a list of the Top 50 (or 20, or 100, or whatever) branding agencies by revenue?
Hey Gregg, thanks for your comment! Not yet, but we will think of it!
Thanks for the great list. Please confirm if the above are brand consultants purely or also creative agencies
They are branding agencies, but some also offer other services within marketing.
Hi MARION, I think in such an intense competitive environment where branding becomes the core of many businesses, each agency is trying to make itself the best one. It is really hard to list down the top agencies around the globe. Excellent work. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Marion, a great overview. Have you updated it this year?
Thanks Siiri. Not yet, but we are planning on doing it!
You might also consider Level 5 Strategy. They are a brand consultancy based in Canada.
Thanks for the insight Jonathan! We’ll check this!
Hi Marion,
Great list! Very helpful.
I’m actually looking for a branding agency who specialise or have worked with beverage branding.
I’ve contacted a few on your list, but if you’ve got any in mind, do let me know via my email.
Collins in the U.S.?
The Partners
Pentagram
Johnson Banks
Greetings Marion,
Would like to share with you on a branding agency in Kenya,Africa.
Kind regards,
Gidraph Mwangi
Hi Gipraph, you can contact us at he***@th****************.com. Have a nice day!
Hi Marion,
That’s a good list!
Next time you’re assessing branding agencies to update the list, there is a reputable one in Sydney, Australia called PERCEPT Brand Design.
It’s worth checking out.
Hello,
I would like to share brands consulting firm name, brands Academy is branding company. please add this company next time.
Thanks
Rahul
Awesome Marion thank you for this list it’s really helpful.
My pleasure Amaechi!
Amazing !!! I will join the Newsletter and subscribe to this Blog. Im located in Morocco and it’s hard to find this type of information here.
Great! Happy to help!
Hi Marion, great compilation. Is there a particular agency you would recommend for Proffessional Services, particularly law firm branding?.
Hey Luis, thank you so much for your comment! This is a very good question, unfortunately I don’t know an agency that is specialised in this specific industry, however I am pretty confident that the majority of the agencies on the list are qualified to do so. I will consider your comment and come back to you if I hear of something like this. Have a great day!
Hey Marion, I was in search of my competitors and came across this blog. I’d be interested in knowing what factors you might consider if we had to bring upon our branding agency, Om Infosolutions onto this list? :)
Great list, thanks for sharing! How were they chosen? Just wondering why places like Pentagram, The Partners, Pearlfisher or Bulletproof didn’t make the list? All great agencies. : )
What a difficult task to select top branding agencies! There are so many of them.
I agree on most of your choices Marion, even if I do believe than agencies such as Pentagram, Design Studio or even Anagrama deserve to be on that list. Beau travail !
Thanks for the suggestions Clement. We will consider them in our next update!
Great list.
Hey Marion,
there is Australia on the list, but not Austria. Huuuuge mistake! We do so great names here ;-))
Thanks for the cool list!
Best!
Brandon
I suggest you Aayam, an emerging strategic branding and packaging design agency based in Gujarat, India which provides complete branding services such as brand identiry design, brochure design, packaging structural design, logo design, exhibition design, catalogue design, brand retail and interior design at best price.
Hi Marion, thank you for posting this very interesting list.
I am looking for a branding agency, small but successful in the fintech / banking sector. I know that small and banking may not go hand-in-hand, nevertheless I am looking for an agency that is on the verge of rapid growth, but still hungry enough to do what it takes to enhance its portfolio of successes in order to grow internationally in Europe. Any recommendations?
Thank you.
Hi, can you make a review for brand consultant in Indonesia? the top 3 would be : Milestone, Makki Makki and Brand Union. They’re the best in the business
From Indonesia, kindly check out Milestone Indonesia, Brand Union and DM ID Holland
Hey hi, Its been great to see those list . Here i would like to suggest made in India branding Agecny in India Easton Media Pvt Ltd
They have variety of Clients in India. I think this would be fit for your list
Nice list Marion, from South East Asia – Indonesia i’d personally like to recommend Milestone Indonesia and Makki Makki as the two of the leading brand consultant or brand agency in Indonesia.
thank you
Helpful list to seek a brand agency or brand consultant. Thank you!
Thank for the nice list of information.
Best regards,
Mark.,
I would wholeheartedly recommend Brand Union and Milestone Indonesia to any business who wants to take their brand to the next level in Indonesia.
I highly recommended JOMIE – jomie.net. They drive excellent results for the customers.
Hi Marion,
I would say Fresh Mind Ideas, a strategic and creative branding agency.
Hi Marion, Very useful list and summary……I have a new start up company. I have a clear idea of my target consumer, brand idea/concept but I need to find a good agency to work with to bring it to life and creating the brand story, visual identity, logo, and package design…..who would you recommend?
Thank you very much for this overview!!
In my opinion BrandTrust GmbH deserves a spot on the list. It’s a strategic brand management consultancy and was recently ranked under the TOP 5 Marketing, Branding & Pricing consultancies in Germany by statista and brand eins along folks like BCG, Accenture and McKinsey
Brand agencies tend to be very similar to advertising or creative agencies. Branding is based on building a long term profitable bond with customers, based on delivering economic, experiential and emotional value and backed up by everyday operational excellence. It may not be as glamorous as advertising and cool looking design but it’s what builds brands. Fusionbrand, headquarted in Malaysia is developing brands from the inside out and doing it very successfully. You might want to reach out to them if you are in Asia and want to build a brand rather than embark on a creative driven exercise.
Hi Marion,
If you want to update this list and you need help, do contact me I would be glad to help you.
Hi, @Marion,
Thanks for sharing good list.
I suggest you Daksha Digitas, a leading Branding Agency in India, offers branding services included corporate branding, logo design, brand identity design and brand development.
Hi Marion, I would like to bring to your attention an interesting branding / digital agency in Italy: GBR Design
Move !!!
Move Branding in San Sebastián, Spain
Hi Marion, this is a great article – very insightful and useful.
Looking forward to a soon update.
Best,
Sebastian
You might want to also consider brandinglosangeles.com
They’ve worked with a large number of clients in different industries! I’ve worked with them on separate occasions and am satisfied with results each time!
Thanks Marion for your efforts, loved the read!
Hi Marion,
Thanks for sharing the list.
Hi Marion, thanks for a great list! I would suggest evvivabrands.com – branding specialists with extensive global research experience
Great Post!!
Very good article and awesome list Marion.
A very useful article. Branding holds such importance in any brand’s success. Hope we will get to see new additions in this list. Thank you.
I really appreciate the efforts you put into reviewing these useful resources. All of these advertising agencies are working with creativity.
Hi Marion, thanks for the useful article. Is this list still updated? Many thanks and all the success!!
Thanks Ana Lucia, we will update it soon!
What a wonderful list of the best branding companies!
Being someone from a growing branding company, I always look forward to insightful articles.
It’s always
Thank you for sharing such an informative blog.
I will share with my friends too.
Hey, nice article on Branding list with great information. salute for efforts. thanks.
Nice article I suggest you Divine Monkey they are very creative as well.
Very insightfull!
This is a great list and we have been following Landor a lot. Their work is amazing and the kind of impact they give on people’s life, solving real branding problems is amazing.
Bellwether and BrandMe is new to us. Thanks though for sharing the list.
This is very helpful thanks Marion. It’s interesting to see most of the companies listed are now part of holding companies which own one or two branding companies. I’m more interested in the individuals that all these companies want to hire, I’ve pushed hard to move the industry but I would love to meet independents who have the same goal.
Thank you Marc! We are also working on listing independent branding agencies/studios. Stay tuned! :-)
This is very well-written Marion! Keep writing the good stuff.
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This is very helpful information.
What can one generally expect to pay for such services offered by branding agencies?
It is a great article. Thank you for the information on the branding agencies.
What an amazing compilation! Hats off to you!
Thanks for sharing the informative article.
Thank you Shivam
Hi Marion, thanks for putting together this list of heavy-hitters!
If you ever do a post on the “small studios that get the branding job done” I’d love if you would consider Orange You Glad.
Thank you Tammy, we will consider it when we’ll publish an article dedicated to smaller studios.
Fantastic! Much appreciated for shedding light on branding agencies. This article is truly insightful. Thank you!