Each year, AdAge shares their “Small Agency of the Year” awards/ list….they have categories like regions + agency size + best culture. Here’s the article.
Here are a few that were featured and we have alums there…
Work In Progress (Denver)
Saylor (LA)
Preacher (Austin)
The Mayor (Nashville)
Haymaker (also owned by an alum!) (LA + NYC)
Erich & Kallman (SF + Austin)
Doe Anderson (Louisville)
The Escape Pod (Chicago)
Special US (LA + NY)
Barrett Hoffher (SF)
The Drum also released their top 100 global independent agencies. Here’s that list.