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Creative agencies in California
192 US creative agencies headquartered in California, indexed by The Wall. Every listed firm is US-based and machine-verified live — no expired links, no international dilution.
192CREATIVE FIRMS IN CALIFORNIA
$150 - $199MOST-COMMON RATE
171DISCLOSE HOURLY
All 192 creative agencies in California
| Firm | City | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Plus Brand, Inc. | Lafayette | $300+ |
| 180LA | Santa Monica | $150 - $199 |
| 336 Productions | Costa Mesa | $100 - $149 |
| 500 Designs | Irvine | $100 - $149 |
| ActiveColor | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| Adaptive Path | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Adverio - Growth Optimizers | Oakland | $100 - $149 |
| ADVIDS | San Francisco | $25 - $49 |
| ADvine | Fresno | Undisclosed |
| Airfleet | Palo Alto | $100 - $149 |
| AKQA | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| AMARQUEZ | Fresno | $100 - $149 |
| Amasta Media LLC | Dublin | $100 - $149 |
| Ammo Studio | West Hollywood | $200 - $300 |
| ANML, INC | San Jose | $150 - $199 |
| Antonio & Paris | Los Angeles | $200 - $300 |
| Argonaut | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Ayzenberg | Pasadena | $150 - $199 |
| Barakah Agency | Torrance | $150 - $199 |
| barrettSF | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Baunfire | San Jose | $150 - $199 |
| BayCreative | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| Beacons Point | Encinitas | $50 - $99 |
| Big Day the Agency | San Diego | $150 - $199 |
| Binary Pulse Studios | Irvine | $150 - $199 |
| blend | West Hollywood | $150 - $199 |
| BLVR® | San Diego | $200 - $300 |
| Bop Design | San Diego | $150 - $199 |
| BorderX Media | Irvine | $100 - $149 |
| Born & Bred. | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Brandefy | Santa Monica | $100 - $149 |
| BT Studio | San Francisco | $50 - $99 |
| Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners | Sausalito | $150 - $199 |
| Camp + King | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Capitol Tech Solutions | Sacramento | $150 - $199 |
| Catchword | Oakland | $300+ |
| Cause Stories | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| Cerebral Studio | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| Character | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Chase Design | Carlsbad | $150 - $199 |
| Chiat/Day | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| Circlemakers Studio | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| Citizen Group | Berkeley | $150 - $199 |
| Clay | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Clear Digital Inc | San Jose | $150 - $199 |
| Coe Design | San Diego | $100 - $149 |
| Collective42 | Encinitas | $100 - $149 |
| COLLINS | San Francisco | $200 - $300 |
| Cooper | San Francisco | $200 - $300 |
| Cozy Design | San Diego | $100 - $149 |
| CPG Packaging Design & Brand Strategy | US Market Entry for International Brands | Burbank | $200 - $300 |
| Crystal Pyramid Productions | San Diego | $100 - $149 |
| Cuker Agency | San Diego | $100 - $149 |
| Cut Canvas Creative | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| Cutwater | San Francisco | Undisclosed |
| Davel Creative Agency | Glendale | $50 - $99 |
| DDW | Sausalito | $150 - $199 |
| Deutsch LA | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| Digital Ink | Carlsbad | $100 - $149 |
| Division of Labor | Sausalito | $200 - $300 |
| Duncan Channon | San Francisco | Undisclosed |
| Dunclyde | Culver City | $150 - $199 |
| DYODE | Fullerton | $150 - $199 |
| Easy Peasy Web Studio | Glendale | Undisclosed |
| Eat Sleep Work | El Segundo | $100 - $149 |
| EIGHT25MEDIA | San Jose | $100 - $149 |
| Embark | Corona | $150 - $199 |
| Emotive Brand | Oakland | Undisclosed |
| Enlightened Pictures Inc. | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| Epsilon | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Erich & Kallman | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Evolve Media | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Explainly | Sausalito | $100 - $149 |
| Farallon | Walnut Creek | $200 - $300 |
| Feel Right Inc. | Huntington Beach | $100 - $149 |
| FINE | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Focus Media Video Production | San Diego | $100 - $149 |
| Fog Coast Productions | San Francisco | Undisclosed |
| Frog Design | San Francisco | $200 - $300 |
| Froth & Fur | Los Angeles | $200 - $300 |
| Gershoni Creative Agency | San Francisco | Undisclosed |
| Ghost Agency | Thousand Oaks | $150 - $199 |
| Glekel | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| Glint Growth | Irvine | $100 - $149 |
| Godfrey Dadich Partners | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Good Pictures | Los Angeles | Undisclosed |
| Good Stuff Partners | Larkspur | Undisclosed |
| Goodly | Sacramento | $100 - $149 |
| Great Question | Oakland | $100 - $149 |
| Gumas | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| HUb | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| HypeLife Brands | Oceanside | $150 - $199 |
| Idea Hall | Costa Mesa | $200 - $300 |
| Idea Maker | Irvine | $100 - $149 |
| IDEO | Palo Alto | $200 - $300 |
| Iron Creative | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Iron Well Productions | Irvine | $100 - $149 |
| JMaverick Studios | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| Juice Design | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| JUMBOshrimp | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| King Toledo | Los Angeles | Undisclosed |
| Kiosk | Novato | $200 - $300 |
| Kyro Digital | Irvine | $100 - $149 |
| La Visual | Pasadena | $150 - $199 |
| Lemonlight | Inglewood | Undisclosed |
| Levitate Media | San Francisco | Undisclosed |
| Lightdrop | Los Angeles | $300+ |
| Lightspace | San Diego | $100 - $149 |
| LocalEyes Video Production | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| London : Los Angeles | El Segundo | $150 - $199 |
| Luminoustudios | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| LV Productions | San Francisco | $200 - $300 |
| Madison Avenue Creative Inc. | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| Mane Co | San Clemente | Undisclosed |
| Manual | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Marchio | Los Angeles | $300+ |
| McLean | Walnut Creek | $200 - $300 |
| metajive | Encinitas | $150 - $199 |
| Method | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| MGX CREATIVE | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| Mission Minded | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Moonstone Interactive | San Ramon | Undisclosed |
| Most Likely To | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Motif Brands | Paso Robles | Undisclosed |
| MuteSix | Los Angeles | Undisclosed |
| N4 Studio® | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| NameBrand Marketer | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| NativeFour | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| New Evolution Video | San Diego | $100 - $149 |
| Nika Agency | San Jose | $100 - $149 |
| Nova Era Agency | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| NRG Experiential | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| Olivine Marketing | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Optious | Rancho Cucamonga | $50 - $99 |
| Picturelab | Mountain View | Undisclosed |
| Pill Creative Studio | West Hollywood | $150 - $199 |
| Process Creative | Costa Mesa | $150 - $199 |
| Prolific Studio | Palo Alto | $100 - $149 |
| Propelled Strategy | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| Punchcut | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Ramotion | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Rareview® Creative Agency | San Clemente | $200 - $300 |
| Ready Artwork - Website, Design, Marketing | Monrovia | $200 - $300 |
| Rill Insights & Design | Oceanside | $150 - $199 |
| Rip Media Group | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| Roboto Studio | San Francisco | $200 - $300 |
| SANCHEZ MEDIA | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| School of Thought | Oakland | $150 - $199 |
| SENSIS | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| Shields Films, Inc. | San Clemente | $100 - $149 |
| Sidebench | Los Angeles | $50 - $99 |
| SimpliCreative | San Diego | $150 - $199 |
| Sköna | San Francisco | $200 - $300 |
| SLIQ BY DESIGN | San Jose | $100 - $149 |
| Slow Clap Productions | Oakland | $50 - $99 |
| Sparkhouse | Costa Mesa | $100 - $149 |
| SPINX Digital | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| Spring Studio | Danville | $100 - $149 |
| Stackmatix | San Francisco | $300+ |
| Standard Black | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| Staylime | Redwood City | $50 - $99 |
| Storm Brain | Carlsbad | $150 - $199 |
| Studio B Films, Inc. | Berkeley | $50 - $99 |
| TADApix AI Studio | Los Angeles | $50 - $99 |
| The Bureau Of Small Projects | Rolling Hills Estates | $150 - $199 |
| The Engine is Red | Santa Rosa | $100 - $149 |
| The Forged Agency | San Diego | $100 - $149 |
| The Miller Group | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| The Naming Group | Los Angeles | Undisclosed |
| Theory SF | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Three29 | Sacramento | $100 - $149 |
| Traction | San Francisco | $200 - $300 |
| Traina | San Diego | $150 - $199 |
| UNFINISHED | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| UNIT partners LLC | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| Unusual | Los Angeles | $200 - $300 |
| Urban Insight | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| Vardot | Santa Clara | $100 - $149 |
| Venables Bell + Partners | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| VeracityColab | Covina | $150 - $199 |
| Vertical CPG Marketing | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| Visceral | San Diego | $200 - $300 |
| Weberous | Los Angeles | $100 - $149 |
| WHM Creative | Oakland | $100 - $149 |
| Wunderdogs | San Francisco | $100 - $149 |
| Yourhouse Marketing | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| Zambezi | Los Angeles | $150 - $199 |
| ZANE Productions | West Hollywood | Undisclosed |
| Zenpack | San Jose | Undisclosed |
| Zero One Digital Media | San Francisco | $150 - $199 |
| ZURB | Campbell | $150 - $199 |
| Zypsy | Covina | Undisclosed |
Where in California they cluster
San Francisco (53) · Los Angeles (36) · San Diego (14) · Irvine (7) · Oakland (7). Remaining firms are distributed across other California cities.
Reading a California creative shortlist
California's cluster of 192 creative agencies reflects where talent, alumni networks, and category specialization have compounded — not a service-area constraint on your shortlist. Virtually every firm on this page sells nationally, most run remote or hybrid teams, and clients outside California are the norm not the exception. Filter your shortlist by state when you specifically need in-person work; dilute it everywhere else.
The most-common hourly rate in this slice is $150 - $199 / hr, which sits squarely at the US market center. A quote well outside this band should come with a reason: senior-only teams on the high side, offshore delivery or junior-heavy staffing on the low side.