Best Marketing Agencies in Los Angeles (2026)

Introduction

Los Angeles has one of the strongest benches of full-funnel and performance marketing agencies in the US, much of it clustered in the South Bay, Santa Monica and the Westside. The 13 agencies below were chosen for the breadth of their media and growth work, recent client wins, and evidence of an active Los Angeles base in 2026.

The local market has consolidated over the past year. Wpromote, owned by Zelnick Media Capital, bought the creative and experiential shop Giant Spoon in November 2025, and the two now trade as Wpromote x Giant Spoon from El Segundo. Brainlabs acquired Exverus Media in July 2025 to give itself a West Coast base. Canvas Worldwide moved its headquarters from Playa Vista to El Segundo in July 2026 and then won US media for Five Guys and the California Lottery. Holding-company consolidation, including Omnicom’s acquisition of IPG at the end of 2025, has also pushed more clients toward independent media and performance shops.

Every agency here has an office in the wider Los Angeles area in 2026. The list is unranked, since the right fit depends on your channels, budget and how much strategy you want alongside execution.

The best marketing agencies in Los Angeles

1. Wpromote x Giant Spoon

Owned by Zelnick Media Capital · El Segundo · wpromote.com

Wpromote was founded by Michael Mothner in 2001 and grew into one of the largest independent digital agencies in the US before Zelnick Media Capital acquired it in 2022. Andrea Bendzick has been chief executive since November 2024. In November 2025 it bought Giant Spoon, a creative and experiential agency founded in 2013 and a multiple MediaPost Agency of the Year, and Giant Spoon’s co-founders Jonathan Haber, Marc Simons and Trevor Guthrie joined the executive team.

Wpromote manages more than $3 billion in media for clients including Peacock, Vuori, TransUnion, QuickBooks and Southwest Airlines. Giant Spoon’s work includes HBO’s House of the Dragon campaigns and Lucid Motors’ campaign with Timothée Chalamet. The combined agency runs its planning on its own Polaris IQ platform, so ask how creative and media teams will share data on your account.

2. Hawke Media

Founder-led · Los Angeles · hawkemedia.com

Hawke Media was founded by Erik Huberman, who still runs it, and sells itself as an “Outsourced CMO” for growth-stage brands. It is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York and Chicago, and says it has worked with more than 6,000 brands. Acquisitions of Leverage Marketing and Tribute Media in 2023 added search and regional capacity.

Clients have included Crocs, Red Bull, Verizon, ClassPass and Barstool Sports. Services can be bought channel by channel, from paid social and search to lifecycle, affiliate and Amazon. Its annual Hawkefest conference took over the Santa Monica Pier again in 2026, with around 1,500 attendees expected.

3. Canvas Worldwide

Part of Innocean · El Segundo · canvasworldwide.com

Canvas Worldwide is a media agency led by chief executive Paul Woolmington and is the US media arm of Korea’s Innocean. It describes itself as the second-largest independent media agency in the US. The agency moved its headquarters from Playa Vista to El Segundo in July 2026.

In August 2026 Canvas was named media agency of record for Five Guys, replacing Chemistry, and for the California Lottery, with remits covering strategy, planning, buying, analytics and measurement. It also handles regional McDonald’s business. The agency has deep experience in automotive and quick-service restaurants.

4. Horizon Media

Independent · Century City · horizonmedia.com

Horizon Media is the largest independent media agency in the world, with more than 2,400 staff and about $8.5 billion in annual media investment. Bill Koenigsberg founded it in New York in 1989, and its Los Angeles office sits on Century Park East. In December 2024 it launched One Horizon, a full-service creative agency, alongside its multicultural agency 305 Worldwide.

GALLO appointed Horizon as agency of record for its wine, spirits and ready-to-drink portfolio in March 2026, using the agency’s Blu platform for audience planning and measurement. The head office is in New York, so check which senior people on your account are based in Los Angeles.

5. Exverus by Brainlabs

Owned by Brainlabs · Los Angeles · exverus.com

Exverus is a full-funnel media agency founded in Los Angeles in 2014 by William Durrant, Talia Arnold and Jack Win. It was Adweek’s Breakthrough Agency of the Year in 2024, has won Ad Age Small Agency of the Year three times, and has eight Adweek Media Plan of the Year awards.

Brainlabs, a UK-founded independent media group, acquired Exverus in July 2025, making it Brainlabs’ West Coast base. Exverus managed over $100 million in media spend at the time of the deal and works with brands including Habit Burger & Grill. Clients keep their existing team and gain access to Brainlabs’ creative, SEO and AI tools.

6. MuteSix

Owned by dentsu · Los Angeles · mutesix.com

Steve Weiss and Daniel Rutberg founded MuteSix in Los Angeles in 2015 to serve direct-to-consumer brands, and it became one of Facebook’s largest direct-response advertisers. Dentsu bought the agency in 2019 and placed it within iProspect, when it had about 120 staff.

Its work spans paid social, retail media on Amazon, Walmart and Target, search, programmatic and in-house creative production. Recent case studies cover Twillory, Dave, Healthy Spot and GreenPan, and earlier clients included MeUndies. It suits consumer brands that want performance media and ad creative from one team.

7. Coalition Technologies

Privately held · Downtown Los Angeles · coalitiontechnologies.com

Coalition Technologies is a search, paid media and web development agency based on South Flower Street, with more than 250 staff. It is led by chief executive Joel Gross and president Jordan Brannon, and holds Google Premier Partner status for 2026 as well as Shopify Premier Partner status. It was named in Clutch’s 2025 Best of Clutch list for digital marketing.

Clients include Microsoft, Roku and Spiceology. Much of its work is for ecommerce brands, combining SEO and generative search optimisation with site builds and conversion work, which makes it a practical choice where the website and the media plan need to be handled together.

8. Oxford Road

Independent · Sherman Oaks · oxfordroad.com

Oxford Road is an audio and creator media agency that calls itself the largest podcast advertising agency in the world. Led by chief executive Dan Granger, it places more than 200,000 podcast brand integrations a year and runs campaigns through its own WOVN system, built on over $1 billion of historical campaign data.

Clients include Shopify, Warby Parker, Vanta, DraftKings and Indeed. It published The State of Podcasting 2026 report this year and also buys radio, programmatic audio and creator-led video. Oxford Road founded Koala Corps, a nonprofit supporting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

9. RPA

Independent · Santa Monica · rpa.com

RPA is a full-service independent agency of about 500 people, headquartered on Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica with regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver and Philadelphia. Alongside creative it runs media, customer experience, marketing intelligence and technology practices, which puts it closer to an integrated marketing partner than a pure ad shop. Brett Bender became president and chief operating officer in June 2025.

Honda has been a client for decades, and the roster also includes Homes.com, Apartments.com, ampm, ARCO, Cedars-Sinai and Yuengling. In September 2025 RPA won media and creative for Resorts World Las Vegas.

10. Monks

Owned by S4 Capital · Marina del Rey · monks.com

Monks began as MediaMonks in the Netherlands in 2001 and has been owned by Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital since 2018. It took its current name in July 2024 and now organises its offer around content, data, media and technology, with services it calls media acceleration and marketing orchestration.

The Los Angeles office in Marina del Rey is one of its larger US hubs and was hiring across several teams in 2026. Monks suits large advertisers that want content production, paid media and measurement joined up, often with AI tooling such as its Monks.Flow system.

11. Crossmedia

Independent · Los Angeles · xmedia.com

Crossmedia is an independent media agency founded about 25 years ago in New York, with offices in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, London and Toronto. Kamran Asghar became global chief executive in February 2025, and the agency has been named one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work six years running.

Clients include U.S. Bank, Etihad Airways, Invesco, White Castle, Newell Brands and Planet Fitness. Crossmedia is known for transparent buying and a focus on business outcomes, and its Los Angeles office gives West Coast clients a local team.

12. Ayzenberg Group

Privately held · Pasadena · ayzenberg.com

Ayzenberg Group was founded by Eric Ayzenberg in 1993 and has been based in Pasadena for most of its history. It describes itself as a social-first, fully integrated brand acceleration network, covering strategy, creative, social, influencer and media.

Its client list has long centred on games, technology and entertainment, with past clients including Activision Blizzard, EA, Microsoft, Sony and Warner Bros. It is a good fit for brands whose audiences live on social and gaming platforms.

13. Ignited

Privately held · Manhattan Beach · ignitedusa.com

Ignited is a South Bay agency founded in 1999 that covers brand strategy, creative, media planning and buying, web development and experiences. It keeps a small core team of under 50 people and combines it with fractional senior talent, and runs an AI division called Dividend.

The agency has a long record in games and entertainment marketing. Its model suits brands that want senior strategic attention without the overhead of a large agency.

What to look for in a Los Angeles marketing agency

Start with how the agency is paid and what it is measured on. Performance agencies often charge a percentage of media spend, a fixed retainer, or a mix, and a few tie part of the fee to results. Agree the measure of success, whether that is revenue, contribution margin or cost per acquisition, before the first campaign goes live.

Check ownership and recent deals. Several Los Angeles agencies changed hands in 2025 and 2026, and a new owner can bring useful tools and scale as well as changes in team or process. Ask who will run your account day to day, and where they sit.

Look at the mix of channels you need. Los Angeles has specialists in podcast audio, direct-to-consumer social and ecommerce search, as well as integrated agencies that combine media with creative and experiential work. A specialist may outperform a generalist on one channel, while a full-funnel agency is easier to manage when brand and performance budgets have to be balanced.

Finally, ask how reporting, creative assets and approvals are handled. Performance work generates a steady flow of ad variants, reports and test results. Agencies with one clear place for the latest assets, dashboards and client feedback make it easier to see what is working and to approve the next round quickly.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best marketing agency in Los Angeles?

There is no single answer, because the right agency depends on your channels and goals. For integrated media and creative, Wpromote x Giant Spoon and RPA are strong options. For media buying at scale, Horizon Media and Canvas Worldwide are among the largest agencies with Los Angeles offices, and Oxford Road leads in podcast advertising.

What happened to Giant Spoon?

Wpromote acquired Giant Spoon in November 2025. The combined agency operates as Wpromote x Giant Spoon under chief executive Andrea Bendzick, with Giant Spoon’s co-founders on the executive team.

What is the difference between a marketing agency and an advertising agency?

A marketing agency usually covers the whole funnel, including media buying, search, social, lifecycle and measurement, and is often judged on sales or leads. An advertising agency focuses more on creative campaigns and brand ideas. Many Los Angeles firms do both, and there is a separate list of advertising agencies in Los Angeles.

Which Los Angeles agencies specialise in direct-to-consumer brands?

MuteSix and Hawke Media both built their businesses on direct-to-consumer and growth-stage brands, and Coalition Technologies focuses on ecommerce search and site work. Wpromote also has a large consumer and retail practice.

How are Los Angeles marketing agencies usually paid?

Most work on a monthly retainer, a percentage of media spend, or project fees, and some combine these with performance bonuses. Ask for the fee model in writing and agree how results will be measured before work begins.

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