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Prefer PDFs? A printer-friendly PDF of this list is available. Download PDF file Prefer Excel? A complete spreadsheet of this list is available. Download Excel file Knoxville-Area Advertising & Marketing Firms Ranked According to 2018 Gross Local Billings Rank '19 '18 Company Phone Website 2018 gross billings 2018 accounts % svcs. ad/PR/other Employees: Local Total Tot. offices Notable 2018 clients Top local executive Founded locally 1 1 Tombras1 620 S. Gay St. Knoxville, TN 37902 865-524-5376 tombras.com $300M 26 75% / 5% / 20% 290 311 3 Great Clips, Orangetheory Fitness, Zaxby's, Farm Bureau Insurance, MoonPie, Lodge Cast Iron, Yee Haw Beer, Krystal, Food City Charlie Tombras Chairman 1946 2 4 Designsensory 1740 Commons Point Drive, Bldg. 1 Knoxville, TN 37932 865-690-2249 designsensory.com $7.85M 60 50% / 10% / 40% 41 43 2 Boy Scouts of America, Bristol Motor Speedway, Zoo Knoxville, USA Fencing, TVA Joseph A. Nother Brandon J. Rochelle Principals 2001 3 3 Media Directions Advertising 9724 Kingston Pike, Ste. 301 Knoxville, TN 37922 865-691-9482 mdadv.com $6M NA 100% / NA / NA NA NA 1 NA Maureen Patteson President 1981 3 5 Pyxl 625 S. Gay St., #310 Knoxville, TN 37902 865-690-5551 pyxl.com $6M 41 20% / 5% / 75% 36 57 3 TeamHealth, Captain Ds, Medtronic, Akima, Booz Allen Hamilton, Covenant Health, AC Entertainment, University of Tennessee Brian Winter Chairman 2001 5 6 Internet Marketing Expert Group (IMEG)2 305 Elm St. Sevierville, TN 37862 865-622-2008 imegonline.com $4.74M 161 90% / 2% / 8% 17 31 3 NA Justin A. Jones Jason West CEO, founder CFO 2009 6 8 low + tritt 123 Cross Park Drive, Ste. 225 Knoxville, TN 37922 865-693-8803 lowandtritt.com $3.1M 26 60% / 10% / 30% 2 NA 4 Agri Feed, At Home Audio, CBBC, Home Federal Bank, Markman's Shawn Patrick Steadman Vice President 1995 7 NR Citizen Agency 1601 Western Avenue, Suite 3 Knoxville, TN 37921 865-607-6335 citizenadagency.com $3M 16 90% / 10% / NA 8 8 1 Mercedes of Knoxville, Secret City CDJR, The Bed Store, Moonshine Mountain Cookies, Land Rover of Knoxville, Windrock Park, Mattress King, Sweet Dreams Mattress and Furniture, Fraziers Carpet One C.J. Ogle Partner 2009 8 7 Draft Agency 1060 World's Fair Park Drive, #105 Knoxville, TN 37916 865-300-6643 draftagency.com $2.89M NA 100% / NA / NA 10 10 1 Discovery, Inc., Clayton Homes, ORNL Federal Credit Union, East Tennessee Children's Hospital, Greater Knoxville Honda Dealers Alex Oliver President, CEO 2007 9 NR ADS Phoenix Marketing Communications 205 Perimeter Park Road, Ste. D Knoxville, TN 37922 865-573-9221 adsphoenix.com $2.1M NA NA / NA / NA 10 10 1 Bush Brothers, Pilot Flying J, Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Knoxville Leadership Foundation, McGhee Tyson Airport Dave Kerschbaum President 1985 10 10 Asen Marketing & Advertising 18 Emory Place, Ste. 100 Knoxville, TN 37917 865-769-0006 asenmarketing.com $1.6M 55 95% / 5% / 0% 11 11 1 Copper Cellar Family of Restaurants, Kelsan, G. Turner Howard, III Attorney at Law, Mamita's Ices Paul Scoonover President 1983 11 9 Colloredo & Associates 12748 Kingston Pike, Ste. 104 Knoxville, TN 37934 865-288-3467 colloredomarketing.com $1.35M 29 95% / 5% / NA 9 9 1 Drs. Campbell, Cunningham, Taylor & Haun, Ray Varner Ford Atlanta Face & Body, Campbell Cunningham Laser Center, EyeCare Optical, Tennsmith, Inc., Merz Aesthetics Bob Colloredo President 2006 12 11 Rick Laney Marketing 9041 Executive Park Drive, Ste. 250 Knoxville, TN 37923 865-531-9158 ricklaneymarketing.com $1.3M 34 40% / 20% / 40% 6 6 1 Protomet, RDI Technologies, Ancient Lore Village, National Enquirer Live, Copper Cellar Family of Restaurants, McGhee Tyson Airport, Home Builders Association, Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM) Rick Laney President, CEO 2012 13 12 Ascertainment Marketing 140 E Glenwood Ave, Unit 110 Knoxville, TN 37917 865-310-1505 ascertainment.net $922,000 4 100% / NA / NA 1 1 1 Blount Memorial Hospital, Sugarlands Distilling Co., UT Graduate & Executive Education Nina D Howell Owner, president 1996 14 13 TradeMark Advertising 9815 Cogdill Road, Ste. 4 Knoxville, TN 37932 865-966-1690 trademarkads.com $650,0003 NA 60% / 5% / 35%4 6 6 1 Carson-Newman University, Alzheimer's Tennessee, Windrock Park George G. Corley III President 1996 15 14 Smarketing 6312 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919 865-963-0642 smarketing4u.com $600,000 51 10% / 10% / 80% 8 7 3 Lawhorn CPA Group, Jefferson County Tourism, Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, Rowe Transfer, Jefferson Park at Dandridge, Jefferson County Government, Claiborne County Government Fred Hess President 2015 16 15 Morris Creative Group 555 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville, TN 37902 865-637-9869 morriscreative.com $495,800 60 30% / 20% / 50% 5 5 1 Johnson & Galyon Construction; HealthStar; First National Bank of Kentucky; ZDi Solutions; Willy's Butcher Shop; ClaiHill Farm; KDL Pathology Chuck Morris Principal 1991 17 16 New Frame Creative 1043 N. Cedar Bluff Road Knoxville, TN 37923 865-202-0408 newframecreative.com $324,000 168 100% / NA / NA 3 5 1 U.S. Dept. of State, Oak Ridge Schools, Random Acts of Flowers, Baby2Baby, Hard Knox Pizza Greg Adkins Founder, creative director 2015 18 17 Bombdiggity Consulting 12706 Woodcove Lane Knoxville, TN 37922 865-719-7072 bombdiggity.com $155,000 8 40% / 30% / 30% NA NA 1 NA Julie Morris President, CEO 2012 19 19 CMC Marketing Agency 450 Anglewood Drive Lenoir City, TN 37772 865-388-4993 https://thecmcagency.com/ $120,000 18 80% / 10% / 10% 4 4 1 Mashburn Home Builders, Bill Jones Music, Anderson Lumber Co., WaveTech Medical, Fox and Farley Attorneys NA NA 2011 1 Formerly The Tombras Group; 2 Source declined to participate. Information from 2018 survey and company website; 3 Based on 2018 survey; 4 Web marketing Source: Individual company representatives, individual company websites. NA=not applicable or not available. 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