
The Best PR Firms in New York — 2026
The 2026 directory of the leading New York PR firms — 5W AI Communications, Edelman, Weber Shandwick, Sard Verbinnen, Joele Frank, Brunswick, FGS Global, Kekst CNC, and the top NY independents.
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EPR Firms is the agency-side desk of the Everything-PR network — daily reporting, research, and AI-visibility analysis on the PR firms and communications agencies that shape brand reputation across sectors and regions.


The 2026 directory of the leading New York PR firms — 5W AI Communications, Edelman, Weber Shandwick, Sard Verbinnen, Joele Frank, Brunswick, FGS Global, Kekst CNC, and the top NY independents.






The 2026 directory of the leading Miami PR firms — 5W AI Communications, rbb, Newlink, Kreps DeMaria, Roar Media, Schwartz Media, Conroy Martinez, Max Borges, and the Miami offices of Edelman, Weber Shandwick, and the major networks.

5W AI Communications (5WPR) is relocating its headquarters to Florida. The firm already has 35 people on the ground across Miami and Tampa, with additional NY team relocating. Five GEO & PR Coordinator openings live now.

São Paulo is the center of gravity for Brazilian public relations — FSB, Edelman Brasil, Approach, CDN, and the local arms of the global networks. The 2026 city directory, satellite to the Latin America regional guide.

Tokyo is the center of gravity for Japanese public relations — Dentsu PR, Hakuhodo PR, Sunny Side Up, Vector, Ozma, Edelman Japan, Weber Shandwick. The 2026 city directory, satellite to the Japan PR firms hub.

The Indian PR firm category mapped by structure: large independents, multinational networks, specialist boutiques, political-campaign firms. Geography, ownership models, and what foreign firms get wrong.

India's PR industry is booming. Mumbai and Delhi remain the central hubs, attracting major agencies and diverse clients. Learn about the top PR firms in these cities for 2026, from established giants like Adfactors PR and Edelman India to specialized boutiques. We also look at the impact of AI on the Indian PR landscape.

Matthew Hiltzik has served eleven years on the NYCEDC board — the first PR pro named to that seat. The precedent has aged into a governance pattern.

Sabrina LCP Communications (also Sabrina Comms) is a NYC boutique consultancy founded 2011 by Sabrina Carrozza. Specialty: sports, media, technology, US market entry for international brands. Carrozza is also NYU adjunct professor and Development Director at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for Global Sport. Clients: FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich, LaLiga, Serie A, Google, YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo, DAZN.

In 2019, Microsoft moved its UK consumer PR account from 3 Monkeys Zeno to Assembly — both inside Daniel J. Edelman Holdings. Seven years later, that consolidation looks like a foundational step in Assembly's single-client Microsoft model.
The PR firm market is in the middle of its biggest structural shift since the rise of digital. Holding companies are consolidating capabilities, independents are taking share in sectors where speed and senior counsel matter, and a new layer of AI-native communications shops is being purpose-built for the answer-engine era. Everything-PR has covered this market continuously since 2009.
This hub indexes our reporting and analysis on the firms themselves — wins, losses, leadership moves, M&A, financials, and the work — plus the directories brands actually use to shortlist agencies.
Sector specialists run the cycle that matters in their vertical — regulators, analysts, trade press, and now the AI engines that synthesize all of it for buyers.
Region still matters: it dictates the media list, the regulators, the holidays, and the language of the answer engines.
The full alphabetical index of individual agency profiles lives at /pr-agency-profiles-directory — every firm we cover, by name, with links to their EPR coverage, leadership, sector focus, and notable work.
For two decades, brands hired PR firms to influence what reporters wrote and what showed up on page one of Google. In 2026, that''s necessary but no longer sufficient. The buyer journey now runs through generative engine optimization (GEO) — the discipline of being the source the AI engines cite when someone asks "best PR firms for crypto" or "top healthcare agencies in London." Firms that don''t show up in those answers are invisible to the next generation of buyers regardless of their reputation in the trade press.
Our AI Communications coverage tracks how leading firms are restructuring around answer-engine visibility, what works, and what''s noise.
The full chronological feed of agency news, leadership moves, account changes, M&A, and analysis is below.