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24 Worcester Business Journal | March 6, 2023 | wbjournal.com Advertising, marketing & communications firms Ranked by number of local staff, then gross billings ((11)) Services offered Firm Local employees/ PR reps/ web developers/ 2022 gross billings B2B marketing Crisis communications Media plan/buy e-commerce Analytics SEO Sample of active clients Head of firm/ year founded 1 Davis Advertising 1331 Grafton St., Worcester 01604 508-752-4615 • davisad.com 30 2 4 $17,000,000 • • • • • • HoneyDew, Webster First, Yesway Stores, Fitchburg State University, NH Bancorp, American Alarm, SpeeDee Oil, Edward Street Andrew Davis president 1948 2 CommCreative 75 Fountain St., Framingham 01702 877-620-6664 • commcreative.com 16 N/A 1 $16,138,766 • • • • RSA Conference, Johnson Controls, Bose Automotive, Flooring America, St. Mary's Credit Union, Guidehouse Ashley DePaolo president 1994 3 PENTA Communications Inc. 208 Turnpike Road, Westborough 01581 508-616-9900 • pentamarketing.com 16 3 3 N/A • • • • • • Undisclosed Deborah Penta CEO 1989 4 Dovetail Internet Technologies LLC 40 Southbridge St., Suite 210, Worcester 01608 508-845-6465 • dovetailinternet.com 12 1 7 $1,075,000 • • • Webster Five Cents Savings, UEI Test Instruments, Village Bank, Solatube, MutualOne Bank, Sun Mountain Sports, Merle Norman Cosmetics, Brookline Bank Michael J. Villa founder & president (2) 1999 5 ERI Design 507 Park Ave., Worcester 01603 508-459-1552 • eridesign.com 12 1 4 N/A • • • • Clark University, Tufts University, Worcester State University, UMass Chan Medical School, Stevens Institute of Technology, Trinity College Erjon Metohu president (3) 2005 6 Surabian Advertising 24 Water St., Palmer 01069 413-283-8393 11 11 N/A N/A • • • • Park 'n Shop, Goretti's and Donelan's Supermarkets, Reliant Medical Group Diane Connor O'Packi general manager 1972 7 New Perspective 276 Turnpike Road, Suite 211, Westborough 01581 508-755-6797 • npws.net 10 N/A 2 $2,000,000 • • • • • Veolia, Windesco, Agrify, Carbon Clean, Mass Biomedical, Planet Aid, AccessTCA, Living Greens Farm, Impact Plastics, Micatu Nathan Harris founder & president 2004 8 Vision Advertising 367 West Main St., Suite D, Northborough 01532 508-754-3643 • vision-advertising.com 10 2 1 $1,740,000 • • • • • New England Disposal Technologies, Cabot's Ice Cream, Midstate Mold & Engineering, TJ Woods Insurance, The Leading Edge Julia Becker Collins COO 1999 9 Palley Advertising Inc. 100 Grove St., Worcester 01605 508-792-6655 • palleyad.com 10 1 3 N/A • • • • • • Undisclosed Warren Palley president 1982 10 InConcert Web Solutions Inc. 55 Lake St., Suite 210, Gardner 01440 978-632-5300 • inconcertweb.com 9 N/A 2 $1,400,000 • • • • • Undisclosed Mark Smith CEO Julie Spain president 2002 11 Pagano Media 11 Millbrook St., Worcester 01606 508-595-9200 • paganomedia.com 9 2 3 N/A • • • • • Adcole Corp., Renewal by Andersen, DIENES USA, Keystone Capital, Mass. Maritime Academy, Assumption University, Worcester Art Museum Kathleen Pagano CEO 1981 12 Dever Frankian Inc. 232 Main St., Milford 01757 508-634-9083 • deverfrankian.com 8 N/A N/A N/A • • Undisclosed Patricia Frankian principal 1994 13 Exsel Advertising Inc. 420 Main St., Sturbridge 01566 774-241-0041 • exselad.com 7 N/A 2 N/A • • • • • Southbridge Credit Union, Babcock Power, Flex-Tek, Avangrid, Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, Homefield Credit Union, Baba Sushi, Zillow Rich Suitum president 1991 14 Ladybugz Interactive Agency 43 Broad St., Hudson 01749 978-376-7878 • ladybugz.com 6 N/A 2 $1,000,000 • • • • Avastus Preclinical, Cugene, Pledge Therapeutics, Worcester Children's Choir, Pine Point School, Assabet Community Education, JB Sash and Door Lysa Miller founder 2020 15 Aliste Marketing Inc. 300 W. Main St., Building B, Northborough 01532 508-393-2228 • alisteinternetmarketing.com 6 N/A N/A N/A • • • Undisclosed Alicia Williams owner 2008 15 Stryker-Munley Group Boston 300 West Main St., Northborough 01532 774.545.5142 • strykermunleygroup.com 6 5 1 N/A • • • • • • National Life Group, Prologis, Applus Technologies, Caesars Entertainment, HMEA Kevin Gould president 2020 Source: Each firm via survey. Notes: N/A = not available or not applicable. Marlborough's Wakefly Inc. has not responded to the survey since 2021; the website confirms 30 local employees. Lancaster's McCue & Associates and Shirley's James and Matthew + Co. do not disclose company data. See the full list of 30 firms at wbjournal.com/lists-data. Contact research@nebusinessmedia.com to be surveyed for this or other lists. (1) Staff counts as of February 2023 (2) Mark Peters, executive VP (3) Raffi DerSimonian, VP & chief strategy officer -Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com Proud supporters of Amy's first steps