NEW YORK — Cohn & Wolfe, Edelman, FleishmanHillard, Weber Shandwick and W2O Group are the five finalists for the Holmes Report's 2018 Large Agency of the Year in North America, along with 65 more firms that have been shortlisted today across a further 13 categories.

The North American Agencies of the Year awards will again recognize the best firms in specific size categories and in specific disciplines. In all, 70 firms — from giant multinationals to small local specialists — are nominated across the 14 Agency of the Year categories.

Profiles of all the nominated firms, featuring in-depth analysis of each agency's performance, can be found here.
The selections are the result of an exhaustive research process involving more than 250 submissions, calls and face-to-face meetings with the best PR firms across the US and Canada.

The awards will be announced and presented at the 2018 North American SABRE Awards in New York on May 1. Tickets and tables are available here.

2018 North American Agencies of the Year

Large Agencies of the Year
Cohn & Wolfe
Edelman
FleishmanHillard
Weber Shandwick
W2O Group

Midsize Agencies of the Year
Allison+Partners
French/West/Vaughan
GCI Health
Marina Maher Communications
Zeno Group

Small Agencies of the Year 
Day One
DNA Communications
Havas Formula
Inkhouse
rbb Communications

Boutique Agencies of the Year 
Bospar
C+C
Ink Communications
Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock
Kyne

New Agencies of the Year 
Brands2Life
Cheer Partners
The Colony Project
CURA Strategies
SourceCode Communications

Canadian Agencies of the Year 
Argyle Public Relationships
Narrative
Proof
Veritas
Weber Shandwick

Consumer Agencies of the Year 
Current Marketing
DeVries Global
Exponent
Golin
Olson Engage

Corporate/B2B Agencies of the Year 
Fahlgren Mortine
G&S Business Communications
Group Gordon
Prosek Partners
Saxum 

Creative Agencies of the Year 
Coyne PR
Ketchum
LDWW
M Booth
MullenLowe

Digital Agencies of the Year 
Carmichael Lynch Relate
Edelman
Huge
Lippe Taylor
Ruder Finn

Financial Agencies of the Year 
Finsbury
FTI Consulting
Joele Frank
Rooney Partners
Sard Verbinnen

Healthcare Agencies of the Year 
Biosector2
Finn Partners
RxMosaic
Spectrum
Weber Shandwick

Public Affairs Agencies of the Year 
APCO Worldwide
Global Strategy Group
JPA Health Communications
Kivvit
SKD Knickerbocker

Technology Agencies of the Year 
The Bulleit Group
Highwire
PAN Communications
Walker Sands
WE Communications