NEW YORK — BCW, FleishmanHillard, Golin, Weber Shandwick and W2O Group are the five finalists for the Holmes Report's 2019 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 recognizes 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 200 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 2019 North American SABRE Awards in New York on May 7. Tickets and tables are available here.

2019 North American Agencies of the Year

Large Agencies of the Year
 BCW
FleishmanHillard 
Golin
Weber Shandwick 
W2O Group

Midsize Agencies of the Year
Allison+Partners
Finn Partners
Marina Maher Communications
MWWPR
Zeno Group

Small Agencies of the Year
C+C
InkHouse
Lippe Taylor
RBB Communications
Walker Sands

Boutique Agencies of the Year
ARPR
Bospar
Firehouse Strategies
LDWW
Singer Associates

New Agencies of the Year 
Blue Door Communications
Brands2Life
Cheer Partners
Hot Paper Lantern
SourceCode Communications

Canadian Agencies of the Year 
Argyle Public Relationships
MSL/North Strategic
Veritas
Weber Shandwick
Zeno Group

Consumer Agencies of the Year
Citizen
French/West/Vaughan
Hunter
M Booth
MSL

Corporate/B2B Agencies of the Year 
Fahlgren Mortine
G&S Business Communications
Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock
Lambert
Prosek Partners

Creative Agencies of the Year 
Carmichael Lynch Relate
Coyne
Edelman
Ketchum
Zapwater

Digital Agencies of the Year 
360PR+
Day One
Exponent
ICF Next
PAN Communications

Financial Agencies of the Year 
Finsbury
FTI Consulting
Kekst CNC
Joele Frank
Vested

Healthcare Agencies of the Year 
DNA Communications
GCI Health
ReviveHealth
RxMosaic
Spectrum

Public Affairs Agencies of the Year 
APCO Worldwide
Global Strategy Group
Kivvit
Precision Strategies
SKD Knickerbocker

Technology Agencies of the Year
Bateman Group
The Bulleit Group
Max Borges Agency
Method Communications
WE Communications