Fiercely independent. Built to stay that way.
An independent integrated marketing agency. Doing great work since 1989.
No holding company. No handoffs. No exceptions.
We've been independently owned and senior-led for over three decades. No holding company. No junior handoff after the pitch. What you get at the outset is what you get everyday. That's not policy. That's good people creating great work.
-
7.5
Years
Our average client relationship. More than three times the industry average.
-
85+ NPS
Net Promoter Score
The line between our clients and friends is very thin.
-
10.5
Years
Average experience our people bring to their area of focus.
Our Clients
Our average client relationship is 7.5 years. The industry average is 2. We fill that gap by staying invested and accountable to every client’s outcome long after the pitch deck is closed.
Good is Our Superpower.
Clients have been saying it for nearly 40 years: "work with Brunner, they're good people." We’ve never stopped treating that as the standard. If you’re looking for an agency that will still be your agency in five years, you found it.
-
25
Years
Average partner-level experience on every account. Not just available, actively involved.
-
13
Awards
won in 2025.
-
86%
Employee Retention Rate
Because the work keeps working.
Senior leadership isn’t a pitch promise. It’s the model.
Every account at Brunner has an executive sponsor with an average of 25 years of experience. That is not a selling point we retire after the pitch. It’s how our agency runs. When your priorities shift — and they will — our leadership shifts with you.
Our Leadership
A culture worth staying for.
The people you work with stay. Not because they have to, it’s because they want to. That continuity isn’t just good for us. It means your team, your context, and your institutional knowledge carry forward year after year.
Our CultureRecognized for the work that matters.
Third-party recognition is not why we do this. But it is a reasonable signal that we are doing it right.
Brunner in the news and on the record.
View All- News Brunner Wins Gold at the 2025 Atlanta ADDY Awards
- News Brunner Wins Gold and Silver at Graphis Advertising Awards
Brunner is an independent integrated marketing agency founded in Pittsburgh in 1989. The agency offers expertise across brand development, creative, media, marketing intelligence, website design and development, and communications — all connected through a proprietary intelligence platform called Maximus. Brunner operates as a fully independent agency with no holding company structure, which allows the leadership team to remain actively involved in every client engagement.
Brunner was founded in 1989 and has operated as a fiercely independent agency for over three decades. The agency is headquartered in Pittsburgh with an office in Atlanta.
Independence means Brunner’s leadership team is directly involved in every account rather than overseeing an organizational structure from a distance. Clients work with the same senior team throughout the engagement rather than experiencing turnover after the pitch. Brunner’s average client relationship is 7.5 years — more than three times the industry average — and the agency’s 89% client retention rate reflects a model built on consistent performance rather than contract obligation.
Brunner’s Net Promoter Score is 85+, which is significantly above the agency industry average. It reflects the quality of client relationships and the standard of work the agency maintains across all engagements.
Yes. Brunner has worked with national and global brands across a wide range of categories, including retail, healthcare, food and beverage, financial services, home improvement, and consumer packaged goods. Clients have included The Home Depot, UPMC, Dick’s Sporting Goods, GNC, Nationwide, PPG, YellaWood, and Google, among others.
We have offices in Pittsburgh, PA and Atlanta, GA. But our team members are all over. We’re not going to let geography get in the way of bringing you great talent.