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Mower
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Eric Mower and Associates
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mower.com
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Private
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1968
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Mower (legal name Eric Mower and Associates) is a U.S.-based, full-service integrated marketing, advertising, and public relations agency founded in 1968 and headquartered in Syracuse, NY, operating a remote-first model with 101-250 employees. The firm is organized around five specialty verticals — B2B, Energy and Sustainability, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Travel and Tourism — and delivers strategy, research, creative, content, media planning and buying, public relations, public affairs, and analytics as integrated agency-of-record, retained, project-based, and consulting engagements with mid-size and enterprise clients.

The agency's core intellectual property is its registered 'Making Fierce Friends®' methodology, a behaviorally grounded six-step framework built on Affection, Relevance, and Trust (ART) that the firm applies across client work, supported by an 'AI at Mower' capability layer that uses AI for audience analysis, targeting, testing/optimization, and reporting. Underlying technology is therefore best characterized as AI-augmented professional services rather than a proprietary platform; delivery is human-led with AI used to accelerate insight generation and decision-making.

Mower generates revenue through professional-services fees billed under AOR relationships, retained specialty support, integrated campaigns, project work, and strategic consulting. The firm reaches clients globally via memberships in the IPREX and thenetworkone independent agency networks (covering 72 countries). Since 2022 the company has been 100% employee-owned via an ESOP, and in 2023 founder Eric Mower transitioned the CEO role to Stephanie Crockett while remaining Executive Chairman.

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Mower is a 100% employee-owned, full-service integrated marketing, advertising, and PR agency founded in 1968, serving mid-size and enterprise clients across B2B, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Travel & Tourism verticals via agency-of-record and project engagements.

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Operating
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101–250
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HeadquartersSyracuse, United States
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Syracuse
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United States
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices1 record

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
integrated marketing communications, advertising agency services, public relations services, brand strategy consulting, media planning and buying
Product category
Marketing & Advertising Services
GTM motion2 records

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Type, Description, Source

Revenue model1 record
1Marketing and Advertising Services
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Full-service integrated marketing communications including strategy, research, creative, media, public relations, public affairs, and analytics. Revenue generated through agency-of-record relationships, retained specialty support, integrated campaign assignments, project-based work, and strategic consulting engagements.

mower.com
Marketing channels9 records

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Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels2 records

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Cost components5 values
Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

Mower is a full-service integrated marketing communications agency that delivers strategy, research, creative, media, public relations, public affairs, and analytics services to mid-size and large organizations. Its work is organized around specialty practices in B2B, energy and sustainability, financial services, healthcare, and travel and tourism, and is unified by its proprietary Making Fierce Friends® behavioral-science methodology augmented with AI tooling.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Quantifiable outcome1 of 5 values shown
  • Customers who feel trust, relevance and affection are 2.6x more likely to recommend a brand
+4 more records
Product overview1 text field

Mower is a full-service integrated marketing communications agency, not a software product company. The agency offers strategy, research, creative, media, public relations, public affairs, and analytics services organized around specialty practices in B2B, Energy and Sustainability, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Travel and Tourism. The agency's approach is grounded in its proprietary 'Making Fierce Friends®' methodology focused on building trust, relevance, and affection between brands and audiences. Services include research and strategy, brand development and creative, content and production, media planning and buying, data and analytics, public relations, and crisis communications.

Product and service10 records
1B2B Marketing
CategoryMarketing & Advertising Services
2Energy & Sustainability Marketing
CategoryMarketing & Advertising Services
3Financial Services Marketing
CategoryMarketing & Advertising Services
4Healthcare Marketing
CategoryMarketing & Advertising Services
5Travel & Tourism Marketing
CategoryMarketing & Advertising Services
6Building & Construction Marketing
CategoryMarketing & Advertising Services
7Transportation & Logistics Marketing
CategoryMarketing & Advertising Services
8Technology Marketing
CategoryMarketing & Advertising Services
9Public Relations & Public Affairs
CategoryPublic Relations
10Crisis Communications & Reputation Management
CategoryPublic Relations
Scale indicator4 records

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Type, Value, Description, Source

Partnership2 partners
1IPREX
Strategic tierMinorTypeChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor
Description

Global network of independent agencies operating in 72 countries. Mower taps into IPREX when clients need reach beyond their direct offices.

mower.com
Strategic tierMinorTypeChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor
Description

Global network of independent agencies. Mower taps into thenetworkone when clients need international reach beyond their offices.

Recent move7 records

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Expansion highlight5 records

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Peers10 records
1IPREX
TypeOthers
Description

Global network of independent communications agencies, of which Mower is a member. Listed as an OTHERS/ecosystem peer because it is an enabling network rather than a direct competitor, but it shapes Mower's international delivery model.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Independent, full-service creative agency of similar scale with strong B2B, healthcare, and consumer work. Comparable in independence, integrated capabilities, and award-winning brand campaign expertise.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Independent, full-service advertising and PR agency with comparable size and automotive, healthcare, and consumer brand practices. Closely comparable in integrated marketing, PR, and analytics offerings.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Independent, full-service advertising agency of comparable size (250+ employees) headquartered in Knoxville, TN, with similar B2B, healthcare, and consumer brand practices. Closely comparable in independence, multi-vertical model, and mid-market positioning.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Independent, full-service agency owned by Omnicom, with strong B2B and brand-building practices. Comparable in multi-vertical reach, creative credentials, and mid-sized scale, though backed by a holding company.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Independent, full-service creative agency with comparable size and B2B/brand-building capabilities. Similar profile as a recognized, award-winning mid-size independent shop serving enterprise clients.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Independent, full-service integrated agency of similar mid-size scale with B2B, healthcare, and consumer brand practices. Comparable in size, independence, and integrated service model.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Independent, full-service advertising agency with deep B2B, healthcare, and consumer expertise. Comparable in size, independence, and integrated service offering spanning creative, media, and analytics.

9Dagger
TypeDirect peer
Description

Independent creative and media agency of similar mid-size scale, with B2B and brand activation expertise. Comparable in independence, integrated services, and award-recognition trajectory.

10BVK
TypeDirect peer
Description

Independent, full-service agency with deep healthcare, financial services, and consumer practices. Comparable in vertical specialization across regulated industries and mid-sized independent positioning.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Weaknesses5 records

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Competitive moat4 records

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Key risks6 records

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Key highlights7 records

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Customer concentration

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Named customers8 records

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Segment5 records

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Ideal customer profile5 records

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
No
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Docs URL, Description

AI capability4 records

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AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Feature2 records

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Core technology
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Number of profiles
Profiles11 records

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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Funding rounds

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Investors

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Mower

Marketing & Advertising Servicesmower.com

Mower is a 100% employee-owned, full-service integrated marketing, advertising, and PR agency founded in 1968, serving mid-size and enterprise clients across B2B, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Travel & Tourism verticals via agency-of-record and project engagements.

What Mower does

Mower (legal name Eric Mower and Associates) is a U.S.-based, full-service integrated marketing, advertising, and public relations agency founded in 1968 and headquartered in Syracuse, NY, operating a remote-first model with 101-250 employees. The firm is organized around five specialty verticals — B2B, Energy and Sustainability, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Travel and Tourism — and delivers strategy, research, creative, content, media planning and buying, public relations, public affairs, and analytics as integrated agency-of-record, retained, project-based, and consulting engagements with mid-size and enterprise clients.

The agency's core intellectual property is its registered 'Making Fierce Friends®' methodology, a behaviorally grounded six-step framework built on Affection, Relevance, and Trust (ART) that the firm applies across client work, supported by an 'AI at Mower' capability layer that uses AI for audience analysis, targeting, testing/optimization, and reporting. Underlying technology is therefore best characterized as AI-augmented professional services rather than a proprietary platform; delivery is human-led with AI used to accelerate insight generation and decision-making.

Mower generates revenue through professional-services fees billed under AOR relationships, retained specialty support, integrated campaigns, project work, and strategic consulting. The firm reaches clients globally via memberships in the IPREX and thenetworkone independent agency networks (covering 72 countries). Since 2022 the company has been 100% employee-owned via an ESOP, and in 2023 founder Eric Mower transitioned the CEO role to Stephanie Crockett while remaining Executive Chairman.

Mower firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Mower
Legal name
Eric Mower and Associates
Website
https://mower.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
1968
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
101–250 employees
Short description
Mower is a 100% employee-owned, full-service integrated marketing, advertising, and PR agency founded in 1968, serving mid-size and enterprise clients across B2B, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Travel & Tourism verticals via agency-of-record and project engagements.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Where Mower is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Syracuse
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Mower business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

  1. Marketing and Advertising Services: Full-service integrated marketing communications including strategy, research, creative, media, public relations, public affairs, and analytics. Revenue generated through agency-of-record relationships, retained specialty support, integrated campaign assignments, project-based work, and strategic consulting engagements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Mower product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Mower is a full-service integrated marketing communications agency that delivers strategy, research, creative, media, public relations, public affairs, and analytics services to mid-size and large organizations. Its work is organized around specialty practices in B2B, energy and sustainability, financial services, healthcare, and travel and tourism, and is unified by its proprietary Making Fierce Friends® behavioral-science methodology augmented with AI tooling.

Product overview

Mower is a full-service integrated marketing communications agency, not a software product company. The agency offers strategy, research, creative, media, public relations, public affairs, and analytics services organized around specialty practices in B2B, Energy and Sustainability, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Travel and Tourism. The agency's approach is grounded in its proprietary 'Making Fierce Friends®' methodology focused on building trust, relevance, and affection between brands and audiences. Services include research and strategy, brand development and creative, content and production, media planning and buying, data and analytics, public relations, and crisis communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • B2B Marketing
  • Energy & Sustainability Marketing
  • Financial Services Marketing
  • Healthcare Marketing
  • Travel & Tourism Marketing
  • Building & Construction Marketing
  • Transportation & Logistics Marketing
  • Technology Marketing
  • Public Relations & Public Affairs
  • Crisis Communications & Reputation Management

Quantifiable outcome

  • Customers who feel trust, relevance and affection are 2.6x more likely to recommend a brand
  • +4 more outcomes

Companies that use Mower

Customer profile

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Mower technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature2 records

Mower partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

  • IPREXminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal network of independent agencies operating in 72 countries. Mower taps into IPREX when clients need reach beyond their direct offices.
  • thenetworkoneminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal network of independent agencies. Mower taps into thenetworkone when clients need international reach beyond their offices.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Mower competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Others

  • IPREX: Global network of independent communications agencies, of which Mower is a member. Listed as an OTHERS/ecosystem peer because it is an enabling network rather than a direct competitor, but it shapes Mower's international delivery model.

Direct peers

  • McKinney: Independent, full-service creative agency of similar scale with strong B2B, healthcare, and consumer work. Comparable in independence, integrated capabilities, and award-winning brand campaign expertise.
  • Campbell Ewald: Independent, full-service advertising and PR agency with comparable size and automotive, healthcare, and consumer brand practices. Closely comparable in integrated marketing, PR, and analytics offerings.
  • The Tombras Group: Independent, full-service advertising agency of comparable size (250+ employees) headquartered in Knoxville, TN, with similar B2B, healthcare, and consumer brand practices. Closely comparable in independence, multi-vertical model, and mid-market positioning.
  • GSD&M: Independent, full-service agency owned by Omnicom, with strong B2B and brand-building practices. Comparable in multi-vertical reach, creative credentials, and mid-sized scale, though backed by a holding company.
  • The Martin Agency: Independent, full-service creative agency with comparable size and B2B/brand-building capabilities. Similar profile as a recognized, award-winning mid-size independent shop serving enterprise clients.
  • Laughlin Constable: Independent, full-service integrated agency of similar mid-size scale with B2B, healthcare, and consumer brand practices. Comparable in size, independence, and integrated service model.
  • RPA (Rubin Postaer and Associates): Independent, full-service advertising agency with deep B2B, healthcare, and consumer expertise. Comparable in size, independence, and integrated service offering spanning creative, media, and analytics.
  • Dagger: Independent creative and media agency of similar mid-size scale, with B2B and brand activation expertise. Comparable in independence, integrated services, and award-recognition trajectory.
  • BVK: Independent, full-service agency with deep healthcare, financial services, and consumer practices. Comparable in vertical specialization across regulated industries and mid-sized independent positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Mower social profiles

Digital presence

Mower compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance1 record

Mower financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Mower leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Mower funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Mower M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Mower

What does Mower do?

Mower is a full-service integrated marketing communications agency that delivers strategy, research, creative, media, public relations, public affairs, and analytics services to mid-size and large organizations. Its work is organized around specialty practices in B2B, energy and sustainability, financial services, healthcare, and travel and tourism, and is unified by its proprietary Making Fierce Friends® behavioral-science methodology augmented with AI tooling.

Is Mower a public or private company?

Mower is a private company. It is classified as management employee owned and is currently operating.

When was Mower founded?

Mower was founded in 1968. It employs 101 to 250 people.

Where is Mower based?

Mower is headquartered in Syracuse, United States, in the North America region.

How does Mower make money?

One revenue line is on record: marketing and Advertising Services.

Who are Mower's main competitors?

IPREX is listed as an others. Direct peers are McKinney, Campbell Ewald, The Tombras Group, GSD&M, The Martin Agency, Laughlin Constable, RPA (Rubin Postaer and Associates), Dagger and BVK.

Does Mower have an API?

No public API is recorded for Mower.

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Live signals
Adweek1 in 4 Americans Want to Travel Immediately After Covid-19Marketing agency Mower surveyed 1,000 Americans about their willingness to travel once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. The survey found that 28% of Americans would take a road trip immediately after restrictions are lifted, 18% would stay in a hotel, and 15% would visit a theme park like Disney World, with most Americans needing roughly two months before feeling comfortable returning to travel-related activities.PR NewswireMower Taps Mark O'Toole to Lead Boston OfficeMower, a digitally integrated independent marketing, advertising and public relations agency, has appointed Mark O'Toole to lead its Boston office. O'Toole, currently group vice president of public relations and content, previously joined Mower in 2015 when HB Agency combined with Eric Mower + Associates and has been part of the Boston office since 2011. The Boston office, which has operated for 20 years, provides branding, digital, design, marketing and public relations services to clients across sectors including B2B, technology, robotics, clean energy and hospitality.PR NewswireEric Mower + Associates Updates Brand to Mower as Part of Milestone 50th Anniversary CelebrationEric Mower + Associates has rebranded to 'Mower' to mark its 50th anniversary and signal a strategic focus on creative solutions and digital integration. The agency, which operates nine offices in the United States with estimated 2017 capitalized billings exceeding $192 million, updated its branding across all locations and digital channels.