What Laughlin Constable does

Laughlin Constable is a privately held, full-service independent creative agency founded in 1976 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a second office in Chicago, Illinois. The firm operates four service brands under a single PXB (Personal Experience Brand) philosophy: the parent agency (brand strategy, integrated creative, media strategy and activation, connected experiences), LCPR for public relations and public affairs, Griffin Design for creative brand and packaging design, and Hive Content Studio for in-house content production. Its proprietary PXB Factor™ methodology is a trademarked quantitative framework that scores brands across five dimensions — Inspirational, Human Centered, Contextually Useful, Culturally Connected, Dynamic — benchmarked against a national study of 25 Benchmark Brands.

The agency serves enterprise and mid-market clients across CPG, healthcare, retail, food and beverage, automotive, insurance, tourism, entertainment, and nonprofit verticals; named logos include True Value, Master Lock, ASPCA, Northwestern Medicine, McDonald's, AstraZeneca, Sherwin-Williams, UScellular, PENN Entertainment, Yuengling, Jewelers Mutual, Vienna Beef, DampRid, Lenox, Komatsu, Travel Wisconsin, Cirque du Soleil, and the Milwaukee Bucks. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales led by Chief Growth Officer Paul Brienza, with PR reach extended nationally through an exclusive Chicago/Illinois and Milwaukee/Wisconsin affiliate relationship with PRConsultants Group, Inc. There is no disclosed parent company, private-equity or venture-capital ownership; control appears concentrated in the executive team and the founding Laughlin family.

Revenue is generated exclusively through professional services: custom-quoted retainer and project-based engagements scoped per client, billed on multi-year contracts, with no publicly disclosed pricing. The firm carries recognition including Ad Age 2024 Small Agency of the Year (Gold, 76-150 Employees), the 2026 Adweek 50 for CEO Anthony Romano, an Anvil Award of Excellence from PRSA, Silver ADDYs, Cannes Lions, Effies, and Clio recognitions. Operational headcount is in the 76-150 employee range per Ad Age categorization (the broader 501-1,000 firmographic figure likely reflects total group scope across subsidiaries). No AI/ML native capability, M&A activity, funding rounds or regulatory actions are disclosed in the available data.

Name

Laughlin Constable

Legal name

Laughlin Constable

Website

https://laughlin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Laughlin Constable is a Milwaukee-headquartered, privately held full-service independent creative agency founded in 1976, serving enterprise and mid-market clients across CPG, healthcare, retail, automotive, financial services, and nonprofit sectors from its Chicago and Milwaukee offices through brand strategy, creative, media, PR, and connected-experience services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative & Marketing Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Public Relations Agencies (54182)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brand Campaign & Integrated Communications Agencies (MPAAAAAC), Packaging & Brand Identity Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAN)

Keywords

• Brand experience agency
• Integrated marketing services
• Public relations communications
• Brand strategy advertising
• Creative content production

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Agency Services Revenue: Laughlin Constable generates revenue through retainer-based and project-based fee arrangements for full-service creative, strategy, media, public relations, and connected experiences engagements with enterprise and mid-market clients. The agency operates under a professional services model typical of independent creative agencies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Laughlin Constable is a full-service independent creative agency that creates brand experiences for enterprise and mid-market clients across CPG, healthcare, retail, automotive, financial services, tourism, and nonprofit sectors. Service offerings span brand strategy and planning, integrated marketing campaign communications, media strategy and activation, public relations and earned media (via LCPR), creative brand design (via Griffin Design), content production (via Hive Content Studio), and connected experiences. The agency's proprietary PXB Factor™ framework measures brands across five personal-connection dimensions to inform strategy.

Product overview

Laughlin Constable is a full-service independent creative agency that operates as a unified brand experience agency with several distinct service offerings. The core agency provides strategic intelligence, brand creativity, media context, and connected experiences capabilities. The portfolio includes LCPR (public relations services), PXB Factor™ (proprietary brand measurement methodology), Griffin Design (creative brand design), and Hive Content Studio (content production). These offerings work together under the 'Personal Experience Brand' (PXB) philosophy to help brands create deeper personal connections with consumers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LCPR: Public Relations division of Laughlin Constable, offering corporate communications, public affairs, crisis communications, and media relations services. Exclusive Chicago/Illinois and Milwaukee/Wisconsin affiliate of PRConsultants Group, Inc.
• PXB Factor™
• Hive Content Studio
• Griffin Design

Products and services

• LCPR (LC Public Relations) Full-service public relations division offering corporate communications, public affairs, crisis communications, media relations, and experiential marketing services. The exclusive Chicago/Illinois and Milwaukee/Wisconsin affiliate of PRConsultants Group, Inc., a North American network of experienced PR professionals.
• PXB Factor™ (Personal Experience Brand Factor) Proprietary brand measurement methodology and service suite that scores brands across five personal-connection dimensions (Inspirational, Human Centered, Contextually Useful, Culturally Connected, Dynamic) on a 0-100 scale. Includes Accelerator (internal stakeholder comparative brand assignment), Total 360 (in-depth consumer research), Spark Session (half-day strategic workshop), and Hive Five (five high-impact tactical ideas delivered in 15 days).
• Griffin Design Award-winning creative brand design team specializing in visual and verbal identity systems, naming and logo designs, product packaging and displays, environmental signage, retail design, motion graphics, and merchandise design.
• Hive Content Studio Full-service production and content studio providing video news production, experiential content, and creative content at scale for client brands, operating as a sister brand under hivecontent.studio.

Quantifiable outcome

• PXB Factor™ scores provide quantified brand performance benchmarks across five dimensions (Inspirational, Human Centered, Contextually Useful, Culturally Connected, Dynamic) on a 0-100 scale, enabling before/after measurement of brand personal connection improvements.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers34 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PRConsultants Group, Inc.coreGTM or Marketing PartnerLCPR serves as the exclusive Chicago/Illinois and Milwaukee/Wisconsin affiliate of PRConsultants Group, Inc., a North American network of experienced PR professionals. This affiliation provides on-the-ground activations nationwide and market-specific insights and connections for client benefit. Also notes PRConsultants Group compiled 2026 PR trends from member agencies including LCPR.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• 72andSunny: Independent creative agency recognized for brand campaign work and industry awards (Ad Age), serving enterprise consumer clients in a similar full-service independent model.
• Preacher: Austin-based independent creative agency of similar mid-size profile with integrated brand strategy, design, and PR capabilities, serving consumer and culture-forward enterprise clients.
• Mother: Independent creative network with similar full-service integrated offerings (creative, design, content, PR) for enterprise consumer brands, operating without holding-company ownership.
• Carmichael Lynch: Minneapolis-based independent full-service creative agency of comparable size and Midwestern roots, with similar integrated brand, PR, and content offerings serving enterprise consumer brands.
• The Martin Agency: Richmond, VA-based independent creative agency with comparable employee scale, AOR-style enterprise client relationships, and award-winning brand campaign work across CPG and consumer verticals.
• Anomaly: Independent creative agency offering integrated brand strategy, communications, and content; structurally similar as a non-holding-company shop competing for the same enterprise consumer brand budgets.

Broad incumbents

• Fallon: Minneapolis-based creative agency (now part of McCann/IPG) historically known for independent full-service brand work; comparable Midwest-rooted integrated agency model, though now operating with holding-company infrastructure.
• Leo Burnett: Chicago-headquartered global creative agency (Publicis) and a dominant Midwest-based competitor for the same enterprise CPG, retail, and healthcare brand work that LC pursues.
• Edelman: Global public relations firm and a broader incumbent in the PR services LCPR competes in, especially for enterprise consumer and healthcare brand communications and crisis work.
• Weber Shandwick: Large global PR and integrated communications agency competing with LCPR for corporate, consumer, healthcare, and crisis communications engagements on enterprise accounts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/laughlinconstable
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/laughlin-constable
• Instagraminstagram.com/laughlinconstable
• Xx.com/laughlinoutloud

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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