Ninth Floor

What Ninth Floor does

Ninth Floor is a full-service marketing and communications agency headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in 2013. The firm provides an integrated portfolio of marketing services, including strategic support, multimedia campaign production, social media management, website and interactive design, message development, video and audio production, and research and media support. It serves enterprise clients across eight vertical industries: Healthcare, Higher Education, Industrial, Non-profit and Government, Real Estate, Technology, Consumer, and Financial.

The company does not operate a proprietary technology platform; all deliverables are produced through traditional agency craft and project-based execution. It positions itself as an extension of client teams rather than a transactional vendor, with COO Andrew Gordon personally leading client engagement and capabilities presentations. The marketing stack consists of a corporate website (ninthfloorllc.com) refreshed in May 2024 and active branded profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (Twitter) for top-of-funnel demand generation.

Ninth Floor generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements priced on a quote basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing model or retainer structure. The firm is a privately held North Carolina LLC with no institutional investors, no funding rounds, no parent company, and no M&A activity on record. Its customer roster has included GSK, Genworth Financial, Raytheon, Red Hat, John Deere, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the University of California, and Progress Energy.

Name

Ninth Floor

Legal name

Ninth Floor LLC

Website

https://ninthfloorllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ninth Floor is a Raleigh, North Carolina-based full-service marketing and communications agency founded in 2013, serving enterprise clients across Healthcare, Technology, Financial, Industrial, Government, and Consumer verticals with multimedia campaigns, video production, web design, and strategic support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Marketing and Communications Services: Revenue is generated through professional marketing and communications services including strategic support, multimedia campaigns, social media management, website and interactive design, message development, video and audio production, and research and media support. Services are project-based and delivered to clients across various industries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ninth Floor is a full-service marketing and communications agency that produces multi-media campaigns for business clients across Healthcare, Higher Education, Industrial, Non-profit and Government, Real Estate, Technology, Consumer, and Financial sectors. Its deliverables include strategic support, multimedia campaigns, social media management, website and interactive design, message development, video and audio production, and research and media support, delivered on a project basis to client teams as an embedded extension.

Product overview

Ninth Floor is a full-service marketing and communications agency located in Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in 2013. The company operates as a single unified service offering rather than a software platform, providing an integrated portfolio of marketing services including Strategic Support, Multimedia Campaigns, Social Media management, Website and Interactive Design, Message Development, Video and Audio Production, and Research and Media Support. These services work together as a comprehensive marketing solution to help clients create quality campaigns across multiple industries including Healthcare, Higher Education, Industrial, Non-profit and Government, Real Estate, Technology, Consumer, and Financial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Support
• Multimedia Campaigns Multi-media campaign production across print, digital, and broadcast channels to reach target audiences, delivered to business clients across Healthcare, Higher Education, Industrial, Non-profit/Government, Real Estate, Technology, Consumer, and Financial sectors.
• Social Media Social media marketing services to build brand presence and engagement across platforms including LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (Twitter) for B2B clients.
• Website and Interactive Design Design and development of websites and interactive digital experiences for clients across multiple industries.
• Message Development Creative copywriting and messaging development services to articulate brand narratives and value propositions as part of integrated marketing campaigns.
• Video and Audio Production Production of video and audio content for marketing campaigns, including promotional videos, web banners, and multimedia assets for clients such as Genworth Financial, Raytheon, Cenduit, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Research and Media Support Market research and media planning support services to inform campaign strategy and media placement decisions for client engagements.

Named customers28 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Regional players

• HughesLePore: Raleigh-based creative and brand agency of similar boutique size; directly comparable service model but operating primarily within the Carolinas market rather than competing nationally.

Direct peers

• Wray Ward: Charlotte, NC full-service B2B marketing agency with similar mid-size footprint serving home, industrial and consumer brands — directly comparable in scope, geography and target verticals.
• The Variable: Raleigh, NC-based full-service agency of comparable size; competes for the same Southeast enterprise marketing budgets and mid-market B2B accounts.
• 22squared: Atlanta-based independent full-service agency of comparable scale serving financial, healthcare, technology and consumer brands — strong analogue for Ninth Floor's mid-market vertical mix.
• Baldwin&: Raleigh, NC creative agency of similar headcount offering brand strategy, advertising and digital services — direct local competitor for similar B2B client mix.
• McKinney: Durham, NC-based full-service creative agency of similar mid-size scale serving healthcare, technology and consumer brands; the closest geographic and offering analogue to Ninth Floor.

Broad incumbents

• BBDO Worldwide: Global creative advertising network offering campaign strategy, video production and media services that mirror Ninth Floor's core offering, but at network scale and across all geographies.
• Droga5: Acquired creative agency within Accenture Song providing campaign strategy, video production and integrated communications for enterprise brands — comparable offering at much larger footprint.
• Ogilvy: Global advertising and PR network with full-service capabilities overlapping Ninth Floor's strategic, creative, social and production services; competes for the same enterprise accounts at larger scale.
• Dentsu Creative: Global creative and media agency within Dentsu, providing full-service marketing, video production and media support that overlaps with Ninth Floor's vertical service stack at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NinthFloorComm
• Facebookfacebook.com/NinthFloorLLC/timeline
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ninth-floor-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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