The data illustrates the revenue growth rate that U.S. agencies experienced from 2009 to 2017. In 2017, public relations agencies noted annual growth of 0.1 percent, down from 3.2% in 2016.
That year, the biggest growth was reported by digital agencies.
2009 | 0.5 | -1.6 | -13.1 | -8.9 | -9.3 | -7.4 | -10.3 |
2010 | 16.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 7.9 |
2011 | 17.1 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 8 | 11.4 |
2012 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 7.4 |
2013 | 13.8 | 4.9 | 4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 0 |
2014 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 1 |
2015 | 13.5 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.8 | 3.8 | -2.6 |
2016 | 8 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.5 | -0.4 |
2017 | 7 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.6 | -1.6 |