Media Vendors
3,516
Media vendors tracked
$26.58B
in cumulative cycle spend
1485077
Top 2026 buyer ($172.6M)
Media vendors are the media-buying agencies, broadcast placement, and television production. OpenPolitical tracks 3,516 canonical media vendors across $26.58B in cumulative disbursements. The table below shows the top 50 in this category by total cycle spend.
Top 10 media vendors by total cycle spend
$3.22B
$1.49B
$1.08B
$927.3M
$838.3M
$783.6M
$764.1M
$750.5M
$631.6M
$622.8M
Biggest single payment
$18.0M
1485077 → Debra Schommer Media Group · Feb 2026
Fastest-growing vendor (90d)
11.0×
KTLA · $341K → $3.7M
Most service categories served
12 categories
WIX
| # | Vendor | Primary category | Total cycle spend | # buyers | 12-mo trajectory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterfront Strategies, LLC | Media | $3.22B | 25 | |
| 2 | Sadler Strategic Media, Inc. | Media | $1.49B | 5 | |
| 3 | Main Street Media Group | Media | $1.08B | 8 | |
| 4 | Mentzer Media Services | Media | $927.3M | 40 | |
| 5 | Kabc-TV | — | $838.3M | 0 | |
| 6 | Media Buying & Analytics | Media | $783.6M | 2 | |
| 7 | Greenstripe Media, Inc. | Media | $764.1M | 3 | |
| 8 | Buying Time LLC | Media | $750.5M | 90 | |
| 9 | AKPD Message and Media | Media | $631.6M | 26 | |
| 10 | Great American Media Inc. | Media | $622.8M | 4 | |
| 11 | Smart Media Group, LLC | Media | $564.0M | 75 | |
| 12 | Knbc-TV | — | $520.8M | 0 | |
| 13 | Crossroads Media LLC | Media | $507.5M | 9 | |
| 14 | Screen Strategies Media | Media | $505.4M | 71 | |
| 15 | Strategic Media Services, Inc. | Media | $491.3M | 59 | |
| 16 | Kcbs-TV | — | $490.7M | 0 | |
| 17 | Grassroots Media | Media | $443.2M | 22 | |
| 18 | Canal Partners Media | Media | $439.6M | 62 | |
| 19 | SKDK (SKDKnickerbocker) | Media | $414.8M | 66 | |
| 20 | AL Media | Media | $388.9M | 62 | |
| 21 | Nebo Media | Media | $387.0M | 6 | |
| 22 | Strategic Media Placement Inc. | Media | $298.7M | 115 | |
| 23 | KGO-TV | — | $264.0M | 0 | |
| 24 | Ktla-TV | — | $258.0M | 0 | |
| 25 | FP1 Strategies, LLC | Media | $252.5M | 130 | |
| 26 | Kcra-TV | — | $249.8M | 0 | |
| 27 | Medium Buying, LLC | Media | $242.4M | 39 | |
| 28 | Kttv-TV | — | $238.5M | 0 | |
| 29 | Left Hook | Media | $231.5M | 42 | |
| 30 | Kpix-TV | — | $229.4M | 0 | |
| 31 | Ktvu-TV | — | $214.3M | 0 | |
| 32 | Sage Media Planning & Placement, Inc. | Media | $206.5M | 40 | |
| 33 | KNTV | — | $171.3M | 0 | |
| 34 | Milner Butcher Media Group, LLC | Media | $160.5M | 2 | |
| 35 | Kovr-TV | — | $157.8M | 0 | |
| 36 | DEL Cielo Media LLC | Media | $156.4M | 6 | |
| 37 | Debra Schommer Media Group | Media | $149.7M | 5 | |
| 38 | Kfmb-TV | — | $147.4M | 0 | |
| 39 | Kcal-TV | — | $143.7M | 0 | |
| 40 | AX Media | Media | $139.2M | 64 | |
| 41 | Knsd-TV | — | $132.6M | 0 | |
| 42 | Srcp Media | Media | $132.2M | 58 | |
| 43 | KXTV | — | $130.5M | 0 | |
| 44 | Bluewest Media | Media | $129.3M | 14 | |
| 45 | GEN2 Solutions, LLC | Media | $123.6M | 34 | |
| 46 | Dupont Circle Strategies LLC | Media | $122.6M | 2 | |
| 47 | KABC | — | $116.4M | 0 | |
| 48 | KNBC | — | $108.0M | 0 | |
| 49 | Multi Media Services, Inc. | Media | $106.3M | 6 | |
| 50 | Spectrum Reach | Media | $102.5M | 40 |
Browse by service category
This page shows the top 50 media vendors active across the current cycle. Each vendor profile links out to their full client list, monthly spend trajectory, and money-flow analysis. Media is one of 11 service categories OpenPolitical tracks — see the rail above for the rest.