Level ranked No. 1,202 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, climbing 167 places on 293% three-year revenue growth.
PITTSBURGH, PA — Level ranked No. 1,202 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, Inc.’s annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, on the strength of 293% revenue growth over three years. The placement marks Level’s second consecutive year on the list and a climb of 167 places from its 2025 rank of No. 1,369.
The Inc. 5000 ranks U.S.-based, privately held companies by percentage revenue growth across a three-year window. For the 2026 list, that window runs from 2022 to 2025, and revenue figures for both years have to be independently verified before a rank is issued.
Level ranked No. 1,202 overall on the 2026 Inc. 5000, No. 5 in Pittsburgh, No. 23 in Pennsylvania, and No. 87 in advertising, marketing and PR, on 293% three-year revenue growth. That is a climb of 167 places from No. 1,369 in 2025, and Level’s second consecutive year on the list.
The growth comes as mid-market and high-consideration brands face rising growth mandates against flat budgets, a buying journey reshaped by AI, and platform requirements for data infrastructure and measurement that most brands have never had to build. Level meets that moment with one connected growth system, spanning intelligence, creative, experience, activation, and measurement. Level has built that system through the acquisitions of Becker Media, WebMechanix, and BAM Strategy, and through the Level Intelligence Suite, which pairs audience intelligence, creative testing, and incrementality measurement in a single stack.
“A 293% three-year growth rate doesn’t come from one campaign or one channel,” said Patrick Patterson, CEO at Level. “It comes from a system built to compound; intelligence, creative, and media working together instead of in silos, so mid-market brands get enterprise capability without enterprise overhead. The ranking is a nice marker. What I’m actually proud of is the relationships behind it – some going back more than 20 years. Relationships that last are the ones you can keep building on.”
The full 2026 Inc. 5000, with company profiles and a database searchable by industry and location, is at https://www.inc.com/inc5000.
About Level
Level is a digital marketing agency headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, serving clients across higher education, financial services, B2B, CPG, home services, and consumer health. The agency combines media, creative, and AI-powered analytics into one system built to move client growth beyond a single win. Learn more at https://level.agency.
About the Inc. 5000
The Inc. 5000 is Inc.’s annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America, published since 1982. Companies are ranked by percentage revenue growth over a three-year period, which for the 2026 list runs from 2022 to 2025. To qualify, a company must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent, must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2022, and must clear minimum revenue thresholds in both the base and recent year. Revenue figures are verified before rankings are issued. Past honorees include Microsoft, Meta, Under Armour, Oracle, and Patagonia, all of which earned early national exposure on the list.
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