Pugh & Tiller, a Mid-Atlantic-based public relations and integrated marketing firm, has been named to the PRNEWS 2026 Agency Elite Top 120 and received Best PR Agency and Best Web Design Firm honors in The Maryland Daily Record’s 2025 Reader Rankings awards. The PRNEWS Agency Elite Top 120 is an annual program recognizing the top 120 PR, marketing, and communications agencies for innovation, creativity, and impact. The Daily Record’s Reader Rankings program recognizes the best business and legal services companies in Maryland. This marks the third time Pugh & Tiller has been named to the PRNEWS Agency Elite list and the sixth consecutive year as a Reader Rankings winner.
Additionally, Pugh & Tiller was recently included on O’Dwyer’s “Leading Gainers Among PR Firms” list, reporting a 9.1% increase in net fees since 2023. The firm also advanced to a top 50 position on the 2024 O’Dwyer’s ranking of Firms Specializing in Technology. “These awards reflect our dedication to providing exceptional services for our clients, and we’re proud to be included among the nation’s best PR and marketing firms,” said Matthew Pugh, partner and co-founder. “While PR continues to be at the core of Pugh & Tiller’s work for our clients, our capabilities far exceed those typically offered by many of our competitors in the field.”
Pugh & Tiller continues to expand its client services across creative, digital, and strategic marketing. The firm recently completed a custom application build with Salesforce, Zoom, and Guacamole integrations for a Maryland-based cybersecurity company. It also added martech systems auditing and integration to its service offerings and conducted a comprehensive Google Workforce implementation along with a branding and web development initiative for a national non-profit organization. Furthermore, Pugh & Tiller landed a major contract to provide PR support to a bipartisan government agency and is now registered on the U.S. government’s System for Award Management, enabling work with the federal government. The firm added several team members, including a creative director, a marketing technology director, and a social media and content director.
Since its founding in 2008, Pugh & Tiller’s focus has been to create programs built on well-conceived strategies that generate exceptional, award-winning results. The PRNEWS 2026 Agency Elite Top 120 lists can be viewed at chiefmarketer.com, and the Reader Rankings winners at thedailyrecord.com.
