Awards

Award Winning Work For Our Clients 

Larson & Associates 
The Best Advertising Agencies in Illinois of 2026

Awards and Honors:1981 PIA Merit Award 3rd place1988 Helen Cody Baker Award 1st Place1988 Chicago Excellence In Typography Award1989 Ad Age Small Agency Marketing Award 1989 Sales Professionals International -Club Service Award -Bronze Award1993 Sales Professionals International -Club Service Award -Bronze Award2003 Graphic Design USA 1st place2006 Black MBA Association Media Award 1st place2012 Best of Palatine Award in Merchandising & Marketing Consultant2013 Best of Palatine Award in Merchandising & Marketing Consultant2014 Best of Palatine Award in Merchandising & Marketing Consultant2015 Best of Palatine Award in Merchandising & Marketing Consultant 2016 Best of Palatine Award in Merchandising & Marketing Consultant 2017 Best of Palatine Award in Merchandising & Marketing Consultant2019 Best of Palatine Award in the Telemarketing Service 2020 Best of Palatine Award in Merchandising & Marketing Consultant 
North America Business Awards / Construction and Engineering Awards2021 UPCITY Top Telemarketing Agencies In The United States
Best of Palatine Award for Advertising Agency
Midwest USA Business Awards 2023
Best of Grayslake Award Marketing Agency
Industry Tech Outlook Admired Leaders of 2024
Global Business Award 2024
Netty Award
Orbus Univeristy Visual Certificate
Best Advertising Agencies in Grayslake, IL Quality Business Award • 2026

Our work has shown the business model of a virtual office that Howard Larson and Larson & Associates starting using back in in 2006, not just to lower our carbon footprint but to give the Larson & Associates staff greater job satisfaction and control has allowed us to give us a quicker response to the needs of our clients. Not that it has been easy the last few years. We we thank God that we have not lost 1 day or even 1 hour of work during this time.

Our philosophy of the Big Fish in a Little Pond and purposefully staying small, seeking out small to mid-sized companies, the majority of our clients continue to be small businesses with revenue of $500,000 to 20 Million with 3 to 12 sales people remains in tact. Or those companies exhibiting at major trade shows needing a marketing plan that has been shown to work.

Larson & Associates, has been recognized as the leading Advertising Agencies, achieving a quality score of 95%+ and representing the top 1% of American businesses.
Small but mighty!
#1 Best Rated 2026

Larson & Associates
WINNER: The Best Advertising Agencies in Illinois
Quality Business Award • 2026
Category: Advertising Agencies
Location: Grayslake, Illinois
Ranked #1 among Advertising Agencies businesses for 2026 • Quality Score: 95%+

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Thank you for your continued support of the Larson Philosophy of Marketing. Now in our 48th year it is because of you that we are still here and continue to be successful. It is your belief in us that makes us who we are. You give us the freedom to work quick, hard and fast. You are the people who let us out run, out produce and out perform the competition.

847-489-0006 or email to howard@larsonassociates.ws