About / History

  • Founded in 1984 by David Ryan, D. L. Ryan Companies, Ltd. began as a packaged goods promotional marketing consultancy, and since has grown entirely organically by:

    –Constantly reinvesting in the platform and introducing new marketing disciplines in anticipation of clients’ needs
    –Identifying opportunities and staying ahead of industry trends
    –Leveraging emerging technologies to address the growing digital space


    We have a loyal and diversified base of blue-chip clients, many of whom have been with the Company for over two decades. Twenty six years strong, our differentiated, high-quality transactional marketing services platform is based on an innovative integrated, multi-channel model.

    Our family of agencies has earned significant leadership positions in traditional Consumer Promotions and Shopper Marketing segments, with important digital capabilities, and has won over 250 awards in the last 10 years.

    Today, D. L. Ryan Companies, Ltd. employs approximately 600+ employees in ten full-service offices and eight field support offices in the United States and Singapore, with partnerships throughout Europe and Asia.

    D. L. Ryan Companies, Ltd. is comprised of diverse, uniquely positioned operating units that offer promotional, direct, interactive, retailer, shopper, Hispanic and experiential marketing.

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