PR ranking: Team Farner Germany in top position

Strong content & on the rise: Team Farner Germany with a top position and 13 top 10 placements in the PR JOURNAL Ranking 2025

According to the PR-JOURNAL Ranking 2025, Team Farner Germany (komm.passion, Kirchhoff Consult and GFD Finanzkommunikation) is the No. 1 consultancy in the "Owned Media - Corporate Publishing/Content Marketing" sector in the German market in terms of fee income in 2024. In addition: 13 times in the top 10, including in the top 3 in five categories. In the overall ranking, Team Farner Germany scraped into the top 10 list and improved by one position from 12th to 11th place.

As a result, Team Farner not only climbed to the top spot in one category for the first time, but also moved into the top 10 in four other categories and into the top 3 in two other categories compared to the previous year.

In the three most important fields for Team Farner Germany - finance, healthcare and change (part of the "internal/employee communication" category in the ranking) - the company consistently achieved a top 3 position. The top position in the content area is above all an expression of Team Farner's consultative approach, which creates strong positioning for clients across all channels and is crucial for building the reputation of companies.

The PR-JOURNAL ranking shows the results of the three German communications consultancies komm.passion, Kirchhoff Consult and GFD Finanzkommunikation for Team Farner.

"After a string of industry awards and recognition throughout Europe it’s a crowning achievement for Team Farner agencies in Germany to be recognised in this way. This ranking comes just a week after Team Farner in Austria achieves the number one slot. Growth in a recession shows how the group is re-defining the way the industry serves its clients. This achievement belongs fully to our brilliant teams and the clients they support.”, says Melanie Faithfull Kent, CEO of Farner International | Team Farner.

On 15 May 2025, the annual PR-JOURNAL ranking was published for the 29th time. It is the largest German ranking of fee income and employee numbers at German PR agencies. The published data covers the 2024 financial year. The ranking is highly informative, as the agencies' data is backed up with attestations.

The placings in detail:

1st place

• Corporate Publishing/Content Marketing

Top 3

• Owned Media (Total) - 2nd place
• Finance - 3rd place
• Healthcare - 3rd place
• Internal/employee communication - 3rd place
• Non Profit/Associations - 3rd place

Top 10

• Crisis communication - 6th place
• SR/ESG - 6th place
• Logistics - 8th place
• Public Affairs - 8th place
• Earned Media (Total) - 9th place
• Media Relations - 9th place
• Retail - Place 10

About Team Farner

Team Farner is a Group of leading European consulting firms that regard communication as a key factor in business success. The group is led by successful communications entrepreneurs and partners who are themselves active in the consulting business. As an international team of the best minds, Farner combines all disciplines of communication such as strategy, reputation management, sustainability communication, financial communication, branding, brand management, corporate communication, public affairs, marketing communication, behavioural research, advertising, digital and AI enabled content. The group is active across Europe. Team Farner’s roots are in Switzerland, where it is market leader in integrated communications, and awarded Switzerland’s number one creative agency. Founded in 1951, the company is one of the most established and oldest communication brands in Europe.

Further information: www.teamfarner.com