If you’re struggling to find a top packaging design company in the United States, we’re here to help. Our team of 12 experts curated this list based on 595 verified client reviews to help businesses identify packaging partners with the right balance of creativity, technical execution, and commercial understanding.
Organic rankings are determined by five factors: top services, reviews, portfolio, awards/press, and team expertise. Sponsored listings pay for a placement that appears above organic positions. Sponsorship does not affect star ratings or review content - read more on our methodology page.
Left Hand Design is an Austin branding and packaging design agency with 20+ years of experience across wine, beverage, and consumer goods. Portfolio work includes custom bottle packaging for 5 Soul Wine Co., making it a good fit for brands seeking a packaging design firm with craft and character...
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We do everything with F.O.R.C.E. It's not only our name, it's our core principle: to thoughtfully craft advertising, branding, graphics and websites, that are FOCUSED, OWNABLE, RELEVANT, CONTINUOUS, and EVOCATIVE...
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DD.NYC is a full-service creative agency offering packaging design alongside branding and web design, with Pentawards recognition for luxury candle and mattress packaging. A practical fit for consumer brands seeking design across both print and digital touchpoints...
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Branding Review from Randolph De Lano
DD.NYC® developed a website and branding campaign for a real estate investment fund. They were also tasked with creating collaterals for the client's branding efforts. DD.NYC® designed a quality website that exceeded the client's expectations. They completed tasks on time and even ahead of schedule at times. They also went above and beyond to ensure that the client understood the processes for each phase of the project.
Web Design Review from Alexander Barnes
The timeliness, quality, and pricing from DigitalDesign.NYC aligned with the client's expectations. The client is highly pleased with the exceptional and distinctive work produced by DD.NYC®. It responds promptly to communication and feedback, ensuring superior deliverables and a robust project management experience. The team also appreciates agency's readiness to undertake the assignments. (Verified via email)
Web Design Review from Andrew Fitzgerald
Great project all around!
Aida Pioneer is a San Francisco packaging design agency ranked #9 worldwide among independent agencies in the Effie Index. Clients include Danone and Mastercard, and it pairs packaging with naming and brand platform, suiting product brands seeking a top packaging design agency with strategic depth...
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We are a custom graphic design agency with a group of passionate and creative designers deeply aware of recent digital landscape. Our graphic agency claims to be a convenient place where dreams are achieved, motion become apparent, and brands discover their style. Established in 2020, Webnhubs journey...
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Autumn Dahlia Creative Services is a bold, eco-conscious brand strategy and design studio for vegan, cruelty-free, and sustainable brands, plus those working toward genuine sustainability. I specialize in unapologetic storytelling, fierce visuals, and ethical strategy that empowers change makers to show up...
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Motif Brands: Branding Studio - Transforming brands beyond business with award-winning creativity that drives results. Brand transformations that grows businesses. Founded by Reilly Newman in California...
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At Jacob Tyler, we deliver creative experiences and marketing strategies that amplify your brands reach, breed customer loyalty and boost your bottom line. Founded in 2000 in San Diego, California, Jacob Tyler is a branding agency and digital marketing agency that helps clients with all of their creative and...
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AppClues Infotech creating a mobile application development company...
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We are a virtual boutique design agency specializing in logos, brand development and identities and then focusing on how those transpire to all parts of your business...
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Walla is a creative partner for funded startups who need high-quality, on-brand design but don't have time to build an in-house team. We plug in like your internal design crew, giving founders, marketing leads, and growth teams the support they need to scale smarter and move faster...
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Empowered by in-depth experience in branding for a diverse global client base, Laidlaw Group fuses strategy, technology, award-winning design, and copywriting with innovative thinking to deliver a cutting-edge approach to branding...
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Creative Repute, Inc. is an award-winning graphic design, mobile app and website development agency. Our mission is to deliver impactful design solutions through a multidisciplinary approach to marketing...
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Oblique Design is your ultimate destination for exceptional visual communication solutions that captivate and elevate your brand. As a leading design agency, we offer an array of services designed to amplify your brand's visual presence...
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blend. combines music marketing, video editing, design, storytelling and technology into meaningful consumer experiences. Their work fuels engagement and drives results...
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A strategic branding and design firm in the greater NYC area is called Little Big. Our work is smart, innovative, and never frivolous, and we're dedicated to coming up with original solutions that will help your company flourish. Brand strategy, research, packaging, identity, structure, name, digital, and...
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Stevens & Tate Marketing is a full-service creative, marketing, and advertising firm based in Chicago that serves clients nationwide. We are experts in website design, martech, search engine optimization, social media, interactive advertising, package design, media buying, and broadcast advertising...
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Moving brands from ho-hum to hell yeah!...
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Makelike provides services such as art direction, graphic design, pattern design and illustration for publishing, editorial, marketing, retail, exhibition, product development and identity & brand applications...
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Unlock your brand's potential with the power of strategy and design...
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As a full-service competitive alternative to an agency, Pietryla PR & Marketing is agile, employing the right consultants to achieve the exact goals of our clients. That’s how we’re able to remain fully accountable for results and offer transparent pricing and policies that focus everyone’s attention on...
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Ora is a strategic design studio specializing in branding and package design for food, beverage, and other consumer goods...
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Strategic web and brand design studio serving service providers, small businesses, and e-commerce brands. We specialize in conversion-focused website design, brand identity development, and UI/UX design that positions clients as industry experts...
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Design Hovie Studios provides graphic design and brand consulting services to a wide range of entrepreneurs and businesses in the Northwest USA and throughout the world...
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BRANDING IS WHAT WE DO specializes in making brands shine through captivating graphic design, cost-effective printing and high-converting websites. As a locally-owned and operated company, our primary goal is to offer top-notch design and printing solutions at competitive prices...
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Investing in a successful & sustainable ecommerce business has never been easier. No more wasting time on product research, sourcing, branding, design, photography, seo, logistics etc...
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Neise Design is a boutique creative studio and design practice based in Los Angeles, California, founded around 2019/2020. It offers bespoke branding, web design, graphic and packaging design, and marketing materials tailored to small and mid-sized businesses and creative ventures, focusing on visually...
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In 2010, Panamera's journey commenced in Miami when Chesco Sánchez, a passionate and skilled boutique branding expert, introduced his wealth of expertise to the United States market...
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At Shaffer Branding Co. we are brand experts. We specialize in helping our customers develop a strong and consistent brand that is recognizable, makes an impact, allows businesses to stand out from their competition, and draws in new customers and clients. We believe that one of the most important aspects of...
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DC Design Company is a dynamic creative agency dedicated to transforming visions into captivating realities through illustration. With a profound passion for design, we merge innovation and artistry to craft exceptional branding, web experiences, and marketing solutions...
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Gubry is a branding and design agency located in New York city with awarded creative talents...
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Brand Design & Packaging Graphics. Grow your brand With iconic branding and packaging design...
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We are a boutique graphic design studio specializing in soulful and strategic design by women, for women...
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Sketchy Digital is a creative studio that helps SMBs and large corporations to grow their businesses with high quality project management and scaled creation of graphic design and digital illustrations...
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Whether you're looking for print design, web design, or an all encompassing brand experience. We approach your graphics from the standpoint that each person is uniquely different. Therefore your love and passion in life and how you bring it into the world it through your business is your own...
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DUST CLOUD DESIGN is an award-winning Napa Valley Graphic Design, Packaging, and Branding Agency lead by Creative Director and Owner, Joe Borreson, focusing on Packaging, Branding, Collateral, Identity (Logos), Signage, Squarespace Web Design, Development and Web Consultation, and digital & analog...
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Trusted and proven for over two decades. Momentum 18 has worked with many household name brands and a number of smaller ambitious companies. Rooted in creativity, collaboration, and trust, our partnerships with clients are at the heart of everything we do. Print + web. Copywriting + video...
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Laurelow builds creative and strategic brands to move hospitality forward, because forward thinking turns spaces into experiences...
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Helping women-led brands who are ready to flourish fall in love with their business + book dream clients with elegant design...
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Our team of branding and design experts is here to assist you in developing a brand that is as remarkable and distinctive as you are. Whether you're eager to begin a project, have a pressing query, or simply want to converse, we're here to listen. Our design services, which include brand identity design...
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Hoot and a Half is a creative design studio blending digital expertise with a deep understanding of people. We craft stunning, functional designs tailored to your brand. From B2B to B2C, we've helped brands create impactful ads, websites, and long-form content. Our mission is to drive results...
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E-commerce photo editing company Infotecsourz. Global photo editing leader. Our core services include photo background removal, e-commerce product photo editing, model photo retouching, clipping path service, photo ghost mannequins, color correction, Amazon & Shopify product design, and more...
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We bring your vision to fruition. We are driven by your success and understand the transformative power of a brand that authentically represents who you are and what your organization brings to the table. As your dedicated creative partner, our mission is to breathe life into that vision...
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From concept through production, we have all of your marketing and creative needs covered...
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We are a bicoastal branding agency that crafts strategic design, distinctive packaging, and sales-driven web design for food and beverage, restaurants, venues, hotels, and retail brands...
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Headquartered in Pittsburgh and owner-led since 2013, were a creative back-boned agency that delivers world-class design and unparalleled technical excellence...
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At our boutique branding agency, our mission is to craft brand expressions and experiences that are truly unforgettable. Get in touch with us...
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Marbury is a boutique branding agency that provides a comprehensive suite of services to facilitate the evolution, growth, and embodiment of your brand across both online and offline platforms...
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PROP À GANDA IS A FULL SERVICE CREATIVE AND BRANDING AGENCY BASED IN NEW YORK CITY WITH A GLOBAL CLIENT PORTFOLIO WITHIN THE AREAS OF CULTURE AND COMMERCE...
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Haus Haus is a branding and product design studio based in Los Angeles, Denver, and Vancouver. Our mission is to make great design accessible to businesses of all sizes...
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A top packaging design company in the US builds packaging systems that influence product perception, brand credibility, and purchase decisions. These firms design labels, containers, cartons, and packaging visuals that align brand strategy with physical and digital shelf environments.
Such services generally include:
Packaging design companies help businesses build packaging that supports branding, compliance, and conversion by helping them:
Over 90,000 people search for unboxing videos on YouTube each month, which shows how packaging influences purchase interest and brand perception.
72% of consumers will purchase a product if they find it visually appealing.
What’s more, 78% of consumers believe that the sustainability of a product’s packaging is crucial when deciding on a purchase.
Those growing expectations for sustainability and differentiation are helping to push the packaging design market toward $35.06 billion by 2032 from its current value of $26.64 billion (4% CAGR), according to a report by Coherent Market Insights.
Packaging design budgets depend on the number of products, materials, and production constraints. Project pricing scales with scope, customization, and production demands:
Folding cartons usually cost $1.80–$2.25 per unit, while premium rigid boxes range from $8.50–$10 per unit.
While it is possible to find rates as low as $25 per hour, most US packaging design agencies generally charge $100–$149 per hour, driven by higher labor costs and specialized design expertise.
This puts US rates at the higher end of the global market compared to Europe (≈$50–$75/hr) and Asia (often under $65/hr).
Budgets vary by industry due to differences in materials, compliance requirements, and production complexity:
With the world’s largest packaging design market (35% in North America, per Coherent Market Insights’ report), there are plenty of agencies to choose from in the US.
Beyond creative skill, look at strategic thinking, technical precision, and production readiness.
We’ve assembled a selection of top packaging design companies on DesignRush across a range of budget levels to help you find a partner that fits your needs.
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| Low budget: $50-$100 per hour |
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DesignRush features packaging design agencies across multiple pricing tiers, which allows you to compare firms by hourly rates, project minimums, service focus, and verified reviews. You can filter listings by specialization, industry experience, and team size.
Before hiring an agency in the US to help your business, here are some questions to ask:
DesignRush sustains a directory of over 40,000 agencies categorized by service category, location, expertise, and reviews. We build our database in two ways:
Agencies can also reach out to DesignRush and must go through the verification process prior to being listed.
Every agency is independently vetted before it can be listed or ranked
Some agencies pay for sponsored placement, clearly labeled and held to the same vetting standards.
An analysis of service specializations within our directory shows that agencies tend to focus on several core packaging-related service areas.
While many firms offer overlapping capabilities, service concentration generally aligns with the following ranges:
Packaging design costs are determined by product complexity, number of SKUs, regulatory requirements, and whether structural design is required alongside visuals.
Based on pricing analysis used across the DesignRush packaging design category, most projects fall into these ranges:
Ongoing packaging support, including line extensions and revisions, is often billed through retainers or per-SKU pricing.
Hourly rates for packaging design firms in the US tend to range between $100 and $149 per hour.
ROI typically unfolds across multiple stages:
Timelines depend on several factors, including product complexity, compliance requirements, and production constraints. Most US packaging projects fall within these ranges:
Packaging projects typically follow phased workflows similar to standard design processes:
Requirements vary significantly by industry due to differences in distribution channels, regulations, and consumer behavior:
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