We’re proud to share that Hedy & Hopp has earned the rank of No. 1841 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, Inc.’s annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Our placement reflects the agency’s incredible 188% growth from 2022 to 2025.
For us, a ranking like this is a powerful byproduct of the work we do. When you spend every day helping healthcare organizations reach the people who need them, growth becomes the natural result of doing that work well.
Every milestone at Hedy & Hopp flows back to a single question: How do we help patients find and connect with the care they deserve?
That question is the engine behind our growth. As more healthcare organizations look for partners who understand the complexity of their world (the regulations, the sensitivities, the need for humanity) more of them have found their way to us.
So while the Inc. 5000 measures growth in numbers, we read it a little differently. To us, it means more health systems reaching more patients, more family members finding the right provider for themselves or loved ones, and more clients navigating a changing landscape with a marketing partner who’s in their corner.
One of the clearest examples of how we grow with our clients is our Epic certification. Hedy & Hopp became the first marketing agency with an Epic-certified team, which helps our healthcare system clients leverage Epic’s built in tools to drive patient acquisition, improve the patient experience and improve measurement of existing marketing campaigns, including visibility on actual patient appointments and revenue driven by campaigns.
Epic sits at the center of how millions of patients experience their care. Being certified means we can compliantly meet patients inside the systems they already use, connect marketing to real patient journeys, and help our clients act on that data. It’s the kind of edge that makes sense for an agency that lives and breathes healthcare.
And that “living and breathing healthcare” part isn’t just marketing speak. At Hedy & Hopp, our mission is simple: improve patients’ lives by connecting them to the care they need. We’re driven by this mission, and our employees choose to join H&H because of their shared passion for this mission.
That shared understanding means we approach every project knowing there’s a person on the other end of the campaign, often at a vulnerable moment. Our team works tirelessly to develop creative solutions for our clients and partners because we know what’s at stake when a patient can’t find care and how much it matters when they can.
None of this momentum happens by accident. The vision of our CEO and founder, Jenny Bristow, continues to catapult us forward by pushing the team to see the shifting world of healthcare marketing not only as a challenge, but as an endless opportunity. Or as we say, pivot with positivity.
“A ranking like this is fuel for our fire. It tells us that the way we work is exactly what this industry needs more of. And honestly, we’re just getting warmed up.”
— Jenny Bristow, CEO & Founder, Hedy & Hopp
This is our third time on the list (previously in 2019 and 2025) and we’re proud of this recognition. We also know that it’s not a summit – we have exciting plans for the future and can’t wait to keep bringing results and joy to the partners and clients who make our work meaningful. We Are, Marketing Happy!
See the full 2026 Inc. 5000 list at inc.com/inc5000.
Marissa Gurrister
Email: marissa.gurrister@hedyandhopp.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marissa-gurrister
We have some very happy news to share: Hedy & Hopp has been recognized twice by Medical Marketing + Media (MM+M) this year! We’ve been named a finalist for the 2026 MM+M Boutique Agency of the Year award and featured on the MM+M Agency 100 Ones to Watch list. These honors belong to our team and the amazing clients we serve, because every campaign, strategy, and milestone traces back to why we started this agency: to help patients find the care they deserve.
Now in its 23rd year, the MM+M Awards program celebrates agencies setting the standard for creativity, effectiveness, and innovation in healthcare marketing, with more than 80 industry judges narrowing a large pool of entries to a group of finalists. This latest achievement builds on Hedy & Hopp’s momentum from 2025, when the agency was named a finalist for MM+M’s Small Agency of the Year award and Founder and CEO, Jenny Bristow, was selected as a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year. To be recognized once again is an honor Hedy & Hopp does not take lightly, and it reflects a year of exceptional growth, innovation, and measurable impact for healthcare organizations.
In 2025, Hedy & Hopp grew revenue more than 50% year over year, welcomed several new clients, and expanded to 43 team members across 15 states with an 87% employee retention rate. Hedy & Hopp also became the first marketing agency with an Epic-certified team, launched its proprietary UTM Connect tool to help healthcare organizations prove true marketing ROI, and continued advancing responsible AI solutions through its internal Innovation Lab.
For the agency, those numbers and milestones represent something tangible: more healthcare organizations reaching patients, more creative solutions helping clients navigate a complex landscape, and a workplace built on support, balance, and room for growth.
This list highlights independent agencies bringing innovation and momentum to healthcare marketing. In 2025, Hedy & Hopp became the first marketing agency with Epic-certified employees and built the UTM Connect tool to connect campaigns all the way through to patient conversion to prove true ROI.
Through its internal Innovation Lab, the team continuously develops and tests new AI-powered tools and approaches — such as Hoppywriter, its responsible AI content engine — as part of an active roadmap for bringing compliant AI solutions to healthcare marketing. The agency is also proud to have grown its award-winning podcast, We Are, Marketing Happy, by 58% over the past year.
“What makes this one special is that it comes from our peers. More than 80 judges who live and breathe healthcare marketing looked at us and said, ‘watch this agency,'” said Jenny Bristow, CEO and Founder of Hedy & Hopp. “That’s not just about one campaign or one win. That’s about a team that sees the ever-changing ecosystem of healthcare marketing as an endless creative opportunity. And they do it all with expertise and joy.”
Independent, women-owned, and fully remote, Hedy & Hopp partners with hospital systems, health plans, and specialty and multi-location providers nationwide to deliver results clients see and feel, in a culture of connectedness. These recognitions belong to the team, and to the agency’s amazing clients, who change patients’ lives every single day and trust Hedy & Hopp to help their patients find care.
Boutique Agency of the Year winners will be announced at the MM+M Awards ceremony later this year!
Marissa Gurrister
Email: marissa.gurrister@hedyandhopp.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marissa-gurrister