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Instrument

instrument.com · Portland, OR, USA

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Category
Development & design studios — B2B brand & digital experience studio (brand, marketing, product) — Stagwell-owned
PRIMARY SOURCE
Services
Brand, marketing, and product design/build; integrated teams ('designers who code, developers who design')
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Pricing
Pricing was not publicly available when we checked.
NOT VERIFIED
Founded
2005 ('more than 20 years' per own About, 2026)
PRIMARY SOURCE
Team signal
350+ employees (own site, 2026) — down from 400+ cited at 2022 acquisition close
PRIMARY SOURCE
Named practitioners
  • Laurel Burton — CEO
  • Jack De Caluwé — Chief Creative Officer
  • Coryna Sorin — COO
PRIMARY SOURCE
Named clients
Google · Nike · Salesforce · ServiceNow · Spotify · Electronic Arts · Uber · ŌURA · Epic Games
PROVIDER REPORTED
Case-study claims
  • Long-running Google engagement (provider-claimed; cited in acquisition press)
PROVIDER REPORTEDnumbers are the provider’s own; not independently verified
Lab note
M&A flag: MDC/Stagwell took 51% in 2018; Stagwell bought remaining 49% Jan 2022 (~$160M total). Headcount 400+ (2022) → 350+ (2026 own site)
LAB VERIFIED

Source register

All sources accessed 2026-08-31. Spot an error? Submit a correction — reviewed by a human, logged publicly.

  1. https://www.instrument.com/about/ (accessed 2026-08-31)
  2. https://www.stagwellglobal.com/stagwell-stgw-completes-acquisition-of-instrument-fast-growing-digital-transformation-company/ (accessed 2026-08-31, via search)
  3. https://www.campaignlive.com/article/stagwell-buys-digital-agency-instrument-160-million/1736754 (accessed 2026-08-31, via search)