SmartTouch® Recognized in Four Austin Business Journal Rankings
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AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- SmartTouch® Interactive, a technology-driven real estate marketing agency based in Austin, has been recognized in four significant rankings by the Austin Business Journal in 2026. The company has been named among the largest advertising firms, tech employers, minority-owned businesses, and privately owned companies in the Austin area, marking its continued growth and impact across Austin’s marketing, technology, and business communities.
SmartTouch® Interactive, now in its 16th year of operation, has been a consistent presence on the Austin Business Journal’s list of the largest advertising firms, appearing every year since 2018. This year, the company was ranked #27 among the largest advertising and marketing firms in the Austin area, a position that places SmartTouch® in a market with over 200 companies offering advertising services. The Austin Business Journal’s list is based on 2025 Austin-office revenue.
SmartTouch® Interactive’s recognition as a tech employer is also noteworthy. The company was ranked #62 on the Austin Business Journal’s list of the largest tech employers, which includes 71 Austin-area technology companies representing over 117,800 employees. The Austin Business Journal defines eligible companies as those providing proprietary technology that changes the way business is done. SmartTouch®’s proprietary technology, including its CRM and marketing automation platform, SmartTouch® NexGen, and its geofencing solution, SmartTouch® GEO, for residential home builders and developers, has been a central component of its technology portfolio.
SmartTouch® Interactive has also been recognized as one of Austin’s largest minority-owned businesses, ranked #14 on the Austin Business Journal’s list of such companies, based on 2025 total revenue. Founded in Austin in 2010 by Robert Cowes III, SmartTouch® has a long history of recognition as an ethnic minority-owned business by the Austin Business Journal.
The company’s latest achievement is its ranking as one of the Austin area’s largest privately owned companies, at #88 on the Austin Business Journal’s list. This recognition underscores SmartTouch®’s continued growth and strength as an independent Austin-based business. SmartTouch®’s self-funded capital structure, driven by its own profits, continues to bring together talented people, innovative technology, and measurable marketing strategies to help home builders and real estate developers grow.
SmartTouch® Interactive’s full-service marketing agency, combining award-winning marketing expertise with proprietary technology, has helped home builders and real estate developers generate, nurture, and convert more homebuyer leads. The company’s integrated digital strategy, paid media and social campaigns, SEO, and AI, along with its creative, websites, lead generation, and other services, are all supported by measurable, accountable strategies designed to help builders and developers sell more land and homes.
SmartTouch® Interactive’s diverse workforce, which includes 50% of employees who have been with the company for eight years or more, has helped shape a culture built on diverse perspectives and long-term expertise. The company’s headquarters remains in Austin, while its global workforce includes employees in Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, India, and Canada. This mix of backgrounds, markets, and experience helps SmartTouch® maintain a culture that is built on innovation and results for its clients.
These four rankings represent different parts of SmartTouch® Interactive, but together they tell the bigger story of who the company is. SmartTouch® Interactive is an Austin-headquartered company built on a diverse mix of people, perspectives, marketing expertise, and proprietary technology. The company’s full-service model, which spans integrated digital strategy, paid media and social campaigns, SEO and AI, creative, websites, lead generation, and more, all supported by measurable, accountable strategies, has been a hallmark of SmartTouch®’s success.
SmartTouch® Interactive’s latest achievements demonstrate the company’s continued growth and strength as an independent Austin-based business. The company’s commitment to building a sustainable organization with a self-funded capital structure driven by its own profits continues to bring together talented people, innovative technology, and measurable marketing strategies to help home builders and real estate developers grow.