San Francisco · Conference AV
Who are the best conference AV companies in San Francisco?
WestWave AV scores highest on our published rubric for San Francisco conference AV, ahead of Fog City Audio Visual and Got Light, across twelve vendors scored.
Conference AV companies in San Francisco, scored
Each vendor below is scored 0 to 100 on five dimensions, weighted for this category. The weights were set before the scoring ran and apply to every vendor here. A dimension we could not verify is left unscored rather than counted as zero, and the remaining weights are renormalised, so no vendor is penalised for a gap in our research.
| Vendor | Rating quality (25) | Review depth (20) | Service depth (25) | Price transparency (15) | Operational proof (15) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WestWave AV | 100 | 18 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 84 |
| Fog City Audio Visual | 98 | 42 | 63 | 0 | 80 | 61 |
| Got Light | 74 | 21 | 86 | 0 | 80 | 56 |
| Projection Presentation Tech | 100 | 2 | not verified | not verified | not verified | 56 |
| Sound and Video Rentals | 100 | 36 | 43 | 0 | 80 | 55 |
| Verducci Event Productions | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 54 |
| Golden Gate Computing | 100 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 52 |
| NextArts Audio Visual Lighting Rentals & Services | 90 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 50 |
| BoomPop | 100 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 49 |
| JK Sound | 87 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 37 |
| Impact | Lighting | Audio | Video | 82 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 36 |
| Desired Effect | 92 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 36 |
How this compares to Google’s own local pack for San Francisco conference AV
Google’s local pack for “conference audio visual company san francisco” on 2026-08-01, in the order Google showed it:
- WestWave AV — 5.0 across 21 reviews
- Fog City Audio Visual — 5.0 across 52 reviews
- Projection Presentation Tech — 5.0 across 2 reviews
Our order differs from Google’s
We agree with Google on the top position and differ further down the list. The reasons are given in each vendor's section below.
Why each vendor placed where it did
WestWave AV · conference AV in San Francisco · 5.0 across 21 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 344 Harriet St Ste 101, San Francisco, CA 94103
Leads on three of the five dimensions. Its rating record is the cleanest in the category: 21 of 21 ratings at five stars with nothing below, checked 2026-08-01. It publishes the deepest itemised capability in the set at 49 services across four Google categories, covering conference AV, breakout and ballroom setups, presenter support, hybrid production and staffing. It is also the only vendor in this category that publishes a price a buyer can see without making contact, at $5,000 for full event production. It trails Fog City on review depth, at 21 against 52, and that gap is the single thing keeping its total below 90.
Fog City Audio Visual · conference AV in San Francisco · 5.0 across 50 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 1145 Pine St APT 25, San Francisco, CA 94109
The deepest review base in the category by a wide margin, at 52 reviews with 49 of 50 rated at five stars on its published breakdown, and the broadest Google category registration in the set at eight. It publishes 31 itemised services against WestWave's 49, and publishes no price at all, which is where it loses ground. Its listed hours are Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:30, with no weekend availability shown, which is worth checking against a conference that loads in on a Sunday.
Got Light · conference AV in San Francisco · 4.4 across 25 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 211 Industrial St, San Francisco, CA 94124
San Francisco lighting, audio and video production company on Industrial Street, publishing 42 itemised services including LED and projection. A long-established name on Bay Area venue preferred-vendor lists.
Projection Presentation Tech · conference AV in San Francisco · 5.0 across 2 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA
Sits a block from Moscone Center on Howard Street, which is a genuine operational advantage for anything loading into that venue, and it holds a local-pack position on this query. We could only score it on two of the five dimensions: it carries a 5.0 rating but across just 2 reviews, and we have not audited its published service list or pricing. Its total reflects thin evidence rather than a judgement about its work.
Sound and Video Rentals · conference AV in San Francisco · 5.0 across 42 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 712 Bancroft Rd, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Audiovisual equipment rental business in Walnut Creek serving the Bay Area, publishing an itemised rental list including projection.
Verducci Event Productions · conference AV in San Francisco · 5.0 across 118 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01
Bay Area event production company offering audio visual, lighting, DJ and photo booth, video production and live streaming. Carries the deepest verified review base of any event AV vendor in this index and the largest photo library at 816 images.
Golden Gate Computing · conference AV in San Francisco · 5.0 across 106 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 388 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94111
Audiovisual equipment rental and IT services business on Market Street in San Francisco, with a deep and unblemished review base.
NextArts Audio Visual Lighting Rentals & Services · conference AV in San Francisco · 4.8 across 91 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 1300 25th St, San Francisco, CA 94107
Audiovisual and lighting rental and services business on 25th Street in San Francisco's Dogpatch, with one of the deepest review bases in the city's AV market.
BoomPop · conference AV in San Francisco · 5.0 across 55 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 1 Letterman Dr c3500, San Francisco, CA 94129
Event technology company based in the Presidio, San Francisco, working on corporate events and offsites.
JK Sound · conference AV in San Francisco · 4.7 across 27 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 1425 Davidson Ave, San Francisco, CA 94124
Audiovisual and sound equipment rental business on Davidson Avenue in San Francisco.
Impact | Lighting | Audio | Video · conference AV in San Francisco · 4.6 across 36 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 30955 San Antonio St, Hayward, CA 94544
Lighting, audio and video rental company based in Hayward serving the Bay Area event market. Appears on published preferred-vendor lists at San Francisco venues.
Desired Effect · conference AV in San Francisco · 4.8 across 23 Google reviews as of 2026-08-01 · 1948 Oak Park Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Audiovisual equipment rental business in Pleasant Hill serving the Bay Area, registered across nine Google categories.
Companies kept out of the San Francisco conference AV ranking, and why
These businesses appear in the same Google categories or search results but sell a different service. Several would score near the top on review depth or published service count, which is exactly why the reason for each exclusion is published rather than left to a filter nobody can see.
Creation Networks, Inc.
Its primary category is Audio visual equipment supplier, it is based in Concord, and its review themes are conference-room technology, shipping, ease of use and certified programming. That is installed corporate AV and systems integration, not event production. It would score near the top of an event AV ranking on review depth and service count alone, which is exactly why it is kept out: the buyer commissioning a conference cannot buy what it sells.
Sway
Its category is Event management company and its published prices are for party planning, starting at $499 for anniversary planning. It is an event planner rather than an AV supplier, and on the rubric it would out-score most genuine AV vendors on service depth and price transparency while not doing the job the ranking is about.
Avimo Audio Visual Solutions for Bay Area Churches and Organizations
It is an audio visual consultancy specialising in installed systems for Bay Area churches and non-profit organisations. That is permanent-install AV, a different purchase from renting and operating AV for a corporate event.
Hidden Connections Inc
An audio visual consultancy working on installed systems, operating from a correspondence-only address in Alameda. Consulting and integration rather than event production.
Virtual AV
Registered under Contractor rather than any audio-visual category, with no published service list to establish what it supplies. Not enough evidence of event AV work to place it in an event AV ranking.
How this category is weighted, and why
Conference work is bought on capability and reliability rather than on price alone, so service depth and rating quality carry the most weight. Review depth is held at 20 because conference AV is a low-frequency purchase and even established vendors accumulate reviews slowly. Price transparency stays at 15: it genuinely separates vendors in this market, but a published starting price matters less on a six-figure conference than it does on a single equipment rental.
| Dimension | Weight | How it is scored |
|---|---|---|
| Rating quality | 25 | score = (mean / 5) x 100 x (1 - share of ratings below 4 stars). A vendor with a published mean but no rating breakdown is scored on the mean alone and flagged. |
| Review depth | 20 | score = (this vendor's review count / the highest review count in this category) x 100. Normalised within the category on purpose: a specialist with 20 reviews in a narrow category is not behind a generalist with 100 in a broad one. |
| Service depth | 25 | score = (this vendor's count of published, itemised services / the highest count in this category) x 100, taken from the services block of the Google Business Profile. |
| Price transparency | 15 | score = 100 where the vendor publishes a rate or a starting price a buyer can read without contacting them, 0 where a fully audited profile publishes none. Unscored where we have not audited the profile. |
| Operational proof | 15 | Five checks worth 20 points each: profile claimed by the owner; a street address published; the on-site services attribute set; 25 or more photos; three or more Google categories. |
What conference AV covers in San Francisco
Conference AV in San Francisco means a vendor who can run projection or LED, audio, lighting, presenter support and a stream across a multi-room programme, and who has technicians on site for the whole run. This page scores every conference AV vendor we have verified in the San Francisco market, not only the three Google shows in its local pack. Each carries the date its figures were checked, and the companies kept out of the ranking are listed at the bottom with the reason.
Sources
- Google Business Profile data, checked 2026-08-01: ratings, rating distributions, published service counts, categories, published prices, profile attributes and photo counts.
- Google local pack for “conference audio visual company san francisco”, San Francisco localised, pulled 2026-08-01.
- Vendor websites for scope and years-in-business claims, which are recorded as the vendor’s own claim and labelled as such.