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Top 25 Advertising agency recruitment companies based in South Africa

Name: Advertising agency recruitment companies based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 1,224 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,224 advertising agency recruitment companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 12,475 professional contacts across them, including 2,628 with verified work emails and 671 with mobile numbers. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers advertising agency recruitment companies headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

1,224Companies

12,475Contacts tracked

2,628Verified emails

671Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest advertising agency recruitment companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,224 advertising agency recruitment companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advertising agency recruitment companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Ogilvy South Africa	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	543 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In 1948, David Ogilvy founded the agency that would become Ogilvy & Mather.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	KELLY	Partial evidence	Gallo Manor, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	522 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We focus on the permanent and temporary recruitment of general administrative and office support personnel together with sales and service professionals for leading African firms…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Quest Staffing Solutions	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	10001+	382 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Quest Staffing Solutions is the leading white-collar recruitment company in South Africa and Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Ninety9cents	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	341 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A leading full-service communications agency, known for seamlessly delivering impactful solutions with unparalleled retail expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	JOE Public	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	302 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1998 and growing into Joe Public in 2007, it is now one of the country’s leading brand and communications groups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	DAV Professional Placement Group	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	274 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As one of Africa’s leading recruitment firms, our place in this world is to help others find theirs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Tbwa South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	260 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TBWA\ is The Disruption® Company: the cultural engine for 21st century business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Dante Personnel Recruitment PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	217 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Danté Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd, established in 1996, is a national leading recruitment-consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Hire Resolve	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	170 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hire Resolve is a Top Recruitment Agency recruiting Talent in SA, EMEA, UK & USA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	The Mediashop	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	168 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The MediaShop is a full service, innovative, pioneering, always evolving media agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Clockwork	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	166 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are Clockwork – an award-winning, globally recognised, independent creative and communications agency with headquarters in Johannesburg, Cape Town and London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Avatar Agency Group	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	122 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “2 Creative Agency in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	MVC	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	117 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MVC is a staff recruitment and placement service company with over 17 years experience in national retail marketing solutions, project management and staffing solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Peoplesolved	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	115 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With 8 offices worldwide, a research team of 100+ and over candidates placed, it might be hard to believe that PeopleSolved started as a two-man team in an office the size of a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	MSP Staffing PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	108 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MSP Staffing is a Specialist Recruitment Agency that focuses on the Engineering & Construction, Mining, Finance, Trade & Technical, Supply Chain, Information Technology and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Headhunters Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Port Elizabeth, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For three decades, our headhunting team has been dedicated to delivering top-tier Professional People Solutions across Southern Africa and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Tumaini Consulting	Partial evidence	Milnerton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	93 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tumaini Consulting is a Recruitment and Staffing agency that focuses on the placement of people on a permanent or contract basis, in both the public and private sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Scribante Labour Consultants	Indirect evidence	Ethekwini, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	88 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Connecting South Africa's top talent with exceptional opportunities across all industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Blue Recruiting	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	86 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Blue Recruiting is a finance & data analytics recruitment consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Promise Agency	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	81 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We established Promise with no clients or start-up capital in 2005.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	SD Recruitment SA PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Bellville, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	79 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We offer a full suite of recruitment services including; Executive Search, Temporary Hire, Permanent Placements and Outsourced Staffing Solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Rapt Creative Agency	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Proudly South African Integrated Creative Agency \| Financial Mail Agency of the year “22 \| Johannesburg \| Cape Town \| Lagos” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	O'brien Recruitment	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	69 contacts →
	Partial evidence “O'Brien Recruitment, an independent recruitment consultancy, specialises in temporary, contract and permanent positions within the Finance, IT, Sales & Marketing, Call Centre…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	The Up&up Group Affiliated To The Global M&c Saatchi Group	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	63 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Up & Up Group (formerly M+C Saatchi Group South Africa) is one of the African continent’s leading independent creative group of companies and is 100% South African owned.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	FCB Africa	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	58 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: advertising agency recruitment companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names advertising agency recruitment companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of advertising agency recruitment companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name advertising agency recruitment companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Advertising agency recruitment companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

21.1%Verified-email coverage

5.4%Mobile-number coverage

10.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

25.7%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

878

11-50

265

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked

Email last verified

Median 31.0d

1,2790–30

1,25631–60

7761–90

190–180

15180+

Company record updated

Median 95.0d

00–30

49431–60

4,32061–90

6,94890–180

713180+

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among advertising agency recruitment companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “advertising agency recruitment companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names advertising agency recruitment companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among advertising agency recruitment companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,628 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names advertising agency recruitment companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many advertising agency recruitment companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 1,224 advertising agency recruitment companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Ogilvy South Africa, headquartered in Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most advertising agency recruitment companies?

Johannesburg leads with 314 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (212) and Pretoria (70).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.