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Top 25 Advertising agency recruitment companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Name: Advertising agency recruitment companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 314 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 314 advertising agency recruitment companies headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 3,017 professional contacts across them, including 495 with verified work emails. Across South Africa, Johannesburg is the largest hub for this category.

This list covers advertising agency recruitment companies headquartered in Johannesburg, 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

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3,017Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest advertising agency recruitment companies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 314 advertising agency recruitment companies based in Johannesburg, 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Tbwa Hunt Lascaris JHB	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris is a global Agency which provides full-service communication services to clients across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	NEW ERA Brand Management PTY LTD T A NEW ERA Agency	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At New Era Agency we are all about people, brands & technology, connecting these three entities through our Brand Amplifiers™.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Retroviral	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We have a challenger mindset and through this have made more brands ‘go viral’, globally, than any other agency in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Artifact Advertising	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Artifact Advertising is an independent, privately owned full-service, digital,and internal communications agency founded in 1992.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Halo Advertising	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Halo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Elite Search And Selection	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1998, the Elite Search and Selection team provides specialist recruitment solutions which meet the diverse talent requirements of our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Efficiency Advertising	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a dynamic full-service agency offering end-to-end solutions for our diverse range of clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Takora Human Capital	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TAKORA is a distinguished and highly respected recruitment and staffing agency headquartered in South Africa, specializing in the placement of exceptional talent across a broad…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Pollock & Associates	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pollock & Associates are Talent Acquisition Specialists and industry leaders connecting South Africa’s exceptional middle and executive management candidates with prominent…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	NGAGE	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Known as the Agency for Industry, NGAGE is a multi award-winning agency based in Johannesburg, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	PRO TEM	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With over 20 years of recruitment and consulting experience, Pro Tem prides itself in transforming the careers of candidates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	The Cheese HAS Moved	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At The Cheese Has Moved (TCHM), we don't just follow trends, we set them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Afropulse Media	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Siyi AfroPulse Media, a boutique production house that offers integrated agency- type creative solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Menzies	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 2010, Menzies Media has since been at the forefront of digital advertising.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	AJ Personnel Recruitment Services	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AJ Personnel, established in 1987, specialises in recruiting Permanent, Contract and Temporary staff.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Cinevation PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WE ARE CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND PASSIONATE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Dynexity	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Dynexity is a boutique recruitment firm driven by passion and the challenge of connecting quality candidates to careers that deliver success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Blue Apple South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to the no-hot-air, low-maintenance creative agency that delivers the goods, smartly.” 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 Johannesburg, South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

16.4%Verified-email coverage

9.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

228

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole South Africa list rather than for Johannesburg, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Johannesburg, over 314 companies.

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 Johannesburg, 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 Johannesburg 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, 495 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.

Advertising agency recruitment companies by metro in South Africa

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 Johannesburg, South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 314 advertising agency recruitment companies headquartered in Johannesburg, 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?

Quest Staffing Solutions, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in South Africa has the most advertising agency recruitment companies?

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

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 495 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 314 companies.

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.