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Top 25 Advertising agency staffing based in South Africa

Name: Advertising agency staffing based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026 151 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 151 advertising agency staffing headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,983 professional contacts across them, including 416 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers advertising agency staffing 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 14, 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 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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1,983Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest advertising agency staffing based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 151 advertising agency staffing based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advertising agency staffing: 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	The Mediashop	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	168 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The MediaShop is a full service, innovative, pioneering, always evolving media agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2	Avatar Agency Group	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	122 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “2 Creative Agency in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3	MVC	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
4	Promise Agency	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	81 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We established Promise with no clients or start-up capital in 2005.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5	Hamiltons Advertising	Partial evidence	Brackenfell, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hamiltons in Creative is a marketing and advertising company based out of Unit 25, Cornerstone Business Park, 24 London Circle, Brackengate Business Park.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6	NEW ERA Brand Management PTY LTD T A NEW ERA Agency	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
7	Ebony Ivory	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Celebrating 50+ years in seamless campaign experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8	Brand ET AL	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BRAND et al is the lead advertising agency of the et al GROUP – the convergence of diverse talents, infrastructure and experience onto a single brand platform for all approved et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9	Fresh Advertising And Marketing	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fresh Advertising & Marketing is a full service agency since 2009.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10	Lion Marketing CC	Partial evidence	Bedfordview, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lion Marketing (CC) is a full-service advertising agency, all departments work together to provide one solution for you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11	Efficiency Advertising	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
12	Brand Republic SA	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “In 2008 Brandbar opened its doors, where the focus was on media advertising and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13	Basadzi Media And Personnel PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Basadzi is a partner of choice for organisation seeking to plan and implement comprehensive and integrated media and communications campaigns, having leveraged the competency…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14	Express Employment Professionals Durban North	Partial evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Express Employment Professionals is a leading staffing provider in South Africa, the United States of America, and Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15	Live Communications SA	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Making advertising resonate and maximising efficiency for over 15 years Established in 2007, LIVECOM is a proudly South African independent agency, with a diverse team of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16	AJ Personnel Recruitment Services	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 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 14, 2026
17	IMS AD Agency	Indirect evidence	Lonehill, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At IMS we have one mission: To generate demand for your product or service by unleashing some amazing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18	ONE Agency	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ONE Agency is a fully-fledged, integrated collective of experienced, multi-skilled creatives, strategists, directors, producers, animators, researchers, project managers and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19	GO Advertising	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Embarking on a creative journey since 1998, we have extensive experience working with retail giants across South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20	Wisdom & Youth Advertising And Design	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2009, Wisdom and Youth is a community of curious minds that live to conceptualise, collaborate and create awesome ideas for brands we truly love.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21	Matchworks PTY Limited	Indirect evidence	Modderfontein, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a small team of passionate and fast-paced recruiters dedicated to sourcing and placing the best possible talent with our clients and business partners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22	VGP Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “VGP is a premier, specialist South African recruitment agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23	AMPD	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ampd provides a highly strategic staffing solution for brands that demand results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24	Duck And Craig	Partial evidence	Gauteng, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Duck and Craig Advertising was founded in May 2011.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25	Talent Magnet Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Talent Magnet is a leading recruitment agency with over 15 years of experience, connecting exceptional talent with top organisations across multiple sectors, including Digital…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 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 staffing. 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 staffing.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of advertising agency staffing, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name advertising agency staffing. 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 staffing based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026

21.0%Verified-email coverage

13.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

26.5%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 151 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 staffing, 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 staffing”. 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 staffing), 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 staffing, 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, 416 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 14, 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 staffing by metro

Advertising agency staffing in Johannesburg40

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 staffing, 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 staffing are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 151 advertising agency staffing 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?

The Mediashop, headquartered in Bryanston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most advertising agency staffing?

Johannesburg leads with 40 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (20) and Pretoria (11).

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 416 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 151 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 14, 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.