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Top 25 Advertising recruitment agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Name: Advertising recruitment agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 23, 2026 244 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 244 advertising recruitment agencies headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 2,518 professional contacts across them, including 195 with verified work emails. Across South Africa, Johannesburg is the largest hub for this category.

This list covers advertising recruitment agencies 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 23, 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 23, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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2,518Contacts tracked

195Verified emails

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The 25 largest advertising recruitment agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 244 advertising recruitment agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 23, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advertising recruitment agencies: 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 23, 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 23, 2026
2	DAV Professional Placement Group	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
3	MVC	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
4	NEW ERA Brand Management PTY LTD T A NEW ERA Agency	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
5	Retroviral	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
6	Halo Advertising	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Halo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
7	Elite Search And Selection	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
8	Efficiency Advertising	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
9	Takora Human Capital	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
10	Pollock & Associates	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
11	PRO TEM	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
12	The Cheese HAS Moved	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
13	AJ Personnel Recruitment Services	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
14	Blue Apple South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 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 23, 2026
15	The Skills Mine	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Skills Mine are global talent acquisition specialists and head-hunters dedicated to helping companies build robust recruitment strategies worldwide from Johannesburg to Cape…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
16	Jennings Consulting	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We believe Jennings Consulting is a recruitment agency with a difference – we want to make a real difference, to both our candidates and our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
17	WOW Concepts	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Created in 2012, WOW Concepts had one goal in mind; changing the CREATIVE and DIGITAL world with a team of INNOVATIVE masterminds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
18	Zenzero Agency	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Previously known as Ginger Bug Designs, ZenZero is a creative agency here to offer you fantastic design and marketing services, with a difference.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
19	Quartermaster Group	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Quartermaster Group is a Johannesburg based marketing and communications agency that delivers business solutions through three integrated divisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
20	Talent Magnet Recruitment	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial 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 23, 2026
21	Prism Placements	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Prism Placements is a specialist skills placement service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
22	Lerach Recruitments PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lerach Recruitments provides executive searches and targeted advertisements throughout South Africa, Africa and the Middle East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
23	Square 1 Recruitment	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Specialist Recruitment for the People who Keep Industry Moving.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
24	Even Flow Media	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are EFM, a full service creative agency, empowering ambitious businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
25	Performability Recruitment PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 23, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Performability Talent Solutions helps organisations make better workforce decisions across the entire talent lifecycle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 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 recruitment agencies. 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 recruitment agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of advertising recruitment agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name advertising recruitment agencies. 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 recruitment agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 23, 2026

7.7%Verified-email coverage

10.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 23, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

187

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 244 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 recruitment agencies, 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 recruitment agencies”. 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 recruitment agencies), 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 recruitment agencies, 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, 195 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 23, 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 recruitment agencies 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 recruitment agencies, 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 recruitment agencies are there based in Johannesburg, South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 244 advertising recruitment agencies 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 recruitment agencies?

Johannesburg leads South Africa with 244 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (162) and Pretoria (49).

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 195 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 244 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 23, 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.