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Top 25 Advertising recruitment firms based in South Africa

Name: Advertising recruitment firms based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Verified Aug 28, 2026 949 companies tracked

There are 949 advertising recruitment firms headquartered in South Africa (RevenueBase, August 2026). RevenueBase tracks 9,665 professional contacts across them, including 1,772 with verified work emails and 530 with mobile numbers. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers advertising recruitment firms headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of August 28, 2026.

949Companies

9,665Contacts tracked

1,772Verified emails

530Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest advertising recruitment firms based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 949 advertising recruitment firms based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data verified Aug 28, 2026. Click a count to unlock that company's people.
#	Company	HQ	Employees	Contacts	Verified emails
1	Ogilvy South Africa	Cape Town	501-1,000	591	309
2	KELLY	Gauteng	201-500	524	9
3	Ninety9cents	Cape Town	201-500	351	203
4	DAV Professional Placement Group	Johannesburg	51-200	272	5
5	The Mediashop	La Lucia	51-200	165	51
6	Mindworx Consulting And Academy	Rosebank	51-200	148	26
7	MVC	Johannesburg	201-500	116	1
8	Peoplesolved	Rosebank	51-200	115	64
9	Headhunters Recruitment	Port Elizabeth	11-50	101	10
10	Penquin	Orchards	51-200	91	49
11	Unique Personnel	Bedfordview	51-200	89	10
12	Scribante Labour Consultants	Ethekwini	1,001-5,000	87	16
13	Promise Agency	Johannesburg	51-200	81	52
14	This IS MH	Johannesburg	51-200	55	9
15	Status Staffing	Bellville	11-50	47	4
16	NEW ERA Brand Management PTY LTD T A NEW ERA Agency	Johannesburg	201-500	43	21
17	GAP Consulting	Sandton	11-50	39	5
18	Retroviral	Johannesburg	11-50	36	16
19	Secondments	Sandton	51-200	31	7
20	Grey South Africa	Bryanston	51-200	28	2
21	Kendrick Recruitment	Hazyview	11-50	24	5
22	Multisearch	Durban Kzn	11-50	23	9
23	Staff Unlimited	Port Elizabeth	11-50	22	12
24	Ilaunch	Cape Town	11-50	22	8
25	Swift Momentum	Cape Town	11-50	22	6

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Advertising recruitment firms based in South Africa at a glance

As of Aug 28, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

JohannesburgLargest hub · 246 HQs

530Contacts with mobile numbers

21Emails re-verified in last 30 days

Companies by employee count

1-10

697

11-50

190

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Advertising recruitment firms by metro

Metro	Companies
Advertising recruitment firms in Johannesburg	246
Advertising recruitment firms in Cape Town	172
Advertising recruitment firms in Pretoria	52
Advertising recruitment firms in Sandton	39
Advertising recruitment firms in Durban	32
Advertising recruitment firms in Centurion	16
Advertising recruitment firms in Bryanston	14

How this list was built

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 21.3 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources.
Inclusion: Companies whose own business descriptions match “advertising recruitment firms”, with match quality audited by blind human judging, and headquartered in South Africa.
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: Contact records re-verify on a rolling cadence; 21 contacts on this list were re-verified in the last 30 days.
Refresh: Lists are refreshed periodically as the underlying company graph is re-verified. Last verified Aug 28, 2026.

Frequently asked

How many advertising recruitment firms are there based in South Africa?

There are 949 advertising recruitment firms headquartered in South Africa as of August 2026 (RevenueBase).

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 recruitment firms?

Johannesburg leads with 246 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (172) and Pretoria (52).

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 1,772 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 949 companies.

How current is this list?

The list is refreshed periodically as the underlying company graph is re-verified. It was last verified on August 28, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B contact data platform. Its company graph covers 21.3 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, the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products and the free research portal.