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Top 25 Animation advertising agencies based in South Africa
RevenueBase identified 284 animation advertising agencies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,234 professional contacts across them, including 299 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.
This list covers animation advertising agencies 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 21, 2026.
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The 25 largest animation advertising agencies based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Releasing in 2023: Aau's Song (A short film in the Star Wars: Visions 2 series.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Luma is an internationally acclaimed animation studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chocolate Tribe is a high-end visual effects and animation studio based in sunny Johannesburg, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're a Video Specialist Digital Agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We write, design, animate, produce, edit and final-mix television promos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lucan is an Annie-nominated and award-winning animation studio renowned for its dedication to creative excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Iconic is a creative agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re an edgy alternative to traditional advertising.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wicked Pixels is the most established and awarded studio of its kind in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bewilder, a distinguished animation studio deeply rooted in the rich traditions of illustration and storytelling, is nestled within the vibrant landscape of Cape Town, South…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Holy Cow is a strategic creative agency that uses animation, video and visual storytelling to solve business problems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hello, we’re Studio Bo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Disruption with intent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FORT is an award-winning, independent, modern-day studio where audiences are built, brilliant stories are told, and worlds are brought to life through film, commercials and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “IDEA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “S2 Multimedia is a proudly South African, 100% black-owned, 50% female-owned multimedia production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Made by Radio is multidisciplinary production studio We deliver illustrations and animation content for clients in the advertising, entertainment, tech, fashion and pharmaceutical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a creative studio of designers sharing our love of storytelling through animation and illustration.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We figure out the best possible way for our clients to communicate their message to the particular audience they are trying to reach and recommend carefully crafted creative and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BlackGinger is a talent driven animation and visual effects studio based in cape town, south africa, servicing commercial, series and film clients locally and internationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Rave Growl where the fusion of motion graphics and the dynamic worlds of music, event visuals, and advertising heralds a new dawn in visual storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Motif brings together a highly experienced team of directors, producers and visual effects artists who are committed to delivering live-action, animation and CG motion graphics…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Helping Startups & Established businesses turn what they do into a clear, confident & creative voice - not just things that look good, but assets that communicate with purpose.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lung Animation is well established boutique style animation studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: animation advertising 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 animation advertising agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of animation advertising agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name animation advertising 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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Animation advertising agencies based in South Africa at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
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 284 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 animation advertising 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 South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “animation advertising 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 animation advertising 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 animation advertising agencies, 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, 299 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 21, 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.
Animation advertising agencies by metro
- Animation advertising agencies in Cape Town92
- Animation advertising agencies in Johannesburg78
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 animation advertising 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 animation advertising agencies are there based in South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 284 animation advertising agencies 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?
Triggerfish, headquartered in Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most animation advertising agencies?
Cape Town leads with 92 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (78) and Pretoria (15).
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 299 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 284 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 21, 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.
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