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Top 25 E-commerce marketing agencies worldwide
RevenueBase identified 80,740 e-commerce marketing agencies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 485,359 professional contacts across them, including 111,356 with verified work emails and 69,227 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers e-commerce marketing agencies worldwide, 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 29, 2026. Country and city lists for e-commerce marketing agencies follow the table.
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.
The 25 largest e-commerce marketing agencies worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 8,496 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Crossmark offers service-based solutions to help your brand grow in store and online.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 5,079 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Somos uma assessoria de marketing focada em construir e otimizar o processo de vendas através da internet conectando pessoas que geram resultados com empresas que buscam vender…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 4,426 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hibu is a leading provider of technology-driven, integrated digital marketing solutions for America’s local businesses, trusted by tens of thousands of local business owners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,860 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency within Omnicom Media that provides actionable growth for both agency partners and clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,611 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We deliver for small businesses with powerful tools to simplify and amplify digital marketing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,530 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Specialized in digital business, Infracommerce operates with the modular concept, gathering platform, marketing, content, payment, logistics and customer service in three pillars…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,284 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1966, we’ve been helping UK businesses grow – from printed ads in the Yellow Pages to powerful, AI-driven digital marketing that delivers real results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 1,076 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Scorpion is the leader in helping local businesses succeed by focusing on what truly matters-driving revenue.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 948 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Iksula is a leading eCommerce solutions provider for brands and retailers globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 926 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Some agencies play it safe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 920 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “1.2-billion managed on Amazon, My Amazon Guy is A 400+ client full service Amazon Agency in Atlanta, Georgia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 899 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Logical Position (LP) is an Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 866 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're here to be your digital marketing growth partner in the AI era.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 866 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Neil Patel has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the United Nations, to name a few, as one of the most influential and successful marketers and entrepreneurs…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 849 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mars United℠ Commerce is a global commerce marketing practice that aligns people, technology, and intelligence to make the business of our clients better today than it was…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 836 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is to propel brands to increase their ecommerce market share across the globe while improving their operational costs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 825 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since its inception in 1997, SEO Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 786 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a global company that blends digital marketing services, consulting and technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 724 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We book the qualified meetings that fill your pipeline for any B2B company ready to grow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 649 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re Linney, a connected marketing partner helping brands turn complexity into clarity across digital, physical and ecommerce channels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 554 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We help eCommerce brands identify what’s actually blocking growth and build a clear 90-day plan to fix: Legacy platforms that are slow, fragile, or risky to change; Delivery…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 549 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Harvest Group is a leading commerce agency for CPG brands looking to grow their business at Walmart, Target, Amazon, Kroger, Sam’s Club, Costco, and Harris Teeter.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 545 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Geometry just got braver, bolder and bigger!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 535 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Precis is a modern, tech-powered digital marketing agency specialising in media buying, analytics, creative, and proprietary technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 516 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “eCommerce Placement is a recognized leader in the nationwide recruitment of eCommerce and digital professionals in the areas of strategy and management, online marketing, web…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 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: e-commerce marketing 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 e-commerce marketing agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of e-commerce marketing agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name e-commerce marketing 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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E-commerce marketing agencies worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 29, 2026Companies by employee count
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 e-commerce marketing 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.
- Coverage
- 43 countries, largest first: the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Australia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy and 33 more. Country and city lists for e-commerce marketing agencies are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “e-commerce marketing 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 e-commerce marketing 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 e-commerce marketing agencies, and records with no verified work email.
- 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, 111,356 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 29, 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.
E-commerce marketing agencies by location
340 lists · largest firstEvery E-commerce marketing agencies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in the United States27,818
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in the United Kingdom8,285
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Brazil6,985
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Canada4,385
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Spain3,596
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Australia3,404
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Germany3,304
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in France2,889
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in the Netherlands2,578
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Italy2,343
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Mexico1,523
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in South Africa1,498
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Poland1,262
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Argentina1,248
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Israel688
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Belgium630
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Sweden630
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Portugal623
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Romania603
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Switzerland601
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Ukraine548
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Denmark539
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Ireland518
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Austria497
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in New Zealand482
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Greece474
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Bulgaria306
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Hungary299
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Norway273
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Serbia259
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Finland247
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Croatia214
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Estonia179
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Lithuania163
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Slovakia160
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Cyprus154
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Albania131
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Slovenia125
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Latvia95
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Malta77
Cities
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in London, United Kingdom2,561
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Sao Paulo, Brazil1,379
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in New York, United States1,237
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Toronto, Canada937
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Los Angeles, United States778
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Madrid, Spain755
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Paris, France670
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Miami, United States662
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Sydney, Australia557
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Buenos Aires, Argentina529
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Melbourne, Australia512
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Barcelona, Spain510
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Houston, United States484
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Austin, United States458
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Chicago, United States444
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Atlanta, United States439
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Montreal, Canada391
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in San Diego, United States387
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Vancouver, Canada384
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Dallas, United States383
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil372
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Curitiba, Brazil352
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Denver, United States343
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Manchester, United Kingdom339
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Cape Town, South Africa338
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Warsaw, Poland319
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Berlin, Germany314
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Sheridan, United States296
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa295
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Las Vegas, United States294
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Mexico City, Mexico285
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Orlando, United States282
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Tampa, United States282
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil270
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Bucharest, Romania265
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Amsterdam, Netherlands263
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Calgary, Canada257
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Milan, Italy239
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Phoenix, United States239
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in San Francisco, United States235
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Auckland, New Zealand221
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Stockholm, Sweden218
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Brisbane, Australia216
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Birmingham, United Kingdom211
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Seattle, United States209
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Hamburg, Germany196
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Rome, Italy193
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Sofia, Bulgaria187
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Kyiv, Ukraine184
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Boston, United States181
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Portland, United States181
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Munich, Germany177
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Charlotte, United States175
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Irvine, United States170
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Philadelphia, United States165
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Valencia, Spain160
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Budapest, Hungary157
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Vienna, Austria155
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Leeds, United Kingdom152
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Perth, Australia152
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Porto Alegre, Brazil152
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Minneapolis, United States149
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Edmonton, Canada145
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Lisbon, Portugal145
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Tallinn, Estonia143
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Mississauga, Canada142
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Fort Lauderdale, United States141
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Scottsdale, United States140
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Dublin, Ireland139
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Fortaleza, Brazil138
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Brasilia, Brazil129
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in San Antonio, United States129
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Cologne, Germany127
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Jacksonville, United States127
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Pretoria, South Africa123
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Ottawa, Canada120
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Salt Lake City, United States119
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Raleigh, United States118
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Nashville, United States116
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Glasgow, United Kingdom114
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Belgrade, Serbia112
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Athens, Greece111
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Campinas, Brazil111
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Columbus, United States111
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Boca Raton, United States110
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Vilnius, Lithuania110
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Washington, United States107
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Lyon, France106
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Rotterdam, Netherlands106
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Adelaide, Australia101
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Oslo, Norway100
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Sacramento, United States95
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Bristol, United Kingdom94
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Cleveland, United States94
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Helsinki, Finland93
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Recife, Brazil93
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Pittsburgh, United States92
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Wilmington, United States92
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Nottingham, United Kingdom88
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Zagreb, Croatia87
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Copenhagen, Denmark86
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in San Jose, United States86
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Cincinnati, United States85
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Monterrey, Mexico85
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Riga, Latvia84
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Bordeaux, France83
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Bratislava, Slovakia82
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Fort Worth, United States82
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Gold Coast, Australia82
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Toulouse, France82
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Liverpool, United Kingdom81
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Kansas City, United States80
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Plano, United States78
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Richmond, United States76
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Zurich, Switzerland75
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Brooklyn, United States74
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Charleston, United States74
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Colorado Springs, United States74
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Alicante, Spain73
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Grand Rapids, United States70
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Groningen, Netherlands70
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Albuquerque, United States69
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Greenville, United States69
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Indianapolis, United States69
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in West Palm Beach, United States69
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Barueri, Brazil68
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Guadalajara, Mexico68
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Guarulhos, Brazil68
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Porto, Portugal68
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Detroit, United States66
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Dover, United States66
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Brighton, United Kingdom65
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Turin, Italy65
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom64
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Louisville, United States64
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Springfield, United States64
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Utrecht, Netherlands64
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Winnipeg, Canada64
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom63
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Boulder, United States62
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Milwaukee, United States62
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Rochester, United States62
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Baltimore, United States61
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Sarasota, United States61
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Montpellier, France59
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Newark, United States59
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Victoria, Canada58
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Frisco, United States57
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Newport Beach, United States57
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Tucson, United States57
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Columbia, United States56
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Joinville, Brazil56
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Stuttgart, Germany56
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Arlington, United States55
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in London, Canada55
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Sheffield, United Kingdom55
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Boise, United States53
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Mexico, Mexico53
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in New Orleans, United States53
- E-commerce marketing agencies based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom53
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 e-commerce marketing 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 e-commerce marketing agencies are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 80,740 e-commerce marketing agencies worldwide 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?
Crossmark, headquartered in Lewisville, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most e-commerce marketing agencies?
The United States leads with 27,818 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (8,285) and Brazil (6,985). Every e-commerce marketing agencies list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most e-commerce marketing agencies?
London leads with 2631 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (1380) and New York (1238).
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 111,356 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 80,740 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 29, 2026.
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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.