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Top 25 Creative advertising agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Name: Creative advertising agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026 971 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 971 creative advertising agencies headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 5,188 professional contacts across them, including 1,204 with verified work emails and 290 with mobile numbers. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers creative advertising 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 9, 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 9, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

971Companies

5,188Contacts tracked

1,204Verified emails

290Mobile numbers

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

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 971 creative advertising agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to creative advertising 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	Hello Infantry	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	n/a	225 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hello Infantry is a Full-Service Digital Agency that brings together the power of Design, Development, Marketing, and Data to provide our customers with a comprehensive and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
2	Clockwork	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	166 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are Clockwork – an award-winning, globally recognised, independent creative and communications agency with headquarters in Johannesburg, Cape Town and London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
3	Student Village	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	130 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are youth market specialists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
4	Metropolitanrepublic	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	117 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MetropolitanRepublic is a full service communications company, with a firm and highly valued Strategic and Behavioural Change reputation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
5	Rapt Creative Agency	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Proudly South African Integrated Creative Agency \| Financial Mail Agency of the year “22 \| Johannesburg \| Cape Town \| Lagos” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
6	Grid Worldwide	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	75 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Creating meaning isn’t just our philosophy – it’s our standard.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
7	Hklm Branding	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HKLM is a global agency specialising in branding, marketing, and communications to create impactful change through brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
8	Brave Group	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	70 contacts →
	Strong evidence “An integrated advertising agency group driven by the purpose of shared value through creativity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
9	NET Work Bbdo	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	70 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hello, we're Net#work BBDO, nice to meet you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
10	Røering Creative KIN	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Level 1 B-BBEE status holder as a large entity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
11	The Up&up Group Affiliated To The Global M&c Saatchi Group	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	501-1,000	63 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Up & Up Group (formerly M+C Saatchi Group South Africa) is one of the African continent’s leading independent creative group of companies and is 100% South African owned.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
12	Levergy	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Brutal simplicity of thought is at the heart of everything we do and we use this to guarantee that our work is always simple, creative and impactful.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
13	Tbwa Hunt Lascaris JHB	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris is a global Agency which provides full-service communication services to clients across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
14	Digi Worx	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	201-500	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Experience the Power of Experiential Marketing with Digi Worx!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
15	Eclipse Communications	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Impactful and strategic campaigns by one of South Africa’s largest independent communications agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
16	Mediology	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A media-led, creatively-inspired agency whose approach is grounded in a deep understanding of human behaviour.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
17	Oliver Agency South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About OLIVER Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialists in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
18	T W	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Partial evidence “T+W is a specialist sports and entertainment storytelling shop that makes culture-shaping content and creative campaigns for broadcasters, streamers, brands, teams, athletes…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
19	Sherbet Agency	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re a crew of big-dreaming, fresh-thinking, young-hearted creatives who thrive on creating real change - in the lives of the youth, AND the bottom-line of the brands we connect…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
20	Retroviral	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 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 9, 2026
21	Helloyes Marketing	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HelloYes Marketing is a global brand, creative, digital and technology-driven agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
22	V8 Media	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “V8 MEDIA is a ROI focussed consulting and digital marketing agency based in South Africa that specializes in helping brands increase their revenue by tapping into the digital…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
23	Artifact Advertising	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Artifact Advertising is an independent, privately owned full-service, digital,and internal communications agency founded in 1992.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
24	Halo Advertising	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Halo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
25	Indayi Communication	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	1-10	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a communications specialist agency that aims to achieve true client satisfaction by implementing concise, specific & pinpoint strategies to meet client's demands.We are an…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 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: creative 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 creative advertising agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of creative advertising agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name creative 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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Creative advertising agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 9, 2026

23.2%Verified-email coverage

5.6%Mobile-number coverage

5.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

100.4%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 9, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

745

11-50

187

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked

Email last verified

Median 11.0d

1,1010–30

9831–60

061–90

090–180

5180+

Company record updated

Median 75.0d

00–30

2,27131–60

2,25061–90

46690–180

201180+

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 creative 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 Johannesburg, South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “creative 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 creative 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 creative advertising 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, 1,204 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 9, 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.

Creative advertising agencies by metro in South Africa

Creative advertising agencies in Johannesburg975
Creative advertising agencies in Cape Town857
Creative advertising agencies in Pretoria244
Creative advertising agencies in Durban151
Creative advertising agencies in Sandton145
Creative advertising agencies in Randburg68
Creative advertising agencies in Bryanston57

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 creative 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 creative advertising agencies are there based in Johannesburg, South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 971 creative advertising 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?

Hello Infantry, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most creative advertising agencies?

Johannesburg leads with 975 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (857) and Pretoria (244).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 9, 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.