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Top 25 Marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Name: Marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 1,184 companies tracked

This directory contains 1,184 marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with contact details for 6,201 people and 1,420 email addresses. Across South Africa, Johannesburg is the largest hub for this category.

Marketing agencies provide services such as strategy, branding, advertising, content, market research, and campaign management to help organizations reach and engage customers. This list covers companies that provide marketing strategy, creative, advertising, digital marketing, public relations, content, or related marketing services to clients. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 5, 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 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

1,184Companies

6,201Contacts tracked

1,420Verified emails

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The 25 largest marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,184 marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to marketing 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	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	n/a	225 contacts →
	Strong 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 5, 2026
2	Clockwork	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	166 contacts →
	Indirect 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 5, 2026
3	Simplyblack Media	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	148 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SimplyBlack” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	Student Village	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	130 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are youth market specialists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	Metropolitanrepublic	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 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 5, 2026
6	JR Promotions	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	95 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a specialist below-the-line marketing and activations company with a national footprint.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
7	Rapt Creative Agency	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Proudly South African Integrated Creative Agency \| Financial Mail Agency of the year “22 \| Johannesburg \| Cape Town \| Lagos” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Hklm Branding	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HKLM is a global agency specialising in branding, marketing, and communications to create impactful change through brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	Retail Insight	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	71 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Retail Insight is a Johannesburg based company that has distinguished itself as a dynamic below the line Marketing Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	Brave Group	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	70 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “An integrated advertising agency group driven by the purpose of shared value through creativity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	NET Work Bbdo	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	70 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hello, we're Net#work BBDO, nice to meet you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	Røering Creative KIN	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Level 1 B-BBEE status holder as a large entity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	The Up&up Group Affiliated To The Global M&c Saatchi Group	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	63 contacts →
	Indirect 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 5, 2026
14	United Stations PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “United Stations is a specialist media sales house, boasting a national footprint of some of the top radio brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	Levergy	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect 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 5, 2026
16	Duma Collective	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Duma Collective (PTY) Ltd is a creative communications agency that services FMCG brands, event productions, agencies, performing artists as well as government departments in South…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	Tbwa Hunt Lascaris JHB	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 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 5, 2026
18	Digi Worx	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	47 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Experience the Power of Experiential Marketing with Digi Worx!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	BLU Flamingo Digital Africa	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Strong evidence “BLU Flamingo Africa is a Pan African technology led Integrated Marketing Communications Company with headquarters in South Africa, founding Office in Uganda, and branches in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	T W	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Indirect 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 5, 2026
21	Habari Media	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2004, Habari Media is a dynamic and award-winning multi-media sales company with a core focus in digital, offering advertisers exclusive access to a wide selection…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	Lampost Creative	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Est.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	Retroviral	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 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 5, 2026
24	Triple Eight	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Triple Eight is a leading through-the-line pan-African marketing agency in experiential marketing across activations, PR, Corporate Communicating and Digital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	Helloyes Marketing	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HelloYes Marketing is a global brand, creative, digital and technology-driven agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 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: 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 marketing agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of marketing agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name 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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Marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

22.9%Verified-email coverage

5.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 5, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

904

11-50

219

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

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 1,184 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 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.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “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 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 marketing 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, 1,420 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 5, 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.

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Frequently asked

How many marketing agencies are based in Johannesburg, South Africa?

The directory lists 1,184 marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Where can I find contact information for marketing agencies?

This directory includes contact details for 6,201 people and 1,420 email addresses associated with the listed marketing agencies.

Which city in South Africa has the most marketing agencies?

Johannesburg leads South Africa with 1,184 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (1,084) and Pretoria (328).

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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.