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Top 25 Marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa

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. As of September 2026, Johannesburg is the single most-represented city among the companies listed.

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 SmartSearch, 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.

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6,201Contacts tracked
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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. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names marketing agencies: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
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1
Hello InfantryStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026n/a225

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2
ClockworkIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200166

“We are Clockwork – an award-winning, globally recognised, independent creative and communications agency with headquarters in Johannesburg, Cape Town and London.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3
Simplyblack MediaIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200148

“SimplyBlack”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4
Student VillageIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-50130

“We are youth market specialists.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5
MetropolitanrepublicIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200117

“MetropolitanRepublic is a full service communications company, with a firm and highly valued Strategic and Behavioural Change reputation.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6
JR PromotionsStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5095

“We are a specialist below-the-line marketing and activations company with a national footprint.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7
Rapt Creative AgencyIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20077

“Proudly South African Integrated Creative Agency | Financial Mail Agency of the year “22 | Johannesburg | Cape Town | Lagos”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8
Hklm BrandingStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20072

“HKLM is a global agency specialising in branding, marketing, and communications to create impactful change through brands.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9
Retail InsightStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5071

“Retail Insight is a Johannesburg based company that has distinguished itself as a dynamic below the line Marketing Company.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10
Brave GroupIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20070

“An integrated advertising agency group driven by the purpose of shared value through creativity.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11
NET Work BbdoIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5070

“Hello, we're Net#work BBDO, nice to meet you.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12
Røering Creative KINIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20064

“Level 1 B-BBEE status holder as a large entity.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13
The Up&up Group Affiliated To The Global M&c Saatchi GroupIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,00063

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14
United Stations PTY LTDIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5054

“United Stations is a specialist media sales house, boasting a national footprint of some of the top radio brands.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15
LevergyIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5054

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16
Duma CollectiveIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5049

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17
Tbwa Hunt Lascaris JHBIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20048

“TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris is a global Agency which provides full-service communication services to clients across the globe.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18
Digi WorxStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-50047

“Experience the Power of Experiential Marketing with Digi Worx!”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19
BLU Flamingo Digital AfricaStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20043

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20
T WIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5042

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21
Habari MediaIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20039

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22
Lampost CreativeIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5036

“Est.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23
RetroviralIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5035

“We have a challenger mindset and through this have made more brands ‘go viral’, globally, than any other agency in Africa.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24
Triple EightStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20035

“Triple Eight is a leading through-the-line pan-African marketing agency in experiential marketing across activations, PR, Corporate Communicating and Digital.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25
Helloyes MarketingStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5034

“HelloYes Marketing is a global brand, creative, digital and technology-driven agency.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Marketing agencies based in Johannesburg, South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026
1-10Median size (employees)
JohannesburgLargest hub · 1184 HQs
Contacts with mobile numbers
Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
904
11-50
219
51-200
42
201-500
8
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
6
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole South Africa list rather than this city, 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 evidence 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 SmartSearch, 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.
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 an evidence 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
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Marketing agencies by metro in South Africa

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 has the most marketing agencies?

Johannesburg is the single most-represented city among the marketing agencies on the list.

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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 SmartSearch, 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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