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Top 25 Marketing recruitment firms based in South Africa

Name: Marketing recruitment firms based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 1,405 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,405 marketing recruitment firms headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 7,669 professional contacts across them, including 1,432 with verified work emails and 498 with mobile numbers. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers marketing recruitment firms 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, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row Match evidence on every row Refreshed Sep 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

1,405Companies

7,669Contacts tracked

1,432Verified emails

498Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest marketing recruitment firms based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,405 marketing recruitment firms based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names marketing recruitment firms: 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.
#	Company	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	KELLYPartial evidence	Gallo Manor, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	522
	“We focus on the permanent and temporary recruitment of general administrative and office support personnel together with sales and service professionals for leading African firms…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	DAV Professional Placement GroupPartial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	274
	“As one of Africa’s leading recruitment firms, our place in this world is to help others find theirs.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3	Hire ResolvePartial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	170
	“Hire Resolve is a Top Recruitment Agency recruiting Talent in SA, EMEA, UK & USA.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	Mindworx Consulting And AcademyIndirect evidence	Rosebank, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	150
	“Launched in 2002, Mindworx has evolved into a technology-focused digital talent and solutions agency, to remain relevant and competitive, and we do the same for our client's…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	MVCStrong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	117
	“MVC is a staff recruitment and placement service company with over 17 years experience in national retail marketing solutions, project management and staffing solutions.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	PeoplesolvedIndirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	115
	“With 8 offices worldwide, a research team of 100+ and over candidates placed, it might be hard to believe that PeopleSolved started as a two-man team in an office the size of a…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7	King JamesIndirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	99
	“King James was acquired and the brand sunsetted in 2022.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Mustard Seed Relationship MarketingPartial evidence	Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	91
	“Across our 22+ years of retail and brand marketing, we know that it’s all about the message, medium, and moment where you capture your audience.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	Scribante Labour ConsultantsIndirect evidence	Ethekwini, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1,001-5,000	88
	“Connecting South Africa's top talent with exceptional opportunities across all industries.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	Promise AgencyIndirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	81
	“We established Promise with no clients or start-up capital in 2005.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	CBR Marketing SolutionsIndirect evidence	Illovo, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	71
	“We don’t need to tell you we’re an award-winning agency.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	O'brien RecruitmentStrong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	69
	“O'Brien Recruitment, an independent recruitment consultancy, specialises in temporary, contract and permanent positions within the Finance, IT, Sales & Marketing, Call Centre…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	This IS MHIndirect evidence	Paulshof, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	55
	“Welcome to the house of Resonance™ - Mortimer Harvey.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14	Hamiltons AdvertisingPartial evidence	Brackenfell, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	54
	“Hamiltons in Creative is a marketing and advertising company based out of Unit 25, Cornerstone Business Park, 24 London Circle, Brackengate Business Park.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	Status StaffingPartial evidence	Bellville, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	47
	“COMPANY PROFILE Status Staffing Solutions (Pty) Ltd, with historical representation globally in the UK, Australia and the USA, has its roots in the South African recruitment…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16	NEW ERA Brand Management PTY LTD T A NEW ERA AgencyIndirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	43
	“At New Era Agency we are all about people, brands & technology, connecting these three entities through our Brand Amplifiers™.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	Beetle INCIndirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	40
	“We’re Beetle Inc.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Eyes & Ears Marketing ServicesPartial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	39
	“With over two decades of experience, Eyes and Ears Marketing Services is a accredited marketing agency with extensive experience in market research.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	GorillaIndirect evidence	Durban And Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	39
	“Hi.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	100 Degrees Online MarketingPartial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	36
	“100 Degrees Online Marketing is a digital media specialist company and one of the leading South African media placement and online marketing agencies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	RetroviralIndirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	35
	“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
22	Outsourcing TOP TalentIndirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	31
	“We go “over the top” to source and acquire the best Talent to present to our clients.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	KLI RecruitmentPartial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	n/a	31
	“KLI Recruitment has been operating in Cape Town since 2006.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	Brand CandyPartial evidence	Hillcrest, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	30
	“Brand Candy was founded in 2016 by Janet Hancock and Richard Burgess as a full-service digital marketing agency and WordPress specialist team.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	TMI CollectivePartial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	30
	“TMI is an all-inclusive digital marketing agency that focuses on creating and implementing integrated strategies while breaking the mould of the traditional ‘agency & client’…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Marketing recruitment firms based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

JohannesburgLargest hub · 338 HQs

498Contacts with mobile numbers

Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,115

11-50

238

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Verified emails by last verification

0–30

1,312

31–60

108

61–90

90–180

180+

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 recruitment firms, 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 South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “marketing recruitment firms”. 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 recruitment firms, 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 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, 1,432 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.
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Frequently asked

How many marketing recruitment firms are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 1,405 marketing recruitment firms 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?

KELLY, headquartered in Gauteng, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most marketing recruitment firms?

Johannesburg leads with 338 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (273) and Pretoria (94).

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 5, 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 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.