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Top 25 Media agencies based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 1,106 media agencies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 11,672 professional contacts across them, including 3,303 with verified work emails and 555 with mobile numbers. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers media agencies 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.

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1,106Companies
11,672Contacts tracked
3,303Verified emails
555Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest media agencies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,106 media agencies 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 media 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.
#CompanyHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
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TradewayIndirect evidence
Randburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500652

“Tradeway is South Africa's leading independent activation agency.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2
Ogilvy South AfricaIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,000543

“In 1948, David Ogilvy founded the agency that would become Ogilvy & Mather.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3
Ninety9centsIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500341

“A leading full-service communications agency, known for seamlessly delivering impactful solutions with unparalleled retail expertise.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4
JOE PublicIndirect evidence
Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500302

“Founded in 1998 and growing into Joe Public in 2007, it is now one of the country’s leading brand and communications groups.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5
Haba R̈i MediaStrong evidence
Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500276

“We are a dynamic and innovative full-service Media house, staffed by industry experts who deliver comprehensive solutions across multiple channels.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6
Primedia OUT Of HomeStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200274

“Primedia Out-of-Home, a division of Primedia (Pty) Ltd, is the largest wholly South African-owned OOH media specialist.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7
Tbwa South AfricaIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500260

“TBWA\ is The Disruption® Company: the cultural engine for 21st century business.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8
The MediashopStrong evidence
Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200168

“The MediaShop is a full service, innovative, pioneering, always evolving media agency.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9
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
10
Simplyblack MediaIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200148

“SimplyBlack”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11
Student VillageIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-50130

“We are youth market specialists.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12
Avatar Agency GroupIndirect evidence
Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200122

“2 Creative Agency in Africa.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13
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
14Stellenbosch, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20091

“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
15
Promise AgencyIndirect evidence
Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20081

“We established Promise with no clients or start-up capital in 2005.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16
MDOTIndirect evidence
Somerset West, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5074

“Brand.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17
Hklm BrandingIndirect 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
18
CBR Marketing SolutionsIndirect evidence
Illovo, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5071

“We don’t need to tell you we’re an award-winning agency.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19Johannesburg, 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
20
FCB AfricaIndirect evidence
Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-50058
Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21
This IS MHIndirect evidence
Paulshof, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20055

“Welcome to the house of Resonance™ - Mortimer Harvey.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22
Hamiltons AdvertisingIndirect evidence
Brackenfell, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5054

“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
23
United Stations PTY LTDStrong 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
24
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
25
Spark Media SAStrong evidence
Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20053

“Who We Are Spark Media, a division of Caxton & CTP Publishers and Printers Ltd is an advertising and media-solutions, sales company.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Media agencies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026
1-10Median size (employees)
JohannesburgLargest hub · 322 HQs
555Contacts with mobile numbers
Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
712
11-50
303
51-200
65
201-500
16
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
5
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
1

Verified emails by last verification

0–30
3,045
31–60
245
61–90
1
90–180
0
180+
12

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 media 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 South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “media 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 media agencies, 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, 3,303 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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Media agencies by metro

Frequently asked

How many media agencies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 1,106 media agencies 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?

Tradeway, headquartered in Randburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most media agencies?

Johannesburg leads with 322 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (211) and Pretoria (57).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this 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.