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Top 25 Media planning agencies based in South Africa

Name: Media planning agencies based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 148 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 148 media planning agencies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,366 professional contacts across them, including 337 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers media planning 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, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 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 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

148Companies

1,366Contacts tracked

337Verified emails

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The 25 largest media planning agencies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 148 media planning agencies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to media planning 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	The Mediashop	Partial evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	168 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The MediaShop is a full service, innovative, pioneering, always evolving media agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	This IS MH	Indirect evidence	Paulshof, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to the house of Resonance™ - Mortimer Harvey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Groupm Sub-Saharan Africa	Partial evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GroupM is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $45B (COMvergence) in annual media investment through agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Ebony Ivory	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Celebrating 50+ years in seamless campaign experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	100 Degrees Online Marketing	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “100 Degrees Online Marketing is a digital media specialist company and one of the leading South African media placement and online marketing agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Retroviral	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
7	bdm.media	Indirect evidence	City Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Using radio, television and digital channels to develop holistic strategies that generate results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Mediaheads 360	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Mediaheads360 we are a dynamic team of media specialists that have a love for powerful, creative ideas that drive holistic media campaigns.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	PHD South Africa	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	24 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in London in 1990, we were the first media agency to offer strategic and creative planning at a time when the industry was about buying cheaply and quickly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Connect	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We're not just a media agency-we're attention architects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Happy Friday Creative	Indirect evidence	Century City, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Say hello to Happy Friday, a new people-centric creative agency obsessed with crafting creative advertising that makes our clients deliriously happy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Fresh Advertising And Marketing	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fresh Advertising & Marketing is a full service agency since 2009.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Lion Marketing CC	Indirect evidence	Bedfordview, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lion Marketing (CC) is a full-service advertising agency, all departments work together to provide one solution for you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Lesoba Difference	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lesoba Difference isn’t just another agency -we’re the award-winning team behind campaigns that have turned brands into household names.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Meta Media	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a full-service media agency, providing award winning communication solutions for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Brand Republic SA	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “In 2008 Brandbar opened its doors, where the focus was on media advertising and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	The Cheese HAS Moved	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At The Cheese Has Moved (TCHM), we don't just follow trends, we set them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Live Communications SA	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Making advertising resonate and maximising efficiency for over 15 years Established in 2007, LIVECOM is a proudly South African independent agency, with a diverse team of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	IMS AD Agency	Indirect evidence	Lonehill, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At IMS we have one mission: To generate demand for your product or service by unleashing some amazing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Blue Apple South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to the no-hot-air, low-maintenance creative agency that delivers the goods, smartly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Bloom Marketing Agency	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bloom Marketing / Bloom Infinite is an integrated full-service marketing & advertising agency offering growth fueling strategic marketing solutions, concept development and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Ibay Connect	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “iBay is an advertising agency that has fully embraced the digital realm, and its potent arsenal of high-tech, cost-effective, precision marketing tools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Iconomysa	Indirect evidence	Bedfordview, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Creativity is at the core of everything we do with an in-house team of creatives and strategists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	IO Media Agency	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Io Agency, where creative meets strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Omnia Digital	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “How We Help Our Clients - Build full funnel strategies that guide customers from discovery to purchase - Run paid media campaigns that bring in high-intent traffic - Create email…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: media planning 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 media planning agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of media planning agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name media planning 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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Media planning agencies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

24.7%Verified-email coverage

9.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

27.0%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 148 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 media planning 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 South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “media planning 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 media planning 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 media planning 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 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, 337 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 20, 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.

Media planning agencies by metro

Media planning agencies in Johannesburg40

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 media planning 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 media planning agencies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 148 media planning 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?

The Mediashop, headquartered in Bryanston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most media planning agencies?

Johannesburg leads with 40 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (19) and Pretoria (12).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 337 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 148 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 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.