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Top 25 Media planning and buying firms based in New Zealand

RevenueBase identified 100 media planning and buying firms headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 1,571 professional contacts across them, including 455 with verified work emails. Auckland is the largest hub.

This list covers media planning and buying firms headquartered in New Zealand, 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
100Companies
1,571Contacts tracked
455Verified emails
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The 25 largest media planning and buying firms based in New Zealand

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 100 media planning and buying firms based in New Zealand, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to media planning and buying firms: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200345 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MBM was founded in 2010, and became New Zealand’s largest independent media agency with over 100 staff in its Auckland and Wellington offices.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200153 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Creativity is the most powerful force in business." Bill Bernbach At DDB Group Aotearoa NZ, we create influence for our clients by developing bold creative ideas that compel…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,000122 contacts →

Partial evidence

“OMD New Zealand, Campaign Asia's New Zealand Media Agency of the Year 2025, is an Omnicom Media agency and part of the world’s largest media network.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20072 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Special is a global independent creative group for the world’s most ambitious brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20066 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to PHD.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5056 contacts →

Partial evidence

Media Agency of the Year, Beacon Awards 2026.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceAuckland Central, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20052 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Partial evidenceAuckland Central, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5034 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lassoo is an independent full-service Media and PR agency built around one goal: making it easier for brands to succeed in today's complex marketing landscape.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re a socially-led, full-service creative and media agency that partners with ambitious brands in their pursuit of phenomenal results.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“An Aotearoa owned agency producing world-class work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The most beneficial relationship between a company and their client is one which transcends a client/supplier matrix and instead becomes a true partnership.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5026 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are d3, an Auckland-based media agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceAuckland Wellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Federation is the Top 3 ranked, independent creative agency, partnering with local and global brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceTe Aro, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The full-service agency holding creativity and marketing hand-in-hand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Strong evidenceTauranga, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5016 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Wave Agency is a full-service brand communications agency, providing strategic business and brand development services, marketing strategy, media buying and advertising and design…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We're a full service agency specialising in consumer and shopper behaviour.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceChristchurch, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Being loud is not enough.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect evidenceTauranga, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to Collab Digital, where expertise meets excellence.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Indirect evidenceTe Aro, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Formerly The Digital Café.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Contagion is an independent creative and insight led media agency based in Aotearoa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hi, we are Momentum.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Partial evidenceTauranga, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a full-service, independent creative and media agency who are powered by an incredible team of passionate professionals, we are a group of thinkers, doers, problem solvers…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Using digital platforms and our powerful connection to global and local audiences, we help businesses achieve their marketing goals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Indirect evidenceNorth Shore City, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A marketing and digital agency with a difference.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Redfire is an independent full-service creative agency specialising in full-funnel marketing, branding, design and advertising.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Media planning and buying firms based in New Zealand at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
29.0%Verified-email coverage
15.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
58.0%Largest-city concentration · Auckland
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
64
11-50
25
51-200
9
201-500
1
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for New Zealand, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for New Zealand, over 100 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 and buying firms, 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 New Zealand whose own description of what they do matches “media planning and buying firms”. 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 and buying firms), 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 and buying firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside New Zealand 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, 455 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 and buying firms by metro

  • Media planning and buying firms in Auckland58

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 and buying firms, 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 and buying firms are there based in New Zealand?

RevenueBase identified 100 media planning and buying firms headquartered in New Zealand 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?

MBM, headquartered in Auckland, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most media planning and buying firms?

Auckland leads with 58 headquartered companies, followed by Christchurch (6) and Tauranga (5).

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 455 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 100 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.