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Top 25 Media planning and buying firms based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 429 company matches for media planning and buying firms associated with South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 5,349 professional contacts across them, including 1,483 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for media planning and buying firms associated with South Africa, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 20, 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 RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Sep 20, 2026 How this list was built
429Companies
5,349Contacts tracked
1,483Verified emails
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The 25 largest media planning and buying firms based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 429 company matches for media planning and buying firms based in South Africa, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 20, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500341 contacts →

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

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2Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500276 contacts →

Exact match

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

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3Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500260 contacts →

Exact match

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

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4Exact matchBryanston, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200168 contacts →

Exact match

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

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5Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200148 contacts →

Exact match

“SimplyBlack”

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6Exact matchSandton, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200122 contacts →

Exact match

“2 Creative Agency in Africa.”

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7Exact matchStellenbosch, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20091 contacts →

Exact match

“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.”

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8Exact matchBryanston, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20081 contacts →

Exact match

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

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9Exact matchSandton, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-50058 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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10Exact matchPaulshof, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20055 contacts →

Exact match

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

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11Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5054 contacts →

Exact match

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

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12Exact matchBryanston, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261,001-5,00045 contacts →

Exact match

“GroupM is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $45B (COMvergence) in annual media investment through agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom…”

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13Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5042 contacts →

Exact match

“Celebrating 50+ years in seamless campaign experience.”

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14Exact matchSandton, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20036 contacts →

Exact match

“100 Degrees Online Marketing is a digital media specialist company and one of the leading South African media placement and online marketing agencies.”

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15Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5035 contacts →

Exact match

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

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16Exact matchCity Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20033 contacts →

Exact match

“Using radio, television and digital channels to develop holistic strategies that generate results.”

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17Exact matchPretoria, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20031 contacts →

Exact match

“BRAND et al is the lead advertising agency of the et al GROUP – the convergence of diverse talents, infrastructure and experience onto a single brand platform for all approved et…”

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18Exact matchBryanston, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20030 contacts →

Exact match

“GREY is the advertising network of GREY Group.”

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19Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-50029 contacts →

Exact match

“Aqua is an integrated marketing agency with strong entrepreneurial roots.”

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20Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5026 contacts →

Exact match

“At Mediaheads360 we are a dynamic team of media specialists that have a love for powerful, creative ideas that drive holistic media campaigns.”

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21Exact matchGqeberha, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5025 contacts →

Exact match

“OM & Barker originates from the foundations of NW Barker Media, which was started by two brothers and focused on slideshow TV advertising at gyms, malls and restaurants.”

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22Exact matchKloof, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5024 contacts →

Exact match

“Rokkit Digital is a new media marketing agency specialising in digital marketing, website design & development, social media strategy, implementation and community management and…”

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23Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5024 contacts →

Exact match

“We are a full service social media and creative advertising agency based in Cape Town, South-Africa.”

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24Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20024 contacts →

Exact match

“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.”

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25Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5024 contacts →

Exact match

“Mark1 is a digital media and marketing agency with a global footprint and deep expertise in media strategy, performance marketing, creative content, and technology-led solutions.”

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Media planning and buying firms based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
27.7%Verified-email coverage
12.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
29.4%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
262
11-50
122
51-200
31
201-500
8
1,001-5,000
4
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
1

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 429 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

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
Company records associated with South Africa whose business descriptions match “media planning and buying firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 1,483 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “media planning and buying firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many media planning and buying firms are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 429 company matches for media planning and buying firms associated with South Africa as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Ninety9cents tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most media planning and buying firms?

Johannesburg leads with 126 company records, followed by Cape Town (78) and Pretoria (28).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 1,483 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 429 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

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 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.