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Top 25 Paid advertising agencies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Paid advertising agencies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 2,092 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 2,092 paid advertising agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 14,603 professional contacts across them, including 2,782 with verified work emails and 820 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers paid advertising agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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

2,092Companies

14,603Contacts tracked

2,782Verified emails

820Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest paid advertising agencies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 2,092 paid advertising agencies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names paid advertising 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.
#	Company	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	ALL Response MediaIndirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	178
	“All Response Media is the leading performance media planning and buying agency.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	The Media PeopleIndirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	83
	“Powered by our people, our campaigns put your audience first.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3	BrainsoulsIndirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	82
	Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	ONE Agency MediaIndirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	75
	“One Agency: Creating, Delivering and Connecting brands.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	MABOPartial evidence	Middlesbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	69
	“Unlock exceptional business growth with Mabo - an award-winning digital marketing agency specialist in paid search, social media, search engine optimisation (SEO) and Amazon…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	Sleeping Giant MediaIndirect evidence	Folkestone, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	60
	“Sleeping Giant Media is an award-winning digital marketing agency providing digital marketing services for businesses that wish to grow online.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7	Click Consult Part Of Ceuta GroupPartial evidence	Hooton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	55
	“Click Consult, an IQVIA business, is a multi award-winning digital and search marketing agency with a focus on organic (SEO) and paid search (PPC).” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	OCM Digital MediaPartial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	54
	“OCM is a leading adtech agency providing solutions to advertisers, advertising agencies and to web, mobile & video publishers.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	EdirectIndirect evidence	Bournemouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	54
	Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	AMS Media GroupIndirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	50
	“From our office in London & Leeds, we seamlessly plan and buy media across all channels: digital, TV, cinema, OOH, radio, print, social and search.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	Stellar SearchPartial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	48
	“We're a strategic digital marketing agency specialising in Paid Search, SEO, Google Shopping, Amazon and Social.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	Media Agency GroupPartial evidence	Salford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	48
	“Media Agency Group is an advertising agency specialising in the purchasing and planning of all media formats across the spectrum of advertising.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	Universal Television & Media LTDPartial evidence	Luton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	48
	“TV ADVERTISING, TV COMMERCIALS, VIDEO & CONTENT PRODUCTION, ADVERTISING, SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING AND BRAND CONSULTING FOR THE MOST AMBITIOUS BRANDS, BUSINESSES AND STARTUPS ON THE…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14	Dark HorseIndirect evidence	Altrincham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	47
	“Incredible PPC and SEO results are not the exclusive rights of those with deep pockets.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	BAMBUPartial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	n/a	45
	“Bambu is an online marketing and advertising agency based in London, working with startup and growth brands across the UK, Europe and North America, founded by two ex-WPP…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16	WolfendenPartial evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	44
	“We're Wolfenden, an independent performance marketing agency helping ambitious brands unlock sustainable growth through organic search, authority, digital PR, paid media, data and…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	ClicktechIndirect evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	40
	“Our mission is to make digital marketing accessible and more cost-effective for all businesses, regardless of size.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Wagada Digital Hubspot PartnerIndirect evidence	St Albans, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	39
	“In a world filled with information overload, we make the complex simple.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	KinaseIndirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	39
	“Kinase is a leading Digital Marketing Agency providing services to some of the UK’s top companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	EquimediaIndirect evidence	Poulton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	38
	“equimedia is a UK based, independent digital marketing agency with performance at our core.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	Automated CreativeIndirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	38
	“Our platform helps performance marketers scale social, display and retail media campaigns.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	CNS Media LTDIndirect evidence	Chesterfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	38
	“CNS Media is an independent, award-winning, full-service marketing agency, combining exceptional media buying power with digital and creative expertise.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	Bbj&k LTDIndirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	37
	“We are a UK-leading independent media agency that helps to partner your creativity with strategic media positioning.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	Mamba MarketingIndirect evidence	South Wales, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	37
	“Mamba Marketing™ is a multi-award-winning performance marketing agency built for brands that expect measurable growth, not excuses.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	LaunchIndirect evidence	Bristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	36
	“Launch empowers companies to grow with confidence through performance marketing.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Paid advertising agencies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

LondonLargest hub · 752 HQs

820Contacts with mobile numbers

Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,551

11-50

459

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

Verified emails by last verification

0–30

2,615

31–60

151

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 paid advertising 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 the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “paid advertising 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 paid advertising agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom 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, 2,782 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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Paid advertising agencies by metro

Frequently asked

How many paid advertising agencies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 2,092 paid advertising agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?

ALL Response Media, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most paid advertising agencies?

London leads with 752 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (106) and Birmingham (47).

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 2,782 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,092 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 5, 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.