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Top 25 Retail media advertising agencies based in South Africa
RevenueBase identified 151 retail media advertising agencies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 3,236 professional contacts across them, including 745 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.
This list covers retail media advertising 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 29, 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.
The 25 largest retail media advertising agencies based in South Africa
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 341 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A leading full-service communications agency, known for seamlessly delivering impactful solutions with unparalleled retail expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 161 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a specialised retail services company that helps brands optimise sales and improve in-store execution with tailored, hands-on solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As the largest provider of digital signage solutions in South Africa, we provide brand marketers and retailers unique opportunities to reach and engage consumers in-store.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the Emerging Market Specialists who provide innovative out-of-home media solutions for our client partners and develop signage that breaks through the clutter, connects…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Google knows what consumers are looking for.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pure Retail offers specialized in-store retail solutions that will ensure your brand is kept front of mind and does not get lost in and amongst a sea of competitors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 2004, Habari Media is a dynamic and award-winning multi-media sales company with a core focus in digital, offering advertisers exclusive access to a wide selection…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established almost two decades ago, Tractor Outdoor is a national out of home (OOH) media owner, which specialises in connecting brands to consumers through its network of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 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 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As Primedia Instore we can guarantee that you and your brand will have access to: 1.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Introducing our new tag line - Bridging the Gap!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Media Factory was founded in 2013 by a team of passionate entrepreneurs with a deep understanding of the advertising industry and the important role it plays in influencing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creativity is thinking up new ideas Innovation is doing them" BOO!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “In 2008 Brandbar opened its doors, where the focus was on media advertising and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “IN-STORE RETAIL MEDIA INNOVATORS THAT MAKE OUR CLIENTS STAND OUT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Globally, Arc is the lead shopper agency within the Publicis Groupe, with 70 people in our South African office.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We at BBM are a dynamic and passionate team of individuals specialising in digital solutions since 2008.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As a leading outdoor media and signage company, specializing in mega sites, we help brands reach their target audiences in a big way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Clarion Group is a preferred supplier to South Africa’s top retailers and brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dis-Chem Media is South Africa's pharmacy-built retail media network.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TTL Integrated and Full Service Advertising Agency with a focus on Shopper!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Primedia Malls, South Africa’s leading mall experts seamlessly connect brands to shoppers, through smart media and shopper marketing solutions with their unmatched bouquet of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Embarking on a creative journey since 1998, we have extensive experience working with retail giants across South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2009, Wisdom and Youth is a community of curious minds that live to conceptualise, collaborate and create awesome ideas for brands we truly love.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: retail media advertising 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 retail media advertising agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of retail media advertising agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name retail media advertising 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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Retail media advertising agencies based in South Africa at a glance
As of Sep 29, 2026Companies by employee count
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 151 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 retail media advertising 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 “retail media advertising 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 retail media advertising 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 retail media advertising 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, 745 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 29, 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.
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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 retail media advertising 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 retail media advertising agencies are there based in South Africa?
RevenueBase identified 151 retail media advertising 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?
Ninety9cents, headquartered in Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most retail media advertising agencies?
Johannesburg leads with 36 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (19) and Durban (15).
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 745 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 151 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 29, 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.
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