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Top 25 Traditional media agencies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 177 traditional media agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,211 professional contacts across them, including 1,004 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers traditional media 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, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
177Companies
2,211Contacts tracked
1,004Verified emails
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The 25 largest traditional media agencies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 177 traditional media agencies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to traditional media 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-500295 contacts →

Partial evidence

“the7stars is the UK’s largest independent media agency, offering the best people, the best service and the best creative media campaigns.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200195 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Medialab is the UK’s leading independent media agency, Campaign's 2025 & 2024 Independent Media Agency of the Year and Media Week's Independent Media Agency of the Year 2025…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5075 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“One Agency: Creating, Delivering and Connecting brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a63 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Beast is a flexible, forward-thinking production partner to agencies & brands based in central London.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5051 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Adgenda Media International (AMI) was established in 2005 as an independent, strategic results-driven media agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5050 contacts →

Partial evidence

“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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Partial evidenceSalford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20048 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Media Agency Group is an advertising agency specialising in the purchasing and planning of all media formats across the spectrum of advertising.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Partial evidenceLuton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20048 contacts →

Partial evidence

“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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Indirect evidenceHertford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a45 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ma makes brands impossible to ignore.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5044 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As an independent media agency we think differently.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Partial evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a UK-leading independent media agency that helps to partner your creativity with strategic media positioning.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Notorious are a better sort of media agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Indirect evidenceCroydon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 1992 Mirabelle is a London based full service international marketing and advertising agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“December19 is a media planning and buying agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5026 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re a passionate team of media buyers, copywriters, strategists, animators, designers, analysts, techies & more.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Running Total, we strive to be the best independent full-service media agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are leading experts in planning, booking and buying radio advertising on all analogue, digital and On Demand platforms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Where people and creativity drive real results.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At JWE Media, we take care of your marketing and advertising needs, from TV to Press, Out of Home to Digital, we manage the whole process ensuring we save you time and money.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Media Futures Market (MFM) is a high-growth, independent media agency and marketplace.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Partial evidenceLondon London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNER FOR ADVERTISERS AND MEDIA AGENCIES Publieurope is the international advertising sales house of the Mediaset Group - the leading commercial TV broadcaster…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Guerillascope is a full-service media agency, with serious chops across AV, out-of-home, publishers, digital, and partnerships.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23Partial evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Route offers advertisers and communication agencies media solutions to solve client and customer briefs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With over 40 years of collective experience within the team spanning across all media formats and environments, we know everything there is to delivering successful media…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“White Spider Media agency's name has been fraudulently used by third parties, often communicating via messaging services on unofficial websites and apps and targeting job seekers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Traditional media agencies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
45.4%Verified-email coverage
12.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
41.2%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
105
11-50
59
51-200
8
201-500
1
501-1,000
1
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 177 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 traditional media 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 the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “traditional media 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 traditional media 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 traditional media 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 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, 1,004 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
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Traditional media agencies by metro

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 traditional media 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 traditional media agencies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 177 traditional media 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?

The7stars, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most traditional media agencies?

London leads with 73 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (9) and Birmingham (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 1,004 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 177 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.