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Marketing agencies in Birmingham ranked by employee growth

Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . All 10 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
10 of 1,226
Ranked first
BBJ&K LTD
Top headcount increase
+15 employees
Data as of

Summary

At the top is BBJ&K LTD (opens in a new tab), which went from 25 to 40 average employees, a change of +15 (+60.0%). SURI MARKETING LTD (opens in a new tab) and CRE8 MARKETING SOLUTIONS LTD (opens in a new tab) complete the top three.

The ranking compares each company's latest two annual accounts. 10 marketing agencies in Birmingham qualified. The typical listed company grew by +24.4% (the median). The median listed company was incorporated 9 years ago.

Top 10: before and after

  1. Rank 1 BBJ&K LTD (opens in a new tab) 25 (2024) to 40 (2025) +60.0%
  2. Rank 2 SURI MARKETING LTD (opens in a new tab) 9 (2024) to 16 (2025) +77.8%
  3. Rank 3 CRE8 MARKETING SOLUTIONS LTD (opens in a new tab) 21 (2024) to 26 (2025) +23.8%
  4. Rank 4 MAKE MORE NOISE LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 12 (2024) to 15 (2025) +25.0%
  5. Rank 5 APEX ECOMMERCE LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 22 (2024) to 25 (2025) +13.6%
  6. Rank 6 THE RELATIONSHIP LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 5 (2024) to 7 (2025) +40.0%
  7. Rank 7 THE DEMAND GENERATION TEAM LTD (opens in a new tab) 5 (2024) to 7 (2025) +40.0%
  8. Rank 8 BRANDSCAPE LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 6 (2024) to 7 (2025) +16.7%
  9. Rank 9 WE ARE SMILE LTD (opens in a new tab) 11 (2024) to 12 (2025) +9.1%
  10. Rank 10 EXPLODE SOCIAL MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 17 (2024) to 18 (2025) +5.9%
All bars share one scale, so the increases can be compared directly. Every figure is also in the full table below.

The ranking

Marketing agencies in Birmingham ranked by employee growth: 10 companies in rank order, with each company's number, latest and previous average employees, change, latest accounts date and age.
Rank Company Average employees Latest accounts Age (yrs)
Previous year Latest year Change Change %
1 BBJ&K LTD (opens in a new tab)10418977 252024 402025 +15 +60.0% 9
2 SURI MARKETING LTD (opens in a new tab)14879332 92024 162025 +7 +77.8% 2
3 CRE8 MARKETING SOLUTIONS LTD (opens in a new tab)10722821 212024 262025 +5 +23.8% 8
4 MAKE MORE NOISE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09828493 122024 152025 +3 +25.0% 10
5 APEX ECOMMERCE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08533799 222024 252025 +3 +13.6% 12
6 THE RELATIONSHIP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10215886 52024 72025 +2 +40.0% 9
7 THE DEMAND GENERATION TEAM LTD (opens in a new tab)12979546 52024 72025 +2 +40.0% 5
8 BRANDSCAPE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03413518 62024 72025 +1 +16.7% 28
9 WE ARE SMILE LTD (opens in a new tab)07405582 112024 122025 +1 +9.1% 15
10 EXPLODE SOCIAL MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10688268 172024 182025 +1 +5.9% 8
Download CSV of this ranking 10 rows, the same as the table. “–” means the figure was not filed.

How this list was made

Industry
Companies with any of these SIC codes on their Companies House record:
  • 73110 – Advertising agencies
  • 73120 – Media representation services
  • 73200 – Market research and public opinion polling
  • 70210 – Public relations and communications activities
Location
The post town of the registered office address is Birmingham.
Periods compared
Each company's latest annual accounts against its accounts for the year before. Companies whose two latest accounts are not for consecutive years are left out.
Ranking
Ranked by the increase in average employees between the latest two consecutive annual accounts, then by percentage increase. Companies must have started with at least 5 average employees.
Exclusions
Companies that are dissolved, in liquidation, in administration or proposed to be struck off; dormant companies; and companies whose latest accounts end more than 21 months before the newest accounts in the data (or are dated after it). Figures that cannot be right, which are most likely filing errors, are also left out:
  • headcount more than 10 times the year before
  • an employee number identical to the net assets figure, or above 100,000
  • more employees than the company's accounts category allows (micro: 50, small: 250, with a margin)
  • less than £5,000 of turnover per employee, or a round number of thousands with no turnover to check it against
Companies checked
Companies with a matching SIC code in Birmingham1,226
Not active−146
Dormant−120
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−457
Figure missing for one of the two years−225
Starting figure below the minimum−231
No increase−37
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list10