Source: every figure comes from Companies House records and the accounts companies file there. How the figures are produced.

Marketing agencies in Leeds 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 20 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
20 of 949
Ranked first
LINK COM CONSULTING LIMITED
Top headcount increase
+12 employees
Data as of

Summary

At the top is LINK COM CONSULTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab), which went from 72 to 84 average employees, a change of +12 (+16.7%). CONNECTIVE3 LIMITED (opens in a new tab) and PERFECT STORM MARKETING LTD (opens in a new tab) complete the top three.

The ranking compares each company's latest two annual accounts. 20 marketing agencies in Leeds qualified. MARKETING VENTURES LIMITED, incorporated in 2021, is the newest company on the list. Across the list, average headcount rose from 539 to 625.

Top 10: before and after

  1. Rank 1 LINK COM CONSULTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 72 (2023) to 84 (2024) +16.7%
  2. Rank 2 CONNECTIVE3 LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 90 (2023) to 99 (2024) +10.0%
  3. Rank 3 PERFECT STORM MARKETING LTD (opens in a new tab) 11 (2024) to 19 (2025) +72.7%
  4. Rank 4 THE BREATHE NETWORK LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 99 (2023) to 107 (2024) +8.1%
  5. Rank 5 MEDNET LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 42 (2024) to 49 (2025) +16.7%
  6. Rank 6 MARKETING VENTURES LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 23 (2023) to 29 (2024) +26.1%
  7. Rank 7 BRAWL LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 16 (2023) to 21 (2024) +31.3%
  8. Rank 8 ILK AGENCY LTD (opens in a new tab) 25 (2023) to 30 (2024) +20.0%
  9. Rank 9 GLOBAL OVERVIEW EUROPA, LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 6 (2023) to 10 (2024) +66.7%
  10. Rank 10 TRIO DIGITAL LTD (opens in a new tab) 13 (2023) to 16 (2024) +23.1%
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 Leeds ranked by employee growth: 20 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 LINK COM CONSULTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09600280 722023 842024 +12 +16.7% 9
2 CONNECTIVE3 LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12039819 902023 992024 +9 +10.0% 5
3 PERFECT STORM MARKETING LTD (opens in a new tab)10048492 112024 192025 +8 +72.7% 9
4 THE BREATHE NETWORK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05965458 992023 1072024 +8 +8.1% 18
5 MEDNET LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06494718 422024 492025 +7 +16.7% 17
6 MARKETING VENTURES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13148016 232023 292024 +6 +26.1% 4
7 BRAWL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03657947 162023 212024 +5 +31.3% 26
8 ILK AGENCY LTD (opens in a new tab)06266039 252023 302024 +5 +20.0% 17
9 GLOBAL OVERVIEW EUROPA, LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12951579 62023 102024 +4 +66.7% 4
10 TRIO DIGITAL LTD (opens in a new tab)10983569 132023 162024 +3 +23.1% 7
11 CREODE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07230321 142023 172024 +3 +21.4% 14
12 ROBOT FOOD LTD (opens in a new tab)06777514 242023 272024 +3 +12.5% 16
13 STORM BRAND DESIGN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07329462 342023 372024 +3 +8.8% 14
14 LUCKY NORTH LTD (opens in a new tab)12345348 72023 92024 +2 +28.6% 5
15 FYBER LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07634244 82023 102024 +2 +25.0% 13
16 CIRCUS PPC AGENCY LTD (opens in a new tab)07944709 172023 192024 +2 +11.8% 13
17 THE ARK MARKETING & MEDIA LTD (opens in a new tab)10971918 52023 62024 +1 +20.0% 7
18 ABERFIELD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07915323 72023 82024 +1 +14.3% 13
19 PRESENT WORKS LTD (opens in a new tab)11473456 122023 132024 +1 +8.3% 6
20 UMPF LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06998430 142023 152024 +1 +7.1% 15
Download CSV of this ranking 20 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 Leeds.
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 Leeds949
Not active−159
Dormant−45
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−447
Figure missing for one of the two years−90
Starting figure below the minimum−156
No increase−32
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list20