Marketing agencies in Manchester 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 30 companies that qualified are shown.
- Companies qualified
- 30 of 2,508
- Ranked first
- THE ORCHARD AGENCY LIMITED
- Top headcount increase
- +26 employees
- Data as of
Summary
30 marketing agencies with a registered office in Manchester grew their average employees between their latest two annual accounts and met the rules for this list.
THE ORCHARD AGENCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab) ranks first, with average employees rising from 53 to 79 (+49.1%).
The median change among the listed companies was +12.5%. 11 of the listed companies were incorporated before 2010.
Top 10: before and after
- Rank 1 THE ORCHARD AGENCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 53 (2023) to 79 (2024) +49.1%
- Rank 2 NORTH BRIDGE MEDIA SERVICES LTD (opens in a new tab) 97 (2024) to 108 (2025) +11.3%
- Rank 3 PROSPA MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 9 (2023) to 17 (2024) +88.9%
- Rank 4 NOTORIOUS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 11 (2023) to 18 (2024) +63.6%
- Rank 5 BRANDON CONSULTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 31 (2024) to 38 (2025) +22.6%
- Rank 6 KWEST RESEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 30 (2023) to 36 (2024) +20.0%
- Rank 7 THEEWORD LTD (opens in a new tab) 13 (2023) to 18 (2024) +38.5%
- Rank 8 TBWA\MCR LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 50 (2023) to 55 (2024) +10.0%
- Rank 9 BOTTLED IMAGINATION LTD (opens in a new tab) 5 (2023) to 9 (2024) +80.0%
- Rank 10 A&M MEDIA LTD (opens in a new tab) 10 (2023) to 14 (2024) +40.0%
The ranking
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30 rows, the same as the table. “–” means the figure was not filed.
How this list was made
- Industry
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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 Manchester.
- 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
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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
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Companies with a matching SIC code in Manchester2,508Not active−544Dormant−127Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−1,214Figure missing for one of the two years−230Starting figure below the minimum−309No increase−53Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−1Qualified for this list30