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

Marketing agencies in London ranked by number of employees

Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . Showing the top 50 of 412 companies that qualified.

Companies qualified
412 of 37,266
Ranked first
THE BEANS GROUP LIMITED
Average employees of no. 1
245
Data as of

Summary

412 marketing agencies with a registered office in London reported average employees of 10 or more in their latest accounts.

THE BEANS GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab) ranks first, with 245 average employees, followed by PERSPECTIVE RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED with 238.

The median listed company was incorporated 16 years ago. 28 of the listed companies were incorporated before 2010.

The ranking

Marketing agencies in London ranked by number of employees: 50 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 THE BEANS GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05486885 2332023 2452024 +12 +5.2% 19
2 PERSPECTIVE RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03717257 3182023 2382024 -80 -25.2% 26
3 PEOPLESCOUT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05648039 2752023 2092024 -66 -24.0% 19
4 FREUD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02478112 1782023 1812024 +3 +1.7% 35
5 BLIS GLOBAL LTD (opens in a new tab)06455773 1092023 1692024 +60 +55.0% 17
6 RETAIL HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03699291 1692023 1592024 -10 -5.9% 26
7 VAYNERMEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09002992 – 1502024 – – 11
8 BACKBASE UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09787907 1532023 1482024 -5 -3.3% 9
9 I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)00849983 3302024 1442025 -186 -56.4% 60
10 PROSAPIENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10704431 1542023 1382024 -16 -10.4% 8
11 MAGNITE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06922381 1362023 1292024 -7 -5.1% 15
12 TEADS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07239735 1162023 1222024 +6 +5.2% 15
13 ONCE UPON A TIME MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03406501 1022023 1112024 +9 +8.8% 27
14 STACKADAPT UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12946782 1152023 1072024 -8 -7.0% 4
15 CAA SPORTS UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06752349 12023 1022024 +101 +10,100.0% 16
16 GUIDEPOINT GLOBAL UK LTD (opens in a new tab)06940049 952023 1002024 +5 +5.3% 15
17 PERFORMANCE54 LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09541377 682023 1002024 +32 +47.1% 10
18 BILLION DOLLAR BOY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08031315 962023 982024 +2 +2.1% 13
19 LAKE COMMUNICATIONS LTD. (opens in a new tab)01126638 952023 902024 -5 -5.3% 51
20 AZERION UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06080497 832023 902024 +7 +8.4% 18
21 DTV OPTIMISE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08259082 732023 782024 +5 +6.8% 12
22 ZENO COMMUNICATIONS (UK) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05628110 812023 772024 -4 -4.9% 19
23 CT GROUP (UK) TRADING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07196537 512023 772024 +26 +51.0% 15
24 BDRC CONTINENTAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02578457 742023 752024 +1 +1.4% 34
25 MAVERICK ADVERTISING & DESIGN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04462001 802023 752024 -5 -6.3% 22
26 BRAND FUEL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05317566 712024 752025 +4 +5.6% 20
27 CANVAS8 LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06679129 702023 732024 +3 +4.3% 16
28 THE MEDIA PEOPLE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09431011 592024 732025 +14 +23.7% 10
29 POWERSCOURT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05130824 – 722024 – – 21
30 R M P ENTERPRISE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06331665 682023 722024 +4 +5.9% 17
31 ACCORD MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03874258 682023 692024 +1 +1.5% 25
32 FOLD 7 LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04001759 532023 682024 +15 +28.3% 25
33 JOHN AYLING AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)01364599 582023 642024 +6 +10.3% 47
34 PHANTOM STUDIOS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08769970 772023 632024 -14 -18.2% 11
35 HIGHJAM MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09053170 372024 612025 +24 +64.9% 11
36 WASTE CREATIVE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05838412 692023 602024 -9 -13.0% 18
37 WE ARE ROAST LTD (opens in a new tab)09005886 652023 602024 -5 -7.7% 11
38 LUMEN RESEARCH LTD (opens in a new tab)08682432 342023 582024 +24 +70.6% 11
39 PTARMIGAN MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02767482 582023 562024 -2 -3.4% 32
40 59A LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11829782 442023 562024 +12 +27.3% 6
41 E.S.A. (MARKET RESEARCH) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)01422179 522023 552024 +3 +5.8% 46
42 CORINTHIAN SPORTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07188545 442023 552024 +11 +25.0% 15
43 MARKETCAST UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08078856 – 552024 – – 13
44 WA COMMUNICATIONS LTD (opens in a new tab)08235277 532023 552024 +2 +3.8% 12
45 KNOW MEAN FEAT GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab)12634600 302023 552024 +25 +83.3% 5
46 THE ACADEMY MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03445022 512023 542024 +3 +5.9% 27
47 SOCIALLY POWERFUL MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10382607 422023 542024 +12 +28.6% 8
48 STRATEGIQ MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08642588 512023 532024 +2 +3.9% 11
49 ON DEVICE RESEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07329573 392023 502024 +11 +28.2% 14
50 BULB LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02840362 442023 482024 +4 +9.1% 31
Download CSV of this ranking 50 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 London.
Periods compared
Each company's latest annual accounts. The previous year's figure is shown for context and does not affect the ranking.
Ranking
Ranked by the average number of employees in the latest filed accounts. Companies with fewer than 10 employees are left out.
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:
  • 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 London37,266
Not active−6,530
Dormant−2,191
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−18,885
Average employees not filed in the latest accounts−3,251
Average employees below 10−5,992
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−5
Qualified for this list412