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

Marketing agencies in Manchester 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 . All 47 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
47 of 2,508
Ranked first
S M R S LTD
Average employees of no. 1
111
Data as of

Summary

The list is led by S M R S LTD (opens in a new tab) with 111 average employees; NORTH BRIDGE MEDIA SERVICES LTD (opens in a new tab) and JOIN THE DOTS (RESEARCH) LTD (opens in a new tab) complete the top three.

The ranking uses each company's most recent filed accounts. 47 marketing agencies in Manchester qualified. 18 of the listed companies were incorporated before 2010. SYMS DIGITAL LTD, incorporated in 2023, is the newest company on the list.

The ranking

Marketing agencies in Manchester ranked by number of employees: 47 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 S M R S LTD (opens in a new tab)03365804 – 1112024 – – 28
2 NORTH BRIDGE MEDIA SERVICES LTD (opens in a new tab)12002239 972024 1082025 +11 +11.3% 6
3 JOIN THE DOTS (RESEARCH) LTD (opens in a new tab)03546594 1172023 1022024 -15 -12.8% 27
4 THE ORCHARD AGENCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03156739 532023 792024 +26 +49.1% 29
5 LOVE CREATIVE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04207025 792023 702024 -9 -11.4% 24
6 EMBRYO DIGITAL LTD (opens in a new tab)09361701 622023 652024 +3 +4.8% 10
7 TBWA\MCR LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02160991 502023 552024 +5 +10.0% 37
8 REPUBLIC OF MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07898268 532024 552025 +2 +3.8% 13
9 ONE AGENCY MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09557283 – 512025 – – 10
10 BRAZEN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04239583 472023 452024 -2 -4.3% 24
11 MORRIS HARGREAVES MCINTYRE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03367349 402023 442024 +4 +10.0% 28
12 AZONETWORK UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07992821 462024 432025 -3 -6.5% 13
13 BRANDON CONSULTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08038225 312024 382025 +7 +22.6% 13
14 KWEST RESEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02400940 302023 362024 +6 +20.0% 35
15 STRAIGHTIN LTD (opens in a new tab)11855242 382024 362025 -2 -5.3% 6
16 MC2 MANCHESTER LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03847022 302023 312024 +1 +3.3% 25
17 CHECKDMEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08033204 302023 302024 +0 +0.0% 13
18 CAROUSEL PR LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08063113 292023 292024 +0 +0.0% 13
19 MUSTARD MARKET RESEARCH LTD (opens in a new tab)06706816 252023 252024 +0 +0.0% 16
20 CREATIVE CONCERN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04582786 222023 232024 +1 +4.5% 22
21 ACTIVE PROFILE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05192225 192023 202024 +1 +5.3% 20
22 THEEWORD LTD (opens in a new tab)06760888 132023 182024 +5 +38.5% 16
23 SHARP AHEAD LTD (opens in a new tab)08971343 162023 182024 +2 +12.5% 11
24 NOTORIOUS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11794737 112023 182024 +7 +63.6% 6
25 IDEAS BY MUSIC LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06047543 162023 172024 +1 +6.3% 18
26 PROSPA MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12601985 92023 172024 +8 +88.9% 5
27 VEGA CONTENT, DIGITAL & MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13683396 152023 172024 +2 +13.3% 3
28 OMNISIS LTD (opens in a new tab)04602421 162024 162025 +0 +0.0% 22
29 TEAM GOOEY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11509275 172023 162024 -1 -5.9% 6
30 MCR FINEST LTD (opens in a new tab)08484390 142023 152024 +1 +7.1% 12
31 MUSTARD MEDIA AND MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08722006 182023 142024 -4 -22.2% 11
32 ODORE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10726054 142023 142024 +0 +0.0% 8
33 UN:HURD MUSIC LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12354719 132023 142024 +1 +7.7% 5
34 A&M MEDIA LTD (opens in a new tab)12451337 102023 142024 +4 +40.0% 5
35 SEE RESEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07838703 122023 132024 +1 +8.3% 13
36 CEDARWOOD DIGITAL LTD (opens in a new tab)10068464 122024 132025 +1 +8.3% 9
37 VERSUS MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)14759639 – 132024 – – 2
38 WILSON AND COOKE MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05698907 102024 122025 +2 +20.0% 19
39 MODERN ENGLISH DIGITAL LTD (opens in a new tab)07401870 142023 122024 -2 -14.3% 14
40 WE ARE INDIGO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07808385 122023 122024 +0 +0.0% 13
41 MOUNT DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10177597 122023 122024 +0 +0.0% 9
42 JAM PR LTD (opens in a new tab)05997331 112023 112024 +0 +0.0% 18
43 LUXSON LTD (opens in a new tab)06345415 112023 112024 +0 +0.0% 17
44 NOVI.DIGITAL LTD (opens in a new tab)07526752 132024 112025 -2 -15.4% 14
45 CLEAR LEGAL MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07933243 112023 102024 -1 -9.1% 13
46 THIS SOLID GROUND LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10157837 72023 102024 +3 +42.9% 9
47 SYMS DIGITAL LTD (opens in a new tab)14808497 102024 102025 +0 +0.0% 2
Download CSV of this ranking 47 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 Manchester.
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 Manchester2,508
Not active−544
Dormant−127
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−1,214
Average employees not filed in the latest accounts−163
Average employees below 10−412
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−1
Qualified for this list47