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Marketing agencies in the UK ranked by reported turnover

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 1,115 companies that qualified.

Companies qualified
1,115 of 108,393
Ranked first
REPUBLIC OF MEDIA LIMITED
Turnover of no. 1
£93,535,566
Data as of

Summary

1,115 marketing agencies with a registered office in the UK reported their turnover in their latest accounts.

REPUBLIC OF MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab) ranks first, with £93,535,566 of turnover, followed by PTARMIGAN MEDIA LIMITED with £65,093,161.

The youngest company on the list is JOHN AYLING GROUP LIMITED, incorporated in 2022. The top three account for 18.6% of the combined turnover of the listed companies, which total £1,140,045,335.

The ranking

Marketing agencies in the UK ranked by reported turnover: 50 companies in rank order, with each company's number, latest and previous turnover, change, latest accounts date and age.
Rank Company Turnover Latest accounts Avg. employees Age (yrs)
Previous year Latest year Change Change %
1 REPUBLIC OF MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07898268 Registered in Manchester – £93,535,5662025 – – 55 13
2 PTARMIGAN MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02767482 Registered in London – £65,093,1612024 – – 56 32
3 JOHN AYLING AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)01364599 Registered in London – £53,428,0912024 – – 64 47
4 OPTIMISE MEDIA (UK) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04455319 Registered in Norwich £44,748,2842023 £49,376,0592024 +£4,627,775 +10.3% 59 22
5 BRAND FUEL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05317566 Registered in London £36,868,0632024 £49,361,4102025 +£12,493,347 +33.9% 75 20
6 JOIN THE DOTS HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10723179 Registered in Manchester – £41,168,3772024 – – – 8
7 THE MEDIA PEOPLE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09431011 Registered in London – £40,573,0862025 – – 73 10
8 STELLA ENTERPRISES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05399465 Registered in London £29,798,5882023 £38,237,5282024 +£8,438,940 +28.3% 14 20
9 EIMS GLOBAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07714630 Registered in Bournemouth – £35,510,8612024 – – 27 13
10 CT GROUP (UK) TRADING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07196537 Registered in London £20,849,4882023 £34,698,4562024 +£13,848,968 +66.4% 77 15
11 CAA SPORTS UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06752349 Registered in London – £32,026,7802024 – – 102 16
12 JOIN THE DOTS (RESEARCH) LTD (opens in a new tab)03546594 Registered in Manchester – £30,630,7342024 – – 102 27
13 ACCORD MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03874258 Registered in London £32,027,0002023 £28,750,0002024 -£3,277,000 -10.2% 69 25
14 ELECTRIC GLUE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08900707 Registered in London £26,452,2122023 £28,664,5792024 +£2,212,367 +8.4% 12 11
15 MEDIA AGENCY GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07022358 Registered in London – £28,127,6612025 – – – 15
16 FREUD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02478112 Registered in London £29,659,1942023 £27,900,7412024 -£1,758,453 -5.9% 181 35
17 HYBRID NEWS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06993551 Registered in Bristol – £27,832,7292024 – – 112 15
18 S M R S LTD (opens in a new tab)03365804 Registered in Manchester – £24,258,9572024 – – 111 28
19 MAGNITE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06922381 Registered in London £24,898,5162023 £24,206,4392024 -£692,077 -2.8% 129 15
20 IT IS ON LIMITED (opens in a new tab)SC354098 Registered in Glasgow £21,366,1932023 £23,903,7752024 +£2,537,582 +11.9% 56 16
21 SLEEK EVENTS LTD. (opens in a new tab)08386638 Registered in Wimbledon £15,811,6052023 £21,992,8112024 +£6,181,206 +39.1% 40 12
22 JOHN AYLING GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)14337287 Registered in London – £21,560,5252024 – – – 2
23 ONCE UPON A TIME MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03406501 Registered in London £19,628,6862023 £18,285,8172024 -£1,342,869 -6.8% 111 27
24 EDUCATION CUBED LTD (opens in a new tab)08045459 Registered in Brighton £15,368,8552023 £16,230,6552024 +£861,800 +5.6% 55 13
25 PURESPECTRUM UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11204860 Registered in London – £16,203,0222024 – – 22 7
26 NOTORIOUS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11794737 Registered in Manchester £4,336,8662023 £15,633,8342024 +£11,296,968 +260.5% 18 6
27 THE INDEPENDENTS CREATIVE COLLECTIVE UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04243407 Registered in London £11,534,4602023 £15,191,6062024 +£3,657,146 +31.7% – 23
28 I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)00849983 Registered in London – £14,863,8922025 – – 144 60
29 BDRC CONTINENTAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02578457 Registered in London £13,596,1142023 £13,786,1512024 +£190,037 +1.4% 75 34
30 MEDIACO TOPCO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12021914 Registered in Manchester – £13,566,0912024 – – 3 6
31 ST LUKE'S COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03101400 Registered in London – £13,119,7622024 – – 48 29
32 ATTINGER JACK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07447398 Registered in Bath £11,338,5242023 £13,049,8122024 +£1,711,288 +15.1% 17 14
33 TSC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13278172 Registered in London £21,691,8652023 £12,960,9312024 -£8,730,934 -40.2% 28 4
34 FINN PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08296573 Registered in London – £12,706,4492024 – – – 12
35 POWERSCOURT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05130824 Registered in London – £12,655,6552024 – – 72 21
36 LEISURE DISPLAYS LTD (opens in a new tab)06440764 Registered in Ipswich £12,107,4532024 £12,482,3252025 +£374,872 +3.1% 76 17
37 MAVERICK ADVERTISING & DESIGN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04462001 Registered in London £11,949,2112023 £10,094,7292024 -£1,854,482 -15.5% 75 22
38 LEADSCALE SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04170578 Registered in London £12,233,6732023 £10,044,8242024 -£2,188,849 -17.9% 14 24
39 NET NATIVES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12357553 Registered in Brighton £13,690,4992023 £9,908,1342024 -£3,782,365 -27.6% 73 5
40 MEDIAFLEET LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04953861 Registered in Newbury £7,818,7192023 £9,790,1252024 +£1,971,406 +25.2% 43 21
41 EMOTIVE (AGENCY) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03766240 Registered in Wokingham £9,012,2982023 £8,241,3012024 -£770,997 -8.6% 66 26
42 ST LUKE'S HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03117757 Registered in London £8,188,9892023 £8,188,9892024 +£0 +0.0% 2 29
43 THE ACADEMY MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03445022 Registered in London – £8,181,0292024 – – 54 27
44 LOVE CREATIVE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04207025 Registered in Manchester – £8,024,5772024 – – 70 24
45 BP TRADING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12930545 Registered in London £7,589,6422023 £8,014,5232024 +£424,881 +5.6% 12 4
46 GPSLD LTD (opens in a new tab)10470024 Registered in Wembley – £7,962,5342024 – – 11 8
47 EIMS SPAIN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05030239 Registered in Bournemouth – £7,931,0092024 – – 94 21
48 RETAIL MARKETING GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05310251 Registered in Poole £6,887,2342023 £7,523,4682024 +£636,234 +9.2% 227 20
49 ROAST GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10505085 Registered in London – £7,471,3772024 – – 3 8
50 BMG RESEARCH LTD (opens in a new tab)02841970 Registered in Cheshire – £7,094,3882025 – – 160 31
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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 whole UK: every company on the register, wherever its registered office is.
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 turnover (revenue) in the latest filed accounts. Only companies that report turnover can be ranked: small companies may file accounts without it, so this list covers the companies that chose or were required to publish it.
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).
Companies checked
Companies with a matching SIC code in the UK108,393
Not active−20,739
Dormant−6,187
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−50,630
Turnover not filed in the latest accounts−29,722
Turnover below £1−0
Qualified for this list1,115