Best Marketing Agencies

Marketing agencies on this list do some mix of search, content, paid media and social, and most also design websites. The UK and the US account for most of the directory, with London alone holding more agencies than any US state. Typical shops are small, often under ten people, and the median rate is $100 to $149 an hour on both sides of the Atlantic.

Retail, professional services and technology companies are the most common clients. When you compare firms, separate the ones that run campaigns from the ones that build strategy decks, and ask how they report results. An agency that cannot show a before-and-after for a client in your industry is guessing about yours.