This article showcases our top picks for the best South Africa based Marketing companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Marketing industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top South Africa Marketing Startups
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The Volcano Group
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The Volcano Group is a privately owned advertising and communications company.
TBWA\ South Africa
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TBWA\ South Africa provides Activation, Brand strategy and consulting, Advertising, Design, Digital Marketing, Promotions & Public Relations
Strike Media Proprietary Limited
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Strike Media Proprietary Limited is a mobile marketing and technology agency delivering customised mobile strategy.
Atomic Marketing
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Atomic Marketing is a marketing firm based in Johannesburg.
Dalmatian Advertising
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Dalmatian Advertising, a small Cape Town-based agency.
Elemental Web Solutions
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Elemental Web Solutions is a digital agency that specializes in online marketing, degsign, consulting, web development and hosting services.
MetropolitanRepublic
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MetropolitanRepublic is an integrated communications agency based in Johannesburg with offices in several other African countries.
Sprout
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Sprout offers online marketing and advertising solutions for large enterprises, SMEs, and capital backed startups.
YOUKNOW
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YOUKNOW specializes in social and marketing intelligence technology.
BeCaleb
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BeCaleb provides software development, testing, project management, copywriting and social media management services.
ZaPOP
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ZaPOP is a specialist in the in-store marketing arena.
Digital Republic Consulting
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Digital Republic Consulting is a social media agency that provides end-to-end media management, engagement, and analytics system services.
Dynamic Bedding
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Dynamic Bedding manufactures, distributes and markets a wide range of bed bases and mattresses.
Meridian Realty
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Meridian Realty is a real estate company.
InTarget
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InTarget is a mobile advertising platform that helps businesses grow their brand through mobile campaigns.
ShoppingFeeder
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ShoppingFeeder is a feed management and product data optimization platform.
Webbest
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Webbest provides domain services, hosting and web design services and marketing solutions.
Kagiso Media
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Kagiso Media is the largest black-owned media corporation in South Africa.
Thumbtribe
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Thumbtribe is a mobile-first digital agency providing informed proximity solutions to the connected consumer.
KFML Holdings
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KFML Holdings owns and operates a wide range of organizations in the optometric, retail, finance, marketing, and administration industries.
Pixel Bay
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Pixel Bay is a website design company that create beautiful websites designed to convert visitors in to customers.
Carver Media
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Carver Media is a cutting-edge digital and online agency that provides online, web, and mobile products.
MPULL
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MPULL is a B2B marketing agency which focuses on attracting new qualified sales leads and converts them to customers for companies.
Workerslife
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Workerslife is an accredited financial services provider & a subordinate of PGC Group, with its primary focus of providing innovation.
Hellocomputer
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Hellocomputer is a digital agency that offers data services, strategy services, and marketing services.
Comhan
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Comhan is a flavor distributor based in South Africa.
Lion Marketing
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Lion Marketing is a full-service advertising agency, that provides advertising and marketing services.
Universal Print Group
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Universal Print Group is a full-service provider in the design, manufacture, and distribution of commercial print products and services.
ReturnX
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ReturnX offers consumer market research services.
Mobitainment
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Mobitainment provides mobile marketing services to it’s customers.
Essential Group
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Essential Group is an advisory firm that provides trading solutions to promote market growth for businesses.
Sebenzela
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Sebenzela provides marketing and merchandising solution for loyalty brands, price management, visibility and product quality management.
Bastion and Flowe
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Bastion & Flowe offers marketing platforms including social media management, direct marketing, and sales optimization.
Joe Public United
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Joe Public United functions as a leading brand and communications groups.
Content Merchants
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Content Merchants provides media buying, websites, corporate identity, content creation, brand strategy, and community management services.
SucceedGroup
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SucceedGroup offers strategic marketing, management and HR consulting services to professional service firms.
LeadBI South Africa
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LeadBI is a Marketing Automation service that turns your website vistors into leads.
Net Age
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Net Age is a well-established and exclusive digital marketing agency with almost 20 years of the online experience.
AdMakers International
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AdMakers International focuses on brand identity development, media planning, strategic marketing and advertising solutions.
Cape Media
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Cape Media is the foremost business-to-business multi-media communications company in South Africa.
Premier Fishing
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Premier Fishing is a predominantly commercial fishing, fish processing, and marketing company.
B Online
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B Online is a digital marketing and design firm that specializes in web design, online marketing, SEO, graphic design, and ORM.
DUO Marketing + Communications
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DUO Marketing + Communications aims to be the complete marketing and public relations partner to companies in the technology sector.
Penquin
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Penquin is a marketing and advertising agency that helps their clients sell more products.
Baz-Art
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WE CREATE ENGAGEMENT AND MARKETING CONTENT THROUGH ART.
Tenaka
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Tenaka is learning the Human Centered Design Approach.
The Loudhailer
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The Loudhailer is a full-service, design, and marketing communications agency.
The Virtual Edge
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The Virtual Edge helps trainers, coaches and consultants get more ideal clients through the LinkedIn rainmaker lead system.
ODEK
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ODEK is a group of companies that provides customer engagement and ICT solutions with a focus on creativity and innovation.
Exp Agency
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Exp Agency is a pan-African experiential marketing group that provide an end-to-end service to clients with an African footprint.
PlusNarrative
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PlusNarrative is a full-service digital studio founded on the notion that effective design, development, and marketing require empathy.
Africa Communications Media Group
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ACG is the leading go-to communications consultancy for communication support across sub-Saharan Africa.
Infoworks
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Infoworks is an independent marketing and publishing agency.
Espial Branding & Design
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Espiál – Branding and Design is South Africa’s leading strategic branding agency.
Vicinity Media
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Vicinity Media specializes in demographic location based targeting, mobile campaigns and mobile advertising services.
ESP Online
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ESP always focused on the Salon & Spa industry intending to create the most comprehensive management available in the world.
R-Squared Agency
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Creator of international kickass influencer marketing. Top5 finalist for Global Best Influencer Marketing Agency 2020.
The Clarion Group
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The Clarion Group is an integrated marketing company offering a full spectrum of visual and retail branding services.
Røering Creative Kin
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Røering Creative Kin is a marketing and advertising company.
Duck and Craig
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Duck and Craig provide advertising, marketing, strategy, traditional media buying, and digital solutions to SMBs and large companies.
Fcb Mayo
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Fcb Mayo is an agency that creates distinctive, strategic and selling communication network.
Moving Tactics
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Moving Tactics offers digital signage solutions in South Africa.
Black Snow Support
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Black Snow Support provides strategic planning, branding, digital marketing and public relations services in South Africa.
iMod Digital (Pty) Ltd
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iMod Digital lives and breathes all forms of digital marketing but our biggest passion is search engine optimisation (SEO).
HaveYouHeard
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HaveYouHeard is South Africa base specialist word-of-mouth marketing agency for brands.
KNOWN
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KNOWN is a studio designer, web design, and web development firm specializing in logo design, web design development, and e-commerce.
InterWeb SA | .co.za Domains | Web & Email Hosting | Website Development
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Web Hosting & Domain Registration
UDM International
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UDM offers insurance and sales services.
Connexion.zone
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Connexion.zone is a online marketing system.
NP Digital South Africa
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NP Digital South Africa is a specialist agency that offers online marketing solutions such as strategy, social media, SEO, and analytics.
AIMWEB Global Web Solutions
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AIMWEB Global Web Solutions – Leaders in Web and Application Design, Internet Marketing and Digital Innovation.
Mark1
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Digital Marketing for Humans. We specialise in Programmatic Buying, Paid Social and Search Advertising
New Media
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New Media Publishing specializes in content strategy, content production, digital marketing, videography and advertising services.
Fractal Marketing
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Fractal Marketing provides online marketing services for the small to medium sized business.
Sozala Media
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Sozala Media provides brand marketing services.
Treeshake
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Treeshake gives training, consulting, campaigns for digital marketing essentials, marketing with data and social campaign strategy.
NOAH Capital Markets
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NOAH Capital Markets is a research product through its network of industries.
All Glass
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All Glass & mirror is into glass and mirror business in Cape Town.
Grind Square
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Grind Square is software company that offers data science solutions.
Mansa Digital
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We are a bunch of creative and free thinking web and digital technologists from Johannesburg.
Creative Branding Products
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Creative Branding Products is a promotional gift, branding and printing company.
The Hardy Boys
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The Hardy Boys is a multi-disciplinary, brand building agency, with fully integrated activation capabilities.
Premfresh Seafoods
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Premfresh Seafoods is the Sales and Marketing division of Premier Fishing.
IDATA
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IDATA is a specialist Data Quality software supplier and Data-driven Marketing service bureau
PropertyEngine
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PropertyEngine develops online technologies assisting real estate developers throughout the property marketing, sales and management cycle.
WebSightSEO
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WebSightSEO specialised in SEO, Google Adwords, social media marketing, website development, and graphic design.
The Networking Warehouse
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The Networking Warehouse specialized in networking solutions with innovative technology.
The Networking Warehouse
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The Networking Warehouse specialized in networking solutions with innovative technology.
Bottomline Interactive
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Bottomline Interactive is a young, owner-managed, new media agency specializing in interactive digital media with a strong focus.
Bottomline Interactive
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Bottomline Interactive is a young, owner-managed, new media agency specializing in interactive digital media with a strong focus.
Vetro Media
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Vetro Media expertise in campaign strategy, brand development, digital design, ad management, public relations, and pay-per-click services.
Vetro Media
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Vetro Media expertise in campaign strategy, brand development, digital design, ad management, public relations, and pay-per-click services.
Curious Cat Creative
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Curious Cat Creative develop digital solutions for enterprises.
Curious Cat Creative
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Curious Cat Creative develop digital solutions for enterprises.
AL & CD Ashley
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AL & CD Ashley provides a complete solution in South Africa for international brands, enabling the omnichannel brand experience.
AL & CD Ashley
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AL & CD Ashley provides a complete solution in South Africa for international brands, enabling the omnichannel brand experience.
MRM Support
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MRM Support provides marketing, research, and management support services.
Red Yellow
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The Red and Yellow School is a Marketing and Advertising college in Cape Town.
Quantec
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Quantec is a consultancy that provides marketing, distribution and support services of economic and financial data.
Switch Marketing
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Switch Marketing create Inbound Marketing campaigns including strategy, target demographic development, content campaigns, customer delight.
