This article showcases our top picks for the best Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg Marketing Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
The Volcano Group
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The Volcano Group is a privately owned advertising and communications company.
Atomic Marketing
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Atomic Marketing is a marketing firm based in Johannesburg.
MetropolitanRepublic
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MetropolitanRepublic is an integrated communications agency based in Johannesburg with offices in several other African countries.
Dynamic Bedding
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Dynamic Bedding manufactures, distributes and markets a wide range of bed bases and mattresses.
Kagiso Media
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Kagiso Media is the largest black-owned media corporation in South Africa.
Pixel Bay
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Pixel Bay is a website design company that create beautiful websites designed to convert visitors in to customers.
Hellocomputer
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Hellocomputer is a digital agency that offers data services, strategy services, and marketing services.
Lion Marketing
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Lion Marketing is a full-service advertising agency, that provides advertising and marketing 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.
Content Merchants
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Content Merchants provides media buying, websites, corporate identity, content creation, brand strategy, and community management services.
Penquin
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Penquin is a marketing and advertising agency that helps their clients sell more products.
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.
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.
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.
Black Snow Support
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Black Snow Support provides strategic planning, branding, digital marketing and public relations services in South Africa.
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.
Sozala Media
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Sozala Media provides brand marketing services.
Mansa Digital
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We are a bunch of creative and free thinking web and digital technologists from Johannesburg.
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.
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.
MRM Support
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MRM Support provides marketing, research, and management support services.
Switch Marketing
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Switch Marketing create Inbound Marketing campaigns including strategy, target demographic development, content campaigns, customer delight.
ClickMaven
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ClickMaven is an award-winning market leader in digital performance marketing.
Student Village
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Student Village specializes in student marketing and career development in South Africa.
Rayden Holdings
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Cloud Computing, Web Design, Web Hosting, SEO, IT Consulting/Solutions, Web Management and Optimization, Mobile and Web App Development
Being Brands
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Being Group is a company that offers strategic service and creative solutions.
Spitfire Inbound
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Spitfire Inbound is an innovative, award-winning inbound & digital marketing agency, consultancy & HubSpot Diamond Partner.
Azoth Group
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We specialize in Events, Media, Production, Advertising, Marketing, Digital & Creative across a wide range of business sectors.
Azoth Group
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We specialize in Events, Media, Production, Advertising, Marketing, Digital & Creative across a wide range of business sectors.
Absolutely AV Video Productions Johannesburg
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Video Production Service
KNR Flatrock
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KNR Flatrock engages in the marketing and distribution of branded lifestyle and digital products.
Moody and Smith Digital
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Moody and Smith Digital provides social media marketing, community management, and content development services.
Fuseware
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Fuseware is a provider of online media monitoring solution for products brand.
FiveFriday
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FiveFriday renders design, branding, development, support, training, marketing, growth hacking, recruitment, sales & HR consulting services.
Marked Effect
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Marked Effect is a firm specializing in email marketing, SEO, online, and social media marketing.
Infinity Rewards
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Infinity Rewards is a company that offers a unique and dynamic loyalty program for customers’ freedom with cashback services.
Exposure Marketing
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Exposure Marketing is a full-service marketing and sales promotion agency specializing in prize promotions.
ROTH Media Productions
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ROTH Media Productions focuses on brand strategy, market research, corporate communications, and social media marketing services.
Thunder Storm
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Thunder Storm is a Multi National Company based on online networking and marketing.
TEGA
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TEGA marketing is the Import, export & distribution of specialty chemicals, minerals, plastizisers, release agents, dental raw materials.
Groundworx
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Groundworx is a full-service marketing and communications firm.
Technews Publishing
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Technews Publishing provides B2B media, marketing, advertising, events, and research.
Gauteng
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Gauteng is a destination marketing organisation based in Gauteng that focuses on domestic and international travel.
bizmavs.com
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Development of a business focused social media. Networking and marketing support platform
CollectVest
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CollectVest is a fintech tool that facilitates non-traditional asset investment, trading of e-units, fractional ownership & stock exchanges.
WOW Interactive
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Wow Interactive provides digital marketing, e-commerce, web design, development, and social media services to create future-proof websites.
Maraschino Marketing Collective
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Maraschino Marketing Collective provides social media management, web design, marketing, graphic design, PR, and event planning services.
iShack Digital Consultancy
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iShack Digital is a consulting firm in digital and social media strategy.
Frenzii
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Frenzii provides research-based marketing and advertising solutions to businesses.
