UK Digital Agency Census 2022

Top 50 UK award winning digital agencies

Creative quality is a subjective measure – but gold, silver and bronze don’t lie. We’ve ranked the country’s digital agencies in order of which ones have won the most – and the best – awards for their creative output.

From big-name network stables in London to indie shops far from the capital, we collected every award an agency took for their creative efforts in the last year and ranked them according to a special formula devised by our expert research team.

1	AMVBBDO UK Greater London	Greater London
AMV BBDO is a creative and digital agency. It's part of Publicis.
2	Droga5 Greater London	Greater London
Droga5 is a global creative and digital agency owned by Accenture.

1	AMVBBDO UK Greater London	Greater London
AMV BBDO is a creative and digital agency. It's part of Publicis.
2	Droga5 Greater London	Greater London
Droga5 is a global creative and digital agency owned by Accenture.
3	adam&eveDDB London Greater London	Greater London
Adam&eveDDB London
4	Mother Greater London	Greater London
Mother is an independent creative agency based in London.
5	Havas Greater London	Greater London
Havas is a global agency network with digital capabilities across the board.
6	Talon Greater London	Greater London
Talon is a specialist out-of-home agency.
=7	Wunderman Thompson Greater London	Greater London
Wunderman Thompson is a global marketing communications agency.
=7	VCCP Greater London	Greater London
VCCP is one of the biggest digital and media agencies in the UK.
9	Stein IAS North West	North West
Stein IAS is a specialist B2B agency based in the UK and US.
10	Rise at Seven Yorkshire & The Humber	Yorkshire & The Humber
Rise at Seven is an SEO agency based in Sheffield.

=11	Waste Creative Greater London	Greater London
Waste Creative is a creative agency based in London.
=11	Uncommon Greater London	Greater London
Uncommon is a digital creative studio that specializes in building consumer brands.
13	Croud Greater London	Greater London
Croud is a global performance marketing agency.
14	Iris Greater London	Greater London
Iris is a global integrated marketing agency.
15	Journey Further Yorkshire & The Humber	Yorkshire & The Humber
Journey Further is a performance marketing agency based between Leeds and London.
=16	Propellernet South East	South East
Propellernet is an SEO, PPC and digital PR agency based in Brighton.
=16	RocketMill South East	South East
RocketMill is a creative and performance marketing agency based in Brighton.
18	Engine Greater London	Greater London
Engine is a British digital, creative and media agency based in London.
19	The Kite Factory Greater London	Greater London
The Kite Factory is an indie media agency.
20	Zone Greater London	Greater London
Zone is a CX agency with offices in London and Bristol.

21	Merkle Greater London	Greater London
Merkle is a global performance marketing, media and data agency.
22	Essence Greater London	Greater London
Essence is s global media agency owned by WPP.
=23	Allison+Partners Greater London	Greater London
Allison+Partners is a global marketing and communications agency.
=23	Impression East Midlands	East Midlands
Impression is a digital marketing agency based between London and Nottingham specialising in SEO, CRO, paid media and digital PR.
25	The SEO Works Yorkshire & The Humber	Yorkshire & The Humber
The SEO Works is a marketing and SEO agency based in Sheffield.
26	MediaMonks Greater London	Greater London
MediaMonks is a digital, data, media and creative agency owned by S4 Capital.
27	Impero Greater London	Greater London
Impero is a creative and digital agency.
=28	Stink Studios Greater London	Greater London
Stink is a creative studio based in London.
=28	Launch Online South West	South West
Launch specializes in paid media and is based in
30	Transmission Greater London	Greater London
Transmission is a full-service B2B digital marketing agency.

31	Cyber-Duck Greater London	Greater London
Cyber Duck is a specialist digital transformation agency.
=32	December19 Greater London	Greater London
December19 is a media buying and planning agency based in London.
=32	Wilderness Greater London	Greater London
Wilderness is a specialist social media agency.
34	Foolproof East of England	East of England
Foolproof is a specialist CX agency.
35	Pablo Greater London	Greater London
Pablo is a creative agency specialising in digital, mobile and print communciations.
36	Novos Greater London	Greater London
Novos is a specialist e-commerce and SEO agency.
37	The Tree Greater London	Greater London
The Tree is a digital content marketing agency.
38	EPAM Systems Greater London	Greater London
EPAM is a digital consultancy and bespoke software maker.
39	The Maverick Group Greater London	Greater London
The Maverick Group is an independent integrated agency.
40	Connective3 Yorkshire & The Humber	Yorkshire & The Humber
Connective3 is a digital marketing agency with specialisms in SEO, PR, content marketing, PPC, display and CRO.

41	Rufus Leonard Greater London	Greater London
Rufus Leonard is a digital agency specializing in brand strategy and design.
42	Tom&Co Greater London	Greater London
Tom&Co is a London agency specializing in e-commerce.
43	AKQA Greater London	Greater London
AKQA is one of the biggest digital and creative agencies in the UK. It's part of the WPP network.
44	Anything is Possible South East	South East
Anything Is Possible is a media buying, strategic and creative agency based in Brighton.
=45	CHS South West	South West
CHS is an independent, integrated creative agency.
=45	Sagittarius South East	South East
Sagittarius is a digital marketing agency with a specialist focus on digital experience.
=47	BBD Perfect Storm Greater London	Greater London
Perfect Storm is a brand and cultural transformation agency.
=47	Billion Dollar Boy Greater London	Greater London
BDB is a creative and influencer agency.
=47	Box UK Wales	Wales
Box UK is a UX, software consulting and development agency.
=47	Crafted East of England	East of England
Crafted is a full service digital agency based in Ipswich.

=47	DAC Group UK Greater London	Greater London
DAC is a digital marketing agency providing SEO, performance and social media marketing services.
=47	Evoluted Yorkshire & The Humber	Yorkshire & The Humber
Evoluted specializes in digital design, web development and digital marketing. It's based in Sheffield.
=47	TIPi Group Greater London	Greater London
TIPi Group is a network of specialist digital agencies.
=47	Ardmore Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
Ardmore is a digital marketing and advertising agency based in Belfast.

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