40 agencies recommended to build brilliant brands
As part of The Drum’s Deep Dive on Fast-Growth Brands, Cat Hartland, head of The Drum Recommends, highlights agencies best recommended by clients for brand strategy.

The Drum shines a spotlight on the top 20 best-rated agencies recommended for brand strategy services
The Drum Recommends is a free service designed by The Drum to help marketers easily navigate and find relevant, trusted agencies, all based on their specific criteria and the ratings we receive from clients that have already worked with those agencies.
Every year The Drum Recommends receives thousands of ratings from the clients of agencies subscribed to the service. Clients complete a survey asking them to score and comment on the agency’s overall performance, including ‘client service,’ ‘strategic thinking’ and ‘effectiveness,’ as well as the specific services they’ve used, such as ‘SEO’ or ‘brand strategy.’
The unique ratings system within the platform enables us to identify agencies that come recommended for specific services and performance, which brand marketers can trust to source new agencies. In order to become recommended for these services, agencies must receive a minimum of three client ratings above a set threshold.
Here we shine a spotlight on the top 20 best-rated agencies recommended for brand strategy services...
Location: London
Headcount: 20
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy
Location: Bath
Headcount: 15
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy
Location: Leeds, Los Angeles
Headcount: 10
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy
Location: Bedford
Headcount: 17
Recommended for: B2C Brand Strategy
Location: London
Headcount: 8
Recommended for: B2C Brand Strategy
CreativeRace
Location: Leeds
Headcount: 50
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy
Location: Bath
Headcount: 6
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy
Location: Dorking
Headcount: 8
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy
Location: Derby
Headcount: 50
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy, B2C Brand Strategy
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, London
Headcount: 11
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy, B2C Brand Strategy
Location: London
Headcount: 9
Recommended for: B2C Brand Strategy
Location: Southend-on-Sea
Headcount: 24
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy, B2C Brand Strategy
Location: Royston
Headcount: 7
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy
Location: London
Headcount: 50
Recommended for: B2C Brand Strategy
Location: Manchester
Headcount: 11
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy, B2C Brand Strategy
Location: London, Oxford
Headcount: 60
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy
Location: London
Headcount: 35
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy, B2C Brand Strategy
Location: Sheffield
Headcount: 16
Recommended for: B2B Brand Strategy
More recommended agencies
Agency | Headcount | Location |
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4 Roads | 15 | Coventry |
75 | Barnstaple, London | |
AgencyUK | 24 | Bath, Bristol, London |
Ambitious | 12 | Bristol |
bbp Agency | 10 | London |
BGN | 10 | Manchester |
Brand Culture | 20 | London |
Brilliant Noise | 40 | Brighton |
Collective | 35 | London, New York |
December 19 | 24 | London |
Delineo | 35 | Manchester |
Earnest | 61 | London |
Frost Creative | 6 | |
Genoa Black | 16 | Edinburgh |
Gravity Global | 230 | Ashford, London, Norwich, Oxford |
Mark Making | 23 | Chipping Norton |
Matter of Form | 50 | London |
McCann Enterprise | 55 | London |
Milestone Creative | 25 | High Wycombe |
Modern | 28 | Bristol |
More recommended agencies can be found at: www.recommendedagencies.com
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