Strong on both Core Competencies and 360-Performance. These firms have proven track records, deep specialisation, and solid client outcomes. Default recommendation for most buyers.
Top Media Buying & Planning Agencies
Goodfirms has reviewed 3,799 Media Buying & Planning Agencies as of September 2026 across 102 countries. The top-ranked firm is SmartSites (4.9 stars, 16 verified reviews, $100 - $149/hr, founded 2011, Jersey City). Across the category, the median hourly rate is $37, median client rating is 4.8, and 17% of firms employ 50+ members. Explore the vetted Media Buying & Planning Agencies companies below, compare their strengths, and connect with the provider best suited to your requirements.
Buying media without the right strategy can drain budgets fast. That’s why top media buying agencies focus on precision, performance, and constant optimization across digital and traditional channels. Goodfirms makes this process easier by curating a vetted list of trusted media buying and planning agencies, evaluated on market presence, client feedback, and proven results. With detailed profiles, verified reviews, and smart filters, Goodfirms helps businesses confidently compare media buying companies that align with their goals, budget, and target audience.
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Top 10 at Glance
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List of the Best Media Buying Companies & Planning Firms
SmartSites is a trusted media planning company delivering data-backed media planning and paid advertising solutions for growing brands. Established in 2011, the agency has supported 900+ businesses with strategic ad placements and budget optimisation. Its performance-driven campaigns are built on audience insights and channel analytics. ... read SmartSites reviews & insights
$100 - $149/hr50 - 2492011Jersey City, United StatesWe had a great experience overall.
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25+ years. Hundreds of brands. One goal: websites that convert. Lounge Lizard is a New York-based, award-winning web design and digital marketing agency founded in 1998. We deliver custom website design, development, UX strategy, SEO, AEO, and performance marketing for companies that need more than ... read Lounge Lizard reviews & insights
NA50 - 2491998NYC, United StatesLounge Lizard transformed our outdated website into a modern platform through a well-structured and collaborative development process.
- IT ManagerWhy Lounge Lizard?
- Lounge Lizard has been in Business since 1998
- Agency is Run by a Webby Awards Judge
- Veteran Brand Story Tellers & Results Mindset
Colormatics is a creative-driven media buying and planning agency that blends strategic media placement with compelling visual storytelling. The team is an expert in video production, post-production, animation, VFX/3D, graphic design, photography, and media strategy, helping brands launch high-impact campaigns that deliver measurable results. Colormatics ... read Colormatics reviews & insights
$150 - $199/hr10 - 492014NYC, United StatesColormatics managed a complicated process smoothly and with great grace.
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Let's talk revenue, growth, and results. Every week.Industry leading expert teams who know your account, your market, and your goals. Available, accountable, and backed by the most sophisticated PPC optimization system built.
NA10 - 492024Oxford, United KingdomHappy so far will need to give it a few more months for more realistic metric improvements
- VPWhy Scaletrics Ads?
- Part of your team from day one.
- Accountable to your goals like everyone else.
- We work as your colleagues.
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We operate as an extension of your team. That means frequent communication, weekly goals, and a shared understanding of what success looks like. Instead of reacting late, we stay proactive. Performance is monitored daily, issues are addressed early, and opportunities are acted on before they ... read Scale Chapter reviews & insights
NA2 - 92026Oxford, United KingdomVery involved, with frequent updates and detailed reporting throughout.
- Director of Marketing ExpansionWhy Scale Chapter?
- We take full ownership of execution.
- What matters to us is simply steady growth.
- Frequent communication, weekly goals.
Mobio Group is a trusted mobile app marketing agency headquartered in the UK, offering quality mobile app promotion at cost-effective prices. Our team of experienced app marketers and specialists help clients to achieve maximum output for advertising budgets. Since 2013 we’ve worked with different industries, ... read Mobio Group reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr50 - 2492013London, United KingdomHave a professional team.
- Digital Marketing ManagerFocused on the Comms, IT and Cloud markets, we provide key strategic, commercial and technical teams on-demand to help you accelerate business growth and increase efficiency. With our fractional services, you don’t have to commit to permanent hires in a volatile market and uncertain world. ... read Fractional Teams reviews & insights
$100 - $149/hr2 - 92021London, United KingdomFractional Teams exceeded our expectations by delivering top-notch, industry-specific content that aligned perfectly with our marketing goals.
- Marketing Communications ExecutiveROAS HACK is a performance marketing and growth agency that helps brands turn paid traffic into measurable revenue. We combine media buying, creative strategy, analytics, and funnel optimization to improve the metrics that matter most — CPA, conversion rate, and ROAS. Our team works across ... read ROAS HACK reviews & insights
$100 - $149/hr2 - 92026London, United KingdomStrong and solid expertise
- AnonymousWhy ROAS HACK?
- Revenue-focused performance marketing
- Senior team, hands-on execution
- Transparent, business-first approach
Codedesign: Your Premier Digital Marketing Partner With offices in Lisbon, Boston, and Singapore, Codedesign stands as a top-tier digital marketing agency renowned for its exceptional blend of digital strategy, performance, and outstanding customer service. Our team of digital marketing experts is among the best in ... read Codedesign.org reviews & insights
NA10 - 492015Manchester, United KingdomSuccessful collaboration with a business-minded team that knows how to bring real results!
- FounderOpace are a family-run digital marketing agency based in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. The company as founded in 2008 by David Bryan, the current Managing Director. Drawing on his years of experience in digital and IT strategy, it was clear to him that the clients ... read Opace Ltd. reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr10 - 492008Birmingham, United KingdomTalented SEO team
- Mark BradleyAdsbalance is the fastest growing mobile performance marketing agency in Europe with clients from all around the world. We are part of Fmedia group. Our agency unites 250+advertising professionals. Our expertise in user acquisition allows us to reach both high volumes and perfect KPIs. We ... read Adsbalance reviews & insights
$150 - $199/hr50 - 2492016Edinburgh, United KingdomAdsbalance is always looking for new traffic sources and opportunities to promote our product.
- AnonymousWelcome to Promodo! Your Digital Growth Partners 🚀 Ranked as a lead award-winning Digital Marketing Agency across Europe and CIS, we've been mixing creativity with data-based marketing to deliver highly customized marketing promotion services. Why Choose Us: 👉 3,000+ clients 👉 7 offices worldwide 👉 ... read Promodo reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr250 - 9992004Lincoln, United KingdomThe Promodo team truly act as an extension of our own marketing team
- MarketerStrategy Plus is an online marketing agency specialising in Inbound Marketing. Generating attention for our clients by managing their websites, SEO, social media management, content and email marketing. The majority of our clients are hard working SMEs wanting to see a real return on their ... read Strategy Plus reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr2 - 91997Birmingham, United KingdomExcellent Value for Money
- Chris WooWelcome to MISSION14 LTD! We bring you the revolution of online shopping! We design the perfect platform for online brands to grow and thrive by increasing foot traffic through our ingenious content marketing solutions.
$100 - $149/hr050 - 249London, United KingdomOut of the Box Creative Geeks! MISSION14 LTD doesn't revolve around typical trends. They infuse marketing into business.
- Project ManagerWe are One Agency Media. We work with and for a variety of clients to build their brand, customer base and profit through strategic, accountable and measurable advertising media campaigns. We work across a wide range of outdoor formats, including but not limited to: Bus, Rail, Billboard, Radio, Print, Airport, Ad Van, Taxi. We also ... read One Agency Media reviews & insights
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Kwayse is a UK Muslim marketing agency helping Muslim brands sell to Muslim customers. We work with both ecommerce brands and service businesses across modest fashion, halal food, Islamic retail and publishing, alongside Islamic institutes, academies and Muslim charities.Services include web design, conversion optimisation, SEO, ... read Kwayse reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr10 - 492019London, United KingdomVery efficient!
- JR GroupWhy Kwayse?
- Built for brands selling to Muslim customers
- Trusted by more than 150 businesses since 2019
- Multilingual support in English, French, Arabic
Approximately 25 years ago, Arrk Group was established in Manchester, UK. Since its inception, we've experienced significant growth and now proudly have expanded branches in both the UK and India. At Arrk, our mission revolves around empowering businesses to prosper by creating adaptable platforms that ... read Arrk Group reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr50 - 2491998Manchester, United KingdomWriting this review just because happy with the way they keep on informing development at several stages
- Roy MillerWe believe every business has the potential to grow. We help a wide spectrum of businesses realise a greater demand and awareness for their business. We deliver bespoke and innovative solutions for global brands through brand strategy, brand development, advertising and online marketing. Our experienced, ... read Ajencia reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr50 - 2492008London, United KingdomHighly professional, collaborative, transparent, and stress-free
- AnonymousRepublic of Media is an independent communication planning and media buying agency with offices in Manchester and Edinburgh. We deliver Freethinking Solutions for Freethinking Clients.
$50 - $99/hr10 - 492012Manchester, United KingdomMediaCom is one of the world’s leading media agencies. We plan and buy media for our clients around the world. Our network comprises 7,000 employees in 130 offices in 105 countries around the world.
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Bitmedia.io is a programmatic advertising platform and global ad network that helps businesses grow through user acquisition and performance marketing campaigns. The platform combines audience targeting, campaign optimization, and publisher monetization tools in a single self-service solution.Advertisers can reach verified audiences across websites, mobile apps, Telegram communities, and other digital media properties. Campaigns can be ... read Bitmedia.io reviews & insights
NA10 - 492014London, United KingdomWhy Bitmedia.io?
- Verified audience reach
- Flexible campaign setup
- Performance-focused growth
KMS Media is a passionately independent, award-winning Adverting Agency. We create vibrant, bespoke advertising campaigns across all media formats. Launched in 2012, KMS Media are specialists in the Arts, Culture and Charities sectors. We are strong advocates for digital advertising and it is our mission to make digital an accessible and affordable option for all ... read KMS Media reviews & insights
< $25/hr2 - 92012Manchester, United KingdomWe were born somewhat differently, conceived by the world’s most entrepreneurial and inventive brand. Back in 2004 Virgin wanted a different, better way to do media. They became our founding client and with that gave us the chance to launch Goodstuff, fuelled by their creative spirit, willingness to break the rules, and do the best ... read Goodstuff Communications reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr50 - 2492004London, United KingdomCampbellrigg is one of the UK’s leading design agencies trading across Europe and the near East with ambitions to move into the Middle East and Far East markets. This year we are proud to celebrate 30 years since Campbell Rigg founded the agency. Our pioneering approach to customer centric solutions is what we continue to ... read CampbellRigg reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr10 - 491998London, United KingdomOMD is a global marketing communications company, the largest and most awarded marketing communications company in the world. As a part of the Omnicom Group, OMD represents $42.3 billion global clout, 100+ countries, 140+ offices, and 11,000+ employees.
$150 - $199/hr10000+1996London, United KingdomVCCP Media is part of the VCCP Partnership. Together we offer a fully integrated proposition from strategy and planning to media and creative. We are content specialists, search specialists, technology specialists sitting alongside planners and strategists, data architects and creatives. We're all in the same building too, which helps.
$100 - $149/hr50 - 2492002London, United KingdomHello. We’re HOME. We’re a strategic marketing agency that grows brands by helping them gain and maintain attention. We blend business consultancy know-how with marketing agency delivery. We believe an idea, strategy or product is stronger when built from multiple perspectives. With the right minds working together, blending insight, creativity, data, media and technology we ... read HOME Agency reviews & insights
< $25/hr50 - 2492002Leeds, United KingdomMerchant is an outcome-driven digital marketing agency with expertise in website development, digital strategy, branding, design, content creation and public relations. We’re a highly experienced and versatile team of web developers, designers, content writers, PR specialists and digital transformation experts. We work with UK-based clients as well as global organisations across a broad range of ... read Merchant Agency reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr10 - 491982Southampton, United KingdomAt AdChampagne we strive to enrich the lives of our employees, clients and community members, and in turn make our lives more meaningful. We lead the market with our professionalism and high ethical standards. We continuously improve our services, making them best practices in the media buying market. We are honest and transparent in all ... read AdChampagne reviews & insights
$100 - $149/hr50 - 2492018London, United KingdomQuite simply, we help clients punch above their weight. Because today your biggest threat isn’t the competition, it’s indifference. The modern mainstream audience has never had so much choice and so little time. If your brand doesn’t engage instantly, you’re filtered out without a second thought. At CreativeRace we’ll help you understand what really drives ... read CreativeRace reviews & insights
< $25/hr50 - 2491978Leeds, United KingdomThe7stars is the UK's largest independent media agency and Campaign Magazine's Agency of the Year 2017. We started life in 2005. Our reasons then were our reasons now. Fundamentally, we think that media is too important to be commoditised by big buying networks. We believe that advertisers deserve better accountability and complete transparency from their ... read The7stars reviews & insights
$100 - $149/hr50 - 2492005London, United KingdomBrand8 PR is a PR & content marketing agency delivering powerful ideas which allow businesses and brands to achieve their commercial objectives. We do this by integrating the disciplines of brand strategy, public relations, content marketing, social media and search, executing robust tactics across traditional, digital and social media channels.
< $25/hr2 - 92010Leeds, United KingdomA leading independent media agency based in Harrogate, the UK’s happiest town. We were established in 2006 following an MBO from one of the UK’s leading agency groups, specifically aimed at delivering the talent, experience and resource found in the biggest media agencies to small-medium sized advertisers.
< $25/hr2 - 92006York, United KingdomGrowth Savvy is a UK-based, customer-centric digital growth agency that helps fast-growing businesses scale through data analytics, digital advertising, and conversion rate optimization (CRO). The company provides app and web analytics setup and audits, advertising strategy and management across Google, Meta, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok, and data-driven CRO programs. Growth Savvy states that it has ... read Growth Savvy reviews & insights
$150 - $199/hr10 - 492016London, United KingdomWe believe that in today’s adaptive world everything begins and ends in media. Our role in this world is to help clients grow their business and to become their lead business partner and we achieve this through a culture of original thinking driven by speed, teamwork and provocation.
NA1,000 - 9,9991997London, United KingdomPtarmigan Media is the world’s largest Financial Services media solutions business. We enjoy the advantage of 22 years of experience, market insight and media investment management expertise and are able to provide a complete range of services from media planning and buying, research, technology and content marketing solutions.
$100 - $149/hr50 - 2491993London, United KingdomFavoured is a marketing, content and branding agency based in London & Leeds. We’re innovators & marketing experts who strongly believe that successful digital marketing strategies need beautiful content. This is why we launched Favoured, a full-service agency. So for advertising, SEO, content marketing, social media, growth hacking, account-based marketing, design, animation, UX/UI & much ... read Favoured reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr10 - 492017London, United KingdomAdstork is a trusted digital advertising network designed to connect advertisers and publishers through clean, high-quality, and performance-driven solutions. We help brands, affiliates, and media buyers reach real audiences, while publishers easily monetize their websites and apps with genuine traffic and flexible ad formats. Our platform makes it simple to launch, manage, and optimize campaigns ... read Adstork Ad Network reviews & insights
< $25/hr2 - 92018London, United KingdomAdvant Technology your advantage in programmatic advertising. We are a data-driven programmatic ad agency. We work with brands and agencies to deliver global campaigns across native, display, video, CTV, programmatic audio, user acquisition and more. Our network spans hundreds of publishers and apps directly for premium supply. Our core values are focused on delivering a ... read Advant Technology ltd reviews & insights
$100 - $149/hr10 - 492014London, United KingdomOrientation Marketing is life science and pharmaceutical marketing agency operating solely within specialist scientific sectors. We help ingredients, packaging, nutraceutical, medical technology, contract manufacturing, development and research organisations uncover opportunities to become more visible, increase engagement and generate leads.
$100 - $149/hr2 - 92015Knutsford, United KingdomPart of Beattie, the integrated communications agency, we have been at the forefront of crisis management and crisis communications for 31 years. During that time, we have seen it all – media investigations, terrorist incidents, fatal accidents, company closures, killer outbreaks of e-coli, product recalls and sex scandals. Most times the issue or crisis did ... read Only Crisis reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr2 - 9London, United Kingdomhub is a full service agency offering insight, strategy, advertising, media planning & buying, design, digital, photography, video and print. We’re a team of talented individuals who are passionately committed to producing inspiring creative and delivering equally inspiring results.
< $25/hr10 - 492006Leeds, United KingdomTyto has been engineered to deliver a new kind of PR agency experience for businesses in the fields of technology, science and innovation. We know how important it is to work with like-minded people who can flex with your changing needs. We appreciate that campaigns must have a clear business impact. We know that every ... read Tyto PR reviews & insights
NA10 - 492017London, United KingdomAt Excite OOH, we’re obsessed with creating impactful outdoor advertising campaigns that break through the clutter. As an independent agency, we combine innovative technology with strategic thinking to help ambitious brands capture attention and drive results. Our proprietary planning tools and data-driven approach ensure your campaigns reach the right audiences at the right time.
$100 - $149/hr2 - 92022London, United KingdomDave Orton Media is a premium sports Media agency powered by an award-winning, ready-to-hire presenter. We produce engaging shows, high-impact brand activations, and measurable campaign results — bringing presenter-led creativity, industry insight, and proven broadcast talent to every client, project, or live event.
NA50 - 2492023Stratford-upon-Avon, United KingdomRed Marlin is a specialist automotive PR and digital marketing agency delivering original, high impact services to our clients. Whether it’s making you stand out from the crowd, developing your brand identity, launching a new product or service, generating sales enquiries, providing content for your media spaces or helping develop and implement your overall marketing ... read Red Marlin reviews & insights
NA2 - 92009Warwick, United KingdomWe’re born out of specialist agencies that have come together as one. Together, we’ll define what you stand for, and bring that to life in everything you say and do. Which is easy to say, but really tricky to do. So we’ll do it together with you. And get results that actually make a difference ... read Definition reviews & insights
NA2 - 9London, United KingdomFounded in 1986, Mediareach pioneered advertising to diverse and cultural audiences through unique segmentation, content creation and amplification to build a brand presence with cultural communities of any ethnicity. We’ve built the largest in-house proprietary tech database to target communities of all cultural and diverse backgrounds in the world down to specific postcodes. Get in ... read Mediareach Advertising reviews & insights
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Strong execution but broader service mix. High-quality generalists - good fit if your project crosses multiple disciplines in one engagement.
Deeply specialised but with moderate market presence. Often the right pick when specialisation matters more than scale - boutique shops with deep technical chops.
Newer entrants and smaller boutiques. Higher risk but often the best price-performance - particularly for early-stage startups or non-mission-critical projects.
No firm has cleared the Leaders threshold (≥ 50 on both axes) in this category yet. The 8 highest-scoring firms overall are shown below.
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