Top Media Buying & Planning Agencies

Researched by:Goodfirms Research TeamUpdated:September 8, 2026

Goodfirms has reviewed 3,818 Media Buying & Planning Agencies as of September 2026 across 103 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.

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3,818Verified firms
$37/hrMedian hourly rate
4.8 ★Median rating
103Countries
17%Have 50+ members

How this list is built: All 3,818 firms below pass Goodfirms' 4-step verification process (background check, client interviews, portfolio audit, ongoing quality review). Listings marked "Sponsored" are agencies that pay for premium placement - sponsorship does not affect star ratings or review content.

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List of the Best Media Buying Companies & Planning Firms

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  • Known for forward-thinking strategies and detailed execution, Paschal Roth (P|R) is a values-driven communications firm. Wielding nearly two decades of experience in the trenches of politics, policy, and media – our team builds strong coalitions, razor-sharp messaging, and winning campaigns for a broad range of clients throughout California.

    NA
    10 - 49
    Sacramento, United States
  • Outreach Strategists, LLC is a global communications and public affairs firm. Our diverse team of experts has extensive backgrounds in government, politics and media, Outreach Strategists brings people together to get things done. We specialize in domestic and international public relations, conflict solutions, proactive business development and communications.

    NA
    10 - 49
    2002
    Houston, United States
  • Technology’s most ambitious brands trust Sterling Communications to deliver communications plans, PR programs, and creative projects that defy indifference. Our tight-knit team of PR and creative pros in Silicon Valley is bound together by a love of storytelling, a passion for technology, and a severe allergic reaction to apathy.

    NA
    10 - 49
    1989
    Los Gatos, United States
  • Fineman PR provides full-service integrated communications, PR and digital performance marketing to serve your needs – all under one roof. For more than 30 years, we have tailored programs to drive brand value and customer loyalty, implementing strategies that build and safeguard our clients’ reputations. Communication is our lifeblood. We are principled strategists who can ... read Fineman PR reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    1988
    San Jose, United States
  • At GMG, we’re focused on helping high-growth technology companies increase market awareness and rapidly grow sales through the strategic planning and execution of highly effective marketing, public relations, branding and communications programs. Whether you’re launching a new product, rebranding an old one or need to put a new twist on an existing brand, we help ... read Gabriel Marketing Group reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    Mclean, United States
  • Tyto 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

    NA
    10 - 49
    2017
    London, United Kingdom
  • Alchemy One partners with businesses and organisations who understand that the successful brands of tomorrow will be the ones that make positive changes today. Our mission is to make a meaningful difference to the impact our partners can have on the world. We do this by delivering outstanding service and excellent work, using media and ... read Alchemy One reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    Sydney, Australia
  • At CHE Proximity we’re not only pioneers of the new agency model, but also connected creativity. Connected creativity is the synchronisation of strategic positioning, engaging creative and advanced planning to ensure ideas cut-through and deliver the strongest commercial performances. To create such work, the classic marketing disciplines of advertising, experience, PR, CRM, media and digital ... read CHE Proximity reviews & insights

    NA
    250 - 999
    Sydney, Australia
  • Communication professionals inspired by the new opportunities that now exist. We opened our doors in 1994 with a simple conviction: that strategic and conceptual thinkers need to be involved from the start, at the planning stage. We work closely with clients to absorb and immerse ourselves in their business, understand the customer journey and creatively ... read Sponge Agency reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    1998
    Sydney, Australia
  • Point Media is a full-service marketing agency promoting many of China’s leading brands. Established in Australia in 2011, Point Media is making its mark in the Australian media industry. Point Media has pledged to provide its clients with a “total marketing solution”. We take pride in our media partner relationships across all advertising mediums in ... read Point Media reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    2011
    Sydney, Australia
  • At JAM our vision is to cut through the difficulties of the industry and deliver to you a strategic plan and advertising solutions to ultimately deliver results for your Marketing spend! We have an impressive range of backgrounds and education. Our experience lets us find the best solution for making your ideas successful. We come ... read Jam Advertising reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    Brisbane, Australia
  • We’re an accredited Australian family owned, independent, full service media agency specialising in delivering creative & innovative campaign solutions across Digital, Social, TV/Radio and Out of Home Media Channels. MPA has offices in Sydney, Brisbane and The Sunshine Coast. At MPA, our philosophy is to deliver insightful strategy and successful advertising campaigns full of new ... read The Media Planning Agency reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    Brisbane, Australia
  • You’re thinking about using Google Ads, Facebook/Instagram Ads, or maybe even LinkedIn Ads to grow your business. Good idea! The problem? You haven’t used these tools before, and you don’t want to waste your money. That’s where we come in.We start with a simple and effective process to identify the ideal opportunities for your business. ... read Wulver Digital Advertising reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    2 - 9
    2018
    Calgary, Canada
  • oOh!media is changing the face of the Out of Home industry in Australia. Our unbeatable combination of unrivalled scale reaching 77% of all metro and regional Australians across 35,000 locations, our diverse product range, and our market-leading data insight, makes brands powerfully unmissable. We work with advertisers, media agencies, partners and communities to engage people ... read Ooh Media reviews & insights

    NA
    250 - 999
    1989
    Melbourne, Australia
  • Today, Performance Marketing has moved from a specialty service to the strategic center for brands. Performics connects marketing investment to consumer intent, redefining performance by using data, consumer intent signals, technology, media and content in novel ways. Built by DoubleClick. Bought by Google.

    NA
    10 - 49
    Vienna, Austria
  • With nearly 20 years of experience, the leading international allmedia service provider in the market. The only independent international media representative in Austria, representing more than 100 media accross the globe. Based in historical expertise as daily link between a huge range of represented media titles & portals and Austrian & CEE clients and agencies, ... read Euro Media Agency reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    Vienna, Austria
  • In order to bundle our know-how in the best possible way, we trust in the long-term cooperation with our partners. Together we create synergies that enable us to develop professional solutions.

    NA
    10 - 49
    Vienna, Austria
  • Procharon Communication Ltd. is a full-service advertising and market communications company with a vision to bring change in the contemporary style of communication. Only selling our services do not inspire us or we just do not do things just we had/have to rather building a Brand Image is more important to us, because we believe ... read Procharon reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    2008
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • We, Pink Creative Limited started on April, 2017 with a passion of taking challenges and creating new ones in advertising sector. Being a sister concern of Edison Group, Pink Creative Limited has competitive professionalism by birth considering that Edison Group is one of the encouraging and evolving business groups which is founded with an aim ... read Pink Creative Ltd reviews & insights

    NA
    50 - 249
    2017
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Central Buying Group was created to effectively solve problems in the digital space.We guarantee the quality and transparency of work for each partner.Thanks to a complete set of advertising solutions and expertise, advertising agencies and marketers have the opportunity to use our tools and technologies to implement their marketing activities on the Internet and achieve ... read Central Buying Group reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    Minsk, Belarus
  • WeThink marketing and relations make sales… and they are the shortest ways to reach consumers. Using context, insight and targeted action (CIA) WeThink create results for our clients in the areas of sales, branding or preference. WeThink CIA: context, insight, action!

    < $25/hr
    10 - 49
    2012
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Element is one of the top full service digital & communication agencies in México, since early 2000´s we have been working with most industries to understand and empower the use of new technologies and digital platforms to build great and useful experiences. With a team +120 passionate, multidisciplinary and tech savvy people, we live by ... read Element reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    50 - 249
    2004
    Juarez, Mexico
  • Situated in the Oliver neighbourhood of Edmonton, Odvod Media was founded in 1999 by Trudy Callaghan and the late Orville Chubb. With both principals coming from a previous business in the print industry, Odvod Media initially focused on printed communications. When clients started asking for Odvod’s communication expertise for websites, email campaigns and all forms ... read Odvod Media reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    2 - 9
    1999
    Edmonton, Canada
  • Underdog Marketing Solutions focuses on the business goals of our clients and delivers on measurable solutions. Before starting any project, we help customers identify the best way to increase their online web presence via search engine ranking and a stunning website. At Underdog Marketing Solutions we provide effective, optimized website design, search engine optimization services, ... read Under Dog reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    Carrollton, United States
  • Forsman & Bodenfors is a global creative collective, founded in Sweden in 1986. Our truly collaborative way of working has over the years unlocked continuous creative excellence and built unusually human brands. At Forsman & Bodenfors we have created as the core through all departments, including technology, data and analytics and media. For the past ... read Forsman & Bodenfors reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    50 - 249
    1986
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Radon is an award-winning Creative Agency born with a digital DNA, a business focused mind and a pulsating heart. From our Stockholm-based facilities we create films, web and full blown marketing concepts for a global market. Find more of our work on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/houseofradon

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    2006
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Spoon is an agency that create content and communication with a very simple core philosophy – we want our clients'​ target audience to like everything we do. That might sound a bit trite, but we think it’s an approach that’s too often absent in the world of communication. Ad fatigue is a challenge. People don’t ... read Spoon Agency reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    50 - 249
    1998
    Malmo, Sweden
  • Sales smart, marketing savvy. We are ST&P Marketing Communications. A time-tested, client-approved, full-service brand and promotions agency that prides itself on creating results-focused solutions that have a keen marketing sensibility. Our 25+ year tenure isn’t by chance, it’s by design—allowing us to help our clients build long-lasting customer connections that organically develop into long-term, profitable ... read ST&P Marketing Communications reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    1992
    Akron, United States
  • Our name Medium is an homage to the fact that media and advertising has become incredibly complicated and fragmented over the last several years. It used to be broadcast TV, cable and radio – now it’s multiple platforms on an array of devices. Today, a good ad buying company is focused on getting powerful creative ... read Medium Buying reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    2018
    Columbus, United States
  • Spread the word about your business through radio and television. Whether you just need a simple :10 sponsorship commercial, strategic campaign with multiple commercials or a customized campaign on both radio and television, Buckeye Media Services can help you design a creative, cost effective campaign Customized media buying allows you to market your business within ... read Buckeye Media Services reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    2003
    Columbus, United States
  • We've assembled the best in the fields of branding, strategy, design, and copywriting to do whatever it takes to help our clients succeed. Whether consumer or B-to-B, our experience has been connecting brands to their targets. Give us a call to discuss building your brand and growing your business.

    NA
    10 - 49
    2005
    Columbus, United States
  • SLAVA consults online economy brands in branding, advertising and digital.We are an independent advertising agency.We work with ambitious brands, creating stand-out campaigns that strike a chord with people.

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    2011
    Moscow, Russia
  • We’re described as a full-service, multi-disciplinary marketing agency. But at its heart, Zehnder Communications is a group of people who love storytelling. We love discovering our clients’ stories and conveying that truth in meaningful ways to audiences that matter. We do that with creative, digital, social media, public relations and paid media services. But we’re ... read Zehnder reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    50 - 249
    1996
    Baton Rouge, United States
  • The Automotive Marketing Group of a full-service advertising agency specializing exclusively in the automotive industry. We have more than 20 years of experience providing exceptional traditional and digital marketing services for individual dealerships and dealer groups across the country. Founded by President Stuart Houser, his goal was to create an advertising agency that exclusively focused ... read The Automotive Marketing reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    2005
    Baton Rouge, United States
  • Weber Associates uniquely combines the rigor of a consultancy with the information design of a creative agency to produce better bottom-line results. For 35 years, Weber has been helping brands optimize their marketing, communications, and tools to deliver on business vision and drive sales. Visit our website to learn more about us, our clients, how ... read Weber Associates reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    1985
    Columbus, United States
  • Take a closer look at RMD. Simply put, we're an advertising, digital, brand strategy, social media and public relations agency that gets it. We drive results from day one. We're tenacious. We think hard for your brand. We accept nothing but success. We're relentless when it comes to living up to our promises. We serve ... read Rmd Advertising reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    Columbus, United States
  • TCAA is an independent, full-service advertising agency with deep roots in media planning, media buying and digital media. For more than two decades, we’ve been flying under the radar, generating cross-channel customer engagement, remarkable results and revenue for our clients.

    NA
    50 - 249
    1989
    Cincinnati, United States
  • We are a branding and marketing agency that helps small businesses communicate their unique value. Every company has a story to tell, and we create the empowering narratives and discover the avenues to share your story. Whether it’s through digital media - like website design - or traditional media - like direct mail - our ... read Goldiata Creative reviews & insights

    NA
    2 - 9
    2016
    Baltimore, United States
  • We officially opened our doors on 1 September 2008 with 30+ staff and the Checkers account. A big win. One we took seriously, entering into a one-year exclusivity agreement with the Shoprite Group, to give ourselves time to immerse the agency in their business. Taking the time to develop deep, long-lasting relationships with our clients ... read Ninety9cents reviews & insights

    NA
    250 - 999
    2008
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • RDG is a fully integrated strategic advertising and design agency located in Las Vegas. With its results-driven, one-to-one targeted marketing expertise, and 25 years of creative brains behind the wheel, RDG provides traditional and digital services in all aspects of advertising and design.

    $50 - $99/hr
    2 - 9
    Las Vegas, United States
  • Anti Agency Consulting Group is a digital marketing agency with a consulting mindset. We use an adaptable operational model that frees us to deliver exceptional and agile services for our clients and tackle today's challenges.

    NA
    10 - 49
    2017
    Los Angeles, United States
  • Financial freedom. Independence. A better life or planet. Whatever your reason for starting a business, DreamCatcher is your one-stop growth partner. We help you go from idea to launch, so you can focus on running your business.​We are passionate brand coaches, web designers, email copy-writers, market researchers, video / photographers, and storytellers helping you connect ... read DreamCatcher reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    2005
    Hallandale Beach, United States
  • In one word, we are Imagen – a passionate, dedicated band of artists, dreamers,entrepreneurs, calculated risk-takers and dogged nonconformists that share a single mission: to propel the brands we partner with to new heights.We don’t just think, we experience. We walk in your shoes. In the consumer’s shoes. In the competition’s shoes. And when we ... read Imagen The Marketing Agency reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    50 - 249
    2000
    Miami, United States
  • Boyce Media Group is a full-service advertising agency located in Rhode Island. In an industry that is evolving rapidly, conventional thinking is not enough. We must be willing to create unique, engaging brand experiences. Boyce Media is armed with the knowledge, resources, and firepower needed to build brands in this ever-changing media landscape.

    $50 - $99/hr
    2 - 9
    Providence, United States
  • Anchored in the strong belief that brands - like people - have soul, we search for that intangible fiber that touches the lives of consumers creating relevant and unique business-building communication ideas that bond them with brands as Soulmates.

    $25 - $49/hr
    50 - 249
    1994
    Miami, United States
  • We create content with purpose and experiences that drive growth. Executing with design work, website, video production, modern digital marketing techniques and SEO services.

    $25 - $49/hr
    10 - 49
    1999
    Miami, United States
  • Sun Marketing began in 1993 to meet the needs of a fast changing marketplace for Hispanic Advertising and Media Buying. Recently we became the first Advertising firm in the region to use and promote Internet Advertising, buy media in 30 major markets, focusing upon the Hispanic Marketplace because of our experience, market growth and opportunity ... read Sun Marketing reviews & insights

    NA
    10 - 49
    1993
    San Diego, United States
  • Cox Media is your partner for marketing success, offering advanced cable and digital advertising products in 22 markets across the United States. In addition to our proven media solutions, we offer consultative insights to help our clients reach their audience more effectively and efficiently. From broad reach, highly rated programs to laser-sharp targeting of specific ... read Cox Media reviews & insights

    NA
    250 - 999
    1981
    Atlanta, United States

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