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by Josh Peachey
October 31, 2019

Welcome to the official 2019 Prolific North Top 50 PR Agencies, the benchmark ranking of the North’s top PR agencies.

This list follows the Top 50 Digital Agencies and Top 50 Integrated Agencies – and keep your eyes peeled for the Top 50 Tech Companies list, which will be revealed at the Tech Dinner in November.

As with many of our research-based initiatives, we are very pleased that the leading independent research company, Mustard, has once again rigorously managed and compiled the list on behalf of Prolific North.

The top 50 was first revealed at Prolific North’s PR Dinner at Manchester Hall last night.

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The ranking is anchored on financial information taken from Companies House, as well as financial reporting company Bureau van Dijk, and also draws upon data submitted and verified by the agencies themselves including additional financials, headcount, client information and – where appropriate – confidential private background information.

After much calculation and evaluation of their work and accounts, the following 50 PR agencies were ranked as the best of the North. A massive congratulations to every agency who made it into the list – a truly commendable achievement.

The reign of Citypress continues

Five years in a row. That’s how long Citypress have held on to the top spot in our Top 50 PR Agencies list. The firm is followed closely by Weber Shandwick for the second year running but this year, Tangerine PR misses out on a podium position with Altrincham’s Barrett Dixon Bell snatching third place.

The top 10 this year has 90% of companies in the top 10 last year, albeit with some slight movement amongst them. The circle continues to turn for Carousel PR who have risen to sixth after breaking into the top 10 last year, after being placed 16th in 2017.

Some serious recognition is in order for the two agencies who have broken into the Top 50 for the first time: Warrington’s No Brainer at 35th and Scriba PR, from Huddersfield, at 48th.

We did not give agencies the option of being included or not. This does mean however that sometimes larger, or indeed, smaller agencies, can have unusual years which can inflate or hurt their performance in a given year.

And once again, integrated or digital agencies with significant PR operations such as Amaze and McCann have not been included because this ranking is dictated by the agencies’ prime offering: PR and comms.

Finally, many thanks to all the agencies who have so helpfully supplied us with information and data, as well as responding to our questions where required.