 Marketing's Top Direct Marketing and Sales Promotion Agencies 2009 |
| Rank 2009 | Rank 2008 | Company name | Gross profit 2008 (£) | Gross profit 2007 (£) | Gross profit change (%) | Turnover 2008 (£) | Turnover 2007 (£) | Turnover change (%) |
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| 1 | 1 | Iris Worldwide | 37,000,000 | 28,169,000 | 31 | 68,000,000 | 53,254,000 | 28 |
| 2 | 2 | Gyro International | 34,460,000 | 21342000 | 61 | 51,490,000 | 37010000 | 39 |
| 3 | 16 | Digital Marketing Group | 33,080,000 | 8,390,000 | 294 | 50,970,000 | 13,060,000 | 290 |
| | | Proximity London | n/a | 29,207,355 | n/a | n/a | 56,109,879 | n/a |
| 4 | 3 | CHI&Partners | 24,392,000 | 21,238,000 | 15 | 54,868,000 | 49,519,000 | 11 |
| | | RAPP Holdings | n/a | 23,268,279 | n/a | n/a | 83,346,889 | n/a |
| | | EHS Brann | n/a | 21,024,550 | n/a | n/a | 30,595,714 | n/a |
| 5 | 4 | Tangible Group | 21,015,000 | 19,819,000 | 6 | 58,389,000 | 49,323,000 | 18 |
| 6 | n/a | The Marketing Store Worldwide | 19,500,000 | 14,500,000 | 34 | 62,400,000 | 48,000,000 | 30 |
| 7 | 6 | Tullo Marshall Warren | 17,889,000 | 15622000 | 15 | 25,513,000 | 21,680,000 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | The Direct Marketing Group | 15,400,000 | 15638000 | -2 | 35,900,000 | 42873000 | n/a |
| 9 | | Momentum UK | n/a | 14,578,000 | n/a | n/a | 28,708,000 | n/a |
| | | Tequillaondon | n/a | 14,313,172 | n/a | n/a | 25,054,594 | n/a |
| 10 | 10 | billington cartmell | 14,251,142 | 12,000,000 | 19 | 22,913,092 | 20,200,000 | 13 |
| 11 | | arc worldwide | n/a | 14,137,000 | n/a | n/a | 38,261,000 | n/a |
| | | joshua g2 | n/a | 13,926,530 | n/a | n/a | 23,243,290 | n/a |
| | | carlson marketing group | n/a | 12,918,096 | n/a | n/a | 31,592,654 | n/a |
| 12 | n/a | publicis dialog | 12,831,000 | 14,951,000 | -14 | 32,890,000 | 50,543,000 | -35 |
| 13 | 9 | rapier | 12,600,000 | 12,500,000 | 1 | 15,000,000 | 16,500,000 | -9 |
| 14 | 8 | bd network | 11,900,000 | 13,300,000 | -11 | 18,400,000 | 22,000,000 | -16 |
| 15 | 13 | tmn group | 11,730,000 | 9,080,000 | 29 | 22,534,000 | 16,095,000 | 40 |
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| 16 | 18 | cdms | 11,500,000 | 7,600,000 | 51 | 87,300,000 | 30,700,000 | 184 |
| 17 | 11 | haygarth | n/a | 10,689,693 | n/a | n/a | 21,124,804 | n/a |
| | | rmg connect | n/a | 10,404,384 | n/a | n/a | 14,043,546 | n/a |
| 18 | 14 | archibald ingall stretton | 9,700,000 | 9,049,000 | 7 | 12,000,000 | 12,425,000 | -3 |
| | | targetbase claydon heeley | n/a | 8,675,594 | n/a | n/a | 13,314,420 | n/a |
| 19 | 15 | chemistry communications | n/a | 8,375,000 | n/a | n/a | 13,611,000 | n/a |
| 20 | 23 | partners andrews aldridge | 8,126,429 | 5,500,000 | 48 | 13,142,344 | 9,900,000 | 33 |
| 21 | 20 | elvis communications | 7,972,943 | 7,014,742 | 14 | 12,110,321 | 12,216,467 | -1 |
| 22 | 19 | tro | 7,500,000 | 7,400,000 | 1 | 19,400,000 | 17,817,753 | n/a |
| 23 | 24 | kitcatt nohr alexander shaw | 6,399,783 | 5,438,336 | 18 | 10,054,997 | 9,057,276 | 11 |
| 24 | 22 | lida | n/a | 5,805,000 | n/a | n/a | 8,254,000 | n/a |
| 25 | n/a | libertine | 5,700,000 | n/a | n/a | 8,000,000 | n/a | n/a |
| 26 | 29 | golley slater | 5,288,010 | 4219576 | 25 | 13026786 | 7653483 | 70 |
| 27 | 44 | smp | 4,632,151 | 2,716,058 | 71 | 12,868,927 | 6,492,579 | 98 |
| 28 | 28 | inferno | 4,482,878 | 4,538,841 | -1 | 6,503,880 | 6,557,021 | -1 |
| 29 | n/a | meteorite | 4,255,234 | n/a | n/a | 7,171,889 | n/a | n/a |
| 30 | 31 | hicklin slade&partners | 4,034,269 | 5,116,206 | -21 | 5269063 | 5508778 | -4 |
| 31 | 39 | tda | 3,799,028 | 3,248,253 | 17 | 5,072,486 | 4,994,314 | 2 |
| 32 | 42 | watson phillips&norman | 2,651,727 | 2854524 | -7 | 4,201,924 | 5,538,801 | -24 |
| 33 | n/a | baber smith | 2,564,287 | 1,173,454 | 119 | 3,637,357 | 1,623,324 | 124 |
| 34 | n/a | entire | n/a | 2,502,000 | n/a | n/a | 4,855,000 | n/a |
| 35 | 48 | stephens francis whitson | 2,489,870 | 2,067,267 | 20 | 3,263,954 | 2,471,966 | 32 |
| 36 | 49 | them | 2,445,399 | 2,064,632 | 18 | 5,098,333 | 4,334,649 | 18 |
| 37 | 55 | presky maves group | 2,302,000 | 1,438,000 | n/a | 4,544,000 | 2,787,000 | 63 |
| 38 | 46 | flourish | 2,166,000 | 2,212,782 | -2 | 3,076,029 | 3,404,058 | -10 |
| 39 | 52 | dnx | 2,165,340 | 1,800,000 | 20 | 3,596,801 | 3,100,000 | 16 |
| 40 | n/a | cubo brand communications | n/a | 2,128,000 | n/a | n/a | 3,695,000 | n/a |
| 41 | 36 | 23red | n/a | 2,046,553 | n/a | n/a | 4,945,755 | n/a |
| 42 | 50 | hrg (uk) | 1,750,289 | 1902963 | -8 | 4,492,529 | 4942762 | -9 |
| 43 | n/a | branded moments of truth | n/a | 1,492,206 | n/a | n/a | 3,847,183 | n/a |
| 44 | n/a | red c | n/a | 1,487,589 | n/a | n/a | 2,217,151 | n/a |
| 45 | 66 | mesh marketing | 1,392,328 | 729,857 | 91 | 1,859,832 | 1,313,767 | 42 |
| 46 | n/a | space | 1,363,165 | 1,334,636 | 2 | 3,075,761 | 2,855,120 | 8 |
| 47 | 60 | snowball | 1,344,783 | 1,149,028 | 17 | 2,228,027 | 2,858,885 | -22 |
| 48 | n/a | agency inc | 1,102,209 | 616380 | 79 | 2,028,902 | 1342627 | 51 |
| 49 | n/a | initials marketing | n/a | 909,000 | n/a | 4,278,000 | 918,000 | 366 |
| 50 | 65 | mabox | 804,000 | 763,000 | 5 | 1,264,000 | 1,226,000 | n/a |
| 51 | n/a | burn uk | 791,000 | 471,954 | 68 | 1,500,000 | 923,510 | 62 |
| 52 | n/a | elevator promotional marketing | 241,460 | 120,967 | 100 | 728,081 | 843,300 | -14 |
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