Now into its fifth year, the Prolific North Top 50 Agency rankings has quickly become the “go to” source for a definitive breakdown of the biggest and fastest growing agencies in the region.

As with our rankings of the Top 50 Integrated Agencies and PR Agencies, inclusion in the list is not optional. It works as a result of the fantastic cooperation of the agencies involved. We have built up a network including hundreds of agencies who have shared the key data that derives the rankings – i.e. balance sheet value, turnover, growth and headcount. Thank you to everyone that supplied this information so readily. All data supplied is checked against our online sources, including Fame BVD.

Some notable findings from this year’s research:

• Silverbean are the biggest movers this year, jumping from 40^th place in 2016 to 29^th place this year.
• Other big climbers include Newcastle agency Orange Bus (into the top 20), Harrogate agency Web Marketing Group (who moved from 7^th to 3^rd), Branded3 (climbing 8 places) and Apadmi (moving up 10 spots).
• There are also several new additions to the rankings as Hedgehog Lab, Isotoma, Strawberry, e3creative and Jo Pollo, have all entered the rankings for the first time in 2017.
• Finally, Leeds continues to dominate, and is now home to half of the Top 10 digital agencies including Sticky Eyes (who retained top spot), Twenty Six, Epiphany, CDS Digital and Branded 3.

The Top 50 is as follows:

* ICS-digital LLP has invested in two other businesses over the past year and expects to realise initial profits from those ventures in late 2017/early 2018.