Who are the best small digital agencies in the UK?

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The top digital agencies from around the globe are gathered on TDA, but if you’re looking to narrow the field to small digital agencies in the United Kingdom, we’ve got you covered with this list of the best small digital agencies in the UK.

Finding a digital marketing agency in the United Kingdom is not hard. There are thousands of agencies offering digital marketing services. But let’s say you’re a small company looking for digital marketing services.

Small businesses rarely need big agencies to do things like help with marketing strategy, or web design and development, or even social media marketing. Chances are, one of the small digital agencies in the UK would serve your needs well and you wouldn’t be paying a premium for a big name full-service agency.

The problem is, where do you start looking for the best small digital agencies? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Below is a list of the top digital agencies in the UK with under 50 people (including some agencies with under 10 people). If you’re looking for a great agency for your next project, your search is over. Check out the list below and sign up for a free TDA account to get in touch with them (and 5,500+ other top digital agencies).

TDA’s 2020 best small digital agencies in the UK list


3Sixty Digital

UK Location:
Bristol

3Sixty Digital - One of the best small digital agencies in the UKAbout the agency:
With its focus on travel and leisure clients, 3Sixty is a small agency that serves big brands like Celebrity Cruises, as well as small clients. As one client says 3Sixty is “not just designing and developing a great landing page, but providing wider marketing recommendations” to their clients. We love that 3Sixty doesn’t just dish out advice for clients, but to everyone who wants to answer questions like Why Isn’t Your Travel Site Converting? with their quality content too.

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Appetite Creative

UK Location:
London

Appetite Creative - One of the best small agencies in the UK.About the agency:
This award-winning, 18-person agency also has offices in Madrid and Dubai. Their client roster includes UK companies like British Airways and Royal Bank of Scotland and many international businesses. With their focus on creative work including graphic design and website design, the team does an especially good job of helping brands reach young markets, as evidenced by their December 2018 Five Tips for Attracting a Younger Audience article that still holds up today. But what we really love about Appetite Creative is their org chart. With job titles like UK Sales Guru, Front End Honcho, and Emperor of Games, it’s worth talking to them about your next project, just so you can say you spoke with a Guru a Honcho and an Emperor.

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Crowd

UK Locations:
Bournemouth, and London

Crowd - One of the best small digital agencies in the UKAbout the agency:
If you’re looking for a small digital agency in the UK with a big international presence, you probably want to run with this Crowd. With offices in five other countries and boasting a team that speaks 16 languages with 21 nationalities, Crowd’s staff has a diverse group with a range of experience. It’s this diversity that helps them bring perspective and deliver results for clients like European rail service, Silver Tray for whom Crowd created videos that reached 1.2 million people.

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Selesti

UK Locations:
London and Norwich

Selesti Digital - One of the best small agencies in the UK.About the agency:
Specializing in work for “brands with ambition,” Selesti is beloved by its clients for its e-commerce website design work. Specifically, clients love that they get results, like a 767% Increase in Conversion for Luxury Jeweller Winsor Bishop. If you’re looking for an award-winning small digital agency, Selesti has definitely racked up plenty of praise, winning recognition from The Drum, The Guardian. Of course, if you’re local, there are other reasons to meet the Selesti team: Visit their London office and enjoy the beer and cider they keep on tap, or visit their Norwich office where they offer cakes and biscuits on arrival.

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Squareball Digital

UK Location:
Manchester

Squareball Digital - One of the best small agencies in the UK.About the agency:
Billing itself as a “digital product studio,” Squareball Digital is not your typical agency. This small, full-service, Manchester/Berlin-based team specializes in helping clients create and launch products, even helping to build in-house teams. But you don’t have to be a startup making something new to use Squareball’s digital marketing services. As their live-streaming web platform work for the 100th anniversary of the International Labor Organization proves, Squareball delivers cutting-edge web design and development for organizations at every stage.

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Truth Creative

UK Location:
Manchester

Truth Creative - One of the best small agencies in the UK.About the agency:
With their emphasis on strategic design, this small shop offers big picture thinking to solve business problems. That means hiring Truth doesn’t get you a pair of hands to build your website. Rather, you get a holistic approach to your brand positioning. And, as you can see from the Country Attire Rebrand and Web Design, which helped Country Attire grow their assets tenfold in just five years, this approach can yield serious results.

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Zoocha

UK Location:
Hertford

Zoocha - One of the best small agencies in the UK.About the agency:
As one of the biggest agencies on this list, this web design and development agency’s focus on local brands and charities earned them a spot on our list. Zoocha’s work for The National Forest Company is a great example of their commitment to cause-related work. But don’t let their warm and fuzzy client base fool you. These are still some cold, hard coders and this small digital agency is capable of delivering top-notch technical work like mobile app development and e-commerce website development.

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