The most visible marketing agencies in Europe, October 2026

October 2026 · 105 questions asked from 7 countries · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 420 answers read

Leader

Directive

10Heralded Score, range 7–23

Most cited source

youtube.com

90citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Single Grain

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Overviews, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and ChatGPT

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 Directive US New entry 10 , range 7–23 10#1
10
  • : score 10 · #1
11% 4% First reading
2 WebFX US New entry 2 , range 2–4 2#2
2
  • : score 2 · #2
2% 0% First reading
3 NoGood US New entry 2 , range 1–4 2#3
2
  • : score 2 · #3
2% 0% First reading
4 Single Grain US New entry 2 , range 1–3 2#4
2
  • : score 2 · #4
1% 0% First reading
– Accenture Song IE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Brainlabs GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Dentsu JP Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Havas FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Ignite Visibility US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Jellyfish GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
11 ba3digitalmarketing.com Consultancy 2.9% 2 of 4 1 1
12 hubspot.com Vendor site 1.4% 2 of 4 10 Not read
13 thebusinessrover.com Consultancy 2.1% 3 of 4 5 5
14 beomniscient.com Consultancy 2.4% 1 of 4 2 1
15 blissagency.it Consultancy 2.1% 4 of 4 5 Not read
16 sortlist.nl Directory 1.9% 4 of 4 6 Not read
17 google.com Vendor site 1.4% 2 of 4 9 Not read
18 lyfemarketing.com Consultancy 2.1% 2 of 4 2 Not read
19 sortlist.de Directory 1.4% 3 of 4 6 Not read
20 funnel.io Vendor site 1.9% 3 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Freelancers of een fullservice marketingbureau voor kleine bedrijven Dutch No brand recommended
Alternatieven voor het aannemen van een volledig intern marketingteam Dutch No brand recommended
Alternatieven voor het aansturen van meerdere marketingfreelancers Dutch No brand recommended
Ik ben oprichter van een softwarebedrijf met 50 medewerkers. Welk marketingbureau kunnen we het beste inhuren? Dutch No brand recommended
Ik geef leiding aan marketing bij een middelgroot bedrijf en zoek een bureau voor betaalde advertenties en content. Dutch No brand recommended
best digital marketing agencies for b2b companies English No brand recommended
marketing agency for a software company English Directive
how to choose a marketing agency English No brand recommended
how much does a marketing agency cost for a small business English No brand recommended
marketing agency vs in-house marketing team English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured