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

semrush.com

22citations

From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

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% None First reading
2 WebFX US New entry 2 , range 2–4 2#2
2
  • : score 2 · #2
2% 0% None First reading
3 NoGood US New entry 2 , range 1–4 2#3
2
  • : score 2 · #3
2% 0% None First reading
4 Single Grain US New entry 2 , range 1–3 2#4
2
  • : score 2 · #4
1% 0% None First reading
– Accenture Song IE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Brainlabs GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Dentsu JP Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Havas FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Ignite Visibility US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None 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
1 semrush.com Vendor site 4.3% 3 of 4 19 Not read
2 hubspot.com Vendor site 1.4% 2 of 4 10 Not read
3 google.com Vendor site 1.4% 2 of 4 9 Not read
4 funnel.io Vendor site 1.9% 3 of 4 1 Not read
5 yourtenet.com Vendor site 1.2% 1 of 4 3 Not read
6 thestacc.com Vendor site 1.0% 1 of 4 1 Not read
7 amazon.com Vendor site 0.7% 2 of 4 3 Not read
8 clickup.com Vendor site 0.7% 2 of 4 3 Not read
9 perfometrics.co Vendor site 0.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
10 taskip.net Vendor site 0.7% 2 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Welche Marketingagenturen sind am besten für B2B-Unternehmen? German No brand recommended
Digitalagentur für ein wachsendes Unternehmen German No brand recommended
Wie findet ein kleines Unternehmen eine Marketingagentur, die Leads generiert? German No brand recommended
Wie wähle ich eine Marketingagentur für einen Produktlaunch aus? German No brand recommended
Marketingteam im Unternehmen oder Marketingagentur für ein wachsendes Unternehmen? German No brand recommended
Freelancer oder Full-Service-Marketingagentur für kleine Unternehmen? German No brand recommended
Welche Alternativen gibt es zu einem kompletten internen Marketingteam? German No brand recommended
Welche Alternativen gibt es dazu, mehrere Marketing-Freelancer selbst zu koordinieren? German No brand recommended
Ich bin Gründer eines Softwareunternehmens mit 50 Mitarbeitenden. Welche Marketingagentur sollten wir beauftragen? German No brand recommended
Ich leite das Marketing in einem mittelständischen Unternehmen und suche eine Agentur für bezahlte Anzeigen und Content. German 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