The most visible PR 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

PRLab

8Heralded Score, range 6–15

Most cited source

linker-agency.com

43citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

MSL

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
– Walker Sands US 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 linker-agency.com Consultancy 7.4% 4 of 4 14 Not read
2 linkedin.com Social 7.1% 3 of 4 22 Not read
3 enterie.com Consultancy 2.9% 3 of 4 7 Not read
4 besteprbureaus.nl Media 2.4% 3 of 4 6 1
5 clutch.co Directory 4.0% 4 of 4 13 1
6 sortlist.com Directory 3.6% 3 of 4 12 2
7 youtube.com Social 3.1% 3 of 4 15 Not read
8 google.com Vendor site 1.9% 2 of 4 13 Not read
9 commrank.com Directory 1.7% 1 of 4 8 4
10 comunicato.net Media 1.4% 1 of 4 8 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
pr agency vs in-house communications team in germany English No brand recommended
Welche PR-Agenturen sind die besten in Deutschland? German Ballou, Edelman, Ketchum and MSL, tied
Ich bin Gründer eines Start-ups in Deutschland und möchte in Wirtschaftsmedien präsent sein. Welche PR-Agentur sollten wir beauftragen? German No brand recommended
best PR agencies for startups in Germany English No brand recommended
PR agency for a growing company in Germany English No brand recommended
Agencia de relaciones públicas para una startup en España Spanish PRLab
¿Cómo puede una startup conseguir cobertura en prensa para su lanzamiento en España? Spanish No brand recommended
¿Cómo encuentro una agencia de relaciones públicas en España que conozca nuestro sector? Spanish No brand recommended
Comunicación interna frente a agencia de relaciones públicas para una empresa en crecimiento en España Spanish No brand recommended
Profesional freelance de relaciones públicas frente a agencia para una startup en España Spanish No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

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