The most visible PR agencies in United Kingdom, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from United Kingdom in English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Hotwire

11Heralded Score, range 4–34

Where engines disagree most

Milk & Honey PR

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini, not on Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews 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
11 Spreckley GB New entry 4 , range 2–27 4#11
4
  • : score 4 · #11
7% 0% None First reading
12 Luminous PR New entry 4 , range 1–24 4#12
4
  • : score 4 · #12
6% 0% None First reading
13 Hendrix Rose PR US New entry 3 , range 1–21 3#13
3
  • : score 3 · #13
5% 0% First reading
14 The PHA Group GB New entry 3 , range 1–21 3#14
3
  • : score 3 · #14
5% 0% None First reading
15 Weber Shandwick US New entry 3 , range 1–20 3#15
3
  • : score 3 · #15
4% 0% None First reading
– 5W US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– Adia PR GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Altitude PR GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– APCO Worldwide US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– Archetype US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : 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 sidekickaccounting.co.uk Consultancy 16.7% 3 of 4 2 Not read
2 startupmag.co.uk Media 13.3% 3 of 4 2 Not read
3 theworkcrowd.com Directory 6.7% 4 of 4 5 Not read
4 cipr.co.uk Media 6.7% 1 of 4 5 Not read
5 responsesource.com Vendor site 5.0% 2 of 4 4 Not read
6 linkedin.com Social 8.3% 1 of 4 5 Not read
7 unitedpress.uk Consultancy 8.3% 1 of 4 4 1
8 fairpublicrelations.com Consultancy 6.7% 2 of 4 3 1
9 pragencies.co.uk Consultancy 6.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
10 publicrelationsprconsultants.co.uk Directory 6.7% 2 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
pr agency vs in-house communications team in the uk English No brand recommended
What are the best PR agencies in the UK? English Brunswick Group, Burson, Edelman, Hope&Glory, MSL, Tangerine, Tin Man and W Communications, tied
I'm the founder of a startup in the UK and want coverage in business media. Which PR agency should we use? English Ballou, Bridgehead Communications, PR Dispatch, Seven Hills Communications and Think Feel Do (TFD), tied
What are the best PR agencies for startups in the UK? English Ballou, Brands2Life, Clarity, Clarity Global, Eskenzi PR, Firefly Communications, Hotwire, Wildfire and Wildfire PR, tied
Which PR agency is best for a growing company in the UK? English Brands2Life, Clarity, Clarity Global, Hotwire, Prohibition PR and WPR Agency, tied

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

Google AI Overviews

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