The top paid social agencies in the UK for 2026 are Found, Impression, One Day Agency, Disrupt, Socially Powerful, Push Group, BARK, Seed, Bamboo Nine and OST.
We judged each on the platforms it buys across, the specific results it publishes, whether it has a verified UK office, and how clearly it explains pricing and process.
Every agency here runs campaigns on more than one social network, so this is a list for brands that want Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest or Snapchat managed together rather than one platform in isolation. If Facebook and Instagram are your only focus, see our separate list of Facebook ads agencies in the UK.
UK Paid Social Agencies At A Glance
Agency
Headquarters
Best For
Pricing
Found
London (Hatton Garden), plus New York
Consumer and hospitality brands scaling Meta internationally
Not published
Impression
Nottingham, with London, Manchester and New York offices
Brands that want lift studies and holdout testing
Not published
One Day Agency
Manchester, with London and European offices
Ecommerce and B2B brands wanting senior-only teams
Not published
Disrupt
London (Hatton Garden)
Consumer brands blending creator content and paid social
Not published
Socially Powerful
London (Fleet Street), plus New York, Dubai and Beijing
Global beauty, gaming and tech brands
Scoped per client
Push Group
London (Bishopsgate), plus New York, Dubai and Athens
Ecommerce and charity advertisers on Meta and TikTok
Custom packages
BARK
London (Old Street)
DTC ecommerce and app brands
Not published
Seed
Brighton
Retail, leisure and app brands outside London
Outcome-based, not published
Bamboo Nine
Brighton
SMEs wanting a published starting fee
From £1,250 per month
OST
Cambridge, plus New Jersey
B2B tech and engineering firms
Not published
Best Paid Social Agencies In The UK
1. Found — Accredited Meta Business Partner With Hospitality Case Work
Found is a London performance agency that runs paid social alongside search, programmatic and SEO from its office at 77 Hatton Garden, with a second team in New York. Its paid social practice covers Meta, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn, and the agency says it has also run campaigns on Pinterest and Snapchat. Social commerce work spans Meta, TikTok and Pinterest shopping formats, and the team plans international campaigns around which platforms each market actually uses.
The most specific proof on its site is a hotel brand: Found was asked to grow Meta spend for The Hoxton without losing efficiency across international campaigns, and reports a 60% rise in revenue and a 90% rise in bookings year on year. Its client logos include Puma, Toms, Toolstation, Peacocks and Bonmarché, and it lists an industry award for its PPC work. Creative production, ad-to-landing-page conversion work and measurement tied to business outcomes all sit inside the same team.
What stands out:
Accredited Meta Business Partner
Published Hoxton result: 60% revenue and 90% bookings growth year on year
Paid social planned together with search and programmatic
International campaigns adjusted for local platform habits
Best for: Mid-size and enterprise consumer brands, especially hospitality and retail, that want paid social run next to search.
Pricing: Not published.
2. Impression — Nottingham-Founded Agency Using Lift Studies And Geo Holdouts
Impression is headquartered at Fothergill House in Nottingham and has offices in London (Borough High Street), Manchester (Ancoats) and New York. Its paid social team works across Meta, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Snapchat and TikTok, and it says it is tracking Meta’s newer WhatsApp ad placements. The agency is a qualified member of the Meta Business Partner Programme.
Measurement is where Impression separates itself: it describes using geographic holdouts and lift studies to judge whether social spend is adding sales rather than just claiming them. Published results include a 305% rise in leads for clinical trial firm hVIVO, a 97% drop in CPM on TikTok for insurer Marmalade, and a 606% revenue uplift for supplement brand Nourished from its paid media strategy. It also trains in-house design teams on social creative.
What stands out:
Seven paid social platforms covered
Incrementality testing through holdouts and lift studies
Marmalade TikTok case: CPM down 97%
Creative consulting and training for in-house teams
Best for: Brands with meaningful budgets that need proof that paid social is incremental.
Pricing: Not published.
3. One Day Agency — Senior-Only Team Running Eight Social Ad Platforms
One Day Agency is headquartered at Phoenix House on Cross Street in Manchester, with a London office on Great Chapel Street and teams in Warsaw, Paris, Berlin and Madrid. Its paid social service lists Meta, Snapchat, Pinterest, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, X and Twitch, which is one of the widest platform spreads on this list.
The agency says every account is handled by senior managers, with no freelancers or outsourcing. Work starts with audience research and first-party data, then moves into campaign structure, segmentation, creative testing and GA4 integration. Clients get weekly access to the team and dashboards. Named paid social work includes B2B lead generation for Verifone and ecommerce campaigns for KOI Footwear, and testimonials come from UNiDAYS and BigCommerce.
What stands out:
Eight platforms including Reddit and Twitch
Senior staff only, no outsourced buying
Offices in Manchester, London and four EU cities
Weekly team access with dashboard reporting
Best for: Brands expanding into Europe or testing newer platforms such as Reddit and Twitch.
Disrupt is a London influencer marketing agency, based in The Johnson Building on Hatton Garden, that also runs a full paid social service. It buys media on Meta, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, X, Pinterest and Snapchat, and lists Weibo, WeChat and VK for campaigns aimed at those markets.
Its edge is turning creator content into paid assets through branded content ads and TikTok Spark Ads, so posts that already perform organically get media money behind them. Client logos include Vinted, Wizz Air, Netflix, Huel, The Gym Group and The FA, and its Wizz Air campaign is presented as an award-winning example. Disrupt is also a Google Premium Partner.
What stands out:
Spark Ads and branded content ads built from creator posts
Coverage of Chinese and Russian-language social platforms
Clients include Vinted, Wizz Air and Huel
Influencer and paid teams under one roof
Best for: Consumer brands that already use creators and want to scale the best content with paid media.
Pricing: Not published.
5. Socially Powerful — Creator-Led Paid Social For Global Consumer Brands
Socially Powerful runs its European business from Fleet Street in London and has offices in New York, Dubai and Beijing. Its paid social team buys on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat, and it plans content before media, so targeting and platform mix follow from the creative rather than the other way round.
The agency layers paid spend on top of always-on creator and ambassador programmes. Its published numbers include 26 million ad placement views for Lenovo Legion, 59 million reach on an Azzaro fragrance TikTok campaign with more than 20 creators, and a 15% sales uplift for The Body Shop in the Middle East. Other logos include YSL, Primark, Crocs and Hyundai.
What stands out:
Platform-native ads, not resized templates
Influencer paid social as a core service
Published campaign reach and sales figures
Offices on three continents for multi-market launches
Best for: Large consumer brands running creator programmes across several countries.
Pricing: Scoped per client; the agency says it may use a retainer, a percentage of spend or a project fee.
6. Push Group — Running Meta Campaigns Since 2009 With AI-Assisted Testing
Push Group is based at 199 Bishopsgate in London and also has offices in Brooklyn, Dubai and Athens. It says its paid social work dates back to 2009, when it ran Meta campaigns for cooker brand Aga. Today it manages TikTok, Meta, YouTube and LinkedIn, with Pinterest and Snapchat also covered on its service page.
Its case studies are unusually specific: an 82% ROAS lift for Oralieve after scaling Meta spend, a 96% CPA cut for Breakroom through TikTok targeting, a 25% revenue rise for charity Muslim Hands during Ramadan, and 6,070 leads for a health insurer using AI-generated UGC in Meta ads. The team uses AI tools to generate and test ad variants so campaigns stay fresh for longer.
What stands out:
Paid social history going back to 2009
Named Meta and TikTok case studies with CPA and ROAS figures
AI-assisted creative variant testing
Charity and ecommerce experience
Best for: Ecommerce brands and charities that want measurable Meta and TikTok scaling.
Pricing: Custom packages based on spend, objectives and platforms.
7. BARK — DTC Specialist Pairing Media Buyers With Creative Strategists
BARK is a London agency on Old Street that focuses on scaling direct-to-consumer brands and apps. Its paid social work centres on Meta and TikTok, where it says its media buying team has around a decade of experience growing ecommerce businesses.
The model pairs media buyers with creative strategists and pushes a steady cadence of new creative into testing. Onboarding starts with a tracking audit across paid social channels. Case studies include ODDBOX, Patch Plants, Lightyear and Hims, and juice brand Presscription is reported as growing 300% year on year twice through Facebook, Instagram and Google ads. Testimonials come from Chilly’s and DASH Water.
What stands out:
Built around DTC and app growth
Media buying and creative strategy in one team
Tracking audit at onboarding
Case studies with ODDBOX, Patch Plants and Lightyear
Best for: Venture-backed or fast-growing DTC brands that live on Meta and TikTok.
Pricing: Not published.
8. Seed — Brighton Agency With Fortnightly Creative Testing Cycles
Seed is a Brighton agency at Pavilion View that runs paid social on Meta, TikTok, Pinterest and Reddit. Its process runs in three stages: a strategy and creative plan with a measurement framework, production and launch with Conversions API tracking, and then a test-and-scale phase with creative tests every fortnight and monthly strategy reviews.
Seed tracks incrementality and ROAS rather than platform-reported results alone. Its published work includes a 490% increase in app installs for World of Books, and it helped Starbox launch on TikTok. The agency also lists Liforme and Honest Burgers as clients, and says its pricing is tied to outcomes with flexible agreements.
What stands out:
Conversions API set up as standard
Creative testing every two weeks
Reddit and Pinterest alongside Meta and TikTok
Outcome-linked pricing
Best for: Growing consumer and app brands that want a structured testing rhythm.
Pricing: Not published; Seed describes outcome-based pricing and flexible agreements.
9. Bamboo Nine — Flat Management Fee With No Percentage Of Ad Spend
Bamboo Nine is a Brighton agency on Upper North Street with more than 12 years in business. Its paid social team covers Meta (Facebook, Instagram and Threads), LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, X, Snapchat, Reddit and WeAre8, and it holds Meta Business Partner and TikTok Marketing Partner status alongside Google and Microsoft partner badges.
Each client gets a dedicated paid media specialist and a 12-month roadmap, and paid social is planned with PPC, SEO and organic social. Creative is produced in house. Bamboo Nine is one of the few agencies here that publishes a starting price, and it says clients pay only for management rather than a cut of ad spend.
What stands out:
Published starting fee of £1,250 per month
Meta and TikTok partner status
Dedicated specialist with a 12-month roadmap
Covers niche platforms such as WeAre8 and Threads
Best for: Small and mid-size UK businesses that want predictable fees.
Pricing: From £1,250 per month (management only; ad spend is separate).
10. OST — B2B Paid Social With An Award-Shortlisted Dassault Campaign
OST is a B2B marketing agency based near Cambridge, with a US office in New Jersey. Its paid social service runs on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok and covers strategy, ad account setup, campaign management, audits of past activity and lead-level reporting from ad click to conversion.
Its headline case study is Dassault Systèmes, where OST says it beat lead targets by 400% at under half the target cost per lead. That campaign was a finalist for Best Paid Social Campaign at the 2024 UK Paid Media Awards. For B2B teams, this makes OST a more focused option than consumer-led social shops.
What stands out:
Specialist in B2B paid social
Dassault Systèmes campaign beat lead targets by 400%
Finalist at the 2024 UK Paid Media Awards
Audits and benchmarks for teams new to paid social
Best for: B2B technology, software and engineering companies generating leads on LinkedIn and Meta.
Pricing: Not published.
How To Choose A UK Paid Social Agency
A UK social advertising agency should be judged on what it can prove and how it will work with you, not on its platform badges alone. These questions help narrow a shortlist quickly.
Which Platforms Will Actually Reach Your Buyers?
Start with where your customers spend time, then check the agency runs those platforms day to day. B2B firms usually need LinkedIn first, which is why OST and similar specialists exist; our list of LinkedIn ads agencies for B2B goes deeper. Consumer brands should ask how the agency splits budget between Meta and TikTok and what evidence drives that split.
How Does The Agency Measure Incrementality?
Platform dashboards tend to over-credit social ads. Ask whether the agency runs holdout tests, lift studies or Conversions API tracking, and how it reconciles platform numbers with your own sales data. Agencies such as Impression and Seed describe this openly, which is a good benchmark for the rest.
Who Makes The Creative And How Often Is It Refreshed?
Creative fatigue is the most common reason social campaigns stall. Find out whether creative is produced in house, by creators or by you, and how many new ads go into testing each month. A fixed cadence, such as fortnightly tests, is a stronger sign than a vague promise of optimisation.
What Will It Cost Beyond Ad Spend?
Most UK agencies do not publish fees, so ask early whether you will pay a flat retainer, a percentage of spend or a performance fee. Our guide to Meta ads agency pricing models explains the trade-offs and what each model includes.
Do You Need An Agency At All?
If you spend only a few hundred pounds a month on one platform, a freelancer or a trained in-house marketer may be enough. Compare the options in our breakdown of in-house vs agency paid social, or browse the wider Paid Social Advertising Hub.
Conclusion
The right choice among these paid social agencies in the UK depends on budget, sector and how many platforms you need. Found and Impression suit larger brands that want social planned with search and backed by proper measurement. Disrupt and Socially Powerful are the strongest picks for creator-led campaigns, while BARK fits fast-growing DTC brands on Meta and TikTok. For B2B lead generation OST is the specialist, and Bamboo Nine is the clearest option for smaller businesses that want a published fee.
