Top Paid Social Agencies In Manchester For 2026

The top paid social agencies in Manchester for 2026 are Cedarwood Digital, Embryo, Clicks HQ, MountDigital, ADdictive Digital, One Day Agency, Impression, Soap Media, Red Cow Media and Novi Digital.

Every agency on this list has a Manchester office address we confirmed, and we ranked them on platform coverage, published results and how clearly they explain their process and fees.

Manchester has a deep bench of social advertising talent, from city-centre specialists to national agencies with a local team. If you also need search, our list of PPC agencies in Manchester covers the Google Ads side.

Manchester Paid Social Agencies At A Glance

1. Agency	Headquarters	Best For	Pricing
   Cedarwood Digital	Manchester (Linley House, Dickinson Street)	Ecommerce retailers	Not published
   Embryo	Manchester (Portland Street)	Brands combining organic and paid social	Not published
   Clicks HQ	Manchester (Cheetham Hill), plus Cambridgeshire	SMEs wanting a paid-social-only specialist	Not published
   MountDigital	Manchester (Lower Byrom Street)	B2B and property firms	Not published
   ADdictive Digital	Manchester (Spinningfields)	Finance and lead generation	Proposal after discovery call
   One Day Agency	Manchester (Cross Street), plus London and Europe	Brands expanding into Europe	Not published
   Impression	Nottingham, with an Ancoats office in Manchester	Larger brands needing incrementality testing	Not published
   Soap Media	Manchester (Piccadilly), plus Preston	Leisure and attractions brands	Not published
   Red Cow Media	Manchester (Police Street)	Fashion ecommerce	Not published
   Novi Digital	Manchester (Lincoln Square), plus Vancouver	B2B and luxury brands	£1,500 per month + VAT (Meta)

Best Paid Social Agencies In Manchester

1. Cedarwood Digital — Six-Platform Paid Social With Published Ecommerce ROAS

Cedarwood Digital is based at Linley House on Dickinson Street in Manchester city centre. Its paid social team runs Facebook and Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest and Snapchat, and can add X where it fits. Work follows a six-step process from discovery and audience research through creative, setup, daily optimisation and reporting.

Cedarwood publishes its ecommerce results in detail. Hayes Garden World is reported at 1,050% ROAS with 100% growth over two years, Casa Bella Furniture at 60% year-on-year growth, and Watches2U at a 27% sales increase across 33 countries. The agency says its clients range from around £2,000 to more than £200,000 in spend.

What stands out:

• Six social platforms covered
• Hayes Garden World case: 1,050% ROAS
• Daily campaign monitoring
• Experience with multi-country retail

Best for: Ecommerce retailers with product catalogues and international ambitions.

Pricing: Not published; the agency says it works with budgets from about £2,000 upward.

2. Embryo — Portland Street Agency Pairing Paid And Organic Social

Embryo is based on the second floor of 127 Portland Street in Manchester and runs paid social on Facebook and Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and Pinterest. It recommends running paid and organic social together and uses both boosted posts and dark ads depending on the goal.

Before launch, Embryo checks positioning, customer journey, website readiness and sales capacity, then tests creative, copy, targeting, formats and landing pages. Its published results include a 30.3 ROAS from paid social for Burgess Pet Care and a 61% rise in paid social ROAS for TOTUM, plus a 120% increase in leads from social for Dental Law.

What stands out:

• Burgess Pet Care: 30.3 ROAS from paid social
• Paid and organic social planned together
• Pre-launch readiness checks
• Pinterest keyword targeting used for low-cost reach

Best for: Consumer brands and professional services that want paid and organic social from one team.

Pricing: Not published.

3. Clicks HQ — Paid-Social-Only Specialist With 150+ Clients

 

Clicks HQ is a specialist paid social agency with a Manchester office on Knowsley Street in Cheetham Hill and a base in Cambridgeshire. Unlike most agencies here, it only does paid social, across Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok and Pinterest, including remarketing and creative testing.

The agency works in four stages (discover, plan, create, scale) and agrees a target cost per result before scaling spend behind proven campaigns. It reports more than 150 clients and over £5 million in social ad spend managed, with client names including Fanzo, SPT Labtech, Drinkstuff, e.surv and Taylor Rose.

What stands out:

• Paid social is its only service
• Target cost per result agreed up front
• Weekly bid optimisation
• Real-time dashboards and monthly strategy reviews

Best for: Small and mid-size businesses that want a dedicated paid social team rather than a full-service agency.

Pricing: Not published.

4. MountDigital — B2B Paid Social Reported On Cost Per Closed Deal

MountDigital is based at the Bonded Warehouse on Lower Byrom Street in Manchester. It runs paid social on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and TikTok, with LinkedIn positioned for B2B decision makers and Instagram and TikTok for visual and awareness campaigns.

Its approach is built for B2B: audiences come from CRM data, including lookalikes of closed-won deals, and tracking feeds conversion data back to the ad platforms. The agency prefers to report on cost per closed deal rather than cost per lead. Client logos include KPMG, Savills, Hill Dickinson, Placefirst and Police Mutual.

What stands out:

• CRM-built audiences and lookalikes of won deals
• Reports cost per closed deal
• Clients include KPMG and Savills
• Live dashboards with closed-loop ROI

Best for: B2B, property and financial services firms with a CRM and a sales team.

Pricing: Not published.

5. ADdictive Digital — Spinningfields Team Optimising For Lead Quality

ADdictive Digital works from 1 Hardman Street in Spinningfields and runs a paid social service covering Meta and LinkedIn, alongside its PPC work. It specialises in finance, utilities and telecoms and judges social campaigns by what happens after the enquiry.

The team reviews the advert-to-booking journey, adds or removes qualification questions based on sales feedback, and separates platform-reported numbers from confirmed outcomes. Published examples include 13.5x ROAS for Physics Pathway and around £4 revenue per £1 of Meta spend for Capital Car Finance, both shown with dates and caveats.

What stands out:

• Lead-quality feedback built into reporting
• Finance and telecoms specialism
• Responsibilities agreed in writing
• 30-day notice period

Best for: Lead generation businesses whose sales teams need qualified enquiries.

Pricing: Not published; set out in a proposal after a discovery call.

6. One Day Agency — Manchester HQ With Teams In Five European Cities

One Day Agency is headquartered at Phoenix House on Cross Street in Manchester and also runs offices in London, Warsaw, Paris, Berlin and Madrid. Its paid social service covers Meta, Snapchat, Pinterest, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, X and Twitch.

Accounts are managed by senior staff only, with no freelancers. Strategy draws on first-party data and audience research, and execution includes segmentation, creative testing and GA4 integration with weekly team access. Paid social clients include Verifone for B2B lead generation and KOI Footwear for ecommerce.

What stands out:

• Eight paid social platforms
• Senior-only account teams
• European offices for multi-market campaigns
• Weekly access and dashboard reporting

Best for: Manchester brands selling into Europe or testing platforms like Reddit.

Pricing: Not published.

7. Impression — Ancoats Office Of A Meta Business Partner Using Lift Studies

Impression has a Manchester office at Colony on Silk Street in Ancoats, alongside its Nottingham headquarters and offices in London and New York. Its paid social team covers Meta, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Snapchat and TikTok, and it is a qualified Meta Business Partner.

It uses geographic holdouts and lift studies to test whether social spend is driving extra sales. Published results include a 97% CPM drop on TikTok for Marmalade and a 305% increase in leads for hVIVO. Impression also offers creative training for in-house design teams.

What stands out:

• Meta Business Partner
• Holdout and lift-study measurement
• TikTok CPM down 97% for Marmalade
• Creative training for in-house teams

Best for: Mid-size and larger brands that need to prove paid social is incremental.

Pricing: Not published.

8. Soap Media — Piccadilly And Preston Agency With Leisure Sector Clients

Soap Media has a Manchester office at 111 Piccadilly and a second base in Preston. Its paid social service runs on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn, starting with an audit of current social activity, audience personas and a review of competitors’ paid social.

Ad creative, budget allocation across platforms and live reporting on impressions, clicks, conversions and ROI are all handled in house. Soap Media’s featured clients lean toward leisure and attractions, including Merlin Entertainments, Blackpool Pleasure Beach and The Grand Theatre.

What stands out:

• Competitor paid social review at the start
• Leisure and attractions experience
• Budget managed across platforms
• Live performance reporting

Best for: Attractions, theatres and leisure businesses in the North West.

Pricing: Not published.

9. Red Cow Media — Police Street Team Behind boohoo And Gymshark Social Ads

Red Cow Media is based at The Chambers on Police Street in Manchester. Its paid social work focuses on Facebook and Instagram, where one specialist audits, builds and manages each account, and ecommerce accounts get daily reviews.

Named clients include boohoo and Gymshark, and boohoo’s head of digital credits the team with running two large paid social campaigns in the US and France at once. For insurance broker Caunce O’Hara, Red Cow reports a 178% lift in conversion rate from Meta ads.

What stands out:

• Fashion ecommerce pedigree
• One specialist per account
• Daily ecommerce reviews
• Quarterly in-person meetings

Best for: Fashion and lifestyle ecommerce brands.

Pricing: Not published.

10. Novi Digital — Fixed-Fee Meta Management From Lincoln Square

Novi Digital works from DiSH at Heron House on Lincoln Square in Manchester and has a Vancouver office. It focuses on UK B2B and luxury brands and runs Meta campaigns alongside Google, Microsoft and LinkedIn Ads.

Its Meta service covers planning, creative and setup, A/B testing, policy compliance and reporting. Novi is the only Manchester agency here with a published paid social fee, listing Meta ads management at £1,500 a month plus VAT. Case studies include English Lakes Hotels and Carbon Neutral Britain.

What stands out:

• Published £1,500 monthly Meta fee
• B2B and luxury focus
• LinkedIn and Meta under one team
• Client work since 2009

Best for: B2B and premium brands wanting predictable fees.

Pricing: £1,500 per month plus VAT for Meta ads management.

How To Choose A Manchester Paid Social Agency

Local presence matters for workshops and shoots, but the right social ads partner in Manchester is the one whose specialism matches your goal. Use these questions to narrow it down.

Do You Need A Specialist Or A Full-Service Agency?

Clicks HQ only does paid social, while Embryo, Impression and Cedarwood run it next to SEO and PPC. If you want search and social under one roof, pair this list with our Manchester PPC agencies list.

Is Your Goal Sales Or Leads?

Ecommerce brands should look at agencies publishing ROAS, such as Cedarwood and Embryo. B2B and lead generation firms are better served by MountDigital or ADdictive Digital, which report on closed deals and lead quality.

How Will Results Be Measured?

Ask how the agency checks that social ads drive new sales. Impression uses holdouts and lift studies, and MountDigital feeds CRM data back to the platforms. Anything less should at least include server-side tracking and a monthly reconciliation with your own figures.

What Will It Cost?

Novi Digital is the only agency here with a published Meta fee. For others, ask whether pricing is a retainer or a share of spend; our guide to Meta ads agency pricing models explains the options, and how much Facebook ads cost covers media budgets.

Where Can You Compare Wider Options?

If no Manchester agency fits, our UK list of paid social agencies in the UK and the Paid Social Advertising Hub cover national specialists and platform guides.

Conclusion

The best paid social agencies in Manchester each lead in a different area. Cedarwood Digital and Embryo are the strongest for ecommerce returns, MountDigital and ADdictive Digital for B2B and lead quality, and Clicks HQ for businesses that want a dedicated paid-social-only team. Novi Digital is the simplest to budget for thanks to its published Meta fee.