Find the right marketing agency. Compare them like a buyer, not a browser.
Marketing Atlas is a directory of marketing agencies organized by service and city — each profile charted the same way: services, minimum budget, hourly band, team size, portfolio, and client reviews verified by interview.
Directory opening. Founding agencies are being verified now; no profiles are published yet. What you see below is the structure every listing will follow.
Directory index
| Browse | Coverage at launch |
|---|---|
| By service | 8 disciplines |
| By location | 10 US metros + 4 international |
| Profile anatomy | what every listing shows |
| Review standard | interview-verified |
| Claim a profile | founding cohort open |
Browse by service
Eight disciplines, one comparable format
Every service category uses the same columns, so a PPC shop in Dallas and a branding studio in Toronto can be read side by side. Categories open as founding agencies in each are verified.
Browse by location
Charted city by city
Launch coverage focuses on the markets below. A city page lists its verified agencies in one sortable table; more markets are added as agencies in them clear verification.
International
London, UK Toronto, Canada Dubai, UAE Sydney, AustraliaNot seeing your market?
Tell us in the match brief below which city you hire in — demand is how we pick the next markets to chart.
Profile anatomy
What every listing shows
Each agency profile follows one fixed template so comparisons stay honest. Here is that template, filled with sample data.
Example profile — illustrative. Not a real agency; no agencies are listed yet.
Sample Agency Co.
SEO · Content marketing — Chicago, IL
- Minimum budget
- $2,500 / project
- Hourly band
- $100–$149 / hr
- Team size
- 10–24 people
- Founded
- 2019
Services & focus
- Service mix with % of revenue per discipline
- Industries served and typical client size
- Portfolio: named projects with scope and outcome
- Who does the work: in-house vs. contracted
Verified client reviews
Review slot — appears only after verification
Each review on a live profile names the project, budget range, and dates, and is published only after our analyst interviews the client. This slot stays empty until that happens.
Annotations: the budget, rate, and team figures above are sample values showing the format. Agencies self-report these fields at claim time; review content is never self-reported.
Review standard
Reviews verified by interview, or not published
The directory's value rests on its reviews, so the standard is set before the first one exists. There are no reviews on Marketing Atlas today — and when they arrive, every one will have passed this process.
Step 1
Client identified
Reviews come from a named client contact at a verifiable company, tied to a specific engagement — never anonymous, never submitted by the agency itself.
Step 2
Analyst interview
An analyst speaks with the client about scope, budget, results, and what they'd change. The write-up comes from that conversation, with the client's sign-off.
Step 3
Published with context
Each verified review shows the project type, budget range, and timeframe alongside the account, so a glowing note on a $3,000 project reads as exactly that.
The pledge: agencies cannot pay to alter, hide, or reorder reviews. Listing is free; verification is mandatory; placement in category tables follows disclosed criteria, not spend.
For businesses: get matched
Tell us what you're hiring for and where. When the directory opens, we'll send a shortlist of verified agencies that fit your brief — no charge, no obligation.
For agencies: claim your profile
Founding agencies are being verified now. Claiming is free; every profile goes through the same verification before it's published, founding or not.