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78 of 244 design agencies ranked on evidence in the Q4 2026 edition.
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Q4 2026 edition
78 of 244 design agencies ranked on evidence held on 6 October 2026: client reviews, vetting, awards and facts each business states on its own website, which we read and date. Nobody pays to be placed.
Positions are fixed for the quarter; the next edition is due in January 2027.
The SME ranking on this page lists 225 small and medium-sized agencies, and 46 of them earned a rank number. One business known to be large is left out. The SME order does not reward age, so newer studios compete on evidence alone. See the SME ranking

Consumer Products & Services · Business Services · Information Technology
Dark Flare Design is the studio of Iain Fergus, a web and print designer and front-end developer working from Kilwinning in North Ayrshire.
Why #48 (shared): Based in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland · Founded 2007, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Search Engine Optimization · Mobile App Development · Web Design
Naked Creativity is a design and development agency based in central London. Jordan started it in 2007 after studying industrial design at Brunel University.
Why #48 (shared): Based in Central London · Founded 2007, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

SEO · CMS · Also in Reading
GraphicVent is a creative design agency based in Daventry, Northamptonshire. Formed in 2007, it produces brand, print and web design.
Why #48 (shared): Based in Daventry, Northamptonshire · Founded 2007, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Also in Edinburgh
Bremner Design is a graphic design studio in Edinburgh offering joined-up design across digital, print and social media.
Why #52 (shared): Based in Edinburgh · In business 18+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Web Design · eCommerce · WordPress
Elementary Digital is a UK agency that works only with WordPress. It designs, builds and supports websites for mid-market and enterprise organisations and has operated since 2008.
Why #52 (shared): Based in London and Leeds, UK · Founded 2008, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Web Design · Web Development · UI/UX Design
Lighthouse London is a specialist UX and UI design agency that has worked with product teams since 2008.
Why #52 (shared): Based in London · Founded 2008, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Consumer Products & Services · Business Services · Real Estate
Better Brand Agency, trading as Better, is a strategic brand consultancy with bases in London and the North East of England.
Why #52 (shared): Based in London and the North East, UK · Founded 2008, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Advertising & Marketing · eCommerce · SEO · Also in Peterborough
Jigowatt Ltd is a web design and digital agency based in Peterborough. It builds websites and online shops and handles the marketing around them, for small and growing businesses.
Why #52 (shared): Based in Peterborough, England · Founded 2008, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Social Media Marketing · Mobile App Development · Custom Software Development · Also in Washington and Hyde
Intelligent Clout is a boutique web development and online marketing agency based in Los Angeles.
Why #57 (shared): Based in Los Angeles, United States, with a team in Oxford, United Kingdom · Founded 2009 · Boutique, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Consumer Products & Services · Business Services · Financial Services
Inkbot Design is a branding agency founded in Belfast that focuses on UK professional services firms.
Why #57 (shared): Based in Belfast, Northern Ireland · Founded 2009, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Web Design · eCommerce · Branding · Also in High Wycombe and Hook
Jigsaw Design Studio is a web design and branding studio based in High Wycombe, with a second studio in London.
Why #57 (shared): Based in High Wycombe, England · In business 17+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Glow Graphics is a graphic design and branding studio whose website points to clients in London, Birmingham and across the UK.
Why #60 (shared): Based in UK, with London and Birmingham named on its site · In business 16+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Consumer Products & Services · Hospitality & Leisure · Medical · Also in Manchester and Tewkesbury
D2M Innovation Product Design Company is a UK consultancy that turns product ideas into items ready for manufacture.
Why #60 (shared): Based in United Kingdom · Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Branding
Candid Creative is the studio of John Davies, a graphic designer working from Penarth, near Cardiff.
Why #62 (shared): Based in Penarth, near Cardiff · Founded 2011, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Graffiti Digital ltd advises UK companies on marketing and websites from its base in Warrington, England.
Why #62 (shared): Based in Warrington, England · In business 15+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Content Management · Creative · Branding
DeType Ltd is a creative and digital agency in Northamptonshire that has been designing brands and websites since 2012.
Why #64: Based in Northamptonshire, UK · Founded 2012, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Branding · Also in London
JM Graphic Designer is a boutique design studio in London run by Jason Miller. He works as a web and graphic designer with international clients.
Why #65 (shared): Based in London, United Kingdom · In business 10+ years · Boutique, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Financial Services · Legal
Inktrap is a product design and development team in London. It has spent over ten years helping companies turn complicated products into ones people can use easily.
Why #65 (shared): Based in London, England · In business 10+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Consumer Products & Services · eCommerce · Retail
Deuce Studio is an independent branding and packaging design agency in Bethnal Green, London.
Why #65 (shared): Based in Bethnal Green, London · Founded 2016 · Small team, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Information Technology
Intuitive Web Design is a boutique web design studio in North London.
Why #65 (shared): Based in North London, UK · In business 10+ years · Boutique, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Why #65 (shared): Based in Gloucestershire, UK · In business 10+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

I Am Sam Creative Design is an independent, family-run graphic design studio in the centre of Cardiff, South Wales.
Why #65 (shared): Based in Cardiff, Wales · In business 10+ years · Family-run, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Hospitality & Leisure · Business Services · Information Technology
Agile Digital Agency is a London-based web and search agency set up in 2018.
Why #71: Based in London, UK · Founded 2018, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Consumer Products & Services · Hospitality & Leisure · Business Services
Blank Slate Digital is a UK digital marketing agency set up in 2020 by Toby Devonshire.
Why #72 (shared): Based in United Kingdom · Founded 2020, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
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