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Agencies

Digital marketing agencies.

Profitable digital marketing agencies with retained clients, a broad client base and a team worth keeping.

This is the acquisition we make most often, and the one we understand best. NRS Media has spent more than 22 years selling advertising and building revenue for media companies in over twenty countries, so an agency P and L holds very few surprises for us.

We look hardest at client concentration and at how much of the business depends on the founder personally. An agency with a broad base of retained clients and account managers who own those relationships is far more interesting to us than one resting on three large accounts and a founder who is still the account director.

SEO, paid media, social, creative, web and full-service are all in scope. We are also open to agency owners who want a parent rather than a clean exit - staying on with more resource behind you is a legitimate outcome.

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What we look for

Retained or recurring client work
Low client concentration
An account team in place
Consistent profitability
Documented delivery process
Room to cross-sell our media reach

Own a business like this? Tell us about it in confidence and we will tell you quickly whether it is a fit.

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