Best Marketing Agencies in Vancouver (2026)

Introduction

Vancouver has a large bench of marketing agencies, and the eight below cover the main ways the city’s brands buy growth: full-funnel agencies, paid media and SEO specialists, B2B technology marketers and a PR-led digital shop.

The market reflects the city’s client base. Outdoor and apparel brands, tech companies, real estate developers, tourism bodies and provincial institutions such as BCLC and WorkBC all buy performance and digital marketing locally, and many Vancouver firms keep a second office in Toronto or the US. Search work is changing quickly too: several agencies here now sell optimisation for AI answer engines (often called GEO or AIO) alongside classic SEO and paid search.

Every agency listed has a Vancouver office in 2026, confirmed from its own site, and Greater Vancouver counts. Idea-led creative shops and social media specialists have their own pages. The list runs in no fixed order of merit, since the right fit depends on your channel mix, budget and how much strategy you want alongside execution.

The best marketing agencies in Vancouver

1. Major Tom

Independent · Vancouver · majortom.com

Major Tom has been in business for 25 years and lists offices in Vancouver, Toronto, New York and San Francisco, with a team of around 65. Chris Breikss is its founding partner and John Blown its CEO. The agency covers integrated campaigns, paid media, SEO and GEO, website builds, brand work and HubSpot consulting, and says its client work has received 71 awards.

Clients quoted on its site include COBS Bread, MEC, the Motion Picture Association, Westland Insurance and The Little Potato Company, with case studies for OUAI, Rieker, Oliver and IPEX. It suits brands that want paid, search and web handled by one team.

2. Pound & Grain

Independent · Mount Pleasant · poundandgrain.com

Pound & Grain works from West 7th Avenue in Mount Pleasant and has a second office on Richmond Street West in Toronto. It frames its offer as strategy, creativity, innovation and media, and runs campaigns, web, social and performance media for consumer and B2B brands.

Its client list mixes provincial and national names: BCLC, TELUS, SAP, Arc’teryx, the CFL, the BC Government’s WorkBC, Langara College, Fountain Tire, and Hormel Foods for SPAM and Corn Nuts. It also produces global social content for Paramount.

3. DAC Group

Part of DAC Group (12 offices) · Fairview · dacgroup.com

DAC Group’s Vancouver office sits on West 2nd Avenue and is led by Adam Luck, Managing Director for Canada. The group has around 600 staff across 12 offices in North America and Europe and has been in business for about 50 years. Its Vancouver team describes itself as a full-funnel media agency, with particular depth in local search.

Services include paid media, SEO and AI search optimisation, local presence and reputation management, analytics through its Proove practice, and web development. Brands shown on its site include Finning CAT, TELUS Health, Pizza 73, Dollarama, RE/MAX and Mr. Lube, which points to its strength with multi-location businesses.

4. Total Product Marketing

Independent · Downtown · totalproductmarketing.com

Total Product Marketing (TPM) is a Vancouver B2B technology marketing agency based on Seymour Street. Its services start with product marketing and positioning, then run through channel marketing, content, marketing automation, web, and AI engine optimisation. A sister studio, StudioTPM, handles B2C work.

Case studies include Squirrel Systems, Digibee, Synctera, Turnium, Intelisys and Hirematic, along with a mobile commerce project for PayPal. It is a sensible shortlist for software and telecoms companies that need positioning work before demand generation.

5. Riverbed Marketing

Independent · Yaletown · riverbedmarketing.com

Riverbed Marketing is a B2B demand generation agency with an office on Homer Street. Co-founder Todd Mumford has a background as a B2B marketing leader and agency owner, and the firm offers marketing strategy, SEO, paid media and fractional CMO services for technology companies.

The agency puts pipeline growth and transparent reporting at the centre of its pitch. Client logos on its site include Riipen and Sensibill. Fractional CMO cover is useful for startups that need senior marketing leadership before they hire one full-time.

6. Kipling Media

Independent · Mount Pleasant · kiplingmedia.com

Kipling Media is a Mount Pleasant agency on West 6th Avenue that has run more than 100 campaigns since 2016. Its team of around a dozen covers performance marketing, media buying, branding and design, PR, social, experiential and video and photo production.

Recent case studies include Garden of Life’s “Poopowerment” campaign, the Vancouver Christmas Market, and a sponsorship and PR activation for Air Canada Aeroplan. Its client base leans towards consumer goods, events, real estate and hospitality.

7. Jelly Digital Marketing & PR

Independent · Fort Langley · jellymarketing.ca

Jelly combines digital marketing with public relations from its office in Fort Langley, in the Township of Langley. Darian Kovacs is a founding partner. Services cover PR, media buying, digital ads, SEO, social, email, video and podcast production, plus training for in-house teams who want to run their own channels.

Clients include La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries of Greater Vancouver, Oakwyn Realty and Bria Communities, and its site also shows Beedie, Coast Capital and the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association. It fits organisations that want earned media and paid channels planned together.

8. Stigan Media

Independent · Gastown · stiganmedia.com

Stigan Media has worked from Water Street in Gastown since around 2009, founded by Adwin and Sandro. It builds websites and runs SEO, paid search and social campaigns, mostly for small and mid-sized local businesses.

Case studies include Van Sports & Physio, Fraser Point Dental, Ganapathi Law Group and Genesa CPA, and BC Food & Beverage is among its testimonials. In February 2026 it warned clients about people impersonating the agency, so confirm any contact through its official domain.

What to look for in a Vancouver marketing agency

Start with the channel mix you need. Some firms here are paid media and search specialists; others run strategy, creative and media together. A specialist often goes deeper on bidding, tracking and search, while a full-funnel agency can keep brand and performance work consistent. Decide which matters more before you brief.

Ask how results are measured and who owns the data. Server-side tracking, GA4 set-up and ad account ownership should be agreed early, with the accounts held in your name. If the agency sells AI search optimisation, ask what it reports on and how that differs from its SEO reporting.

Check sector fit. Vancouver agencies often specialise: B2B software, real estate presales, multi-location retail, tourism. An agency that already knows your sales cycle will need less ramp-up, and its case studies will be easier to compare.

Finally, look at how the agency handles creative review and reporting day to day. Performance work produces a steady stream of ad variants, landing pages and monthly reports, and approvals can stall in email threads. A clear review process, with one place where the latest assets and reports live, keeps campaigns moving.

How Fabric helps marketing agency teams

Fabric gives a marketing agency one workspace for client files, campaign assets, reports and call notes, with AI search across all of it. The setup for performance marketing agencies is built around running several client accounts at once, each with its own space.

Ad creative, video cuts and landing page designs sit in Fabric’s cloud drive, which streams files on demand rather than filling local disks. Search works by meaning across documents, images and transcribed recordings, so a team can find last quarter’s winning ad or the call where a client approved a budget change.

For review, share a folder with the client as a commenter; shared links work without sign-up. Commenters can draw on an image and attach a comment, leave timestamped comments on video and audio, and highlight text in PDFs and documents with annotations. The team then marks each comment completed, so a round of feedback works like a checklist. There is a short guide on marking client feedback as done.

Monthly reports and proposals can go out as published pages, which are view-only, with link analytics showing when each named recipient opened them and for how long. On Team plans, self-writing docs keep a page for each client up to date from meetings, Slack and the workspace, covering decisions, deliverables and open items.

Link analytics and password protection are included on Pro and Team plans, and self-writing docs on Team plans. See plans for teams.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best marketing agency in Vancouver?

It depends on the job. Major Tom and Pound & Grain run the broadest full-funnel offers among Vancouver-based firms, DAC Group brings local search depth and a 12-office network, and Total Product Marketing and Riverbed Marketing focus on B2B technology companies.

How is a marketing agency different from an advertising agency?

Marketing agencies on this list concentrate on channels and measurable growth: paid media, SEO, demand generation, websites and reporting. Advertising agencies lead with campaign ideas and brand advertising across broadcast, out-of-home and digital. For campaign-led work, see the best advertising agencies in Vancouver.

Which Vancouver agencies specialise in B2B tech marketing?

Total Product Marketing covers product positioning, channel marketing and automation for software and telecoms firms. Riverbed Marketing focuses on demand generation and offers fractional CMO services. Major Tom also runs HubSpot consulting alongside its paid and search work.

Do Vancouver agencies offer AI search optimisation?

Several do. Major Tom sells SEO and GEO together, DAC Group offers SEO and AI search optimisation, and Total Product Marketing lists AI engine optimisation. Ask each one how it measures visibility in AI answers.

Do I need an agency with offices outside Vancouver?

Only if you need on-the-ground support elsewhere. Major Tom has offices in Toronto, New York and San Francisco, Pound & Grain in Toronto, and DAC Group across North America and Europe. The other firms here work mainly from Greater Vancouver.

Related lists

Marketing agencies in other cities: New York · London · Los Angeles · Chicago · Toronto

More in Vancouver: Creative agencies · Advertising agencies · Social media agencies · Branding agencies · UX design agencies · Content studios

Run your agency on Fabric: Fabric for agencies · Fabric for SEO agencies · Fabric for content marketing agencies