Creative Marketing Group actively acquires digital agencies across the UK and internationally.
Many agency founders eventually reach a stage where they want to step away from the day-to-day running of their business. Whether you are planning retirement, exploring a new venture or simply ready for the next chapter, Creative Marketing provides a straightforward and confidential route to selling your agency.
Selling a digital agency is a major decision. Understanding your motivations helps ensure you find the right buyer at the right time.
You have built a successful agency and are ready to enjoy the rewards of your hard work.
The relentless demands of client work and agency management have taken their toll.
You want a straightforward sale that lets you walk away with confidence.
Growing beyond a certain size requires infrastructure and investment you may not want to pursue alone.
Without a clear successor, selling to an established group ensures continuity for your team and clients.
You are ready to explore new opportunities and need to free yourself from your current business.
Unlike purely financial buyers, Creative Marketing is an established agency group that understands the realities of running a digital agency.
Your clients join a fully operational agency group with established systems and processes.
A large, multidisciplinary team ensures every client receives exceptional support from day one.
We understand agency operations and manage client transitions with care and professionalism.
Every conversation is handled with complete discretion. Your staff, clients and competitors need never know.
We offer adaptable deal structures tailored to the needs and preferences of each founder.
As agency operators ourselves, we understand the nuances that purely financial buyers often overlook.
Creative Marketing has successfully acquired and integrated multiple digital agencies, expanding our client base, team and capabilities.
We are interested in acquiring a wide range of digital agencies located anywhere in the UK or internationally.
Creative Marketing is interested in a range of agency sizes. Revenue size is flexible and every conversation is handled with complete confidentiality.
All acquisition conversations are handled with absolute discretion. Founders can explore their options without alerting staff, clients or competitors.
Whether you are ready to sell now or simply exploring your options for the future, we welcome an informal and confidential conversation.
A straightforward, founder-friendly process designed to make selling your agency as smooth as possible.
An informal discussion to understand your goals and whether there is a mutual fit.
We learn about your client base, team, services and what makes your agency special.
A transparent review of the financial and operational details of the business.
We agree a fair valuation and deal structure that works for both parties.
A carefully managed transition that protects your clients, team and legacy.
Creative Marketing is a fast-growing digital marketing agency group based in the North West of England. The group works with hundreds of businesses across many sectors.
We combine marketing strategy, technology and data-driven insights to help businesses grow online — and we are actively expanding through the acquisition of digital agencies.
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Creative Marketing Group has acquired five UK agencies since 2023.
Buyers are usually larger agency groups, private equity backed platforms and strategic acquirers. Creative Marketing Group is an active UK buyer of digital, web, design, social media, marketing and AI agencies, and has completed five acquisitions since 2023.
Most agencies are valued as a multiple of adjusted annual profit (EBITDA). The multiple rises with recurring retainer revenue, low client concentration, documented processes and a team that can run without the founder, and falls when revenue is project-based or tied to one person.
A straightforward sale typically takes three to six months from first conversation to completion: an initial call, information sharing under NDA, an offer, due diligence and legal completion. Smaller owner-managed agencies can move faster.
Yes. We keep client relationships, retain teams wherever possible and plan a phased handover so clients see continuity of service rather than disruption.
Completely. Enquiries are seen only by our acquisitions team, we sign an NDA before any detailed information is shared, and nothing is communicated to your staff or clients without your agreement.
You can. Some founders exit fully after a handover period; others stay on in a leadership or specialist role. The structure is agreed with you.
Full acquisitions, partial buyouts, client book purchases and mergers. Payment can be upfront, deferred or partly linked to performance (an earn-out), depending on what suits you.
Complete the short, confidential application at creativemarketingltd.co.uk/acquisitions/apply. It takes about three minutes and there is no obligation.
Tell us a little about your agency. Kasim and the acquisitions team review every application personally.
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