The local market
Cape Town and Johannesburg dominate South Africa’s listed market, with additional representation from Pretoria and Durban. Design Zeen and Ruby Digital lead the local assessment. Agencies combine domestic search knowledge with English-language international delivery, while local SEO, B2B work and digital experience feature across the ten profiles.
The service brief
Ask every shortlisted agency to show recent enterprise seo work that resembles your site, market and internal delivery model. Confirm which recommendations the agency will implement, which require your team and how success will be measured.
The commercial comparison
The shortlist contains 0 in $, 0 in $$, 3 in $$$. Treat the bands as a starting point for scoping, not a quality scale. Use one written brief so team seniority, included work, contract length and reporting can be compared fairly.